The Prodigal Son
I was ordained to the holy priesthood on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11 – 32). This fact elicited a few jokes
36th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
36th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 3.Afterfeast of the Meeting. Holy and Righteous Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess. Rt. Blv. Prince Roman of
35th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
35th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 2. Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (438). New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
34th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
34th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 1.Ven. Euthymius the Great (473). Ven. Evfimii (Euthymius), Schema-Monk (14th c.), and Lavrentii (Lawrence) the Recluse (13th-14th c.), of
33rd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
33rd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 8.Afterfeast of the Theophany. Sunday after Theophany. Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus of Belgrade (ca. 315). Ven. Irenarchus, Recluse, of Rostov (1616). Ven. Eleazar
The Lesson of St. Anthony
Orthodox Christians revere Saint Anthony as the “first of monks” and the founder of monasticism. True, others before him had adopted the life of total
28th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
28th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 3.The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most-holy Theotokos. Prophetess Anna (Hannah), mother of the Prophet Samuel (ca. 1100
29th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
29th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 4.Sunday of the Forefathers. Prophet Haggai (Aggæus—50 B.C.). Martyr Marinus of Rome (3rd c.). Bl. Empress Theophano (Theophania—893-4). St
30th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
30th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 5.Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Sunday before the Nativity. Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius,