Modernity 3 in the Light of the Word of God: Words and Speeches

by Abp Averky (taushev), Vladimir Djambov (Translation)

Everything offered here is my church sermons, speeches on the occasion of various solemn gatherings, and articles written between 1951, the year I arrived in the United States and began my ministry to the Russian Church Abroad at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville in the rank of Archimandrite, and then - in the rank of Bishop (since 1953) and Archbishop (since 1961).It is no accident that this joyful Easter period ends with a story about how the Merciful Lord healed the man born blind through His divine power and strength, and how the proud and arrogant Pharisees who hated the Lord did not want to recognize the reality of this miracle. Here as if a parallel is drawn, for comparison, between bodily and spiritual blindness, and it is emphasized how much spiritual blindness is more dangerous and destructive than bodily blindness. This is clearly indicated by the words of the Lord addressed to the Pharisees who stubbornly did not want to believe this miracle and to recognize in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ the Divine messenger, the Messiah predicted by the prophets: "For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth." ( John 9: 39-41 ).

324 pages, Paperback

Published May 30, 2020