Sermon delivered by Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria during the Divine Liturgy, celebrated at the Three Hierarchs Chapel at St Vladimir’s Theological Seminary on 30 January 2004, by His Beatitude Metropolitan Herman of All America and Canada. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! There is much in common among the three hierarchs and great ecumenical teachers whom we commemorate today: Saints... 

And He said, a certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;... 

A sermon preached by Father Michael Harper in St Botolph‟s Church, Bishopsgate, February 19th 2006 Introduction The parable of the prodigal son is the best known of all Christ‟s parables. If is very different, for example, from the parable of the unjust steward that follows it (in chapter 16), which reflects Middle Eastern business life, and which is very hard for westerners to understand. But... 

When we look around the world we live in, we are often overwhelmed by its complexity and its activity. The world seems never to take a break: businesses, stores and restaurants are open seven days a week, school activities take place at all times, entertainment can be accessed at any hour via the internet and wireless streaming devices and we are often slavishly controlled by all manner of communications:... 

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a rich man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who He was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And He ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see Him; for He was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up,... 

It is important to remember the very last words of the Gospel when the Saviour begins to preach saying: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand”. People didn’t understand that so well in those days, and I don’t know if we understand it so very well even now after 2,000 years. When He first said it, people were certainly looking for the establishment of the promised kingdom, and the righting... 

On the Feast Day of the Theophany or Baptism of the Lord it is not superfluous for every Orthodox Christian to remember another Baptism, the Baptism that was celebrated over each one of us, Orthodox Christians, a Baptism at which each one of us, through the mouths of our godparents, vowed to God always to renounce Satan and his works and always to be conjoined and “united” with Christ. This,... 

The follow sermon was delivered by His Holiness during the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Theophany, 2011, in the Theophany Cathedral in Yelokhovo, Moscow. Your Beatitude, Your Eminences, and Your Graces! Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters! I offer my heartfelt congratulations to you all on this Great Feast of the Theophany and on the parish feast day of the cathedral church of the city of Moscow.... 

Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the Prophets:”Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ “John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for... 

Archpriest Alexei UmniskyIn the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Christ is born in Bethlehem. The Son of God – infinite, unseen, beyond comprehension – comes to earth and becomes a man, bound by flesh and bearing all the hardships and sorrows of this world. He is born today in a cave in Bethlehem, to be rejected and persecuted by this world in order that mankind – and...