Achieving Orthodox Unity
May 24, 2009 by: admin
Filed under: Featured, McFatter, Gleb Fr., Sermons, Written Sermons
By: Fr. Gleb McFatter
Sermon delivered on the Sunday of Orthodox, Naples, Florida, March, 2009.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
This invocation of the Holy Trinity which I have just recited is familiar to us all. It is repeated often in every Orthodox service and it is included in every Orthodox prayer. Yet I wonder how many of us have ever contemplated the concept that underlies this invocation, and how that concept is the very core belief which brings us together this evening for the Triumph of Orthodoxy.
In the divine liturgy, we affirm the Holy Trinity as one in essence and undivided. In fact, the Church goes even further and confirms that the Holy Trinity is not only one in essence and undivided, but that it is also comprised of three different and distinct persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Read more
