Great Lent

This weekend we have completed the 40 day period of Great Lent and are traversing from Lazarus Saturday thru to Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. These…

This Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the memory of St. Mary of Egypt, a harlot who became a saint.

This Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the life of St. John of the Ladder, the saint who lived in the late 6th century and the early…

This Sunday we commemorate the Third Sunday of Great Lent, the Veneration of the Cross. On this Sunday the Holy Cross is placed before us in the center of the…

The Second Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to St. Gregory Palamas, the 14th century great scholar, monastic and later Archbishop of Thessaloniki, whose central teaching was that through faith,…

On this the first Sunday of Great Lent, we celebrate the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy which has a historical basis but serves as an impressive reminder of the…

Today we in the Orthodox Church have arrived at the threshold of the Great and Holy Lent. Today is Cheesefare Sunday, according to tradition, the last day to partake of…

This Sunday February 23, 2025 is referred to as the Sunday of Meatfare, but more so the Sunday of the Last Judgement.

The sermon for this Sunday deals with the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Gospel of Luke Chapter 15:11-32.

The First Sunday of the Lenten Triodion we hear the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee, the story of two men who went to the Temple to pray.