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Universal Exaltation of the Precious Cross (14 September)

• The Cross: The Glory of Angels and the Wounding of Demons (From the Life of Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantiana) (English pdf, 179 KB; Greek pdf, 78 KB)

• Contemporary Miracles of the Holy Cross (English pdf, 368 KB; Greek pdf, 152 KB)

Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos (21 November)

• The Love for Mankind of the All-Holy Theotokos" (a sermon delivered on the occasion of the glorious Feast of the Entry of the All-Pure Mary) (English pdf, 154 KB; Greek pdf, 194 KB)

Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ (25 December)

• Homily on the Nativity of Christ (English pdf, 396 KB)
- by our Father among the Saints Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa

• The Soteriological Significance of the Human Nature of Christ (On the occasion of the Great Feast of the Nativity of Christ) (Greek pdf, 145 KB) - by Professor Andreas Theodorou [†2004]

• “Rooted and Built Up in Christ” (On the occasion of the Great Feast of the Nativity of Christ, 1989) (Greek pdf, 75 KB)

• “Christ is Born, Give Ye Glory!” (On the occasion of the Great Feast of the Nativity of Christ, 1990) (Greek pdf, 87 KB)

Holy Theophany (6 January)

• “Today the Triumphant Assembly of the Orthodox Keepeth This Sacred Festival with Rejoicing” (Holy Theophany, 1990) (Greek pdf, 121 KB)

• “Thou Hast Crushed the Heads of the Dragons in the Water” (Holy Theophany, 1991) (English pdf, 207 KB; Greek pdf, 108 KB)

Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (25 March)

• Homily on the Annunciation by St. Nicholas (Cabasilas) (English pdf, 732 KB)

• “Our Lady and Maiden, the Theotokos, as a Teacher of Asceticism and Noetic Prayer (On the Commemoration of the Annunciation of the Theotokos" (English pdf, 107 KB; Greek pdf, 139 KB)

Great and Holy Friday

• The Death of God and the Resurrection of Man (English pdf, 1.1 MB)

Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ

• Pascha: The Victory of Life over Death (on the occasion of the radiant day of the Resurrection) (Greek pdf, 139 KB) - by St. Nikolai, Bishop of Ohrid and Zica [†1956]

• “Today spring is fragrant and the new creation danceth for joy” (Encyclical Pascha 1993) (Greek pdf, 139 KB)

• The Mystical Resurrection of Christ (English pdf, 216 KB; Greek pdf, 189 KB)

- by St. Symeon the New Theologian

Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ

• On the Ascension of Our Lord (English pdf, 940 KB)

• Sermon on the Ascension (Greek pdf, 61 KB)

• “The Glorious Ascension of Our Lord: A Guide to the Neptic Activity of the Prayer of the Heart” (English pdf, 150 KB; Greek pdf, 88 KB)

Pentecost

• “The Renewal of the Universe” (English pdf, 320 KB; Greek pdf, 140 KB)

• “The Divine Comforter and Orthodox Theology” (English pdf, 617 KB; Greek pdf, 195 KB)

• “From the Sacred Ascension to Holy Pentecost” (English pdf, 902 KB; Greek pdf, 344 KB)

Transfiguration (6 August)

• The Divine Light of the Transfiguration and the Enhypostatic Illumination of Our Hearts (English pdf, 254 KB; Greek pdf, 101 KB)

• The Transfiguration of Our Saviour (English pdf, 188 KB; Greek pdf, 142 KB)

• The Divine Transfiguration and Orthodox Hesychasm (English pdf, 188 KB; Greek pdf, 206 KB)

- by His Grace Bishop Cyprian of Oreoi, on the occasion of the Feast of Transfiguration in Romania - 2008

Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (15 August)

• Admonitions of the Theotokos: “Born of a Woman”; “also with Him were many women who ministered unto Him” (English pdf, 716 KB)

• Påminnelser från Theotokos: “Född av en kvinna”; “med Honom följde många kvinnor som tjänade Honom” (Swedish pdf, 716 KB)

• Напоминания от Пресвятой Богородицы «Который родился от жены»; «и были с Ним многие женщины, которые служили Ему» (Russian pdf, 790 KB)

• “How Is One To Hymn Thy Grace, O Sovereign Lady?” (English pdf, 764 KB; Greek pdf, 212 KB)

• The Most Blessed Theotokos: A Teacher of Orthodox Asceticism (English pdf, 256 KB; Greek pdf, 162 KB)

• A Humble Sermon on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (English pdf, 665 KB; Greek pdf, 256 KB)

• The Blessed Womb of the Theotokos Flows with “Rivers of Living Water” (English pdf, 189 KB; Greek pdf, 256 KB)

• The Most Blessed Theotokos: Our Guide on the Path Towards Deification (English pdf, 88 KB; Greek pdf, 97 KB)

• The Person of the Theotokos in Protestant Theology (Greek pdf, 100 KB)    - By Protopriest Basile Georgopoulos (M.Th.)

• The Theotokos as an Initiator into the Mystery of God’s Compassion (English pdf, 696 KB; Greek pdf, 143 KB)

- by Bishop Cyprian of Oreoi