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Questions and answers from different talks with youth group leaders.

1. Question: How can it be that apostle Paul had persecuted Christians and nevertheless converted while there are people who…

Theme:    Place:    Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Talk
About the love of Christ. September 9, 2002

I want shortly to say something about Christ’s commandment that we should love one another as He has loved us….

Theme: Christ, Love, Current events   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
Forgiveness Vigil. March 17, 2002

We are starting today our dread journey together with the Lord Jesus Christ to Calvary. All these weeks Christ will…

Theme: Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
A word at Vespers in the week of prayers for Christian unity. January 23, 2002

I have not got the courage to begin what I have got to say to you now with the habitual…

Theme: The Church, Other confessions and religions   Place: Week of prayer   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
Sermon given at the Christmas Vigil. January 6, 2002

The Feast of the Nativity of Christ cannot but fill us with a feeling of gratitude and joy; but also…

Theme: The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
A sermon on prayer. August 12, 2001

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. I AM ASKED very often how to…

Theme: Prayer   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
Talk at Diocesan conference. May 26, 2001
Theme:    Place:    Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Talk
Easter. April 15, 2001

I want to have the arrogance of adding a word to what you have heard, the word of a saint….

Theme: Christ, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
Faith. 25 March 2001
Theme: Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
Sunday. March 11, 2001

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. I want to say something which is…

Theme: Spiritual life, Pastoral care   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
SERMON Vespers, Forgiveness Sunday. 25th February 2001

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. The weeks that have preceded Forgiveness Sunday…

Theme: Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
The Sunday of the New Martyrs of Russia. February 11, 2001

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. The martyrs and the saints of a…

Theme: Saints and Holiness, Current events   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
The Nativity of Christ. January 7, 2001

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. At the Nativity of Christ we rejoice…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 2001-2003   Genre: Sermon
On love. November 26, 2000
Theme: Love   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sunday. October 15, 2000

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Gospel is infinitely simple if we…

Theme: Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sunday. October 15, 2000
Theme: Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sunday before Trinity. June 11, 2000

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. In a week’s time we will keep…

Theme: The Holy Spirit, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Healing of the paralytic. May 21, 2000
Theme:    Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Healing the paralytic. May 21, 2000

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. How tragic today’s story of the life…

Theme: Gospel parables, Healing   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Vespers of the Forgiven Sunday. March 12, 2000

The service of Forgiveness is not a time when a priest has a right, or a call to teach forgiveness…

Theme: Great Lent, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Talk on Lent. Prodigal son. March 3, 2000
Theme:    Place:    Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Talk
The publican and the pharisee. February 20, 2000

On our journey towards Lent, and beyond Lent towards Easter, we come to a series of parables which must prepare…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Remembrance Sunday. November 14, 1999

We are keeping today the Remembrance Sunday. We remember, yes, we must remember and never forget all those who in…

Theme: Death, Human values, Current events   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Remembrance day. October 31, 1999
Theme:    Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
About confession. October 31, 1999

In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Continuing my short talks/sermons on…

Theme: Confession, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
About confession. September 26, 1999

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. I have been asked to give a…

Theme: Confession   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
About confession. September 12, 1999

In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. I was asked to give a certain number of…

Theme: Confession   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Faith and life. August 29, 1999
Theme: Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 1941-1945   Genre: Sermon
Sermon given by Metropolitan Anthony Commemoration of the New Martyrs of Russia. July 18, 1999

In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen We remember today the martyrs…

Sermon on the day of All the Saints of Britain and Ireland. June 20, 1999

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I will speak first in English and then…

Sermon. All Saints. June 6, 1999
Theme:    Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sermon. All Saints. June 6, 1999

We are keeping today the feast of All Saints. Each of us has been dedicated on the day of his…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sermon. May 16, 1999
Theme: Prayer   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sermon. May 16, 1999
Theme: Prayer   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Easter. April 11, 1999
Theme:    Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Easter. April 11, 1999

If I may I wish to add just a few words of my own. Christ is life and the victory…

Theme: The feasts of the Church, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
About the war in the Balkans. March 28, 1999

I want to say a few words now which are not on the Gospel, which are rooted for me deeply,…

Theme: The Church and the world, Solidarity, Current events   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
On Balkan war. March 28, 1999
Theme:    Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross. October 4, 1998

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. On the day we remember the Cross, we…

Theme: Love, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Where have we Orthodox failed our calling?. May 22, 1998

The theme of the conference as presented, ‘In what way have we Orthodox failed our vocation?’, has already provoked a…

In memory of Anna Garrett. September 1997

Before we disperse and before we commit the body of Anya whom we have revered and loved to her last…

Theme: Death, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Sermon given on the Sunday of Orthodoxy in the cathedral of the Antiochian Church in London. March 16, 1997

We are keeping today, as every year at the end of the first week of Lent, the Feast of the…

