Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta

My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, 

As we prepare to enter the second week of Triodion, This Sunday’s Gospel is the Parable of the Prodigal Son: the young man who demanded his portion of his Father’s inheritance and then wasted it on sinful living. When a famine came, this young Israelite was made to feed pigs—and grew so hungry, he wanted to eat their food, although pigs are considered unclean in Jewish Law. Perhaps it was at this exact moment when he realized how far he had fallen...