Second Sunday of Lent

Scripture readings

• Epistle: The Reading is from: Hebrews 1:10-14,2:1-3
  


• Gospel: The Reading is from: Mark 2:1-12, John 10:9-16

For our Western Brethren in Christ today is Easter Sunday.

It is the second Sunday of Lent for us, however, and is also known as the Sunday of Gregory Palamas (1296-1359), Archbishop of Thessalonica, whose feast is commemorated on November the 14th, the day of his repose.

We attach his name to today because of his defence of Orthodoxy in the 14th Century, particularly an issue regarding knowing God as a matter of reason rather than personal Faith.

His victory over those who would treat Christianity as a matter of philosophy rather than that of Faith and is sometimes called the second triumph of Orthodoxy.



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