Sermons, Lectures

Golgotha. What is the Purpose of Christ’s Death on the Cross?

Golgotha. What is the Purpose of Christ’s Death on the Cross?

22 April 2011

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev

The Cross is the main symbol of Christianity. The Cross is the focus of sorrow. But the Cross is also the protection and the source of joy for a Christian. Why was the Cross necessary? Why were ...

The Mystery at the Heart of Christianity: On Great Thursday

The Mystery at the Heart of Christianity: On Great Thursday

21 April 2011

Sergei Averintsev (+2004)

In the person of His apostles, the Lord called us his friends. This is more awesome than to think of than being His servants. A slave can hide his eyes in a prostration; but a friend cannot turn away ...

At the Final Frontier of Death

At the Final Frontier of Death

21 April 2011

Archpriest Igor Pchelintsev

The sufferings of the Savior are a medicine that heals human souls. We often think that our own misfortunes and sorrows are the most dreadful misfortunes of all and, in part, this is right. All too ...

A Meditation upon the Parable of the Ten Virgins: On Great Tuesday

A Meditation upon the Parable of the Ten Virgins: On Great Tuesday

19 April 2011

Fr. Raphael Vereshack

These are the most puzzling verses of this parable. It almost sounds as if the wise virgins are uncaring about the unwise. How could this be when our Lord commands us to be merciful to all? How could ...

The Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem

The Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem

17 April 2011

Fr. Dimitry Dudko

The Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem is the entrance of the Lord into each of our homes. Just imagine how you would react if the Lord were to appear in your home. The Entrance of the Lord into ...

Invincible

Invincible

16 April 2011

On Gospel Readings

On Gospel Readings

13 April 2011

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Nakedness and Abstinence

Nakedness and Abstinence

09 April 2011

Archpriest Thaddaeus Hardenbrook

One of the many paradoxes of the Orthodox Christian life, abstinence from sensual things is what restores and sanctifies nakedness. By sin Mary found herself naked in fornication and prostitution, ...

The Saturday of the Akathist

The Saturday of the Akathist

09 April 2011

Fr. George Sergeev

Therefore the Lord asks this question, “And who do you say that I am?” Without any doubt this is the most important question. Through his disciples the Lord asks this question to us. And each of us ...

Annunciation and the Call to Life-in-Death

Annunciation and the Call to Life-in-Death

06 April 2011

Priest Richard Rene

The Annunciation, linked with the Cross, is a flat out rejection of this Darwinian way of thinking. When I affirm that my life is a series of deaths to self, I choose something other than “survival ...

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