Dear brothers and sisters, At times Great Lent is compared to a voyage across the ocean or an immense sea. This brings to mind the passage of the people of Israel across the Red Sea as they fled from Pharoah, but also… Read more
Great Lent 2018
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Encyclical from Metropolitan Gerasimos for Great Lent 2018
Encyclical from Metropolitan Gerasimos for Great Lent 2018 Dearly Beloved, “Where shall I begin the work of my salvation?” cries out a hymn of Clean Monday. The Lenten Season, now upon us, calls us into a time of reflection on the state of our lives and our souls. We are invited… Read more
On Authenticity in Orthodox Experience. Reading Material and Notes. Part One.
Metropolitan Nicholas on Authenticity. Fr. Jeffrey’s notes. Authenticity is Indirectly perceived: Hidden and suspected rather than evident because: 1) It is so intensely personal.The life of faith for each person is his life of faith alone. While there is somewhat of a commonality and a communion with all others in… Read more
Patriarchal Encyclical for the Feast of Indiction
Patriarchal Message for the Feast of the Indiction and Day of Protection for the Environment Prot. No. 702 +BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plentitude of the Church: Grace, peace and mercy From the Creator of All, our Lord God and Savior… Read more
Encyclical for the Feast of Dormition 2017
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, On this great Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, our minds first turn to the mystery of her bodily translation to heaven. The story of her Dormition ends in an empty tomb, with her reception into the arms of her… Read more
Blessed are the Meek. A talk based on the Homilies of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
Blessed are the Meek (Audio Link) Blessed are the Meek, for they shall inherit the earth. The Beatitudes are arranged like a ladder, each one a step that naturally leads to the others: “For if a man’s mind has ascended to the first beatitude, he will accept what… Read more
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit. A Talk based on the Homilies of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit for their’s is the Kingdom of Heaven (Audio Link) Notes on the Homilies of St. Gregory of Nyssa. From: St. Gregory of Nyssa. The Lord’s Prayer; The Beatitudes. Trans. and Annotated by Hilda C. Graef, Newman Press. NY, NY 1954 St Gregory in his homilies… Read more
Statement of Metropolitan Gerasimos on the Recent Bombing in Egypt
Beloved Brothers and Sisters, “For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.” — From the Great Litany in the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom A church is supposed to be a place of… Read more
Encyclical of Metropolitan Gerasimos on the Beginning of Great Lent.
Beloved in the Lord, We begin our Lenten journey at a troubling time. Our world continues to be challenged in a multitude of ways. The global refugee crisis, war, homelessness, terrorism, poverty, and religious persecution are sadly just a few examples of what we hear about on a daily basis…. Read more
Patriarchal Encyclical. Beginning of Great Lent 2017
CATECHETICAL ENCYCLICAL ON THE OPENING OF GREAT LENT + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church May the Grace and Peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Together with… Read more