Synaxarion of Holy and Great Thursday
Holy and Great Thursday
Holy Thursday-Comments on the main themes
The Last Supper
Theology and Eucharist
Holy Wednesday Evening: The Holy Mystery of Unction
The Mystery of Holy Unction
The Central Message of Holy and Great Wednesday
Sermon for Holy Wednesday
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Wednesday
By Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos
SAINT LAZARUS SATURDAY
On this day, the Saturday before Palm Sunday, we celebrate the Raising of Lazarus, the holy and righteous friend of Christ, who lay for four days in the tomb.
Verses
Thou lamentest, [...]
According to Saint Anastasios the Sinaite, one of the earliest Fathers of the Church, “Orthodoxy is a true conception about God and creation.” Orthodoxy, i.e. right belief, is the truth itself. According to the confession of Christ Himself (“I am the way, the truth, and the life”), [...]
On February 18-21 Metropolitan Konstantinos of Singapore and South Asia made his first pastoral visit to the Orthodox Community in Jakarta, Indonesia.
On Sunday, February 19th, Metropolitan Konstantinos presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Cathedral of Holy Epiphany in which all the Orthodox priests who serve in Indonesia [...]
A new page opened in the history of the Orthodox Church in South Asia. The Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Konstantinos of Singapore and South Asia was held at Chijmes Hall in Singapore on Sunday, February 12th, 2012.
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This is the Orthodox liturgical book that contains the variable portions of the Liturgy and other services for a particular period of the Orthodox ecclesiastical calendar. It begins on the fourth Sunday before the Great Lent, the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, and ends on Saturday of the Holy [...]
The Pharisees were an ancient and outstanding sect among the Jews known for their diligent observance of the outward matters of the Law. Although, according to the word of our Lord, they “did all their works to be seen of men” (Matt. 23:5), and [...]
On February 18-21 Metropolitan Konstantinos of Singapore and South Asia made his first pastoral visit to the Orthodox Community in Jakarta, Indonesia.
On Sunday, February 19th, Metropolitan Konstantinos presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Cathedral of Holy Epiphany in which all the Orthodox priests who serve in Indonesia [...]
A new page opened in the history of the Orthodox Church in South Asia. The Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Konstantinos of Singapore and South Asia was held at Chijmes Hall in Singapore on Sunday, February 12th, 2012.
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The Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Konstantinos of Singapore and South Asia will take place on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at CHIJMES HALL in Singapore.
Program
Sunday, February 12, 2012
09.00-11.00a.m.
Divine Liturgy
11.00a.m.-12.00p.m.
Enthronement Service
By the Grace of God, a new Orthodox Community established in Sargodah Village, two hours far from the City of Lahore. Fr.John tries to visit the new Community often so that to strengthen their faith and to serve the Divine Liturgy.
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The Orthodox Christians in Pakistan celebrated the great Feast of Christmas and glorified our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. Fr.John conducted the Services in Lahore at the place where the Orthodox Church of Saint Alexander is housed and during the twelve days after Christmas he visited many other places where [...]
The Orthodox Community in Boyolali, Indonesia celebrated with spiritual joy the great Feast of Christmas. Fr.Methodios conducted the Services at the Orthodox Church of Saint Catherine.
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親愛的主內弟兄姊妹
最近,我們觀察也擔憂,很多挑戰不斷的湧起.這個世界忍受著痛苦等待著救助.事實上,我們正處於試煉中.有些人聲稱這是金融風暴;有些人則指為政治危機.因此目前我們最關注的是,關於靈性的墮落.尋找生存之道.有很多解決的策略被提出我們也都聽聞.但,問題依然存在,人們感受到孤獨即被遺棄.他們最深處的本性已被忽略.留給他們的只有疑惑鬱悶和消沉的憂鬱.
不論以什麼方向及層面提出來的解決方案，雖有各種不同的答案與應對,但終究不能解救人類。因為從一開始他們就是腐敗和死亡的俘虜。教會是神—人天主,唯有祂才能釋放我們的靈魂,當我們進入教會,我們進入天堂和地球之間的和解，神聖安慰的氛圍。我們靈性是平靜的,我們發現天國的美和靈性的成熟,神聖的馨香能達到世界的兩端。教會知道我們所受的苦,因他訴說真理,督促我們要面對現實;認清我們只不過是塵土.
聖徒安德烈在教會法規提到悔改的眼淚及悲傷的哀悼,是我們疼痛的傷口. 然而，接著就是我們安歇的靈魂,健康的身體.因造物主及救世主,透過祂廣大的憐憫,他將我們放置在不朽和死亡中間,祂沒有將我們遺棄.祂降世來拯救我們,藉著十字架,他消滅死亡.祂賜予我們不朽的身體.
