Mark 15:43-16:8 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. My dear Fathers, brothers and sisters: Christ is Risen! I greet you on this Third Sunday of Holy Pascha, the Sunday known as the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearering Women. And who are these holy Myrrhbearers that we … Read more

John 20:19-31 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Father, brothers and sisters: Christ is Risen! I greet you on the day which in the Church Calendar is named both Thomas Sunday and Anti-Pascha. From the Gospel reading we have just heard, the meaning of the … Read more

Gospel: John 12:1-18 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear father, brothers & sisters – Happy Feast! At last then we come to the end of our 40 day Lenten Fast. Today the solemn Lenten vestments of purple are changed for Green or, at least, Greenish … Read more

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Gospel: Mark 10:32-45 (§47); Luke 7:36-50 (§33) Dear father, brothers and sisters! So, we come at last to this Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. This time next week, we will be with our Saviour as He makes His Triumphant and … Read more

Mark 9:17-31 (§40); Matthew 4:25-5:12 (§10) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear father, brothers & sisters! So, after this last week of the Precious and Life-giving Cross at the Mid-point of our Lenten Fast, we now come over the brow of the hill and onto … Read more

Gospel [Luke 1:24-38 (§3); Mark 8:34-9:1 (§37)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Dear father, brothers and sisters: S Prazdnikom! Happy Feast! Today, we come to the Third Sunday of Great Lent the mid-point of the Fast and it is fitting that at this point of … Read more

[Mark 2:1-12 (§7)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Father, brothers and sisters! We now come to this Second Sunday of Lent which heralds the third week of the Great Fast when, since the 14th century, holy Mother Church has called upon the faithful to commemorate … Read more

John 1:43-51 (§5) In the Name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. My dear father, brothers and sisters! I congratulate you all on reaching the end of this first week of the Fast. I hope that you have all felt something of the relief and spiritual benefit of being able to … Read more

Matthew 6:14-2 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. My dear Father, brothers and sisters! After all these weeks of preparation, the time of the Great Fast has finally come around and we find ourselves once again on its very threshold. There is always a sense of … Read more

Gospel [Matthew 25:31-46 (§106)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit My dear father, brothers and sisters: Today we come to the third Sunday of this pre-lenten run-up to Great Lent: the Sunday of the Last Judgment and the final day on which we can eat meat … Read more