The Last Supper – Great and Holy Thursday By Fr. Alexander Schmemann Two events shape the liturgy of the Great and Holy Thursday: the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples and the betrayal of Judas. The meaning of both is in love. The Last Supper is the ultimate revelation of God’s redeeming love for […]
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Saturday of Lazarus: The Beginning of the Cross
Saturday of Lazarus: The Beginning of the Cross – Fr. Alexander Schmemann “Having fulfilled the Forty Days… we ask to see the Holy Week of Thy passion.” With these words sung at Vespers of Palm Friday, Lent comes to its end and we enter into the annual commemoration of Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection. It […]
On Illness: I feel the illness as the love of Christ
On Illness: I feel the illness as the love of Christ By Elder Porphyrios Kafsokalivitis ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ I thank God for granting me many illnesses. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. Among all my other illnesses I […]
The Letter of the Law Can be Quite Deadly
The Letter of the Law Can be Quite Deadly – Elder Paisios the Athonite I once asked someone: “What type of warrior do you consider yourself to be? Christ’s warrior or temptation’s warrior? Are you aware that the evil of temptation also has its own warriors?” A Christian must not be fanatic; he must love […]
On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom
On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom. For to have offended God is more distressing than to be punished. But now we are so wretchedly disposed, that, were there no fear of hell, we should not even choose readily to do any good thing. Wherefore was it for nothing else, yet for this at […]
11 Sayings of St. Maximus the Confessor on Love
11 Sayings of St. Maximus the Confessor on Love 1. The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds. Four Hundred Texts on […]
To You, Whoever You May Be – Fr. Lev Gillet
To You, Whoever You May Be – Fr. Lev Gillet Whoever you are, whatever you may be, says the Lord of Love, my hand is resting upon you at this very moment. By this gesture, I am letting you know that I love you and that I call you for my own. I have never […]