Sermons & Homilies – Tagged "Feasts of the Theotokos"– Page 5 – Holy Cross Monastery

Apr 07, 2021

May It Be Done Unto Me - A Sermon for the Annunciation (2021)

If we utter these words to ourselves and to God in prayer at all times, forcing ourselves to endure that which He knows is best for us, for our salvation and deification, then we will gradually lay down our lives for God’s sake.

Aug 28, 2020

Sharpen Your Spiritual Senses - Sermon for the Feast of Dormition (2020)

During the Dormition Lent we deprived ourselves of certain foods, we starve our physical senses and nourish our spiritual senses so that we may more readily comprehend and enter into the Feast of the Dormition.

1 comment ·Apr 07, 2020

Faithful Daughter of Faithful Abraham - A Homily for the Annunciation (2020)

The miraculous event we commemorate today—the mystery hidden before the ages and unknown even to the angels—has its origins even outside of time, and so it had been at work already for millennia. Today is fulfilled God’s promise to faithful Abraham that in his seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Feb 15, 2020

Patient Endurance and the Tribulations of the Christian Life - A Homily on the Meeting of Our Lord (2020)

Today is the fortieth day since we celebrated the Nativity of Christ. On this day, we celebrate the Meeting of the Lord. In the book of Exodus, the Lord gave the command to Moses: “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.” (13.1-2, cf. Luke 2.23). Today, we celebrate this event, as Christ is brought into the Temple by his parents and we note their obedience to the Law, and this particular law which acknowledges God’s beneficence.

1 comment ·Oct 14, 2019

A Homily on the Intercession of the Mother of God (Pokrov 2019)

What is evident in these events is that not by everyone, and not at all times is the closeness of the saints evident. Many do not perceive their nearness to us, their assistance, their concern for humanity, the purpose of which is to strengthen and assist us through various means, not the least being through prayer and by interceding with God for us. Nor is this always apparent as we read the lives of the saints as much as it is today on this feast. For today, victory was due to the intercessions of the Mother of God, who was supplicated by the faithful, the Emperor, and the Patriarch; witnessed by St. Andrew, and attested to by the civilians of the capital city who saw the invaders fleeing.