August 19, 2021 About the Kingdom of Heaven. Transfiguration Matthew 17: 1-9 2 Pet. 1: 10-19 The Lord spoke much about the Kingdom of Heaven. In His first sermon He said that it…
July 3, 2021 Why Does Jesus Never Call Himself God? And Since He Is, How Can He Be Human at the Same Time? Modern readers of the Bible are often let down by their ignorance of the Old Testament Jewish culture and the biblical context. The Jews…
May 16, 2021 On Women Who Became Greater Than Men The third Sunday after Pascha is dedicated not to the apostles or any famous saints glorified for their great acts and podvigs, but to the…
May 10, 2021 What It Was that Saved Thomas Thomas had a heart that had taken one too many beatings. Despite his often being stigmatized by later generations as “Doubting Thomas” there is…
April 25, 2021 Palm Sunday: Where are You in the Crowd? Come away with me; let us leave our world and travel back together to the first Palm Sunday in the first century. Stepping out…
February 27, 2021 The Power of the Gospel The loving God, Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (see 1 Tim. 2: 4),…
February 8, 2021 Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov on Reading the Gospel When reading the Gospel, do not seek pleasure, exaltation or brilliant thoughts. Seek to see the infallibly holy Truth. When reading the Gospel, try…
January 18, 2021 About Filling in Valleys and Mountains Made Low Mark 1: 1-8 2 Tim. 4: 5-8 St John the Baptist called people for repentance. He fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy: “Prepare the way for the…
December 28, 2020 About the Wide Path Luke 13: 18-29 Ephesians 2: 11-13 The Lord once said: “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek…
December 19, 2020 How to Get a Reward from God? Luke 6:31-36 2 Cor. 11:31-12:9 St Luke the Evangelist conveys to us the following words of Christ: “If you love those who love you,…
