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Living Faith

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...

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&...

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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...

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 ...

Today, on the 11th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel lesson comes to us from Luke 14:16-24. Therein we hear the well-known parable of "The Gre...

Sermons

Accepting Christ's Gift

Sunday Sermon

December 04, 2022

Today is the 10th Sunday of Luke. Fr. Micah shares a sermon touching on both the Epistle and Gospel for the day. The Epistle from Galatians ...

Today, on the 13th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel lesson comes to us from Luke 18:18-27. Therein we hear about a young man who asks Jesus what h...

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Don't Be a Fool - Give!

Sunday Sermon

November 20, 2022

Today, on the 9th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel lesson is taken from Luke 12:16-21. In this pericope, Jesus tells the parable of the "Rich...

Today, on the 8th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel lesson is taken from Luke10:25-37. It narrates for us the well-known parable of the Good Samari...

Today, on the 7th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel reading is taken from Luke 8:41-56. In this pericope, a woman who suffered from a flow of blood...

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Possessions and Eternity

Sunday Sermon

October 30, 2022

Today, on the 5th Sunday of Luke, the Gospel lesson comes to us from Luke 16:19-31. In this pericope, we hear about the rich man and Lazaros...

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Actively Doing God's Word

Sunday Sermon

October 23, 2022

Today is the Feast day of James the Apostle, the brother of Our Lord. Father Gregory shares with us, from the Book of James, how we mig...

Sermons

Only One Resurrection

Sunday Sermon

October 16, 2022

Father Ernesto shares a light sermon as we approach halloween. ...

Sermons

Living Temples of God

Sunday Sermon

October 09, 2022

Today, Father Micah shares a youth sermon with us on how we become and remain living temples of God. ...

Sermons

Misplaced Expectations

Sunday Sermon

October 02, 2022

Today's Gospel reading comes to us from Luke 6:31-36. Jesus says to love our enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing in return. Thi...

Sermons

Experiencing God's Wonder

Sunday Sermon

September 25, 2022

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

Sermons

A Word from the Holy Mtn.

Sunday Sermon

September 18, 2022

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

Sermons

Youth Sermon - Holy Cross

Sunday Sermon

September 13, 2022

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

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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 ...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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 ...

Sermons

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...

Sermons

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...

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