Twentieth Sunday after Great and Holy Pentecost

Glory to Jesus Christ!  Glory forever! In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Every year we hear this encounter between our Lord and the Gadarene or Gerasene demoniac, as he is sometimes called, three times – once from...

Eigteenth Sunday after Great and Holy Pentecost

Glory to Jesus Christ!  Glory forever! In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. And Jesus said, “’He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!’”  “Wisdom!  Let us attend!”  “Wisdom!  Stand upright!” ...

Sixteenth Sunday after Great and Holy Pentecost

Glory to Jesus Christ!  Glory forever! In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. The Gospel selection heard this morning is, in many ways, a commentary on and an expansion of that which goes before it.  And Jesus said:...

Repose of Ven Sergius of Radonezh

Glory to Jesus Christ!  Glory forever! In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. St. Nikolai Velimrovich, Bishop of Ohrid and Zhicha, tells of a story of St. Sergius of Radonezh in his wonderful collection of the saints, The...

23rd Sunday after Great and Holy Pentecost (2021)

Christ is in our midst!  He is and ever shall be! In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Perhaps the healing by our Lord of the woman severely disfigured in her body, suffering from hunchback syndrome, is a commentary or...

Sunday before the Theophany 2021

Christ is born!  Glorify Him! In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  “’There cometh after me One mightier than I, the strap of Whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.  I indeed have baptized you...