Tag: VK McCarty
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The Exhortation of Jesus Invigorating Spiritual Life
by V.K. McCarty Look not at the things which are seen, but at those which are not seen; for the things which are seen may be timely, but the thingswhich are not seen are for eternity. (Cyril of Alexandria, Homily 104) Jesus offering the parable of the great feast awaiting us, as one step in […]
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Celebrating Archangel Light
by V.K. McCarty Commanders of the heavenly hosts,we who are unworthy beseech you,by your prayers encompass us beneath the wings of your immaterial glory,and faithfully preserve us who fall down and cry to you:Deliver us from all harm, for you are the commanders of the powers on high!(Troparion for the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael […]
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The Gospel of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
by V. K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. . .”* The Pentecost feast-day reading from Acts (2:1-21) is absolutely […]
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The Resurrection Miracle Revealed to the Myrrhbearers
by V. K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски The first rising of the sun in the East shoots rose light across the dim landscape; it is a time the early monks knew well, for a prayer service was starting, when the bell-ringer could just begin to see the lines […]
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Anticipating Kassia’s Cosmic Hymn
by V.K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски In preparing to participate in the services leading to Pascha, a memorable element of the Liturgy for many of the faithful is the Hymn of St. Kassia (ca.810-ca. 865 CE), “Lord, the Woman Fallen into Many Sins.” It is remembered as a […]
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On Love and Beauty in a Time of Pandemic
by V.K. McCarty | български | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Русский | Српски While our recent celebration of the birth of the Christ Child continues and mingles now with hints of the Great Lent to come, it is no secret that profound and complex challenges confront us every day in this Pandemic time. As pastors […]
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Encouragement from the Desert Mothers in Troubling Times
by V.K. McCarty | български | Ελληνικά | Română | Русский “In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed” (Mark 1:35). Jesus may have prayed about several of the things that worry us today: the feeling that the world has […]
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Admiring the Theotokos at Her Dormition
by V.K. McCarty | Ελληνικά It is a privilege to share the Dormition of the Theotokos with you,* especially since the Orthodox manner of regarding the Virgin Mary is in some ways, as on this happy feast-day, perhaps more evolved than in my own church. Mary is so deeply embedded in Orthodox devotion that she […]