Thoughts Along the Way

St. John Climacus On the Fourth Sunday of the Fast, we celebrate the memory of our Holy Father John, the author of The Ladder of…

Veneration of the Holy Cross The Third Sunday of Lent is called “The Veneration of the Cross.” At the Vigil of that day, after the…

Gregory Palamas On the Second Sunday of the Fast, we celebrate the memory of our Father among the Saints, Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica. The…

The Sunday of Orthodoxy The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been…

The Services of Great Lent The holy season of Great Lent is a time of intense preparation for Orthodox Christians. The forty days leading up…