Vl. Agafangel greeting on Triumph of Orthodoxy

(from internetsobor.org)-The Triumph of Orthodoxy in the Archangel Michael Church in Odessa
Russian original text, with these photos and with  the video sermon of Metropolitan Agafangel:
 http://internetsobor.org/rptcz/tcerkovnye-novosti/rptcz/rptcz-torzhestvo-pravoslavie-v-arkhangelo-mikhailovskom-khrame-v-odesse-video

During Lent, the Church recalls the Christian virtues, which help us to acquire the kingdom of God. And on the first Sunday of Lent we celebrate the triumph of the Orthodox Faith, - as was declared   in an address to the faithful on the occasion, by the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Metropolitan Agafangel.

He led a solemn liturgy in the Odessa temple of the Holy Archangel Michael.

Today we honor the Orthodox faith. Faith - is the most important thing. This is the foundation that must be in every human being. Without faith there is nothing, and everything will be meaningless. 

We need to have exactly the Orthodox faith. The faith that the  Apostles had, the faith which has  been taught to us by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Orthodox Church is the faith which contains His teachings.

For Sunday of Orthodoxy, 2013, in our ROCA Holy Trinity Church,

 Astoria, New York, with Metropolitan Agafangel serving.

VIDEO:  

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2H-Xgq70Dc