The Great Litany – The Litany of Peace. A Short Introduction.

The Great Litany The Litany of Peace   An Orthodox deacon extending his orarion at the end of a petition of a litany. (A Deacon, Andrei Ryabushkin, 1888)   The Great Litany is said as the first litany of Divine Liturgy and Vespers, after the Six Psalms in Matins and at the beginning of the… Continue reading The Great Litany – The Litany of Peace. A Short Introduction.

That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity…

That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity… Thoughts on a petition in the Great Ectenia, the Litany of Peace Oct 21/Nov 3 2009 22nd Tuesday after Pentecost. Monk Hilarion the Great.     That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord.  10th… Continue reading That we may be delivered from all tribulation, wrath, and necessity…

Parable of the sower. Having ears to hear is only possible if there is good ground. Audio homily 2009.

LISTEN NOW Luke 8:5-15 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because… Continue reading Parable of the sower. Having ears to hear is only possible if there is good ground. Audio homily 2009.