Season of Repentance

— About the Book —

Each year we begin anew the journey to the radiant feast of Pascha, entering the season of repentance known as Great Lent. The homilies presented in this modest volume, from one of the spiritual giants of the Orthodox Church of Russia, can both encourage and inform us in this struggle of the Fast.
 
For the first time a selection of St John's Lenten sermons is presented in English translation. They follow the thematic structure of the Lenten season in the Orthodox Church, from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee through to Great and Holy Friday. A sermon for St Thomas Sunday, that follows Holy Pascha, is offered as an Epilogue.

— Author Biography —

Ivan Ilyich Sergiev (1829-1908), known to his contemporaries as Fr John of Kronstadt, was the most revered figure of the Orthodox Church of Russia in the half-century leading up to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. In 1964 the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia formally glorified him as a Saint. St John of Kronstadt is best known through his spiritual journal My Life in Christ , that have been read by millions.

Sergio Tancredo Sette Camara E Silva is a native of Brazil and a graduate of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, New York.  He is now a priest serving in South America.

— Contents —

Introduction

1. On the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

2. On the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

3. On the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

4. On the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

5. On the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

6. On Meatfare Sunday

7. On Meatfare Sunday

8. On Cheesefare Sunday

9. On Cheesefare Sunday

10. On Cheesefare Sunday

11. On Cheesefare Sunday

12. On the Wednesday of the First Week of Great Lent

13. On Repentance

14. On the Communion of the Holy Mysteries

15. On the First Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Orthodoxy

16. On the Sunday of Orthodoxy

17. On the Second Sunday of Great Lent

18. On the Second Sunday of Great Lent

19. On the Second Sunday of Great Lent

20. On the Second Sunday of Great Lent

21. On the Third Sunday of Great Lent

22. On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

23. On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

24. On the Friday of the Week of the Veneration of the Cross

25. On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

26. On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

27. On the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent

28. On the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent

29. On the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent

30. On the Hymn "Behold, the Bridegroom Comes at Midnight"

31. On Great Monday

32. On Great Wednesday

33. On Great and Holy Friday Before the Holy Shroud

34. On Great and Holy Friday Before the Holy Shroud

35. On Great and Holy Friday Before the Holy Shroud

36. On Great and Holy Friday Before the Holy Shroud

37. On Great and Holy Friday

38. On Great and Holy Friday

Epilogue: On St Thomas Sunday

Subject Index

Scripture Index