The Divine Liturgy, sacraments, feasts, fasts, and the rhythms of the Church year
St. John Chrysostom says the altar God most desires is not the one in the sanctuary — it is the poor person walking past it.
On Day 3 of the Great Lent, the Apostle James strips religion down to two things: mercy toward the suffering, and inner purity. Everything else is decoration.
“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.”
Read the full reflection on Seeking Theosis.
📖 Great Lent — Day 2
Ephesians 4:32–5:21
If Day 1 was about combat, Day 2 is about communion.
If the wilderness strips away what is false, today’s reading tells us what is to be built in its place.
Three practices for today: Forgive. Give thanks. Sing a psalm.
Full reflection at Seeking Theosis.
Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness – St. Matthew 4:1–11 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” v.1 As we step across the threshold of the Great Lent, the Church places before us the account of our Lord’s forty days of fasting and His threefold…
On the Service of Reconciliation and why forgiveness is the first step of the Great Lent Every year, on the first Monday of the Great Lent, the Indian Orthodox Church does something remarkable. Before a single day of fasting has been completed, before the long weeks of prayer and abstinence have even begun, the Church…
