Sermon

 1 TruePastor|     the all-night vigil to St. John Chrisostom (9-Feb-77).~Dear
 2 TruePastor|  celebrating the memory of St. John Chrisostom, or rather the
 3 TruePastor|    constantly hear the name of John Chrisostom during the church
 4 TruePastor|       serve the liturgy of St. John Chrisostom. But along with
 5 TruePastor|      and such as it was.~Saint John Chrisostom was born in Antioch,
 6 TruePastor|    such as Basil the Great and John Chrisostom did not hesitate
 7 TruePastor|        though his convictions. John Chrisostom was one of the
 8 TruePastor| successor at the cathedra, but John preferred to become a lawyer
 9 TruePastor|        a wonderful career. But John with all his heart desired
10 TruePastor|      the Church's service. And John Chrisostom began his serving
11 TruePastor|        had read. For ten years John Chrisostom had been a reader.
12 TruePastor|        being already a reader, John Chrisostom was in a communal
13 TruePastor|       needy. For six years did John Chrisostom serve the Church
14 TruePastor|        a priest.~For ten years John Chrisostom had been a priest
15 TruePastor|       to destroy the city. But John Chrisostom did not leave
16 TruePastor|    that disaster. The glory of John Chrisostom (though he was
17 TruePastor|       calling to that cathedra John from Antioch. But everyone
18 TruePastor|         But everyone knew that John was very modest and would
19 TruePastor|  Constantinople.~For six years John Chrisostom stayed the bishop
20 TruePastor|   sisters, we read now some of John Chrisostom's sermons you
21 TruePastor|        land', he, according to John Chrisostom, was the most
22 TruePastor|     sisters, they rose against John Chrisostom, those two great
23 TruePastor|     not find it, of course, in John Chrisostom's biography.
24 TruePastor|       played the key role, for John Chrisostom was exiled not
25 TruePastor|      them to be such. And then John Chrisostom, according to
26 TruePastor|      For it happened that when John Chrisostom had been taken
27 TruePastor|      judged him scattered, and John Chrisostom returned to his
28 TruePastor|     our God!"~But not long was John Chrisostom a bishop again,
29 TruePastor|     for the second time exiled John Chrisostom. And it happened
30 TruePastor|    that everyone of them tried John Chrisostom to be taken somewhere
31 TruePastor|          Soon the glory of St. John Chrisostom spread all over
32 TruePastor|   Evdoxia, who was baptised by John Chrisostom, whom John Chrisostom
33 TruePastor|       by John Chrisostom, whom John Chrisostom often held upon
34 TruePastor|        transport the relics of John Chrisostom. He was met already
35 TruePastor|        we all time speak about John Chrisostom. But we should
36 TruePastor|       Here is the example that John Chrisosotom gave us: how
37 TruePastor|      at every opportunity. For John Chrisostom was not only
38 TruePastor|      sake of preaching to them John Chrisostom had learnt the
39 TruePastor|     this way is shown to us by John Chrisostom. This is the
40 TruePastor|     through the prayers of St. John Chrisostom God gave us strengths
41 TruePastor|     faithful witness was Saint John Chrisostom himself!~Amen.~
42 OnWorship |        Gospel according to St. John, other words always appear
43 OnWorship |  worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:21-24). It may be that
44 OnWorship |     given in the Gospel of St. John as well as we did not perceive
45 OnWorship |       the third chapter of St. John's Gospel, in the conversation