Christianity is the resolution to the conflict between spirit and body. Christ's temptations enable us to overcome the evil. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Reincarnation of the Son of God made it possible for us to have the kingdom of heaven in us. The Spirit of adoption liberates us from the slavery of evil in rejection of the bodily temptations. Suffering is an inseparable part of the soul's path to liberation.

• Speaker: Fr. Mesrop Aramian
• Host: Deacon Ara Nalchajyan

Readings From the Church Fathers

St. Gregory of Tathev, Excerpt from the Homily on Faith

Questions of Dyophysites on the Incarnation of the Word (Part I)

The Day in the Liturgical Calendar

Wis. 6:2-10, Isa. 45:1-3, 1 Tim. 2:1-7, Lk. 11:14-23

The author of the libretto of Verdi’s opera Otello is Arrigo Boito, and the plot is based on Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name.
The opera was premiered on February 5, 1887, at Milan’s La Scala theater. The 74-year-old composer had written Otello in a new manner and with a special enthusiasm. The audience accepted it with great exultation. The opera soon became well-known in the world and is considered as one of the best works of Verdi.

Readings From the Church Fathers

St. Basil of Caesarea, On Faith