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Freedom from Anger

Sunday of St. John Climacus

On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, we celebrate St. John Climacus, who conceived of and wrote the Ladder of Divine Ascent. In today’s serm...

The Way of the Cross

Sunday of the Holy Cross

This Sunday, at the midpoint of Lent, we celebrate the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross. Fr. Micah speaks of the beauty and power ...

Carrying the Helpless

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

This Sunday, His Grace Bishop Neophytos Kongai, Bishop of Kenya, shares about Orthodoxy in Kenya and what we can do to support his diocese.&...

Sunday of Orthodoxy

This Sunday we celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy, which commemorates the restoration of the use and veneration of icons in the church after ...

In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord speaks to us about fasting. Fr. Micah shows us what fasting is truly about and shares practical ad...

The Judgment Cross

On this Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. Stephen Freeman discusses how we should view Christ’s judgment. He first expounds on the par...

This Sunday is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, during which we hear the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Fr. Gregory expounds on the parable, sh...

The Publican's Humility

February 25, 2024

Today is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, which comes from the Gospel reading in Luke 18. In the passage, Jesus gives a parable ...

Three Keys of Faith

February 18, 2024

In this week’s Gospel reading, we hear of Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman. Through faith in God, her demon-possessed d...

Accepting God's Grace

February 11, 2024

In today’s Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul writes in 2nd Corinthians Chapter 6, “Working together with him, then, we entreat y...

This is the Way

February 04, 2024

In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus answers the question posed to him as a challenge from the Pharisees: “Which is the greatest...

January 28, 2024

In this week’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of Zacchaeus, the man who climbed a sycamore tree to behold Christ. Fr. Micah present...

The Leper's Gratitude

January 22, 2024

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus encounters ten lepers shouting at him for help. He tells them to go and show themselves to the priest...

A Doxological Life

January 14, 2024

In today’s Gospel passage, we read, “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.” Fr. Micah, in today’s ...

January 07, 2024

This weekend, we celebrate the Theophany (baptism) of Christ, as well as John the Baptist. In both the Epistle and Gospel readings, we hear ...

Humility Ends Strife

December 31, 2023

Each year, on December 31st, we reflect on the previous year and look forward to the future. Today's Gospel from Mark is about ends and ...

Christ Formed in Us

December 24, 2023

In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory focuses on the end of the Gospel reading describing the Virgin birth. In this passage, the Prophet Isai...

The Reason for Seasons

December 17, 2023

In this Sunday’s sermon, Fr. Micah reminds us that we can be easily distracted this time of year—distracted by earthly things th...

Resist the Devil

December 10, 2023

In today’s Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul speaks of the spiritual war against us and the defense we can gird ourselves with: the wh...

Actualizing Faith

December 04, 2023

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear how Jesus healed the blind man, saying to him “ your faith has made you well.” Fr. Paul...

Good, Beautiful & True

November 26, 2023

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the question addressed to our Lord, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?&rd...

Rich Toward God

November 19, 2023

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus speaks of the “fool who lays up for himself and is not rich toward God.” Fr. Greg...

The Greatest Joy

November 12, 2023

In this week’s Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul writes, “Brethren, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who s...

The Good Left Undone

November 05, 2023

On this Sunday, the fifth Sunday of Luke, our Gospel reading comes from the second half of Luke chapter 16. However, Fr. Gregory starts with...

Faith + Justification

October 29, 2023

In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from Galatians 2, the Apostle Paul begins by saying that man is not justified by works of the law, bu...

October 23, 2023

The Gospel of Saint Luke recounts the restoration of the demon-possessed man in Gerasenes. The man was troubled, unclothed, and living among...

October 15, 2023

Many Christians are wondering if we are living in the “end times”. Father Gregory reminds us of the miracle of Christ’s re...

Defeating Death

October 09, 2023

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ raises the only son of the widow of Nain. Father Gregory shares that this story serves as a foreshad...

October 01, 2023

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return,” said our Lord in today’s Gospel of Sain...

September 24, 2023

Reflecting on today’s Gospel reading from Luke Chapter 5, His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zelon emphasizes Christ’s words to the...

Call of the Cross

September 18, 2023

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Sophia and her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and Love. Martyrs of the church, these four Saints volunt...

God's Great Love

September 10, 2023

Judgment and salvation are the two themes presented in today’s Gospel reading. Father Paul poses the question: What must we do to rece...

September 03, 2023

In Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians he says, “Brethren, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. L...

August 27, 2023

Today’s Gospel reading reminds us that in order to inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of heaven we must keep the commandments...

What We Owe Others

August 20, 2023

Steven Christoforou is the Director of Operations and Community Engagement for FOCUS North America, an Orthodox Christian non-profit focused...

Foundational Faith

August 13, 2023

In today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 17:14-23, we hear the story of a father seeking healing for his son who suffered from epilepsy...

The Holy Transfiguration

August 06, 2023

Today we commemorate a Major Feast, the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The Gospel reading from Matthew 17:1-9 narrates when Jesus took Pet...

In today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 14:14-22, Jesus feeds a crowd of more than 5,000 people with only five loaves of bread and two...

Hope in Resurrection

In today’s Epistle reading, Romans 15:1-7, St. Paul speaks of hope in the Holy Scriptures, at that time being the Old Testament. We al...

Called to Be the Light

In today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 5:14-19, Christ tells his disciples that “You are the light of the world.” Father...

Demons Recognize Holiness

In today’s Gospel reading, Matt. 8:28-34, 9:1, we hear from St. Matthew the story of Jesus casting out two demons in the country ...

Faith Requires Humility

Today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 8:5-13, tells the story of Jesus’ miraculous healing of the centurion’s servant. Saint M...

Seek First His Kingdom

In a modern world full of abundance, where we have more luxuries now than ever before, we are riddled with anxiety. Despite our abun...

Importance of Following

Today, on the 2nd Sunday of Matthew, the Gospel is read from Matthew 4:18-23. Therein four fishermen are called by Jesus to follow Him and b...

Holiness is a Gift of God

Sunday of All Saints

Today, on the Sunday of All Saints, we commemorate not only our well-known and reverenced saints but the saints not known who are innumerabl...

Today is Holy Pentecost. Father Micah shares in his sermon how often the scriptures refer to the most important day of our lives that should...

Care for God's Church

Today on the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, the Epistle reading comes from Acts chapter 20, known as Paul's fare...

Saint Constantine

Today on the Sunday of the Blind Man and feast day of Sts. Constantine and Helen, Equal to the Apostles, the Epistle comes to us from the Bo...

Created for Worship

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

Today on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the Gospel is read from John 4:5-42. Jesus, wearied from His journey, sits at a well when a woma...

Freed from Loneliness

Sunday of the Paralytic

Today, on the Sunday of the Paralytic, the Gospel is read from John 5:1-15. Therein, we hear of the healing of a man paralyzed for thi...

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