Theme: Orthodoxy, The feasts of the Church, The Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1996-2000   Genre: Sermon
Healing of paralised. 5 May 1996

We have heard today the story of a man who for 38 years lay paralised waiting of the waters to…

Sermon preached on Sunday. August 20, 1995

Very often people come to confession and repeat sins which they have confessed time and again. The priest does not…

Theme: Confession, Sin   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon preached on the occasion of the Diocesan Liturgy. June 18, 1995

Within the immeasurable depth of the Liturgy, two events have occurred to-day in this Service. One, the ordination of Nicholas…

Theme: Pastoral care   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Blessed are the poor in spirit. May 21, 1995

After a certain number of my last sermons, I was told that I cast a feeling of darkness, of sadness…

Theme: Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
On Palm Sunday. April 16, 1995

Today by the will of the people of God, by the election of his brother clergy and by his total…

Theme: Role of Laity, Pastoral care   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon preached on the Sunday of Zacchaeus & the New Martyrs of Russia. February 5,1995

It has been said that the glory of the Church of God is its martyrs, those people who proved ready…

Theme: The Church, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon Preached on the Feast of the Mother of God & St Joseph the Betrothed, Sunday. January 8, 1995

In the context of the Feast which we keep these days, the Incarnation of the Son of God who came…

Theme: The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon by Metropolitan Anthony Addressed to Russia and Western Europe, published in la Pensee Russe, in France. January 4, 1995

This is Christ’s Birthday! The children’s Festival. There are Christmas trees with their candles burning, children are delightedly receiving presents,…

Theme: The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church, Solidarity   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Easter. May 1, 1994

We are keeping today the Resurrection of Christ which is the victory of God over death but also over evil….

Theme: The feasts of the Church, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon preached on The Sunday of the Last Judgement St Matthew XXV: 31-46 Sunday. March 6, 1994.

More than once does the Gospel give us a warning on the way in which we shall be judged and…

Theme: Gospel parables, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
The Feast of Saint Anthony the Great. January 30, 1994.

Today we are keeping the memory of St Anthony of Egypt. In the lives of saints we usually single out…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Talk
Sermon addressed to Russia & Western Europe published in La Pensйe Russe, in France. January 7, 1994

This is Christ’s Birthday! The Children’s Festival. There are Christmas trees with their candles burning, children are delightedly receiving presents,…

Theme: Christ, The feasts of the Church, Role of Laity   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon on The Lord's Prayer preached on Sunday. August 18, 1993

It is with an increasing sense not only of awe but of terror that I pronounce the words of the…

Theme: Prayer   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Easter. April 18, 1993

We are keeping today the Resurrection of Christ which is a victory of God over death but also over Evil….

Theme: Role of Laity, The Church and the world, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Talk
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. February 7, 1993

Two weeks ago we heard the Gospel relating the story of the blind man, Bartimaeus (St Luke XVIII :35-43), and…

Theme: Gospel parables, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Easter, 1992. Broadcast to the people of Russia, after reading St. John Chrysostom's Easter message. April 26, 1992.

I should like to add a few words of my own in greeting to all those who are listening to…

Theme: Christ, The Church and the world, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Church and Communion. 2 February 1992

In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. How mysterious the Church is; one…

Theme: Sacraments, The Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
The Rich Young Man. 18 August 1991

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The Lord warns us today of how difficult…

Theme: Gospel parables, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Carry one another’s burdens. 14 July 1991

How beautiful and seemingly simple are the last words of to-day’s Epistle: ‘Carry one another’s burdens, and so you will…

Theme: Epistles, Intercession, Solidarity, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Nativity of St John the Baptist. 7 July 1991

The Nativity of St John the Baptist confronts us with a most tragic and most mysterious personality of the New…

On Dying George - On Love. 19 May 1991

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I have spoken to you lately of one…

Theme: Love, Suffering and pain, Death   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
How should we read the Gospel. 12 May 1991

I have been asked more than once ‘How should we read the Gospel so that it reaches not only our…

Theme: The Gospel   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sunday of the Paralytic. 28 April 1991

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I should like you to pay attention to…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Myrrh-bearing Women. 21 April 1991

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We remember today the Myrrh-bearing Women, Joseph of…

Theme: The feasts of the Church, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Easter. 7 April 1991

Addressed to the people of Russia after the broadcast of the Resurrection Service from the Cathedral, Ennismore Gardens, London.  …

Sermon preached on the Sunday of Zacchaeus. 20 January 1991

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. In these weeks of preparation for Lent, we…

Theme: Gospel parables, Spiritual life, Sin   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Bartimaeus. 13 January 1991

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. As in the days of the ministry of…

Theme: Gospel parables, Healing   Place: London Parish   Period: 1991-1995   Genre: Sermon
Sermon on Fasting. 25 November 1990

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. In to­day’s Gospel (St. Luke 10:25-37) we hear…

