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Living Faith

July 21, 2024

In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory focuses on the Epistle reading from Romans, in which St. Paul contrasts slaves to sin and slaves of God...

Today we remember the Fourth Ecumenical Synod, which gathered in the city of Chalcedon and focused on the question of Christ’s identit...

Sermons

The Ship of the Church

Sunday Sermon

July 07, 2024

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ calls four fishermen — Peter, John, Andrew, and James — to be his disciples, to be fishe...

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus turns his twelve disciples into apostles. On this Feast of the Twelve Apostles, Fr. Gregory addresses...

Sermons

The Gifts of Community

Sunday Sermon

June 23, 2024

On this Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost, when God sent the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. Bishop Sebastian points out that the disciples wer...

This Sunday follows the great feast of the ascension of Christ, when he was taken up into the heavens. Fr. Micah explains that many Jews of ...

Sermons

Manifesting God's Glory

Sunday Sermon

June 09, 2024

In this week’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of Christ healing a man born blind. His disciples ask him, “Rabbi, who sinned, ...

On this Sunday, the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Micah discusses the Gospel reading in which Christ tells us that we are to worship th...

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Pascha, the Sunday of the Paralytic. Fr. Gregory focuses on the Gospel reading, in which Christ heals a man wh...

Sermons

Believe in Resurrection

Sunday Sermon

May 19, 2024

On this Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women, Fr. Paul recounts the story of these women who were the first to behold the empty tomb and initia...

On this Sunday of Thomas, Fr. Micah focuses on the significance of doors in our church’s liturgical tradition. He discusses the doors...

Title: "Fr. Gregory delivers the Catechetical Paschal Homily of our father among the saints, St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Co...

In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory details the events of the first three days of Holy Week, from Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem to t...

Sermons

To Be Slave of All

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

April 21, 2024

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ says, “Whosoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first amo...

Sermons

Freedom from Anger

Sunday of St. John Climacus

April 14, 2024

On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, we celebrate St. John Climacus, who conceived of and wrote the Ladder of Divine Ascent. In today’s serm...

Sermons

The Way of the Cross

Sunday of the Holy Cross

April 07, 2024

This Sunday, at the midpoint of Lent, we celebrate the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross. Fr. Micah speaks of the beauty and power ...

Sermons

Carrying the Helpless

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

March 31, 2024

This Sunday, His Grace Bishop Neophytos Kongai, Bishop of Kenya, shares about Orthodoxy in Kenya and what we can do to support his diocese.&...

This Sunday we celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy, which commemorates the restoration of the use and veneration of icons in the church after ...

In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord speaks to us about fasting. Fr. Micah shows us what fasting is truly about and shares practical ad...

On this Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. Stephen Freeman discusses how we should view Christ’s judgment. He first expounds on the par...

This Sunday is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, during which we hear the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Fr. Gregory expounds on the parable, sh...

Sermons

The Publican's Humility

Sunday Sermon

February 25, 2024

Today is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, which comes from the Gospel reading in Luke 18. In the passage, Jesus gives a parable ...

In this week’s Gospel reading, we hear of Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman. Through faith in God, her demon-possessed d...

Sermons

Accepting God's Grace

Sunday Sermon

February 11, 2024

In today’s Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul writes in 2nd Corinthians Chapter 6, “Working together with him, then, we entreat y...

In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus answers the question posed to him as a challenge from the Pharisees: “Which is the greatest...

In this week’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of Zacchaeus, the man who climbed a sycamore tree to behold Christ. Fr. Micah present...

Sermons

The Leper's Gratitude

Sunday Sermon

January 22, 2024

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus encounters ten lepers shouting at him for help. He tells them to go and show themselves to the priest...

In today’s Gospel passage, we read, “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.” Fr. Micah, in today’s ...

This weekend, we celebrate the Theophany (baptism) of Christ, as well as John the Baptist. In both the Epistle and Gospel readings, we hear ...

Each year, on December 31st, we reflect on the previous year and look forward to the future. Today's Gospel from Mark is about ends and ...

In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory focuses on the end of the Gospel reading describing the Virgin birth. In this passage, the Prophet Isai...

Sermons

The Reason for Seasons

Sunday Sermon

December 17, 2023

In this Sunday’s sermon, Fr. Micah reminds us that we can be easily distracted this time of year—distracted by earthly things th...

In today’s Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul speaks of the spiritual war against us and the defense we can gird ourselves with: the wh...

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear how Jesus healed the blind man, saying to him “ your faith has made you well.” Fr. Paul...

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...

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus speaks of the “fool who lays up for himself and is not rich toward God.” Fr. Greg...

In this week’s Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul writes, “Brethren, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who s...

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...

The Gospel of Saint Luke recounts the restoration of the demon-possessed man in Gerasenes. The man was troubled, unclothed, and living among...

Many Christians are wondering if we are living in the “end times”. Father Gregory reminds us of the miracle of Christ’s re...

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...

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return,” said our Lord in today’s Gospel of Sain...

Reflecting on today’s Gospel reading from Luke Chapter 5, His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zelon emphasizes Christ’s words to the...

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Sophia and her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and Love. Martyrs of the church, these four Saints volunt...

Judgment and salvation are the two themes presented in today’s Gospel reading. Father Paul poses the question: What must we do to rece...

In Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians he says, “Brethren, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. L...

Today’s Gospel reading reminds us that in order to inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of heaven we must keep the commandments...

Steven Christoforou is the Director of Operations and Community Engagement for FOCUS North America, an Orthodox Christian non-profit focused...

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...

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