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Vol. 52, No. 4 (309) July-August, 2016 St. John Damascene: Homily on Holy Saturday
Vol. 52, No.
4 (309) July-August, 2016
St. John
Damascene: Homily on Holy Saturday
This issue of
The Orthodox Word features a homily by St. John Damascene (ca. 675–749),
delivered on Holy Saturday at the Monastery of Mar Sabbas near Bethlehem, where
he lived for many years as a monk. The homily, translated by Tikhon Alexander
Pino, is presented here for the first time in English. An editor’s preface by
Abbot Damascene places the homily in its historical context and traces the
theological threads that run through it. St. John, in order to disclose to his
listeners the significance of what the Church commemorates on Holy Saturday,
set forth in his homily a panoramic schema of our salvation. Like a master
craftsman laying and building upon a foundation, he presented the theological
meaning of Christ’s death on the Cross for our salvation, explaining (within
the limitations of feeble human words) the mystery of why and how Christ,
through His death, became the Victor over sin, death, and hell, and the
Harbinger of resurrection.
Also included
in this issue is our second article by the well-known Russian writer Alexander
Tkachenko, staff writer for the journal Foma (Thomas), entitled “Words in the
Sand.” In this article the author presents his thoughts on the Lord’s
forgiveness of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:3–11), and on the possible meanings
of the words Christ wrote on the ground as her accusers waited for Him to
answer their question concerning her sentence.
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