Sermon for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
“Faith is more necessary for us than anything else – any knowledge, arts, various earthly goods, no matter how useful and necessary these may seem to us”.
Into the Dormition Fast after Great Labours
Аbout 180 people arrived at Vyatka to pray to Holy Hierarch Nikola.
Spiritually in Russia
Mikhail Moiseevich Ovchinnikov, founder and director of the first Russian Museum in Australia, ataman of the Consolidated Cossack village (stanitsa) in Australia, head of the Russian World Cabinet in Sydney, president of the World Cossack Brotherhood, publisher of the newspaper “Gorizont” (“Horizon”), printed in Russian in Australia, as well as a number of other Russian-language publications in this country, celebrates his 75th birthday.
Sermon for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
I”n his parables the Lord tells us about the innermost secrets of spiritual life and the ways of gaining the Kingdom of Heaven”.
A decade of priestly ministry
The tenth anniversary of service in the priesthood is celebrated by the rector of the Balakovo church, the director of the Edifying Department of the Moscow Metropolia, priest Mikhail Rodin.
Sermon for the Sunday of a Tax Collector and a Pharisee
“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector”.
Sermon for the Sunday of Zacchaeus the tax collector
Jesus, walking around the earth to perform our salvation, entered Jericho accompanied by a multitude of people. Among the inhabitants of Jericho there was a certain Zacchaeus.
“Mercy and Peace Prove the Truth of Our Faith”
The Dormition is one of the church feasts beloved by the people,
10th anniversary of the uncovering of the relics of Holy Hierarch Arseniy of Uralsk
On September 23, the Church commemorates Holy Hierarch Arseniy of Uralsk. Precisely ten years ago, on this day, the solemn uncovering of the relics of the Holy Hierarch took place in Uralsk.
Sermon for the Feast of the Appearance of the Theódorovskaya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God
“During her earthly life, the Most Holy Mother of God experienced many hardships and calamities, she knows very well the scarcity of human strength and the depth of human weakness”.
Sermon for the Feast of the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God
“More than a hundred miracle-working icons of the Most Holy Mother of God were revealed by the Lord in Russia”.
Sermon for the Day of Commemoration of Holy Glorious and Worthy of All Praise Highest Apostles Peter and Paul
“Christ gathered His disciples and announced to them the message of new life, of victory over evil and of eternal joy, and sent them to all ends of the universe to proclaim the Good News of the Gospel”.
Sermon for the Feast of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
“She has greatness and piety, honour and power of Archangels and Angels, She is shown love and reverence by all the saints who have shone from the beginning of time”.
Sermon for the Nativity of Honourable and Glorious Prophet and Forerunner, Baptiser of the Lord John
“Many wondrous and glorious things are said in the Gospel about John the Forerunner”.
Sermon for the Day of Commemoration of Holy Great Martyr and Victory-bearer George
“The lofty deeds of great martyr George and other martyrs teach us to love Lord Jesus Christ even to death”.
Sermon for the Feast of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God
“How much joy for us Christians is brought by the remembrance of the greatness of the Mother of God, our Intercessor and Advocate before God”.
Sermon on the Day of Commemoration of the Forty Martyrs of Sebasteia
“The forty glorious martyrs whom the Church glorifies today had separate bodies, but they had, as it were, a single soul in concord and unanimity of unshakable faith”.
Sermon for the Day of Commemoration of the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
“Our Orthodox faith, which was preached by Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, is the only true path to salvation”.
Sermon on the Day of Commemoration of Holy Prophet and Forerunner, Baptist of the Lord John
“Many wondrous and glorious things are said in the Gospel about John the Forerunner”.
Sermon for the Sunday before the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
“In the Sacrament of Baptism we are called to be Christ’s, that is, the dear sons of the Lord”.
