Great Lent
19th c. · Asceticism & Spirituality · English translation, 2026
Source edition: Великий пост (azbyka.ru; from the pre-revolutionary Russian edition of St John of Kronstadt’s Lenten sermons)
Cover art: The Church of St Basil the Blessed (1916–17) — Nikolay Dubovskoy (Russian, 1859–1918) (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Some forty sermons that walk the Lenten road from the first call to the fast to the dawn of Pascha. Saint John of Kronstadt preaches repentance, confession, and the Cross as the preparation that clears the soul for the Chalice — and when he turns to the altar his eucharistic faith flares: the living and life-giving Blood of Christ, he cries, steams upon it still. A daily celebrant's companion for the Church's great season of return.
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Contents
- Introduction
- 2. Great Lent
- 3. A Sermon on the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican
- 4. A Discourse on the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican
- 5. A Discourse on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- 6. A Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- 7. A Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son (7)
- 8. A Discourse on the Meatfare Sunday
- 9. A Sermon on the Meatfare Sunday
- 10. A Discourse on the Cheese Fare Sunday
- 11. A Sermon on the Cheese Fare Sunday
- 12. Homily for Forgiveness Sunday
- 13. Homily for Forgiveness Sunday (13)
- 14. Homily for Wednesday of the First Week of Great Lent
- 15. Discourse on Repentance
- 16. Discourse on Receiving the Holy Mysteries
- 17. Discourse in the First Week of Great Lent, the Sunday of Orthodoxy
- 18. Word for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
- 19. Word for the Second Week of Great Lent
- 20. Discourse for the Second Week of Great Lent
- 21. Homily for the Second Week of Great Lent
- 22. Word for the Second Week of Great Lent (22)
- 23. Homily for the Third Week of Great Lent
- 24. A Homily for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross
- 25. A Homily for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross (25)
- 26. A Discourse on Friday of the Middle Week of the Veneration of the Cross
- 27. A Homily for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross (27)
- 28. A Homily for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross (28)
- 29. A Homily for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross (29)
- 30. A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast
- 31. A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast
- 32. A Homily on the Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast
- 33. A Homily on the Song Behold, the Bridegroom Comes at Midnight
- 34. A Homily on Great Monday
- 35. A Homily on Great and Holy Friday Before the Epitaphios
- 36. A Homily Before the Epitaphios on Great Friday
- 37. A Homily on Great Friday Before the Epitaphios
- 38. A Homily Before the Holy Epitaphios on Great Friday
- 39. A Homily on Holy and Great Friday
- 40. A Homily on Holy and Great Friday (40)
- The Author: Saint John of Kronstadt