Author Archives: Father Steven Allen

28 April OS 2016 – Wednesday of Thomas Week; Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus Christ is Risen! In today’s reading from Acts, the Holy Apostles Peter and John tell the Sanhedrin that they will not remain silent about the Resurrection of … Continue reading →

26 April OS 2016 – Monday of Thomas Week; Holy Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, St. Joannicius of Devich, St. Stephen of Perm Christ is Risen! The reading today from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 3: 19-26) is the second … Continue reading →

21 April OS 2016 – Wednesday of Renewal Week, Holy Hieromartyr Januarius, S. Anastasios of Mt. Sinai Christ is Risen! In the reading today from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Peter concludes his great proclamation of the Resurrection delivered to … Continue reading →

14 April OS 2016 – Wednesday of Holy and Great Week At the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts today, the Church appoints this reading from St. Matthew: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There … Continue reading →

6 April OS 2016 – Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Lent; St. Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople St. Theophan the Recluse chooses a verse from the second reading at Vespers today – Proverbs 21: 3-21, for comment. “He that stops his … Continue reading →

5 April OS 2016 – Monday of the Sixth Week of Lent; Holy Martyr Claudius, Holy Martyrs Theodoulos and Agathopodes St. Theophan the Recluse chooses the reading at the Sixth Hour today – Isaiah 48:17-49:4, for comment. Thus says the Lord: … Continue reading →

2 April OS 2016 – Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent; St. Titus the Wonderworker; Holy Martyrs Amphian and Aedesius The first reading at Vespers today, Genesis 22:1-18, presents one of the most powerful images in all the Old … Continue reading →

1 April OS 2016 – Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent; Thursday of the Great Canon; St. Mary of Egypt; St. Barsanuphius of Optina  The second reading at Vespers today, Proverbs 16:17-17:17, contains one of the best known verses … Continue reading →

25 March OS 2016 – The Annunciation The Holy Fathers are a never-ending source of illumination and delight.   This morning, I was studying the commentary of Blessed Theophylact on today’s Gospel reading (Luke 2:26-38), and the saint offered so much … Continue reading →

23 March OS 2016 – Fourth Tuesday of Great Lent, Holy Monk-Martyr Nikon and His 199 Disciples in Sicily One of the great theological themes of the Triodion and Pentecostarion is the Mystery of Holy Baptism, which, in the early … Continue reading →