Today, as we take leave of the Meeting of the Lord, we mark the beginning of the Lenten Triodion with the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Thus, today is both the last day of the Nativity…
Today, St. Simeon receives the long-awaited Messiah in his arms, and he sings, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace!” As Orthodox Christians, we end each…
I welcome all of you with the joy of the feast and especially welcome His Grace Bishop Irinej of the Eastern America Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Your Grace is no stranger to Saint Vladimir’s Seminary and we are grateful…
The Church, ever since its reception of the Holy Spirit at the day of Pentecost, has at various times sought the unambiguous voice and specific guidance of that Spirit in a more concentrated way, in order to more fully live into…
It goes without saying that the Gospel of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ is a serious matter, the most serious matter there is. However, even so, the Gospel…
Today the Lord exclaims, in response to a centurion’s message, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” What exactly did the centurion…
In today’s Gospel, we hear that a village of Samaritans refused to receive the Lord, “because his face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.” ...
In the Old English poem, “The Dream of the Rood,” the precious and life-giving Cross appears to the lyric persona in a dream. It appears to him not as an ordinary piece of wood, much less as bloodied fragments, but instead as…
Greetings to one and all, and especially to you seminarians who have just begun your school year. Each new school year starts full of excitement and promise, and it is…
Joyous feast! “The barren woman bears the Theotokos, the nourisher of our life.” “Dread wonder: she who sustains our life, who received within…