Theme: The Incarnation, Gospel parables, Intercession   Place: London Parish   Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Sermon
Law and grace. 28 October 1990

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. To-day’s Epistle is not clear in every respect,…

Theme: Epistles, Faith, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Talk
Sermon preached on Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and on the occasion of the Ordination of Deacon Sergei Ovsiannikov to the Priesthood. 30 September 1990

It is still in the shining of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross that we celebrate today this…

Theme: Christ, Pastoral care   Place: London Parish   Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Sermon
Leaving of the Dormition of the Mother of God. 2 September 1990

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We are still in the light of the…

St Paul and storm. 5 August 1990

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I should like to begin with the words…

Theme: Epistles, Gospel parables, Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Sermon
St. Mary of Egypt. 16 April 1989

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We keep today the memory of Saint Mary…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Sermon
Feast of St Olga. 24 July 1988

We live in a time when all Christians represent a diminishing minority and in which we, the Orthodox, are a…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1986-1990   Genre: Sermon
Easter. 19 April 1987

I want to address myself to you now, all of you who have come to rejoice together with us in…

The challenge of the modern world. 14 May 1986

The challenge of the modern world is far too much to speak of at a meeting. We are challenged by…

Sermon on the occasion of the ordination to the priesthood of the deacon Patrick Hodson and to the diaconate of reader Elias Jones. 8 January 1984

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Two men chosen by the people of God,…

Theme: Sacraments, Pastoral care   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Sermon on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ. 1 January 1984

The two readings which we have heard to-day, that of the Epistle and that of the Gospel present us with…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Presentation of the Mother of God to the Temple. 4 December 1983

In the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Ghost. We are keeping today the Feast of…

Theme: The Mother of God, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Support Weak. Romans 15:1-7. 14 August 1983

In his Epistle to the Romans (15:1-7) St. Paul calls all Christians to be the strength and the support of…

Theme: Epistles, Solidarity   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
City of Men. 24 May 1983

When I was a teenager, a came once from a summer’s camp for boys and was met by my father,…

Address on receiving an honorary doctorate of divinity from the Moscow Theological Academy. 3 February 1983

On 3 February 1983, in the Lavra of St. Sergius of Radonezh at Zagorsk, seat of the Moscow Theological Academy,…

Theme: Pastoral care   Place: Churches, religious bodies, USSR   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Follow Me. 30 January 1983

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Addressing the youth who wanted to attain perfection,…

Theme: Gospel parables, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Christmas. 6 January 1983

I wish now to address myself to those of you who do not speak Russian, and beyond the walls of…

Theme: The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Primacy and primacies in the Church. 29 of November 1982

The problems posed by ‘primacy’ in the Church have been with us from the beginning: the earliest attempt at a…

British saints. 27 June 1982

In the Name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Ghost.  Three weeks, one after the other, we…

Theme: Orthodoxy, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
All Russian Saints Day. 20 June 1982

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The piece of cloth upon which the Holy…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Descent into Hell. 9 May 1982

One of the icons of the Resurrection shows us what is called ‘the Harrowing of hell’; deep under the surface…

Theme: Confession   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
St Andrew's Day. 13 December 1981

We are keeping today the feast of St Andrew, whom we call in the Orthodox Church “The First-Called”. We meet…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
On Resurrection. 10 May 1981

In the Name of the Farther, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Week after week after the feast of the…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, The body   Place: London Parish   Period: 1981-1985   Genre: Sermon
Gratitude. 21 December 1980

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Today’s Gospel reading (Luke 17,11-19) is about gratitude,…

Theme: Gospel parables, Healing   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Memory of Death. 30 November 1980

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The end of today’s Gospel reading is a…

Theme: Spiritual life, Death   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
The parable of the vineyard. 24 August 1980

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Today’s Gospel, interrupting, so to speak, a series…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
On Miracles. 20 July 1980

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We constantly read about Christ’s miracles in the…

Theme: Gospel parables, Miracles   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Between Ascension and Pentecost. 18 May 1980

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We are at present in the period between…

Blind man. 11 May 1980

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I should like to draw your attention to…

Theme: Spiritual life, Healing, Miracles   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Fr. Lev Gillet. Talk at St. Basil's House. 17 April 1980

In the writings of a Hebrew theologian of the 12th century who lived in Spain there is a passage in…

Theme: Prayer, Spiritual life, Death   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Talk
Pan-Orthodox Vespers. 15 April 1980

15 April 1980 It is not easy to add anything useful to what was said; only I would like to…

Theme: Orthodoxy, The Church   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Annunciation. Bright Monday. 7 April 1980

It is very rare that the Resurrection of Christ and the Annunciation coincide as they have done this year. And…

Theme: The Mother of God, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Liturgy of the Holy Saturday. 5 April 1980

How blessed we are: in the hours that separate us now from the procla­mation of the Resurrection of Christ we…

Theme: Great Lent, Death   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Burial of the Lord. 4 April 1980

