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Living Faith
Sermons
Good, Beautiful & True
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Rich Toward God
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
The Greatest Joy
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
The Good Left Undone
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Faith + Justification
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Gift of Grace
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
The New Temple
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Defeating Death
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Love Freely
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Fishers of Men
Sunday Sermons
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...
Sermons
Call of the Cross
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
God's Great Love
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
A Living Faith
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
Follow Me
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
What We Owe Others
Sunday Sermon
August 20, 2023
Steven Christoforou is the Director of Operations and Community Engagement for FOCUS North America, an Orthodox Christian non-profit focused...
Sermons
Foundational Faith
Sunday Sermon
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...
Sermons
New Exodus
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...
Sermons
Bread of Life
Sunday Sermon
July 30, 2023
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...
Sermons
Hope in Resurrection
Sunday Sermon
July 23, 2023
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...
Sermons
Called to Be the Light
Sunday Sermon
July 16, 2023
In today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 5:14-19, Christ tells his disciples that “You are the light of the world.” Father...
Sermons
Demons Recognize Holiness
Sunday Sermon
July 09, 2023
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 ...
Sermons
Faith Requires Humility
Sunday Sermon
July 03, 2023
Today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 8:5-13, tells the story of Jesus’ miraculous healing of the centurion’s servant. Saint M...
Sermons
Seek First His Kingdom
Sunday Sermon
June 25, 2023
In a modern world full of abundance, where we have more luxuries now than ever before, we are riddled with anxiety. Despite our abun...
Sermons
Importance of Following
Sunday Sermon
June 18, 2023
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...
Sermons
Holiness is a Gift of God
Sunday of All Saints
June 11, 2023
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...
Sermons
Holy Pentecost
Sunday Sermon
June 04, 2023
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...
Sermons
Care for God's Church
Sunday Sermon
May 28, 2023
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...
Sermons
Saint Constantine
Sunday Sermon
May 21, 2023
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...
Sermons
Created for Worship
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
May 14, 2023
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...
Sermons
Freed from Loneliness
Sunday of the Paralytic
May 07, 2023
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...
Sermons
The Body is for Communion
Sunday - Myrhh Bearing Women
April 30, 2023
Today, on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, the Gospel comes to us from Mark 15:43-47:16:1-8. It narrates women whose love for Jesus br...
Sermons
Truth is a Person
Sunday Sermon
April 23, 2023
Today is the Sunday after Pascha, also known as Thomas Sunday. The Gospel read comes from John 20:19-31 where Jesus appears to the Apostles ...
Sermons
Paschal Homily
St. John Chrysostom
April 16, 2023
The Catechetical Paschal Homily of our Father Among the Saints, St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople ...
Sermons
Let Love Express Itself
Palm Sunday
April 09, 2023
Today is Palm Sunday in the Orthodox Church. The Gospel comes to us from John 12:1-18. Father Gregory shares a message of hope that love fin...
Sermons
Freed from Selfishness
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
April 02, 2023
Today is the fifth Sunday of Lent. The Gospel reading comes to us from Mark 10:32-45. Jesus speaks clearly to His apostles, telling them He ...
Sermons
Human Independence Day
Sunday of St. John Climacus
March 26, 2023
Today on the fourth Sunday of Lent, Father Joseph Copeland, who is visiting from Yakima, Washington, offers the homily. Father Joseph is the...
Sermons
The Measure of Our Lives
Sunday of The Holy Cross
March 19, 2023
Today in the Orthodox Church is the Sunday of The Holy Cross. It marks the mid-point of Lent. The Church places the Cross of Jesus Christ be...
Sermons
Youth Sermon
Sunday - St. Gregory Palamas
March 12, 2023
Today on the second Sunday of Lent, we commemorate the life of Saint Gregory Palamas. Father Micah shares with our youth and us a sermon on ...
Sermons
Icons of Christ
Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 05, 2023
Today is the first Sunday in Great Lent, also known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy. We commemorate the restoration of the holy icons and venerat...
Sermons
Loving Properly
Forgiveness Sunday
February 26, 2023
Today is Forgiveness Sunday in the Orthodox Church. The Gospel lesson from Matthew 25: 31-46 makes it clear if we forgive others, God forgiv...
Sermons
The Goal is Perfection
Judgement Sunday
February 19, 2023
Today is known as Judgement Sunday or Meatfare Sunday. The Gospel lesson comes to us from Matthew 25:31-46. Fr. Dcn. Tikhon shares an inspir...
Sermons
Hungry for His Presence
The Prodigal Son
February 12, 2023
Today on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, the Gospel is read from Luke 15:11-32. Therein we hear the well-known, beloved parable of, The Prod...
Sermons
No Peripheral Glances
The Publican and Pharisee
February 05, 2023
Today in the Orthodox Church is the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee. We are entering into the pre-Lenten period known as the Triodion. F...
Sermons
Power in Persistent Love
Sunday Sermon
January 29, 2023
Today in the Orthodox Church is the Sunday of the Canaanite. The Gospel reading from Matthew 15: 21-28 is a story of love and persistence. A...
Sermons
Zacchaios' Salvation
Sunday Sermon
January 22, 2023
Today in the Orthodox Church is the 15th Sunday of St. Luke. The Gospel lesson from Luke 19:1-10 narrates the well-known story of Zacchaios&...
Sermons
Suffering and Gratitude
Sunday Sermon
January 15, 2023
Today on the 12th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel lesson comes to us from Luke 17:12-19. This Gospel lesson is a message of suffering and gratitu...
Sermons
Theophany's Triumph
Youth Sermon
January 09, 2023
Today is the Sunday after Theophany. Jesus' Baptism reestablishes order by removing the chaos in the world and reorienting life. Fr. Mic...
Sermons
Silent God an Opportunity
Sunday Sermon
January 01, 2023
Today in the Orthodox Church, we celebrate the Circumcision of Our Lord and Saint Basil the Great. The Gospel reading comes to us from Luke....
Sermons
Emmanuel - God With Us
Sunday Sermon
December 25, 2022
Today we celebrate The Nativity of Our Lord. Father Gregory shares a message of hope that God is with us in our joy and sadness. The holiday...
Sermons
God Uses Sinner and Saint
Sunday Sermon
December 18, 2022
Today is the Sunday before The Holy Nativity. The Gospel lesson from Matthew 2:1-12 accounts for us the genealogy of Christ. Father Gregory ...
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