Homilies
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This article brings together a selection of homilies delivered by André Scrima at the Monastery of Saint George between 1972 and 1975, transcribed from audio archives without revision by the author. A theologian and Orthodox monk, Scrima develops a homiletic reflection nourished by patristic exegesis and the Byzantine liturgical tradition. The homilies comment on Gospel pericopes — healings, parables, discourses of Christ — drawing out their anthropological and eschatological significance: the figure of the martyr as witness to divine love, the distinction between superficial speech and internalized Word, the dynamic of the secret in God, the orientation of faith toward the Kingdom to come. The contribution of these texts lies in their articulation between living spiritual meditation and implicit systematic theology, offering a rare testimony to French-language Orthodox preaching of the twentieth century.
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