Hello, happy Sunday! On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side.... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: John 1:1-17
Christ is Risen! Happy Easter to my fellow Orthodox Christians. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: John 12:1-18
Hello, happy Sunday! Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Mark 8:34-38; 9:1
Hello, happy Sunday! The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man,... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Mark 2:1-12
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: John 1:43-51
Hello, happy Sunday! At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 6:14-21
Hello, happy Sunday! The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. "And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46
Hello, happy Sunday! The Lord said, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Luke 15:11-32
Good morning! Happy Sunday. The Lord said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he... Continue Reading →
Sunday Gospel: Luke 18:10-14
Hello, happy Sunday! The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I... Continue Reading →