We have been aware to-night of the death of Christ; and yet, we proclaim that in the tomb itself the…

Theme: Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Shroud. Holy Friday. 4 April 1980

After what we have seen and heard, there is no space for a sermon; I would like only to beg…

Theme: The Mother of God, Great Lent, Love   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Holy Thursday, Readings of the Twelve Gospels. 3 April 1980

We have been in the course of three hours confronted with the Passion of the Lord, with His love so…

Theme: Christ, Love   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Unction of the sick. Holy Wednesday. 2 April 1980

Now we shall perform the sacramental unction of the sick. It was instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ and His…

Theme: Sacraments, Great Lent, Suffering and pain, Healing, Death   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Before Passion Week. 16 March 1980

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. One by one the weeks of Lent pass,…

Theme: Great Lent, Doubt, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Sunday of Forgiveness. 17 February 1980

There are two phrases in the Prokeminon of this evening service, to which I wish to attract your attention: “the…

Theme: Great Lent, Faith, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
About the sower. 28 October 1979

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Twice in the Gospel passage that was read…

Theme: Faith, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
The Parable of the Rich Young Man. 2 September 1979

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Year after year we read the story of…

Theme: Gospel parables, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Sunday of All Saints. 17 June 1979

When Christ was parting from His disciples on the day of His glorious and bright Ascension, He commanded them to…

Theme: The feasts of the Church, Faith, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Nativity of Christ. 6 January 1979

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Whenever we re­ceive Communion we say…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, Gospel parables, Love   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Easter Sermon. 30 April 1978

Before I read the Epistle of Saint John Chrysostom and speak in Russian to those of you whose language it…

Theme: The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Sunday before Christmas. 1 January 1978

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When the angel appeared to Joseph he reminded…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Justice and Mercy Sermon by Metropolitan Anthony. 9 October 1977

Today’s Gospel is about mercy, and it seems to us so often from the experience we have of our earthly…

Theme: Love, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
St. Thomas. 17 April 1977

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Twice in the Gospels we read the solemn…

Theme: Gospel parables, Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
On Incarnation. 9 January 1977

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When we think of the Incarnation of the…

Theme: The Incarnation, The Holy Spirit, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Be Unbreakable As Job (Christmas). 6 January 1977

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When Christ was born into our world, that…

Theme: Christ, Suffering and pain, Solidarity   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
On Forgiveness. 29 of August 1976

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Often people are struck by the question: how…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Reading the Gospels. 15 August 1976

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Whenever we read the Gospel, either to ourselves…

Theme: The Gospel, Gospel parables, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Seek the Kingdom of Heaven. 4 July 1976

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When we read the words of the Saviour…

Theme: Spiritual life, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Wedding of Alec and Patsy. 4 July 1976

St. Hermas tells us that in a vision he saw a woman of rare beauty, the flower of virginity on…

Theme: Sacraments, Family and marriage   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Metropolitan Anthony’s New Year sermon. 31 December 1975

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Every new year brings us a moment of…

Theme: People and time   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Talk
Parish retreat. 13 December 1975

Part I. I have said in one of my last sermons that one should come to confession as though it…

Theme: Gospel parables, Spiritual life, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Talk
Sermon on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of being a vicar. 12 October 1975

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I wish now to say a few words…

Theme: The Church, Pastoral care   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Christmas. 7 January 1975

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. There is anguish when a woman is in…

Theme: The Incarnation   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
On liturgy - holy meal. 8 December 1974

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. We are so accustomed to think…

Theme: Liturgy   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
The relation between the spiritual and the psychological realms. August 1974

When speaking of the spiritual and the psychological realm, many people confuse these two regions. When you ask them about…

Receive one another. 21 July 1974

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. In two passages of his Epistles St. Paul…

Theme: Epistles, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Centurion. 30 June 1974

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The Gospel story of the centurion tells us…

Theme: Gospel parables, Faith, Healing   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Man born blind. 19 May 1974

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Before his meeting with Christ the blind man…

Theme: Gospel parables, Healing   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Reading the signs of the time (John, 5:4-42). 12 May 1974

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. In today’s Gospel, Christ advises His…

Theme: Role of Laity, The Church and the world   Place: London Parish   Period: 1976-1980   Genre: Sermon
Human values in medicine. 8 May 1974. 8 May 1974

Our President has been wise enough to give all his appreciation of the lecture I am going to give before…

Theme: Suffering and pain, Death, The value of man   Place: Medical institutions   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Talk
Healing at Bethesda. 5 May 1974

When we hear about the healing of the unfortunate man who had lain sick for 38 years, our hearts are…

Theme: Gospel parables, Love, Healing   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Evangelism. 1974

Born Anthony Bloom, son of a member of the Russian Imperial Diplo­matic Corps, Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh spent his childhood…

On communion. 9 December 1973

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. How many of us have today received communion…

