Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica — An Early Syrian Christian Poem
Jesus and Zacchaeus Icon (Italo-Byzantine) Translation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Luke (19:1-10) At that time, Jesus entering in, walked through Jericho. And behold there was a man named Zachæus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich; and he sought to see Jesus Who He was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was of low stature. And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore-tree that [...]
A Message for Overcoming Sin
ALL VICES, once cast down, fade in their strength and are more readily blocked and slipped in subsequent entanglements. But vainglory, when thrown, surges back with fiercer vigor to the grapple; thought vanquished, from its feint it rallies alive, redoubling might. Such is the subtle guile of the enemy who turns the soldier of Christ’s own prowess against him, felling by the soldier’s own valor when direct assault may not prevail. St. John Cassian, The [...]