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The Myrrh-Bearing Women

This Sunday, Metropolitan Sevastianos joined us for the ordination of Deacon Haralambos. During his homily, he drew our attention to the Gos...

This Sunday, as we celebrate Antipascha, the church gives us the story of Thomas. This story, Fr. Gregory explains, shows us something profo...

The Whole World

Saturday Sermon

In this special Holy Saturday homily, Fr. Micah gathers the children for a discussion of how all of creation helps us praise God. He teaches...

Entering Holy Week

As we enter into Holy Week on this Palm Sunday, Fr. Gregory reminds us that the Orthodox faith isn’t something we simply stu...

Not 2 be Served but Serve

In today’s Gospel reading, John and James go to our Lord and ask him to, when he is seated on his throne, place each of them at his ri...

Ladder of Divine Ascent

This Sunday, the Church places before us St. John Climacus, the author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent, which presents the Christian life as ...

Are We Ashamed?

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we hear Christ say, “For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful ge...

Uncreated Grace

On this second Sunday of Great Lent, the church places before us the witness of St. Gregory Palamas, who defended the truth that God is not ...

Mission and Restoration

On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, visiting priest Fr. Christopher Rowe, Development Director at the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, delivers a...

Entering Lent with Mercy

February 22, 2026

On this Sunday, as we stand at the threshold of Lent, Christ tells us, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father ...

Encountering Christ

February 15, 2026

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear a call to almsgiving and acts of charity. But we also hear, Fr. Micah says, a call to encounter Chr...

The Journey Home

February 08, 2026

On this Sunday, we read the parable of the prodigal son, a story which prepares us for Lent by showing us the nature of repentance. Fr. Greg...

Humility Like a Publican

February 01, 2026

Today is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, and Fr. Micah opens his homily with a quote from St. Peter of Damascus: “But if ...

Desire to Transformation

January 25, 2026

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of Zacchaeus, whose desire for God led to transformation. Fr. Gregory explains that every...

The City to Come

January 18, 2026

In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Hebrews, we hear the words, “For here we have no lasting ci...

A Life of Repentance

January 11, 2026

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ begins his public ministry, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Fr. ...

January 04, 2026

This Sunday is the Sunday before Epiphany. Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Christ, when the revelation of God was made manifest and the...

The First Christmas Carol

December 28, 2025

In today’s sermon, Fr. Micah speaks of the first Christmas carol to ever be written, the final line of which references King Herod&rsq...

Christmas Day Sermon 2025

December 25, 2025

On Holy Nativity, Fr. Gregory delivers this year’s Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas from His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bar...

Receive Christ w/Humility

Christmas Eve Sermon 2025

December 24, 2025

In his Christmas Eve sermon, Fr. Micah emphasizes the way in which we are to receive Christ: with humility. He demonstrates how we can learn...

The Promise Fulfilled

December 21, 2025

On this Sunday before Nativity, Fr. Gregory explains that the Church asks us to look back and remember the long journey that brought us to t...

December 14, 2025

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, our Lord tells a parable of a man who has a banquet, and it’s implied that the man is the Lord ...

Fruits of the Light

December 07, 2025

In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from Ephesians 5, St. Paul says, “Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is in a...

Pointing to Christ

November 30, 2025

This Sunday, visiting priest Fr. Alex Limberatos posed the question, “What does it take to lead others to Christ?” To answer thi...

Emptying Ourselves

November 23, 2025

Fr. Micah begins today’s sermon by explaining the ancient Greek concept of kleos — fame, glory, or reputation — found in t...

November 16, 2025

In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from Romans, St. Paul addresses the topic of Israel. In his sermon, Fr. Gregory poses the question &l...

Hope in the Resurrection

November 09, 2025

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we encounter two people who find themselves in hopeless situations: a man whose daughter is dying and...

Our Spiritual Gym

November 02, 2025

This Sunday is our parish's Stewardship Sunday, and in his homily, Fr. Gregory addresses almsgiving as one of the three pillars of our s...

The Life of St. Demetrios

October 26, 2025

On October 26 each year, we celebrate St. Demetrios the Great Martyr and Myrrh-Gusher. Fr. Gregory begins today’s sermon by introducin...

Our Vocation in Life

October 19, 2025

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ raises a widow’s son from the dead. Fr. Micah explains that this passage has three powerful in...

October 12, 2025

On this Sunday, the Church celebrates the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, who gathered in Nicaea in 787 to defend the venera...

Do Good to the Other

October 05, 2025

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, our Lord tells us “As you wish men to do by you, so do to them.” Fr. Micah emphasizes the...

Transfiguring Reason

September 28, 2025

Fr. Gregory begins today’s sermon by recounting a story from the French Revolution. In 1793, the revolutionaries stormed the Cathedral...

Learning Patience

September 21, 2025

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, Christ says, “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, a...

The Cross's Healing

September 14, 2025

On this Sunday, we celebrate one of the twelve great feasts of the Church, the Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross. Fr. Gregory ...

Crucified to the World

September 07, 2025

In this Sunday’s Epistle reading, St. Paul says, “But far be it for me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by ...

What Do I Still Lack?

August 31, 2025

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of the rich young ruler who comes to Jesus and asks him what he must do to inherit ...

Forgiveness & Communion

August 24, 2025

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, our Lord uses a parable of servants who are indebted to their master to teach us about forgiveness, w...

Foolishness for Christ

August 17, 2025

St. Paul tells the Corinthians in today’s Epistle reading, “We are fools for Christ’s sake.” St. Paul was very respe...

Thoughts and Prayer

August 10, 2025

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ walks on water to approach the boat where the apostles are being tossed by a storm, afraid. Christ s...

Fr Gregory Sermon

Transfiguration of our Lord

August 06, 2025

Sermon from Fr Gregory on Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ...

August 03, 2025

On this Sunday, we hear the account of the Feeding of the Five Thousand from Matthew 14. A great multitude followed Christ into a remote pla...

St. Elijah's Question

On July 20, we lift up the memory of the prophet Elijah, translated into Greek as Elias. To celebrate, Fr. Gregory recounts St. Elijah&rsquo...

In both today’s Epistle and Gospel readings, we hear the importance of obedience to Christ’s commandments. Fr. Micah focuses on ...

Obedience in Action

In today’s Epistle reading, St. Paul says, “Having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” In this pa...

In Our Weakness

In this week’s Epistle reading, St. Paul tells us that he boasts in his weakness. Fr. Micah focuses on this concept in today’s s...

The Law in Our Hearts

In today’s Epistle reading from Romans 2, St. Paul says, “For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but...

Christ and the Saints

This Sunday, the Sunday following Pentecost, is the Sunday of All Saints. In his sermon, Fr. Micah reflects on what it means to be a saint, ...

Dr. Bill Marianes delivered today’s homily, focused on stewardship. He challenges us to use the gifts we’ve been given and allow...

On Conciliarity

On this Sunday, we celebrate the First Ecumenical Council, which occurred in Nicaea in 325 AD. Before addressing that council, Fr. Gregory f...

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