Theme: Sacraments   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Life and death. October 1973

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Like a scarlet thread the idea of eternal…

Theme: Sin, Death   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
On Liturgy and confession. 12 August 1973

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The holy, the divine liturgy is…

Theme: Worship, Tradition, Pastoral care, Discipline   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
The consecration of the temple in Oxford. 11 July 1973

Short address after the consecration and the Liturgy. I should like to say a few words before we part. The…

Theme: Church building   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Communion of saints and of sinners. 13 May 1973

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Perhaps in these days that follow…

Theme: Prayer, The Church, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
On prayers. 13 May 1973

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Perhaps in these days that follow…

Theme: Prayer, The Church, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Forgiveness Sunday. 11 March 1973

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Today’s Gospel, in the beginning of our Lent…

Theme: Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
About hearing. 4 February 1973

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. It says in Holy Scripture “Take heed therefore…

Theme: Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
The Baptism of the Lord. 19 January 1973

What life-giving waters there, and what terrifying ones! At the beginning of the Book of Genesis we read how the…

Theme: The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Sermon on New Year. 31 December 1972

  In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I want to say a few words…

Sermon by Archbishop Anthony to mark the commencement of the work of cleaning and repainting the interior of our Cathedral. October 29, 1972

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. With what pain do we hear of the…

Theme: Church building   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Prayer for today's Christian. 4 August 1972

On the eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh – better known as Archbishop Anthony Bloom…

Theme: Faith, Prayer   Place: Media   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Interview
Young people and Christianity today. 15 April 1972

CHRISTIANITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE I think that before I speak of Christianity and young people I should say a few…

Easter Message. 9 April 1972

When Christ first rose from the tomb and appeared to His disciples and the myrrh-bearing women, He greeted them with…

Theme: Christ, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Sunday of the last judgement. 13 February 1972

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Today, on our prepa­ration journey towards Lent, we…

Theme: Gospel parables, Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
From Lent to Easter. 1972

What I intend to do – is to give a first introductory talk, than have a break during which we…

Theme: Great Lent, Prayer, Spiritual life   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Talk
On Christening of a Child. 12 December 1971

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. I so often call you to…

Theme: Sacraments, The vocation of man, Children and parents   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
On the birth of the Mother of God. 21 September 1971

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I should like to say a few words…

Theme: The Mother of God, The feasts of the Church   Place: USSR   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
The suffering and death of children. 6 September 1971

Today it has become almost commonplace to talk about the need for proper care of the terminally ill and dying…

On communion and life. August 1971

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. We hear week after week the…

Theme: Liturgy, Sacraments   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
The Sunday of All Saints - Sermon by Archbishop Antony. 13 June 1971

God’s gift on the day of Pentecost did not remain vain and fruitless for the disciples of Christ. They brought…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Resurrection Victory. 29 May 1971

In the 60s and 70s the visits of Metropolitan Anthony to Russia, where normal Church life was almost entirely suppressed,…

Theme: Christ, Gospel parables, Love, Death   Place: Churches, religious bodies, USSR   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Cost of the Kingdom. 4 April 1971

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. One of the most pain­ful things which we…

Theme: Christ, Great Lent, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
“By your words shall you be justified”. 14 January 1971

There are two sayings in Holy Scripture to which I should like to draw your attention. One refers to the…

Theme: Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
"Depart from me, for I am a sinful man.". 1971-1972

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. I would like to attract your…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1971-1975   Genre: Sermon
Learn to forgive. 19 July 1970

The world around us is full of hatred and turmoil, and however close we may feel to one another, however…

Theme: Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Sermon by Metropolitan Antony. 12 July 1970

When we celebrate the day of the holy Apostles we do not always fully realise how grateful we should be…

Theme: The feasts of the Church, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
All Saint’s Day. 21 June 1970

On the first Sunday after Pentecost we celebrate the day of All Saints. Is it not the right moment to…

Theme: Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Community healing and morbid. Talk 3. 5 March 1970

I spoke last time of community, and at the end I suggested that the pattern of any real human community,…

Christian Unity Week. 23 January 1970

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. We are met together tonight…

St. John the Baptist. 1970

John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ. He was the one who came before Him to make the pathway…

Theme: Faith, Freedom, The vocation of man   Place: Universities, colleges   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Before Christmas. 1 January 1970

People generally trace their genealogies from honour to honour, from glory to glory, remembering those people in their line who…

Theme: Christ, The Old Testament, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Doubt and the Christian life. 1970

I do not mean to give a complete exposition of Christianity. I want to take a certain number of points…

Theme: Faith, Doubt, Experience, Science   Place:    Period: 1941-1945   Genre: Sermon
About meditation. 1970

Q: Is awareness of the present moment vital to mediation? AA (Archbishop Anthony): I think it is vital to meditation…

Theme: Prayer, Spiritual life, The body, Experience   Place: Media   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Interview
New Year sermon. 31 December 1969

