Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
The Savior is compared to the woman in the Gospel parable who diligently seeks the lost drachma. This drachma is each person’s soul.
Archimandrite Joseph (Yeremenko)
Who is this mysterious Melchizedek, about whom so little is written in the Holy Scriptures, but whom the holy author of the Great Canon calls on us to imitate?...
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
In order to wage spiritual warfare, we need the presence of Divine grace, for this is no human warfare.
Archpriest Victor Potapov
The Great Canon is more astonishing than any other liturgical text encountered during Great Lent. It is a marvel of liturgical hymnography, with texts of amazing power and poetic beauty.
St. Innocent of Kherson
By its very appearance, fasting dispels a whole throng of disorders and temptations.
