“Greek Orthodox Christian Church - Birmingham, Alabama”

Photography Credits: Beth Hontzas - Music: Presbytera Katerina Makiej






Nicene Creed

Symbol of Faith - Finale
August 28, 2022

- Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D -


Today Father Gregory concludes his sermon series, The Symbol of Faith, with the lines, I expect the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the age to come. Amen. Christians, from the beginning, have had the hope that our bodies, after death and burial, will rise again imperishable. We eagerly anticipate with certainty this resurrection without knowing the time. Supporting the Creed is taken from Scripture Father Gregory shares several illustrations from I Corinthians. Therein Saint Paul says we have sown a physical body and raised in a spiritual body. All the dead will rise without exception. Presently we see dimly as in a mirror but in paradise, we will be known by God, and see Him as He is. No eye has seen nor ear heard the things prepared by God for those who love Him. This hope of Orthodox Christians was foolishness both in antiquity and today but the answer is still the same, is anything too difficult for the Lord?



The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree ...[more]
“Greek Orthodox Christian Church - Birmingham, Alabama”

Photography Credits: Beth Hontzas - Music: Presbytera Katerina Makiej

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The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies at Brown University. After completing a Master's Degree in the New Testament and early Christianity at Florida State University, he conducted doctoral studies in Greece at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating summa cum laude in 2012. Ordained in 2007, he served parishes in Thessaloniki and Volos for 9 years. He and his wife Presvytera Pelagia lived in Greece from 2006-2016, where their four children were born. He has served as Assistant Professor of Missiology at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in New York since 2014. Before coming to Birmingham in March 2019, Fr. Gregory served St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Port Richey, FL from 2016-2019.