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Once again a new year is approaching. When…

Theme: Spiritual life, Human values   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
St. Paul: two laws at war. 10 December 1969

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. How can a man who appears to us…

Theme: Epistles, Spiritual life, Sin, Freedom   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Thou shall love the Lord thy God… and thy neighbor as thyself (Lk 10: 27). 23 November 1969

Many a time does Christ in His Gospel tell us of the new commandment which He has given us. What…

Theme: Love   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Worship in secular age. 12 November 1969

The subject of my talk today is, as you know, part of a series on worship in a secular age,…

Beheading of St. John the Baptist. 11 September 1969

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We are accustomed to turn to God for…

Theme: The feasts of the Church, Faith, Doubt   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
On the Eucharist. September 1969

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When the Lord at the Last Supper instituted…

Theme: Liturgy, Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Out of the ordinary. On prayer. 25 May 1969

A writer of the nineteenth century has said: “Prayer is about things which never happen and is addressed to one…

Theme: The Holy Spirit, Prayer   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
St. Thomas Sunday. 20 April 1969

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. ‘My Lord and my God!’ After…

Theme: Faith, Doubt, Saints and Holiness   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
The rising of Lazarus. 5 April 1969

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We are at the threshold of Holy Week,…

Theme: Christ, Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
The care of the individual. The David Kissen memorial lecture. 26 March 1969

After the very warm welcome which I have received, I should like to start with apologies. The first thing that…

Community healing and morbid. Talk 1. 12 February 1969

It is difficult to speak of something we are aiming at and we have not achieved. This is one of…

On facing suffering. 1 February 1969

It is about facing suffering that I am going to speak, not on suffering considered from a philosophical point of…

Sermon by Archbishop Anthony. 12 January 1969

The whole of Christ’s life was a struggle with death.  He, the Immortal One, was born into a life and…

Theme: Christ, Death   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Prayer and Life. 1969

It is a joy to have the opportunity of bearing witness to some­thing that strikes me and touches my heart,…

Prayer and holiness in the contemporary world. Louvain. November 1968

HOLINESS Before speaking about prayer and holiness in the contemporary world, I want to point out something that we always…

Theme: Prayer, Saints and Holiness, Discipline   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
On Communion. 27 October 1968

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Through living the whole life of the church,…

Theme: Sacraments   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Law and Grace. 2 October 1968

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The words which Saint Paul addresses…

Theme: Epistles, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Sermon for the 1st Sunday after Easter. 28 April 1968

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. We are still illumined by the joyful light…

Theme: Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Freedom. 22 March 1968

Dostoyevsky says somewhere that one should speak either of things one knows or of things one likes and, as probably…

Theme: Freedom   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
The unjust steward. Lecture V. 11 March 1968

In our last talk we mentioned the unjust Steward, and I want to say a few words of introduction, concerning…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
An introduction to Lent. 17 February 1968

This talk was given by Metropolitan Anthony to the London Group of the Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius…

On Epiphany. 5 January 1968

The word “Epiphany” means manifestation… At the festival of the Epiphany four events were commemorated – the Nativity of Christ,…

World Congress on Faiths. 1 January 1968

… his face must have appeared as ugly to men, He was a criminal, and the danger to which He…

Theme: Christ   Place: Conferences   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Rebirth of faith. BBC. Ten to eight. 1968

Until the middle of my teens I was an unbeliever – an aggressive one at that, as many are. I…

Theme: Faith, Experience   Place: Media   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Nativity sermon. 25 December 1967

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Helpless love is both salvation and judgement; helplessness…

Theme: The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
On weekly readings of the Gospel. 26 November 1967

The Gospel is read in the church at every service, at every service we are standing around this word of…

Theme: The Gospel   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
The true worth of man. The University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford. 22 October 1967

EDITORIAL NOTES * * Autumn 1967 has also seen the fiftieth anniversary of the Russian revolution. There is not space…

Mysticism. London Art School. 18 October 1967

May I first express my gratitude to the Principal and Vice-Principal for inviting me to speak to you. May I…

Theme: Faith, Spiritual life   Place: Universities, colleges   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Prayer today. Taize. 2 September 1967

Metropolitan Anthony Bloom’s answer to a question asked at Taize, France, by a group of young people: What value has…

Orthodoxy. Talk 5. 14 June 1967

We have devoted most of this year to the discussion of, not the problem, but the mystery and the reality…

Orthodoxy. Talk 4. 3 May 1967

We have been speaking for a certain time about the revelation of God, and I think I have insisted enough,…

Dialogue on Revelation with Edmund Leach. April 1967

Dialogue between Edmund and Anthony: Revelation Edmund Leach, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge; Anthony Bloom, Archbishop of Sourozh. Edmund: I…

Theme: Dialogues with atheists   Place: Universities, colleges   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Interview
Orthodox spirituality. Talk 1. The Resurrection and the Cross. Geneva. 30 March 1967

