MAY 16 St. Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! When Theodore the Sanctified was in Panopolis with his spiritual father St. Pachomius, a philosopher approached...
MAY 15 St. Pachomius the Great CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! When a tyrant commits violence against the righteous out of greed, then the violence brings about loss and gain; that is, a...
MAY 14 Martyr Isidore of Chios CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! A sin that serves as a scandal to others is a twofold sin. A wise man strives neither to scandalize anyone nor...
MAY 13 MID-PENTECOST, Virgin Martyr Glyceria CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! Concerning the power of death and the power of the Cross of Christ, St. Athanasius writes: “Whose death ever drove out demons?...
MAY 12 Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! St. Clement of Alexandria tells of a horrible custom among the barbarians. He says that when they capture their enemy, they...
MAY 11 Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, Evangelizers of the Slavs CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! In the Saracen encampment they asked St. Cyril: “How can Christians wage war and at the same...
MAY 9 Holy Prophet Isaiah CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! Fr John’s Reflection If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the...
MAY 8 Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! A monk complained to St. Arsenius that while reading Holy Scripture he felt neither the power of the words...
MAY 7 St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre, Defender of Orthodoxy in America CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! I will tell you and not hide the mysteries of God from you. For He is the...
MAY 6 Righteous Job the Long-suffering CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! Abba Isaiah said of himself: “I see myself resembling a horse wandering around without a rider. Whoever finds him, sits on him...