“Greek Orthodox Christian Church - Birmingham, Alabama”

Photography Credits: Beth Hontzas - Music: Presbytera Katerina Makiej






Sunday Sermon

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August 27, 2023

- Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D -


 

Today’s Gospel reading reminds us that in order to inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of heaven we must keep the commandments out of love for Christ, sacrifice all that we have, and follow Him. As the many saints and martyrs of the Church have demonstrated, this means not only sacrificing our material possessions, but also our will and even our life.The young man in the Gospel reading was not even willing to sacrifice his material possessions to inherit eternal life - are we? Father Gregory reminds us of the high calling we Christians bear: we must not only keep God’s commandments but also deny our own will and comfort to follow Christ to the cross. These small, humanly acts are essential to the Christian life. And out of His great love, grace, and mercy, Christ accepts our acts of faithfulness, blesses them, and returns to us eternal life… "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 

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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 ...[more]
“Greek Orthodox Christian Church - Birmingham, Alabama”

Photography Credits: Beth Hontzas - Music: Presbytera Katerina Makiej

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307 19th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233 | Fr. Gregory Edwards, Dean | 205.716.3080





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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.