To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, Dearly beloved: CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! The last days of our preparation to celebrate the coming in the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ also are the dwindling days of the year. Each year, of course, is […]
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To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, My Beloved Children in the Lord, Joyous feast and happy New Year! Thou hast visited the earth and made it drunk; thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with waters; thou hast prepared their […]
For an explanation of the present Feast and understanding of its truth, it is necessary for us to turn to the very start of today’s reading from the Gospel: “Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, and led them up onto a high mountain by […]