Good Earth by St. Theophan the Recluse
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Category Gospel sermons
For as Long as We are Sheep
For so long as we are sheep, we conquer: though ten thousand wolves prowl around, we overcome and prevail. But if we become wolves, we are worsted, for the help of our Shepherd departs from us: for He feeds not…
The Virtue of Tears
Great is the virtue of tears!
This is a hard saying, who can hear it?
by Reader Timothy In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “This is a hard saying, who can hear it?” – John 6:60 “He who reads the books of a heretic immediately…
Sermon of St. Philaret of New York ON THE SUNDAY OF THE DREAD JUDGEMENT
The Gospel reading that we heard today during the Divine Liturgy begins with the words of the Lord “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne…
Sermon on Holy Theophany by His Eminence Abp. Tikhon (unofficial translation)
Sermon on the Baptism of the Lord (Theophany) By His Eminence Archbishop Tikhon First Hierarch of the Russian True Orthodox Church (An unofficial translation) 2023, Omsk, Siberia At that time: Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to…
SERMON ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THEOPHANY BY ABP. TIKHON (UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION)
SERMON ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THEOPHANY BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP TIKHON (АРХИЕПИСКОП ТИХОН) FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH 2023, Omsk, Siberia The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it hath been…
SERMON ON THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION & ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЙ РУССКИЙ)
SERMON ON THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS (THE SUNDAY BEFORE NATIVITY) BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP TIKHON FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH 2022, Omsk, Siberia The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,…
Hypocrisy Begins the Moment There Appears the Intention Not to Do Good, but Only to Show Yourself as Doing Good
by St. Theophan the Recluse [I Thess. 5:1-8; Luke 11:47-12:1] Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. The distinguishing feature of hypocrisy is to do everything for show. To do things where others can see is…
Then the person becomes noble in the eyes of God because of his heart’s disposition, although on the outside he may sometimes seem unprepossessing to other people.
St. Theophan the Recluse [I Thess. 4:1-12; Luke 11:42-46] The Lord reproaches His contemporaries by saying that they pass over the judgement and the love of God. The drying up of righteousness and love is the root of all disharmony…