Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada
Homily delivered at the Bridegroom Matins Service at the Chapel of Saint Sergius of Radonezh April 13, 2014.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
In the Gospel reading we have just heard, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ offers 3 parables for our edification.
The first parable speaks to us of the Fig tree which had leaves but was barren of any fruit. With this image, the Lord is rebuking those around Him who adorned themselves with the greenery of external piety but were devoid of inner virtue, as well as those who throughout history, had become slaves to the law and had not borne the fruit of the spirit.
