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The Fourth Wednesday of Great Lent. Why the Crosses around our Neck?

~Sermon preached by Dimitri Newman on Sunday, April 7, 2024 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen. Christ is in our midst! What a strange symbol we wear as Christians: this cross around our necks. The cross was a tool of torture and execution in the Ancient world, most famously used and perfected by the Romans. It was an agonizing way to die; it

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! CHRIST IS RISEN! Bright Friday: Feast of the Life-Giving Fountain (Zodochos Peghe)

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum, with His mother and His brothers and disciples; and there they stayed for a few days.  The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  In the temple, He found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business.  And making a whip of cords, He drove them all, with the sheep and