The Festal Letter of St. AthanasiusLetter 4 St Athanasius opens his letter with a reminder to everyone that each year during this season a “holy self-examination stirs up our minds and keeps our consciences on guard to think on good things. We do not act like mourners during these days. Rather, we put down the appetites of our bodies in order to…
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The Festal Letter of St. AthanasiusLetter 3 St Athanasius begins his letter by stressing the importance of persevering against those who fight against the truth (as St Athanasius did with Arius) and not being “silenced or overcome by the wickedness of our accusers”. He then goes on to stress the importance of celebrating the Feast (of Resurrection) and quotes St Paul in…
The Festal Letter of St. AthanasiusLetter 2 St Athanasius begins his Festal Letter by saying that in order to celebrate the heavenly joy of the Feast of Resurrection properly, we should listen and pay attention to the teachings of the Church in the weeks leading up to the Feast. We also have many examples such as St Paul who are role models…
The Festal Letter of St. AthanasiusLetter 1 Come, my beloved, the season calls us to keep the feast. Again, the Sun of Righteousness Malachi 4:2, causing His divine beams to rise upon us, proclaims beforehand the time of the feast, in which, obeying Him, we ought to celebrate it, lest when the time has passed by, gladness likewise may pass us by.…
The eyes of the Lord are rays of light, which lighten those who are in the darkness and in the shadow of death. The tongue of Christ is full of life for everyone whom death has conquered. The hands of Christ are restorers of life, with which He aids all and sets them on their feet. The garments of Christ are restorers…