Our view of Orthodox faith and worship is misconstrued – we think of it as dry, constraining, even bitter. To understand Orthodoxy, we must understand how the Church has evolved, while at the same time, preserving the teachings handed down by our Lord Jesus. This article is the second in a series on “The Orthodox …
One day some people from a church visited a rich farmer to ask him to make his pledge for the coming year. The farmer filled in an amount that was pitifully low, much less than the poorest member of the congregation would give. One of the visitors looked at the farmer and said, “We really …
“Among all the miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of Lazarus holds a foremost place in preaching. But if we consider attentively who did it, our duty is to rejoice rather than to wonder.” A commentary on John 11:1-54 by Saint Augustine.
John 4:13-14 – “Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting Life.”
This article is the first of a three-part series on John 4. In this Homily 31, St. John Chrysostom discusses John 4:1-12, the meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ with the Samaritan woman.
