Reflections - Homilies from the Coptic Lectionary

Reflections - Homilies from the Coptic LectionaryThe Orthodox Churches are often accused of simply following religious practices as if they were the same as a lively Christian faith. But the tradition of preaching in the Orthodox Church surely indicates that such criticism is wide of the mark. In Orthodox Churches around the world, homiles are preached at every Liturgy with the intention of encouraging the development of the spiritual life of those who hear, and to reflect week by week on the words

The Orthodox Churches are often accused of simply following religious practices as if they were the same as a lively Christian faith. But the tradition of preaching in the Orthodox Church surely indicates that such criticism is wide of the mark.

In Orthodox Churches around the world, homiles are preached at every Liturgy with the intention of encouraging the development of the spiritual life of those who hear, and to reflect week by week on the words of the Holy Scriptures as the Church has organised them for regular reading in the Lectionary.

This collection of 52 homilies forms part of that tradition, and has been developed by Father Peter Farrington, a priest of the British Orthodox diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate. The prayers of the Liturgy intentionally ask that the word of God might be presented to the people through the means of the homily which is given, and also that those who have heard the words of Scripture, and the reflections in the homily might put them into practice.