Beloved in Christ, Today, O faithful, the heavens rejoice and the earth is made radiant; for the Word of God, the Only-Begotten, has descended in the womb of the Virgin. On this day, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a humble maiden of Nazareth, and with awe […]
Beloved in Christ,Glory be to God who has led us from darkness into His marvelous light! Today, the Church exults in the Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, a holy day in which we commemorate the restoration of the venerable icons of our Lord, His Most Pure Mother, and […]
Beloved in Christ, Grace to you and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though He is King of heaven and earth, bowed His head in humility, and endured the wilderness for our salvation. Today, as we stand upon the threshold of the holy season of Lent, let us […]
Today, the Temple receives Him whom heaven cannot contain.Today, the Lawgiver submits Himself to the Law.Today, the Ancient of Days is carried in the arms of the aged,And the Light unapproachable enters the shadowed courts of the Temple. Forty days after His ineffable birth from the Virgin, Christ our […]
Our Fathers among the Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom Beloved brethren, Today the Church rejoices in a triple light, shining with one radiance, for she sets before us not one lamp but three—Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—pillars of the Church, […]