Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos
Blessed feast of the Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos! This is the feast of the Incarnation of the Eternal Word of God, the day of our salvation in Jesus Christ.…
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Sunday of St Mary of Egypt
This coming Sunday of the Great Fast/Lent, is dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt. She is a rather striking figure among the saints who shows us that sin is not…
Can Palamism and Thomism be Reconciled?
On the Second Sunday of Great Lent the Melkite Church we honor the Holy Relics and liturgically commemorate Saint Gregory Palamas. This presentation is really a conversation between a Catholic…
Experiencing Deification in Lent
The Sheptytsky Institute in Toronto does some marvelous things to push back the boundaries of ignorance. Recently, the Institute hosted a conversation entitled, “The Experience of Deification in the Lenten…
Sunday of Our Father John Climacus
The fourth Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to our Father among the saints, John Climacus (ca. 579 – 649). With this commemoration we mark the the halfway point of…
Sunday of the Holy Cross
Fr. Alexander Schmemann provides this wonderful reflection for the Third Sunday of the Great Fast: The Veneration of the Cross At the Vigil on that day, after the Great Doxology,…