The Feast of the Ascension
40 Days after Pascha the Church celebrates the reality of the Messiah's physical return to the Father, to glorified with Him and to prepare a place a for you and…
40 Days after Pascha the Church celebrates the reality of the Messiah's physical return to the Father, to glorified with Him and to prepare a place a for you and…
Today, May 6, in the Byzantine Church following the Gregorian calendar, it is the feast of half-Pentecost (half of the Pascal Time). Let's attend to the Gospel text of today…
Paschal Message of His Beatitude Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East April 12, 2020 Christ is risen! With a heavy heart we cry out the…
The Gospel Proclaimed in Greek at Pope’s Easter Mass If you watched Pope Francis’ Easter Mass at St Peter’s Basilica yesterday, then you may have noticed the very moving gospel…
As Saint John Chrysostom (+AD 407) said in his Resurrection Homily, "Let those who have borne the burden of Lent now receive their pay, and those who have toiled since…
The Hajme -- Holy Saturday Paschal Vigil “...the Church directs and concentrates our attention on our Lord’s tomb...this day shares both in the sorrow of the Passion and in the…
The Epitaphios Service tonight is really the morning prayer for Holy Saturday. It is centered around the tomb of Christ and celebrating what He is doing in the underworld: He…