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Experiencing God's Wonder

Sunday Sermon

September 25, 2022

Father Micah shares with us how we might experience God's wonder. ...

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A Word from the Holy Mtn.

Sunday Sermon

September 18, 2022

Father Gregory shares some words from his recent visit to Mount Athos. ...

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Youth Sermon - Holy Cross

Sunday Sermon

September 13, 2022

Father Paul shares the Good News of the Holy Cross with our youth. ...

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Faithfulness to Christ

Symbol of Faith - Finale

Nicene Creed

August 28, 2022

Today Father Gregory concludes his sermon series, The Symbol of Faith, with the lines, I expect the resurrection of the dead. And the life o...

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Symbol of Faith - Part 7

Today, on the 9th Sunday of Matthew, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 14:22-34. Jesus comes to His disciples, who are unsure who He is, w...

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Symbol of Faith - Part 6

Nicene Creed

August 07, 2022

In today's Gospel, taken from Matthew 14:14-22, Jesus has compassion on a gathering of people, healing their sick and feeding five thous...

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Symbol of Faith - Part 5

Nicene Creed

July 31, 2022

Today, the 7th Sunday of Matthew, Father Gregory continues to examine the Nicene Constantinopolitan Creed with part 5 in his series, Symbol ...

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Practical Christianity

Sunday Sermon

July 24, 2022

Today, on the 6th Sunday of Matthew, the Epistle reading comes to us from Romans 12:6-14. Father Micah's message encourages Orthodox Chr...

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Symbol of Faith - Part 4

Nicene Creed

July 17, 2022

Today, as we celebrate the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical council, Father Gregory appropriately continues his sermon series on the Nicen...

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Symbol of Faith - Part 3

Nicene Creed

July 10, 2022

Today, on the 4th Sunday of Matthew, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 8:5-13. Therein, we hear of a centurion who is a model for Orthodox...

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Seek First His Kingdom

Sunday Sermon

July 03, 2022

Today, on the 3rd Sunday of Matthew, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 6:22-33. Therein Jesus tells us we should not be anxious about basi...

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Free and United

Sermon - 2nd Sunday of Matthew

Symbol of Faith - Part 2

Nicene Creed

June 12, 2022

Today in Orthodoxy we celebrate God's Spirit poured out on all flesh in the last days, Holy Pentecost. Father Gregory continues his seri...

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Symbol of Faith - Part 1

Nicene Creed

June 05, 2022

Today we celebrate 318 Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council who gathered in Nicaea in 325 A.D. The Orthodox Church recognizes several cou...

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Communion with Creation

Sunday of the Blind Man

May 29, 2022

Today, on the Sunday of The Blind Man, the Gospel is read from John 9:1-38. In this pericope, we hear about the healing of a man born withou...

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Spirit and Truth

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

May 22, 2022

Today, on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the Gospel is read from John 4:5-42. In the abundance of richness in this Gospel, Father Micah ...

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Sunday of the Paralytic

The Day of Resurrection

The Myrrh Bearing Women

May 08, 2022

Today is the Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women, who came to the Tomb to anoint Jesus with spices. The Gospel is taken from Mark 15:43 - 16:1...

Today, on Thomas Sunday, the Gospel is taken from John 20:19-31. Jesus appears to His Apostles, giving them peace and showing them His hands...

Our Father - Conclusion

Sunday Sermon

April 10, 2022

Today Father Gregory concludes his series on the Lord's Prayer by contemplating the line "But deliver us from evil." The previ...

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Sunday St. John Climacus

Sunday of The Holy Cross

Sunday Sermon

March 27, 2022

Today is known as the Sunday of The Holy Cross. The Church places the Cross of Christ in our midst as a signpost on our journey toward Pasch...

Today Father Gregory continues his series on the Lord's Prayer with the line, "and lead us not into temptation." Temptations i...

Today is the first Sunday in Lent. It is also known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy, a day we commemorate the restoration of Holy Icons back into...

Today, on Forgiveness Sunday, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 6:14-21. The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your he...

Today is Meatfare or Judgement Sunday in the Orthodox Church. Father Gregory reminds us that we live in a fallen world, speaking on the horr...

Today in the Orthodox Church is known as the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The Gospel reading for the day comes to us from Luke 15:11-32. In t...

Today Father Gregory continues his series on the Lord's Prayer by reflecting on the petition, "Give us this day our daily bread.&qu...

Today, Father Gregory resumes his series on the Lord's Prayer with Part 3 of Our Father at the phrase, "Your will be done on earth ...

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Illumined to Give Glory

Sunday Sermon

January 30, 2022

In today's Gospel taken from Matthew 5:14-19, Jesus tells us we are to let our light shine before men, allowing them to see our good wor...

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Prayer Makes God Visible

Sunday Sermon

January 23, 2022

Father Micah takes an aside from our current sermon series, Our Father. In today's Gospel lesson taken from Luke 18:35-43, a blind man c...

Today, Father Gregory continues his series on the Lord's Prayer. Each of the three lines covered today, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdo...

Today Father Gregory shares part one of a three-part series on the rich and deep central prayer of the Orthodox Church, The Lord's Praye...

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Mark's Radical New Gospel

Sunday Sermon

January 02, 2022

Today, on the Sunday before Epiphany the Gospel comes to us from Mark 1:1-8. Scholars consider Mark to be the oldest Gospel writer and the i...

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New Exodus, a New People

Sunday Sermon

December 26, 2021

Today, on the Sunday after the Nativity, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 2:13-23. The second chapter of Matthew corresponds to the Old T...

Today on the Sunday before the Nativity, the Gospel lesson is taken from Matthew 1:1-25. In this pericope, we hear the genealogy of Jesus Ch...

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Awake O Sleeper and Arise

Sunday Sermon

December 12, 2021

Today, on the 11th Sunday of Luke, the Epistle reading comes to us from Ephesians 5:8-19. In this pericope, St. Paul encourages the faithful...

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Straightened to Praise

Sunday Sermon

December 05, 2021

Today, on the 10th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel reading comes from Luke 13:10-17. In this pericope, Jesus encounters a woman with a spirit of ...

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Gifts Offered for All

Sunday Sermon

November 28, 2021

Today on the 13th Sunday of Luke the Gospel reading comes to us from Luke 18:18-27. A ruler comes to Jesus seeking the answer for eternal li...

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Entrance of the Theotokos

Sunday Sermon

November 21, 2021

Today we celebrate The Entrance of the Theotokos into the temple. This Feast commemorates Joachim and Anna's offering of Mary to the tem...

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We Are the Innkeepers

Healed by Christ Himself

Is Lazaros at Your Gate?

Contemporary Possession

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