從此,我們被植入基督,為何我們還害怕徒勞呢?為何我們不奔向祂呢? 教堂既不居住也不遺棄我們沉淪腐敗下去。知道我們內心深層的傾向，成為我們的晚餐和救恩。我們需要營養。然而，“人不能單靠麵包生活。”我們也需要靈性的理解; 但是，我們不是無軀體的。在教會中，我們發現豐富的生命和相信作為一個神–人的平衡。若遠離神，我們將被扭曲和腐敗。不論物資多麼豐裕，神的榮耀將被糟蹋，誹謗誘惑和黑暗混亂將會猖獗橫行。
人類以崇敬過生活並感激所有領受的事情，所有的東西都成聖。雖是微小卻被賜福;腐敗被不朽的榮耀包護住。人類享受來自上帝的禮物是短暫的，在此時此地現在和未來的生活承諾了滋養。不僅問題解決了，甚至痛苦和苦難轉化成生命的力量，因著榮耀神。這些事發生觸碰了我們的靈魂，當我們找到和平和救恩承諾所有皆歸於基督我們的上帝，那麼我們的心被照亮。我們認清自己和整個世界。我們的信心建立在全能的獨一者。在這其中更能強化信心。然後，通過一種無形的光照，持守並在真理中飢餓渴者昇華轉變。
全世界需要藉著造物主的救恩。全世界需要信仰和聖徒共融的存在。讓我們稱謝耶和華我們的神，因祂的恩典，以及目前的大齋期。
看哪，這是值得迎接的時刻，看哪，這是悔改的時刻。 我們經由大齋戒的旅程獻上懺悔，就可達到我們救主耶穌基督復活無限的喜悅,所有榮耀的歸屬，榮耀和崇拜直到世世代代.阿門。
Prot. No. 101
CATECHETICAL HOMILY
For Holy and Great Lent
+ B A R T H O L O M E W
By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome
and Ecumenical Patriarch
To the Plenitude of the Church:
Grace and Peace from our [...]
On Friday, October 21, 2011, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios and the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle hosted a banquet in honor of His All-Holiness in celebration of the 20th Anniversary since His election and enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. The event was held at the Four Seasons Bosphorus Hotel in [...]
Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem washes the feet of his clergymen on Holy Thursday.
Travis Brecher reports (Reuters)
Synaxarion of Holy and Great Thursday
Holy and Great Thursday
Holy Thursday-Comments on the main themes
The Last Supper
Theology and Eucharist
Dec 20, 2011
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE
Prot. No. 1192
+ B A R T H O L O M E W
By the Mercy of God
Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch
To the Plenitude of the Church
Grace, [...]
I recently had a conversation with a dear Eastern Orthodox priest, whose twenty six year old son had left home the day before to live indefinitely at a Buddhist monastery. He was heart broken. His son was not a stranger to Eastern Orthodoxy or to its monastic tradition, having even spent two months [...]
Santa Claus is synonymous with the culture of Christmas, but before the common image of a fat man in read coat guzzling down Coca-Cola, he was a real man known as Saint Nicholas of Myra. He taught the Gospel simply, so ordinary people understood, and he lived out his faith and devotion to [...]
Wednesday, April 11th, 2.32p.m.
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has been felt in 28 countries including India and Nepal. Tremors were felt across India including Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Bihar and Guwahati. A tsunami warning has been issued across the Indian ocean.
An earlier earthquake in Indonesia: AFP [...]
Authorities in the Indian state of West Bengal have promised a crackdown on illegal liquor after 140 people were killed and dozens more made sick by contaminated home-made spirits.
Most of the dead were poor manual labourers, rickshaw pullers and hawkers who drank the “country liquor” at a series of makeshift [...]
A fire swept through a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata early Friday morning, killing at least 73 people and forcing emergency workers to smash their way into the windows of higher floors in order to evacuate patients and staff.
Medical staff at an Indian hospital abandoned their patients and [...]
See or download the bulletin for May 06, 2012 ( for children 3-6 years) in PDF format, here
See or download the bulletin for May 06, 2012 ( for children 7-12 years) in PDF format, here
See or download the bulletin for May 13, 2012 ( for children 3-6 years) in PDF format, here
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See or download the bulletin for April 29, 2012 ( for children 3-6 years) in PDF format, here
See or download the bulletin for April 29, 2012 ( for children 7-12 years) in PDF format, here
By Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos
FIRST SUNDAY of LENT
On the same day, the First Sunday of the Fast, we commemorate the restoration of the Holy and Precious Icons, which was brought about by the ever-memorable Emperors of Constantinople, Michael and his mother Theodora, during the Patriarchate of the Holy [...]
In the Law, God laid down that the sons of Israel should each year give tithes of all they possessed, and if they did so they were blessed in all their works. The holy Apostles, knowing this to be for the help and advancement of our souls, resolved to fulfil it [...]
A SPIRITUAL CHECKLIST
Orthodox Christians recite a prayer during Great Lent that is described by Fr. Alexander Schmemann as a “check list” for our spiritual lives. This prayer, given by St. Ephraim the Syrian in the fourth century, is commonly called the “Lenten Prayer:”
O Lord and Master of my [...]
When a man leaves on a journey, he must know where he is going. Thus with Lent. Above all, Lent is a spiritual journey and its destination is Easter, “the Feast of Feasts.” It is the preparation for the “fulfillment of Pascha, the true Revelation.” We must begin, therefore, by trying to [...]
