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Pastoral word

Sermon for the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

We have now reached the end of the most eventful week of the Forty Day Fast, as we celebrate the life of our venerable Mother, Mary of Egypt.

The details of this life are well-known to any faithful Orthodox Christian. They are not very complicated: the chief of sinners becomes the greatest of saints. This story has repeated itself many times...

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