During the first four days of Great Lent, at the evening services, we read the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. The Great Canon is one of the treasures of Orthodox hymnography – a text of profound spiritual depth and beauty. It begins with a heartfelt cry to Christ: “Where shall I begin to weep […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The parable of the Prodigal Son is so well known to us; it is so simple, it gives us a sense of warmth and hope, yet its meaning for us is not exhausted by that, because it still […]
The Lord in His Gospel, as the evangelist John narrates, says: When the Son of Man is lifted up from the earth, He will draw all to Himself… And these words pertain to two events in the life of the Savior, the Son of God, who became the son of man, our brother in the […]
