Standing in the Temple of Thy Glory, We Think Ourselves to Stand in Heaven, O Theotokos
Archbishop Averky of Jordanville
IN GREAT LENT, we often hear these very significant words in our churches, for they are read at every Matins service.
“In truth the church is an earthly heaven,” our great righteous one and man of prayer, the ever-memorable pastor of Kronstadt, Father [now Saint] John emphasizes: “where God’s altar is, where the awesome Mysteries are celebrated, where the Angels minister with...