In a talk, even a rather long one, it would not be possible to speak of Orthodox spirituality in its…

Orthodoxy. Talk 3. 22 March 1967

At the end of our last talk we came to a point where it seemed to be necessary for us…

Communion. 19 March 1967

During these weeks of Lent many of you will be partaking of the Holy Mysteries, and we must partake of…

Theme: Sacraments, Great Lent   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Sunday before the Sunday of Forgiveness. 6 March 1967

In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Right at the beginning of Lent…

Theme: Gospel parables, Great Lent, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Prodigal son. 26 February 1967

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The parable of the Prodigal Son speaks to…

Theme: Gospel parables, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
On the Church. A catechetical exercise. 1967

Today, when somehow the divisions of the Church seem paramount in people’s minds, it is good to be reminded of…

The Gospel. Lecture 3. The Prodigal Son. 1967-1968

At the centre of the Gospel there is the meeting between God and man, and the meeting between man and…

Theme: The Gospel, Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
The Gospel. Lecture 2. 1967-1968

Although I think I will be repeating things which a certain number of you have already heard and are very…

Theme: The Gospel   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
The Gospel. Lecture 1. 1967-1968

Our plan this year is to take a certain amount of passages in the Gospel and to give a commentary…

Theme: The Incarnation, The Gospel, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Body and matter in spiritual life. 1967

The origin of this paper is to be found in a question which I was asked sometime ago, as to…

Orthodoxy. Talk 2. 9 November 1966

I would like to begin today’s talk with the same analogy with which I began last time, that of the…

Belief in Christ. 27 October 1966

I met Christ as a Person at a moment when I needed Him in order to live, at a moment…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, Intercession, Experience   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Orthodoxy. Talk 1. 19 October 1966

My intention is not to give a systematic and contrasting series of talks to make Orthodoxy different from other faiths…

The Last Supper. 19 June 1966

When the Lord instituted at the Last Supper that mystery of our faith which we call the Holy Liturgy or…

Theme: Liturgy, Sacraments   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Sermon
Genesis. Lecture 13 (7). 6 June 1966

I think we should now stop and think and ask ourselves how evil should be dealt with. First of all…

Theme: The Old Testament, Creation of the world, The fall   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Genesis. Lecture 12 (6). 2 May 1966

The story of the appearance of evil in the Garden of Eden is connected with the serpent. We can discuss…

Theme: The Old Testament, Creation of the world, The fall   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Genesis. Lecture 11 (5). 18 April 1966

The question of evil appears quite different in two contexts. If you look at the Bible and the fall of…

Theme: The Old Testament, Creation of the world, The fall   Place: London Parish   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Night thoughts. Facing the world with God. 1966

Talk 1: We can flee responsibilities, but we cannot avoid facing the world and its terrors.   Can we do this…

Theme: Spiritual life   Place: Media   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Suffering. 1966

When someone is ill, obviously it is not the moment to come and say, “H’m! You are ill. You do…

Theme: Suffering and pain, Death, Medical ethics   Place: Medical institutions   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
The meaning of love. 1966

Archbishop Anthony Bloom originally trained as a surgeon in Paris. He is now Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in…

Theme: Love   Place:    Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Talk
Where to light a candle. 1966

Metropolitan Anthony: The Eucharistic celebration, the communion service has got one particular quality: it is an act of God. Because…

Theme: Liturgy, Orthodoxy   Place: Media   Period: 1966-1970   Genre: Interview
Rich young man. 14 December 1965

The conversation between Christ and the young man who asked how to obtain eternal life, assumes significance and clarity when…

Theme: Gospel parables   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Sermon
Vatican II and the Eastern Churches. Two short comments. May 1965

Archbishop Anthony: [1] FIRST OF ALL, I wish to express my joy at being in your midst again, and the…

On communion. 26 March 1965

In our communion of Christ holy Mysteries we become akin to Him – become one with Him humanity. But in…

Theme: Sacraments, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Sermon
One of great price. Foreword. 1965

O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer. Tempest, I, ii, 5. The words of Shakespeare’s Miranda might…

“God loved the world so much…”. 20 September 1964

On the Sunday before the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Gross we are reminded of the purpose of…

Theme: The Church and the world, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Sermon
Ordination of deacon Sergey Hakkel to priesthood. 12 July 1964

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. What I have got to say I should…

Theme: Worship, Sacraments, The Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Sermon
Ascension. 11 June 1964

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The feast of the Ascension of the Lord…

Theme: The Incarnation, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Sermon
Genesis. Lectures 9 and 10. 1964 - 1966

We have until now listened to given points of view which are that commonly expounded in the Orthodox Church. But…

Genesis. Lecture 8. 1964 - 1966

In the last talk we have discussed the two records of man’s creation in Genesis. The one given in the…

Genesis. Lecture 7. 1964 - 1966

We have now come to the point when it is time to examine the creation of man. We have already…

