THE CHURCH HAS USED MANY TERMS to describe the saints. Some of these are common to all the historic Churches, such as apostles or martyrs. The Eastern Churches also speak of some saints as “Equal to the Apostles,” believers who were responsible for bringing the Gospel...
IN THE BYZANTINE Churches the Gospel according to John in read daily at the Divine Liturgy from Pascha to Pentecost. John has been called the most fully Paschal Gospel in the New Testament because the themes which it highlights are especially apropos of the mysteries...
OF ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS quoted in the New Testament, the most frequently cited is Isaiah, who is remembered on our Church’s calendar on May 9. Isaiah’s prophecies are referenced 66 times in the New Testament; only the Psalms are more frequently quoted....
