View Larger Image Homily on Clean Monday – The Beginning of Holy and Great Lent This post was originally published on this siteToday, we commence our annual pilgrimage to Holy Pascha – a sacred journey of Forty Days and Forty Nights, from which we emerge into the Holiest Week of the year, and the Passover from death to life. oia2021-03-16T01:30:23+00:00March 15th, 2021|Jurisdictions| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditTumblrPinterestVkEmail Related Posts Communiqué: Ecumenical Patriarchate on attack from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Gallery Communiqué: Ecumenical Patriarchate on attack from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Putin’s altar boys Gallery Putin’s altar boys Ecumenical Patriarchate responds to Russian ‘propagandists,’ rejects ‘false reports’ Gallery Ecumenical Patriarchate responds to Russian ‘propagandists,’ rejects ‘false reports’ Ecumenical Patriarchate rejects Russian ‘propagandists,’ ‘false reports’ Gallery Ecumenical Patriarchate rejects Russian ‘propagandists,’ ‘false reports’ His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Announces Sanctity of Life Sunday, January 25, 2026 Gallery His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Announces Sanctity of Life Sunday, January 25, 2026