What are we Holding Back ☦⛪ Fr Stephen's Sermon at Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Brisbane

Zacchaeus Sunday marks the Church's gentle warning that Great and Holy Lent is approaching. Despite his reputation as a tax collector and traitor to his people, Zacchaeus climbs a tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus, who stops, calls him by name, and invites himself to dinner. In response to this encounter, Zacchaeus repents fully: he gives half his wealth to the poor and restores fourfold everything he took unlawfully, fulfilling the Old Testament law of restitution. Only then does Christ declare