Third Sunday of Great Lent: 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 Great Doxology, the Cross is…
Thoughts Along the Way
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The Second Sunday of Lent: St. 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 situation in…
The First Sunday of Lent: The Sunday of Orthodoxy
Introduction The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the…
The Prayer of St. Ephraim and the “Bright Sadness” of Lent
“Of all lenten hymns and prayers, one short prayer can be termed the lenten prayer. Tradition ascribes it to one of the great teachers of…
Metropolitan JOSEPH on American Orthodoxy
“We have the particularity of various lands and nations of origin, but our identity as Orthodox Christians stems from our confession of faith and the…