Mar 31, 2020
“Would you know the power of repentance? Would you understand this strong weapon of salvation and the might of confession?”
With this second installment in St. Cyril’s Lenten series of catechetical lectures, Cyril offers a remarkable testament to the power of repentance.
Cyril exhorts his catechumens to sure...
Mar 25, 2020
"Rejoice, O Bride Ever-Virgin!"
The Akathist Hymn is one of the
most well-loved services of devotion in the Eastern Church.
Although there’s some debate concerning the particulars of its
authorship, many scholars agree with the pious tradition that
it was composed by St.
Romanos the Melodist, c. 530 in Constantinople.
Mar 18, 2020
"Sustain the struggle for your soul, especially in these days!”
We’re introducing a new figure today: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop whose feast is March 18.
We’ve only a few extant works from St. Cyril: a letter, a homily, some fragments, and a series of 24 lectures known as the Lenten or...
Mar 12, 2020
“For when did the knowledge of God so shine forth? When did chastity and the virtue of virginity so manifest itself, or when was death so despised, as since the Cross of Christ appeared?”
We’re quickly approaching the conclusion to this great spiritual classic by St. Athanasius! In this episode, we’ll hear...