Saturday, March 15/28, 2026. 5th Week of Great Lent. Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Akathist of the Most Holy Theotokos. Great Lent.
Wine and oil allowed.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомMartyrs Agapius, Publius (Pauplius), Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dionysius, and two named Alexander, at Caesarea in Palestine (303).

Hieromartyr Alexander of Side in Pamphylia (279-275). Martyr Nicander of Egypt (ca. 302). St. Nicander, founder of Gorodnoezersk Monastery (Novgorod) (1603).

New Hieromartyrs Alexis Vinogradov, archpriest, of Novotroitskoye (Tver) (1938) and Michael Bogoslovsky, archpriest, of Simferopol (1940).

St. Zachariah, pope of Rome (752). Martyr Leocritia (Lucretia), at Cordoba (859). New Martyr Manuel of Crete (1792). Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, bishop of Britain (1st c.).

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Holy Fasting: Unity in Diversity. Part 1

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

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Holy Fasting: Unity in Diversity. Part 1

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

All food in Paradise was fasting, and it had to be eaten with abstinence in order to keep in mind:

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

Purity is a sign of the soul’s health and a source of spiritual joy.

The Standing of St. Mary of Egypt

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Standing of St. Mary of Egypt

Sts. Andrew of Crete and Mary of Egypt are great teachers of repentance, and the example of both shows that repentance is vital for everyone. There is no one who does not need it.

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

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Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

In the Canon are gathered and set forth all the exhortations to fasting and repentance, and the Holy Church now repeats it in full in order to breathe new strength into us for the successful completion of the Fast.

The Lay Order of Vespers

In the Rhythm of the Church, Part 5

Nun Kallista (Golik)

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Theology

The Lay Order of Vespers

In the Rhythm of the Church, Part 5

Nun Kallista (Golik)

For someone reading the lay order of the services, the stichera are a tricky but fascinating moment when you have to juggle several books at once.

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

Love of money is idolatry. Idle talk and jesting give birth to falsehood.

The Lay Order of the Midnight Office and the Hours

In the Rhythm of the Church, Part 4

Nun Kallista (Golik)

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Theology

The Lay Order of the Midnight Office and the Hours

In the Rhythm of the Church, Part 4

Nun Kallista (Golik)

In Medieval Rus’, it was considered normal for Christians to read the entire cycle of services every day, so they would read the Midnight Office as morning prayers.

Monday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

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Monday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent

He who has acquired love has banished enmity; but he who harbors enmity stores up for himself needless labors.

Sermon on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. St. John Climacus

Hieromonk Philofei (Makharramov)

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Sermon on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. St. John Climacus

Hieromonk Philofei (Makharramov)

Real prayer is the flame that ignites our hearts. We receive inspiration from the Lord for this life, which constantly requires inspiration from us.

Keeping Ourselves in Proper Christian Fear

Sermon on the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

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Keeping Ourselves in Proper Christian Fear

Sermon on the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

It is a very important moment, which, on the one hand, reminds us all of how precarious our position is, and on the other hand, of how easily people who seem to be far from God can become very close to Him.

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

These words must be spoken from the whole heart, with love, bearing those persons whose names you commemorate in your soul…

The Word Heals—But It Also Wounds

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

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The Word Heals—But It Also Wounds

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Every message we send in a messenger app, every comment we write, every phrase spoken at the family dinner table is an act of choice.

Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II as a Father of Many Peoples

Hieromonk Madai (Maamdi)

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Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II as a Father of Many Peoples

Hieromonk Madai (Maamdi)

His heart proved capable of embracing not only his own people, but many others as well, including those who for a long time were on the periphery of church life.

Friday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

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Friday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

When you make the sign of the Cross, remember all the power of the Cross, all the work of our salvation, and you will quench your anger and all other passions.

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

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Thursday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

The Cross is the measure of the bounds of love—by the height of heaven, the depth of the earth, and the length and breadth of the universe.

Patriarch Ilia of Georgia: Video Documentary and His Last Word to His Flock

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Patriarch Ilia of Georgia: Video Documentary and His Last Word to His Flock

Patriarch Ilia II brought peace and faith back to Georgia, and was for many years considered the most trusted figure in the whole country.

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

What does his cross mean? Why is his [our] cross, that is, the separate cross of each person, called also the Cross of Christ?

Man and the Cross

Metropolitan Serafim (Joanta) of Germany and Central Europe

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Man and the Cross

Metropolitan Serafim (Joanta) of Germany and Central Europe

In his struggle with sin, a believer is never alone for a single moment. On the contrary, he is constantly strengthened by the grace of God.

Are Disabled Children the Result of Their Parents’ Sins?

Elena Kucherenko

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Are Disabled Children the Result of Their Parents’ Sins?

Elena Kucherenko

During the eight years I’ve been a mother to a special needs child, I arrived at an amazing conclusion. It is the church-going people who take the birth of a disabled child most heavily.

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

If there had been no Cross, Life would not have been nailed to the tree. And if Life had not been nailed to the tree, then from His side would not have flowed the streams of immortality—blood and water that cleanse the world.

Monday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

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Monday of the Fourth Week of Great Lent

If you trace the sign of the Cross upon yourself with great faith, not one of the unclean spirits will dare approach you, seeing that sword from which it once received its mortal wound.

Celentano Came in Handy During Great Lent

“Casual” notes from the Northern Thebaid

Peter Davydov

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Churches and Monasteries

Celentano Came in Handy During Great Lent

“Casual” notes from the Northern Thebaid

Peter Davydov

God will conquer any sin. We simply shouldn’t quit working. And we should never get depressed if we don’t succeed right away.

On Our Journey to Pascha

Sermon on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

Hieromonk Platon (Kudlasevich)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

On Our Journey to Pascha

Sermon on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

Hieromonk Platon (Kudlasevich)

We venerate the Passion of Christ, we run to Him, we receive strength, we pray, and at the same time we glorify the Radiant Resurrection of Christ.

Saturday of the Third Week of Great Lent

Prayers for the Departed. The Immortality of the Soul

Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)

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Saturday of the Third Week of Great Lent

Prayers for the Departed. The Immortality of the Soul

Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)

In praying for the reposed, we thereby witness our love for them, express our compassion and mercy.

Friday of the Third Week of Great Lent

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Friday of the Third Week of Great Lent

Sin is the transgression of the Law of God, the failure to fulfill the holy commandments of God.

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