The Second Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, St. Gregory Palamas Sunday He was once called “the cause of all disorders and disturbances in the Church.” Now imagine that he was called “the cause of all disorders and disturbances in the Church” by the Patriarch of Constantinople himself. The year is 1344. This comment was
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Craft Project for the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
St. Gregory Palamas Source: Creative Hands St. Gregory Palamas is commemorated this coming Sunday (the second Sunday in Lent) in the Orthodox Church. He is remembered on this Sunday because the condemnation of his enemies and the vindication of his teachings by the Church in the 14th century was acclaimed as a second triumph
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Can We Actually Experience God?
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 2:1-12 On this the Second Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, we commemorate our Father among the saints Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (Thessaloniki). The gospel that is given to us is meant to guide us and inform us regarding the special character of this
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