Sunday of the Holy Forefathers Resource Page

Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Feast Day - Second Sunday Before Christmas)

Verses

Receive joy O Forefathers of old,
Beholding Christ the Messiah drawing near.
Rejoice Abraham, for you have been shown to be the great-grandfather of Christ. 

 

Synaxarion for the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers

 

Eleventh Sunday of Luke: Gospel Reading

 

Sunday of the Holy Forefathers: Epistle Reading

 

Sunday of the Holy Forefathers of Christ 

 

A Summary of the Old Testament (St. Jerome)

 

Sermon on the Parable of the Great Banquet (St. Cyril of Alexandria)

Gospel Commentary for the Eleventh Sunday of Luke (St. Theophylact of Ochrid)

 

Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (St. Gregory Palamas) 

 

Reflection for the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Reflection on the Eleventh Sunday of Luke (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Homily for the Eleventh Sunday of Luke (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Contesting for the Faith: The Holy Forefathers of Christ (Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi) 

 

Homily on the Righteousness of Noah 

 

Righteous Abraham and Lot Resource Page 

 

Homily on the Faith of Abraham the Patriarch 

 

Homily on the Righteousness of Lot, Nephew of Abraham  

 

Homily on Isaac, Who Was Blessed By God 

 

Homily on the Meekness of Jacob the Patriarch 

 

The Crosswise Blessing of the Patriarch Jacob as a Foreshadowing of the Cross

 

Homily on the Diligence and Devotion of Ruth 

 

Homily on the Repentance of King David 

 

An Icon of Christ's Maternal Lineage

 

An Icon of the Mother of God Surrounded by Righteous Foremothers of the Old Testament