Sermon 31 On the Feast of Epiphanyby St. Leo the GreatOur father among the saints, Leo the Great was the bishop of Rome during difficult times. He was an eminent scholar of Scripture and rhetoric. During an invasion by Attila the Hun, St. Leo met him outside the gates of Rome. After some short words, to [...]
by St. Sophronius of JerusalemOur father among the saints, Sophronius, was the Patriarch of Jerusalem. An Arab by birth, he was a monk and theologian who was the chief protagonist for Orthodox teaching in the doctrinal controversy on the essential nature of Jesus and his volitional acts.Our lighted candles are a sign of the divine splendor [...]
by St. Ambrose of Milan Our father among the saints Ambrose of Milan came to be bishop of Milan as the only competent candidate to succeed Auxentius, a bishop of Arian persuasion, in 374. A catechumentheology through intense study of subject as he was successively baptized and then consecrated as Bishop of Milan. He held to [...]
On The Lord’s Ascension Iby St. Leo the GreatOur father among the saints, Leo the Great was the bishop of Rome during difficult times. He was an eminent scholar of Scripture and rhetoric. During an invasion by Attila the Hun, St. Leo met him outside the gates of Rome. After some short words, to everyone’s [...]
by St. John ChrysostomThe Cross destroyed the enmityof God towards man,brought about the reconciliation,made the earth Heaven,associated men with angels,pulled down the citadel of death,unstrung the force of the devil,extinguished the power of sin,delivered the world from error,brought back the truth,expelled the demons,destroyed temples,overturned altars,suppressedthe sacrificial offerings,implanted virtue,surrounded the Churches.The Cross is the will of the [...]
شرح أيقونة عيد البشارةإن ذكر مريم يرتبط إرتباطاً وثيقاً بعلاقتها بإبنها الوحيد وبالأحداث الخلاصية التي كانت شاهدة لها. ولا ذكر في الإنجيل لمريم من دون إبنها. ذلك ان الإنجيل هو "إنجيل يسوع المسيح إبن الله" كما ورد في فاتحة إنجيل مرقس الرسول. فالشخص المحوري هو يسوع المسيح ومريم هي ضمن إطار هذا الحوار. لذلك التقليد [...]
الخلاص غاية البشارة بالتجسّد الإلهي. ثمرة البشارة عرّفها كاتب رسالة اليوم أن المقدِّس (المسيح) والمقدَّسين (المؤمنين) كلهم من واحد أي الآب وهذا يؤسس الأُخوّة القائمة بيننا وبين المخلّص. وتظهر أُخوّتنا للسيد بأننا نُسبّحه في الكنيسة وبإعلان يسوع (في الرسالة): “ها أنذا والأولاد الذين أَعطانيهم الله” (اولاد الله او أبناؤه).لنا عُنصر اشتراك أساسيّ مع المسيح أننا [...]
17: 1-9 -النص:1 وَبَعْدَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ أَخَذَ يَسُوعُ بُطْرُسَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَيُوحَنَّا أَخَاهُ وَصَعِدَ بِهِمْ إِلَى جَبَل عَال مُنْفَرِدِينَ. 2 وَتَغَيَّرَتْ هَيْئَتُهُ قُدَّامَهُمْ، وَأَضَاءَ وَجْهُهُ كَالشَّمْسِ، وَصَارَتْ ثِيَابُهُ بَيْضَاءَ كَالنُّورِ. 3 وَإِذَا مُوسَى وَإِيلِيَّا قَدْ ظَهَرَا لَهُمْ يَتَكَلَّمَانِ مَعَهُ. 4 فَجَعَلَ بُطْرُسُ يَقُولُ لِيَسُوعَ: «يَارَبُّ، جَيِّدٌ أَنْ نَكُونَ ههُنَا! فَإِنْ شِئْتَ نَصْنَعْ هُنَا ثَلاَثَ مَظَالَّ: لَكَ [...]
By Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas and the South. The Transfiguration of Christ is recorded in the first three Gospels (Matthew 17:1-9; Mark 9: 2-9; Luke 9: 28-36). The fourth does not contain an account of the event, but its author, being one of the three witnesses, is probably referring specifically to it when he says: And the [...]