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Homily on Cheese Fare Sunday. The Condition Prior to Entering the Holy Forty Days Fast

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Homily on Cheese Fare Sunday. The Condition Prior to Entering the Holy Forty Days Fast

Beloved brethren! We have already reached the very gates of the holy fast! They are even now about to open before us! Already, according to the typicon of the Holy Church, we hear the instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ read to us today in the Holy Gospels about the correct way to begin the podvig of fasting.

Sermon on Cheese-Fare Sunday, the Remembrance of Adam’s Expulsion from Paradise

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

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Sermon on Cheese-Fare Sunday, the Remembrance of Adam’s Expulsion from Paradise

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

This judgment of ourselves will tear a living, saving cry from our hearts that will reach the heavens: “Lord! Have mercy on me. O God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” And the miracle of our salvation will begin. The Lord will console our repentant souls and hearts with peace, calm, and love. In the words of our dear elder, St. Seraphim of Sarov, “Acquire the spirit of peace, and thousands will be saved around you”—transformation will begin in life around us.

Forgiveness Sunday

Archpriest Victor Potapov

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Forgiveness Sunday

Archpriest Victor Potapov

Forgiveness Sunday is a day a day of strict self-examination, a day on which we examine the extent our spiritual maturity: are we capable of following after Christ, of obeying all of His directions? Many of us know well from personal experience that it is far easier to forgive than to ask forgiveness of one whom we have somehow offended, for our pride interferes with our admitting guilt. The Church constantly teaches that it is only through repentance, spiritual struggle, and efforts toward great abstinence that what had been lost through sin may be sought, found and restored.

The Fourth Sunday of the Triodion Period: Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare Sunday)

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The Fourth Sunday of the Triodion Period: Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare Sunday)

At the onset of Great Lent and a period of intense fasting, this Sunday reminds us of our need for God’s forgiveness and guides our hearts, minds, and spiritual efforts on returning to Him in repentance.

Forgiveness Sunday

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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Forgiveness Sunday

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

This Sunday is known as Forgiveness Sunday, and also Cheesfare Sunday for it is the last day on which we may eat dairy produce. On it we remember the Fall of Adam and Eve and how they lost Paradise by eating 'the forbidden fruit', which is why we fast, eating only 'the permitted fruit'. How exactly did that Fall happen?

Forgiveness Sunday

Archpriest Alexander Schmemann

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Rating: 5.3|Votes: 16

Forgiveness Sunday

Archpriest Alexander Schmemann

In the Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Great Lent – the day on which, at Vespers, Lent is liturgically announced and inaugurated – is called Forgiveness Sunday. On the morning of that Sunday, at the Divine Liturgy, we hear the words of Christ: "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses..." (Mark 6:14-15)

Sermon on Forgiveness Sunday

Igumen Zacchaeus (Wood)

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Sermon on Forgiveness Sunday

Igumen Zacchaeus (Wood)

Of course much can be, and indeed has been said about each preparatory Sunday—from the desire of Zacchaeus to the humble prayer of the publican to the repentance of the prodigal son, and finally with the clear teaching of the Lord as to what we need to do to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Today's theme, however is more frightening—the expulsion of Adam from Paradise.

Sermon before the Fast

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Sermon before the Fast

The fact is of real value only when it stems from a pure heart; when one is ready to deny wealth, and stand above money; when one is ready to give alms to the poor; when one has love and affection, not only for one's own children, but also for the orphans and the poor. One manifests real fasting when he is ready to deprive himself of food, in order that the hungry and destitute might be fed. One really fasts when he maintains his equilibrium under all stress, never allowing himself to lose his temper and explode like a volcano, destroying everyone around him.

Now it is High Time to Awake Out of Sleep

A Homily for Cheesefare Sunday

Holy Hierach Innocent (Borisov) of Kherson

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Now it is High Time to Awake Out of Sleep

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Sermon on the Remembrance of Adam’s Exile from Paradise

Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov

The Lord God bestowed free will upon Adam, as He also has upon you and me. This is a very great but also very responsible gift. As a test of free will, as a confirmation of faithfulness to the Father, in Paradise grew the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Of course it was also intended for man, but the Lord foretold that the time had not yet come for young Adam to know about good and evil.

Forgiveness Sunday: Seven Stages of Forgiveness

Fr. Konstantin Kobelev

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Forgiveness Sunday: Seven Stages of Forgiveness

Fr. Konstantin Kobelev

Is it possible to forgive everyone for everything in one day, and what should we do if it doesn’t work? Fr. Konstantin Kobelev, the rector of the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in Butyrka Prison in Moscow, discusses the stages in the process of offering forgiveness.

