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Symbol of Faith - Part 6

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...

Symbol of Faith - Part 5

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

Practical Christianity

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...

Symbol of Faith - Part 4

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

Symbol of Faith - Part 3

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...

Seek First His Kingdom

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...

Free and United

Sermon - 2nd Sunday of Matthew

Sunday of All Saints

Symbol of Faith - Part 2

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

Symbol of Faith - Part 1

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

Communion with Creation

Sunday of the Blind Man

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...

Spirit and Truth

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

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 ...

Sunday of the Paralytic

The Day of Resurrection

The Myrrh Bearing Women

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...

Wounded Healers

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

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

Sunday St. John Climacus

Sunday of The Holy Cross

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...

Our Father - Part 6

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

Sunday of Orthodoxy

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...

Forgiveness Sunday

Sunday Reflection

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...

Our Father - Part 5

February 27, 2022

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...

The Prodigal Awakens

February 20, 2022

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...

Our Father - Part 4

February 13, 2022

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

Our Father - Part 3

February 06, 2022

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 ...

Illumined to Give Glory

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...

Prayer Makes God Visible

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...

Our Father - Part 2

January 16, 2022

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

Our Father - Part 1

January 09, 2022

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...

Mark's Radical New Gospel

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...

New Exodus, a New People

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...

Love is Sacrifice

December 19, 2021

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...

Awake O Sleeper and Arise

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...

Straightened to Praise

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 ...

Gifts Offered for All

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...

Entrance of the Theotokos

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...

We Are the Innkeepers

November 14, 2021

Healed by Christ Himself

November 07, 2021

Is Lazaros at Your Gate?

October 31, 2021

Contemporary Possession

October 24, 2021

Speaking in Parables

October 17, 2021

Life and Death Meet

October 11, 2021

A Merciful Kind of Love

October 03, 2021

St. John the Theologian

September 26, 2021

Sunday after Holy Cross

September 19, 2021

Pre-Jesus Thinking

September 12, 2021

Rights Can't be Obstacles

September 05, 2021

Today on the 11th Sunday of Matthew the Epistle reading comes to us from I Corinthians 9:2-12. Father Gregory shares with us Saint Paul&rsqu...

Questions Answered Gently

August 29, 2021

Today in the Orthodox Church we commemorate the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Saint John like many prophets and apostles had moments ...

August 22, 2021

Today’s Gospel taken from Matthew 14:22-34 accounts for us the well-known miracles of Jesus and Peter walking on water. Peter is obedi...

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