By Bishop Sergios of Loch Lomond
Attention has recently been drawn to the fate of mankind after death.
As we approach the Sunday of The Second Coming of Christ, popularly known as “Meatfare”, we will hear one of the Saviour’s parables when the Gospel of Saint Matthew, 25: 31-46, is read:
Saint Gregory of Sinai was born around 1265, and reposed on November 27/December 10, 1346. He was thus an older contemporary of Saint Gregory Palamas, who was born in 1296 and reposed in 1359.
Read MoreOn November 15/28, as we celebrate the Feast of St. Paissios Velichkovsky whose life and work is crucial for the renewal of hesychast spirituality in the Church, and the beginning of the fast for the Nativity of our Saviour, we are also marking the 70th anniversary of the repose of the New Martyr, Catherine Routis of Mandra, in Attica, Greece.
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