What the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Have Done For Our Salvation and Sanctification

Archimandrite John Krestiankin 

“Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith” 

(troparion for the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council).

Holy Father, keep through Thine own Name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are… Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us (John 17:11, 20-21). We need to bring this prayer of the Savior to mind more and more often, in order not to stray from the path within the darkness of the godless world; in order not to be deceived by the bright, shrill light of ungodly doctrines; in order to be with God always; and in order to remember that this unity is possibly only in God’s Church.

On the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (Jn. 4: 4 - 27)

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!

Christ is Risen!

Our friends, the feast of Holy Pascha has already reached Mid-Feast and is now approaching its leave-taking. The Church of Christ, our guide to salvation, condescending to the infirmity of our weakened souls, once again calls us to the source of living waters, to the word of God, which alone can quicken our soul, spirit, and body.

On Bright Week

Archimandrite John Krestiankin 

Now all things are filled with light; heaven and earth, and the nethermost parts of the earth… Christ is Risen!

Children of God! From a fullness of unearthly joy I greet you with words full of Divine power: “Christ is Risen!” The holy fire of this salvific tiding has burst anew with bright flames over the Lord’s Tomb, and has spread throughout the world.

PASCHAL HOMILY BY ARCHIMANDRITE JOHN KRESTIANKIN, 1993

Archimandrite John Krestiankin

Now all things are filled with light: heaven, and earth, and the nether regions… Christ is Risen!

Children of God! I greet you from an abundance of unearthly joy, scorching with the power of these divine words: Christ is Risen! The holy fire of this saving good news, flashing out once again in a bright flame from the Lord's Holy Sepulcher, has poured across the world.