A Sermon for Forgiveness Sunday

Igumen Joseph (Kryukov)

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A Sermon for Forgiveness Sunday

Igumen Joseph (Kryukov)

“Forgive me…” Such easy, simple words! It doesn’t even take a deep breath to say them. It took mankind so many generations, tears, sins and so much suffering to respond to the call for repentance by the Holy Prophet and Forerunner John, the Baptist of the Lord, with the words: “Forgive me, O Lord!” and enter the waters of the Jordan.

The healing power of forgiveness

Fr. James Guirguis

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The healing power of forgiveness

Fr. James Guirguis

These are precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ and they remind us that what is contained within the 4 gospels is more important than anything that has ever been written in history.

Cheesefare Sunday. The Gospel on Fasting

From the Collected Works of St. Nicholai (Velimirovich) published by Sretensky Monastery

St. Nicholai Velimirovich

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Cheesefare Sunday. The Gospel on Fasting

From the Collected Works of St. Nicholai (Velimirovich) published by Sretensky Monastery

St. Nicholai Velimirovich

To not give in to the enemy—that is the main rule for those who are fighting a war. An army commander warns every soldier ahead of time about the threat of enemy subterfuge, so that they would not be deceived and taken captive. A soldier left alone, hungry, shivering and without warm clothing undergoes a strong temptation to give himself up to the enemy. The cunning adversary will take advantage of his situation with all possible means.

Why does God allow evil

Talks on the Book of Genesis 4

Andrei Solodkov

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Rating: 6.3|Votes: 13

Why does God allow evil

Talks on the Book of Genesis 4

Andrei Solodkov

How does the Bible explain the reason for satan’s fall from God? Why does the devil appear to Eve in the form of a serpent? What is the trap hidden in his questions? Why does the All-Seeing God ask Adam, “Where are you?”

Why We Forgive

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Why We Forgive

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The directness of Christ’s commandments (“forgive your enemies”) and the consequences of ignoring them (“if you do not forgive others neither will your heavenly Father forgive you”) can easily make forgiveness into a heavy, soul-crushing burden of spiritual failure. Understanding the true nature of forgiveness, however, carries us into the very mystery of our existence and reveals why such importance is given to its practice.

Return with the New Adam to Paradise: Homily for Forgiveness Sunday in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

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Return with the New Adam to Paradise: Homily for Forgiveness Sunday in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

The spiritual disciplines of Lent have nothing to do with legalism or punishing ourselves. Instead, they are tools to help us find healing and strength as we wear the robe of light, as we grow in our personal participation in the salvation that the Second Adam has brought to a world of despair and decay. Now is the time to strip ourselves of all that would hold us back from following our Lord to His cross and glorious resurrection, for it is through His Passion that we will enter into the fullness of the glory for which He created us in the first place.

The Meaning of Forgiveness Vespers

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The Meaning of Forgiveness Vespers

It is very characteristic what is written: "Forgive (συγχωρῶ) means to 'move forward' (χωρῶ) with God and with others." With forgiveness we do not only receive a simple absolution, which implies a legalistic concept of salvation.

Blow The Trumpet in Zion

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Blow The Trumpet in Zion

Fr. Barnabas Powell

All too often it’s easy to miss the warnings in my life because my life, my soul, my mind is flooded with my own “voice.” The selfish wants drown out that “still, small voice” that is screaming at me that I am going down a wrong path.

The Beginning of Great Lent

St. John of Shanghai

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The Beginning of Great Lent

St. John of Shanghai

Just as a stairway is built into a tall building in order to enable one, by climbing the steps, to easily reach the top, so too, the various days in the year serve as steps for our spiritual ascent.

Homily on Cheesefare Sunday

Patriarch Tikhon (Bellavin)

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Homily on Cheesefare Sunday

Patriarch Tikhon (Bellavin)

Unfortunately, brethren, we do not like to acknowledge our transgressions. It would seem natural and easy for a person to know his own self, his own soul and his shortcomings. This, however, is actually not so. We are ready to attend to anything but a deeper understanding of ourselves, an investigation of our sins. We examine various things with curiosity, we attentively study friends and strangers, but when faced with solitude without extraneous preoccupation even for a short while, we immediately become bored and attempt to seek amusement.

Forgiveness Sunday

Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)

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Forgiveness Sunday

Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)

This is the very beginning of Great Lent. For whatever we begin in life, we always compose some kind of plan of action, a program of what we have to accomplish and in what order. But here we don’t have to do this; today’s Gospel gives us this program. Earlier, the Holy Church was more often teaching us, but now she is requiring actions from us. Just let us examine the present Gospel attentively, and we will see how simple, how accessible for each of us, and at the same time, how comprehensive these rules are.

Forgiveness Sunday

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