The Feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles on the Old Testament feast of Pentecost.

“And while he was blessing them, he departed and started to ascend to heaven.”

This is the one who rose up from the dead. This is the one who sits at the right hand of the Father.

Something strange is happening. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.

The feast of Christ’s triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, Palm Sunday, is one of the twelve major feasts of the Church. The services of this Sunday follow directly from those of Lazarus Saturday. The church building continues to be vested in resurrectional splendor, filled with hymns which continually repeat the Hosanna […]

“Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of Israel!”

“I shall resurrect the dead, and cause to cease the tears of Mary and Martha.”

Humble repentance or paralyzing guilt? A sermon for the fifth Sunday of Great Lent by Father Philip LeMasters Whenever we experience guilt and shame because of something we have done wrong, we need to ask ourselves a question.  Do we feel that way because we are sorrowful that we have […]

A sermon by Saint Proclus of Constantinople Our father among the saints, Proclus, was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 434 to 446. He was a friend and disciple of Saint John Chrysostom. He is remembered for his “Tome of Proclus” that peacefully mediated doctrinal disputes among the Eastern bishops. His […]

A homily by Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov)