The Earthly Life of Jesus - The Mystery of Ch...

A) Excerpt from "The Mystery of Christ: An Athonite Catechism (Lesson 14) - The Coming Messiah" by Fr. Peter Heers https://youtube.com/live/4U26GkykKDk- - -B) Excerpted from Lesson 23: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle & Evangelist John the Theologian, Rev. 20:5-6 (Ser ...  Show more

A “pep talk” for you on your struggle as you enter into the Great Fast and Journey to Pascha: on divine services, prayer rule, typikon, fasting and feasting and fielding your questions on all things Lenten. 

Many of the things we’d like to know about Jesus’ life we don’t know, but remember, as Fr. Mike has told us, a Christian mystery is not “a case to be solved.” It’s a beauty to bathe in. The Catechism explains the three characteristics common to each of Christ’s mysteries: revelat ...  Show more

When he was crucified, Jesus experienced a real human death, the separation of his soul from his body. Because of his divinity, though, Jesus’ body did not see corruption, and his body and soul were reunited in the Resurrection. The risen Christ is the meeting point of death and ...  Show more

The Catechism wraps up its discussion surrounding Article 5 of the Creed (“He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead”) and asks the question, “What does Jesus’ resurrection mean for me?” Fr. Mike points out that Christ’s resurrection proves—definitively ...  Show more

Diving deeper into Jesus Christ as Mystery, the Catechism describes the deep mystery in the preparations for Christ’s coming—also known as Advent—as well as the mystery of his first coming in Christmas. Fr. Mike points to one of the last sentences of today’s readings—”Only when C ...  Show more