Wondrous Is God in the Russian Saints. Sermon on the second Sunday after Pentecost, of All the Saints Who Shone forth in the Russian Lands

Wondrous Is God in the Russian Saints. Sermon on the second Sunday after Pentecost, of All the Saints Who Shone forth in the Russian Lands

Sermon on the second Sunday after Pentecost, of All the Saints Who Shone forth in the Russian LandsIgumen Tikhon (Borisov)The saints have lit the “candles” of their hearts forever so that the universe, plunged into the darkness of the abandonment of God, could warm itself—if only a little—from their light!

Daily prayer: Second Sunday after Pentecost

Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving­-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. — Book of Common Prayer