(Matthew 2:13–23) Fr Andria Saria Sermon In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Glory to Jesus Christ. Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Today’s Gospel speaks to many themes. On the one hand, it teaches us about encountering and conversing with God through dreams. Orthodox tradition approaches this cautiously, for there are three types of dreams, and it is not always clear which comes from God, which arises from our own impress

St. Mary of Egypt and St. Zosimas 16th cetnury Greece It is good to hide the secret of a king, but it is glorious to reveal and preach the works of God" (Tobit 12:7). So said the Archangel Raphael to Tobit when he performed the wonderful healing of his blindness. Actually, not to keep the secret of a king is perilous and a terrible risk, but to be silent about the works of God is a great loss for the soul. And I (says St. Saphronius), in writing the life of St. Mary of Egypt,

By His Eminence Metropolitan Saba (Isper) Christians initially (in the first century A.D.) knew the Holy Scriptures, consisting of the Old Testament and some widely circulated texts of the New Testament. It is worth remembering that printing was not available at that time. Consequently, the complete Bible, with both Testaments and all its books, was not accessible to everyone until the advent of the printing press (Johann Gutenberg, died 1468). From the first century, Christi