Sunday before Pentecost

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost

We have heard in the Acts of the Apostles how, as the Feast of Pentecost was approaching, Paul the Apostle had started on his journey to Jerusalem to be there together with all those who on that very day received the Holy Spirit. Of all of them he was the only one who had not been present in the High Room where the event took place. And yet, God had given him a true, a perfect conversion of heart, and of mind and of life, and had given him freely the gift of the Holy Spirit in response to his total, ultimate gift of self to Him, the God Whom he did not know but Whom he worshipped.

Sunday Of The Blind Man

On the Path of Faith (Thomas’ Sunday)

Metropolitan Meletios of Nikopolis

1. How we react

Every time we have any feast in our Church, we celebrate the mystery of our salvation.

The purpose of the feast is to glorify God for His boundless mercy, His goodness and His interest in us.

We see this love of His from a different point of view at every feast. But all the feasts are aimed at opening our minds and hearts so that we can understand the great mystery of veneration and of our salvation.

Today the event which we’re celebrating and observing is something that makes us people really angry and annoyed. Why?

How does Christ’s Resurrection take place within us?

Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Brethren and Fathers, Easter is now here, the festive day that brings us joy and gladness, the day of Christ’s Resurrection, which comes round once a year, or, to put it better, occurs daily and perpetually in those who know its mystery, filling our hearts with joy and inexpressible elation. At the same time, it marks the end of the efforts of the holy fast, or, better, has perfected our souls and has, at the same time, comforted them. So, as you see, it has summoned all the faithful to rest and thanksgiving.

Let us therefore give thanks to the Lord, Who has helped us chart the sea of the fast and has brought us, full of joy, to the haven of His Resurrection.