Genesis. Lecture 4. 1964 - 1966

In our reading of the first chapter of Genesis we have insisted so far on the act of creation, on…

Genesis. Lecture 3. 1964 - 1966

In previous lectures we have seen that at the root of our existence there is a concrete basic relation with…

Genesis. Lecture 2. 1964 - 1966

Last time I pointed out the difference between the act of creation, which is summed up in the first verse…

Theme: The Old Testament, Creation of the world   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Genesis. Lecture 1. 1964 - 1966

The subject of this year’s talks will be Genesis, and most probably only the beginning of Genesis. And I should…

Theme: The Old Testament, Creation of the world   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Would we recognise Christ if we lived then?. 1964-1965

I want to share with you some kind of discovery I have made: I have come by accident upon the…

Theme: Christ, Faith, Prayer, Spiritual life   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Interview on Orthodox views of Rome and the world. 20 June 1963

Interview granted by His Eminence Archbishop Antony, Exarch of the Patriarch of Mos­cow in Western Europe, to Mr. Gabriel Matzneff,…

Some aspects of the doctrine of creation. 1963

I would like if I may to take up a few categories which belong to the mystery and the fact…

Theme: Freedom, Creation of the world, Created world, matter   Place: Conferences   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 9. 1963-1964

Today we are going to deal with the subject to which the argument led last time. We came to a…

Theme: Spiritual life, The body, Created world, matter   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 8. The Holy Spirit. 1963-1964

I am going to speak today of the Holy Spirit, centring our discussion on the event of Pentecost, Whit Sunday;…

Theme: The Holy Spirit   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 7. The Resurrection of Christ. 1963-1964

We have spoken last time of Passion Week, and although we have left a great deal unsaid, I would like…

Theme: Christ, The Gospel   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 6. The Holy Week. 1963-1964

As Holy Week is drawing close, I have been asked by a certain number of people to break again the…

Theme: Christ, The feasts of the Church   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 4. On the Incarnation. 1963-1964

I would like to make a break in the normal series of our talks and say something about the Incarnation…

Theme: The Incarnation   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 3. 1963-1964

I would like to come back to a point which was discussed at the end of the last meeting and…

Theme: Faith, The challenge of the modern world   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 2. 1963-1964

We have got to discuss to-day four of Tillich’s sermons; I am not going to discuss them separately and in…

Theme: Faith, Spiritual life, The vocation of man   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The shaking of the foundations. Lecture 1. 1963-1964

We start this year on something we have never attempted before, on an effort to read together and to discuss…

Theme: Faith   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
The dialogue of East and West in Christendom. 10 March 1962

I wish to say a few things about what I believe can be the contribu­tion of Orthodoxy in this situation…

Lectures 1961 – 1962. Lecture 8. 1962

I want to speak on the connection there is between the liturgy and life, between worship and action, between what…

Theme: Liturgy, The vocation of man   Place:    Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Lectures 1961 – 1962. Lecture 6. On man. 1962

To finish this series of talks on doctrine, we have now to envisage what man is and I will in…

Theme: Christ, The Incarnation, Creation of the world   Place:    Period: 1941-1945   Genre: Sermon
Lectures 1961 – 1962. Lecture 5. Theology. 1962

Trinitarian theology as you know, is the work mainly of the fourth century. The council of Nicea completed and fulfilled…

Theme: The Holy Trinity, The Incarnation, The Holy Spirit   Place:    Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Lectures 1961 – 1962. Lecture 4. Theology. 1962

We are going to continue on the subject of doctrine according to Lossky, in a shorter form, with the theory…

Theme: The Holy Trinity, The Holy Spirit, The Gospel   Place:    Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Lectures 1961 – 1962. Lecture 1. On the nature of grace. 1 November 1961

The nature of grace has been a subject of theological discussion in the 14th century and the two or three…

Theme: The Holy Trinity, The Incarnation, The Holy Spirit   Place:    Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Visit to Russia. 1961

I have been asked to write my impressions of Russia, the Russian people and the Russian Church. There is no…

Theme: Current events   Place: London Parish   Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Paper
Lectures 1961 – 1962. Lecture 3. 1961

I have obtained notes that Lossky had compiled when he talked at the Theological school. The introduction he made to…

Theme: The Holy Trinity, The Incarnation, The Holy Spirit   Place:    Period: 1961-1965   Genre: Talk
Somatopsychic techniques in Greek Orthodox Christianity. February 1957

  Christians of the Orthodox Church have attached meaning and value to certain techniques which have been found to aid…

Theme: Prayer, Spiritual life, The body   Place: Churches, religious bodies   Period: 1956-1960   Genre: Talk
For the union of all. 19 January 1950

At every service we pray for the “union of all” in the Church of the Living God. What sort of…

Theme: The Church   Place: Week of prayer   Period: 1946-1950   Genre: Sermon
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