The Cross is the Weakness of Kings

Alexander Schmemann on the true glory of Christ's Cross

Preparing for tonight’s service (pray for us!), I came on this homily by Alexander Schmemann, which he preached in one of his weekly Radio Liberty broadcasts to his audience in the Soviet Union. It really needs no introduction, but it is a sharp reminder for us here and now no less than for his first hearers in the USSR, that the lost glories of Christe…