“ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK we pray standing, but everyone does not know why.” This issue, raised in the fourth century by St. Basil the Great, may be just as timely today. In most Eastern Churches standing is the most appropriate posture for prayer. Sitting is...
FROM TODAY TO PASCHA NEXT YEAR practically every church service and formal prayer in our Tradition will begin with the invocation, “O Heavenly King.” The presence of the Holy Spirit, whom the first Christians received on Pentecost, is called upon whenever we pray –...
Sermon preached by H. B Patriarch Gregorios III in San Fructuoso, Compostela on the Occasion of the Pilgrimage of the Order of Saint Lazarus to Santiago de Compostela Pentecost May 23, 2010 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God....
“. . . God will do the Rest” Homily for the Sunday of the Pentecost By Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros Sunday of the Pentecost A bishop in Canada told this story: He had celebrated a liturgy of confirmation (we call it in the Byzantine tradition...
“The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit” Homily for the Sunday of the Pentecost By Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros Sunday of the Pentecost John (7:37-52, 8:12) “The Outpouring for the Holy Spirit” Today is the feast of the Holy Spirit. In the Old...
