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The Bread of Life

Have no thought for tomorrow for day by day God will provide His bread and His wine and none shall hunger or thirst any more.




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Listen, Trust, and Obey

Christ had complete power over the forces of nature and could transcend them. It follows that His actions on earth were entirely voluntary. His truly endured the cross as a voluntary action.




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St. Athanasius on the Transfiguration

Fr. Gregory Hallam brings the homily on the Feast of the Transfiguration.




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The Dormition of the Theotokos

Fr. Gregory's homily on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.




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Growing Our Faith

How can I increase my faith? There is no way I can encourage you to increase your faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ unless I first increase my faith in Him.




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Of Holy Women

In the Afterfeast of the Dormition of the the Theotokos, we are mindful of the fact that it is a woman, the blessed ever-Virgin Mary, whom the Orthodox and indeed others venerate as the most honoured and significant of Christians.




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I Am

If we can say to ourselves with St Paul, “I am what I am”, and at the same time acknowledge the reality that Christ died and was resurrected then we will be living out that reality that St Paul sets for each of us in his Letter to the Philippians, Chapter 2, verse 13, “for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure”.




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In the Steps of St. Aidan

Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the life of St. Aidan, the Patron Saint of the parish in Manchester.




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Mother and Son

Why is it vital to confess Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer such that one cannot truly be a Christian and deny that?




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The Birth of the Theotokos

Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the Nativity of the Theotokos.




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Therefore Be Merciful

When we are commanded by our Lord to be merciful even as our Heavenly Father is merciful this means that we must try by an entire reliance on God and His grace to become in this world as God is in this world, merciful.




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Giving to Live

Church teaching is that every human being is loved by God, is unique and a special person. We are called to love each other as Christ loves us.




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Meeting God at the Icon

Every icon is a mediator, a means of reconciling each of us to God.




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Spot Changes for a Leopard

Let us take hope that, acquainted as we are with our sin and weakness, God can make a wonderful work of glory from the raw material of our brokenness.




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Draw Near with Faith and Love

The outcast woman receives healing demonstrating the power of our Lord and the power of prayer.




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Angels in Action

This week there is an important feast celebrating the Archangel Michael and the angel Gabriel and six other angels.




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Making an Entry

Fr. Gregory uses the example of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple to instruct on how we should enter church for worship.




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Christ and and the Rich Man

The rich Pharisee in the gospel couldn’t make it. He couldn’t grow up. He couldn’t leave behind the letter of Jewish law to find the spirit of Jewish life. We can grow up. We can move from a focus on the letter of Orthodox law into the reality of living our lives to the full as Orthodox Christians.




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Come into the Light

Anything that separates us from God is bad no matter how big or small it is in our eyes. The most difficult sins to uproot are those we keep covered up in darkness because we are reluctant, for whatever reason, to expose them to the Light, which is Christ.




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Mother's Song

Fr. Gregory Hallam's sermon on the feast of the conception of the most holy Theotokos by the righteous Anna.




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Being Invited to the Kingdom Banquet

Father Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the banquet story in Luke 14.




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The Blessing on the Righteous

The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ.




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See, Listen, Act

Fr. Christopher reminds us that St. Joseph and the Theotokos were confronted with far more challenges in their lives than any of us are ever likely to experience. However, their responses to those immense challenges offer us responses from which we can learn.




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Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation

Fr. Gregory reads a sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.




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Zeal for the Lord

Fr. Gregory preaches on the healthy and unhealthy forms of zeal.




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The Song of Salvation

The faithful at St. Aidan's celebrate a baptism and Fr. Gregory teaches on the significance of the Troparion for the Feast of Theophany.




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Equipping the Saints

Fr. Dcn. Emmanuel gives the homily from the Epistle to the Ephesians.




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Taking Our Stand

Fr. Christopher is the homilist today and he says that historically Christianity has not picked fights but we do know when to draw the line.




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Come Down, Zacchaeus

Fr. Gregory preaches on the story of Zacchaeus and his determination to see Jesus.




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Loving God and Loving Humans

Sermon for 3rd February: Afterfeast of the Meeting Sermon by Deacon Emmanuel preached by Fr. Gregory at a Hierarchical Liturgy in the Church of St. Ignatios, Belfast (presiding bishop, His Grace Bishop Hanna (Berlin).




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Don't Bury Your Gift

Fr. Gregory suggests that perhaps it is time to take stock of our own service, to consider what talents God has given us, and to take care that we use them fully.




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Embraced by Love

Saving repentance happens when we come to our senses, to our natural state and identity as children of God made in His image and likeness. By coming back to God we return to our true self; restored to God we become fully human again with the fullness of life.




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Choices Matter

The Last Judgement is not so much about the trial as about the revelation of truth, of acts, intentions, and the nature of our being.




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Salvation is Nearer to Us Now than when We First Believed

The nature of Christ’s return will be within me and within you. We are now ready to put on Christ within ourselves in how we live as baptised Orthodox Christians.




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Triumph of this Faith

Fr. Christopher gives the sermon on the Triumph of Orthodoxy.




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Let it Be

Fr. Gregory is the homilist at the Pan-Orthodox Vespers at the Greek Cathedral in London.




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Experiencing the Annunciation

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation.




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King David Repents

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel is the preacher at the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts - Repentance Series for Great Lent. March 27 also marks the celebration of Deacon Emmanuel's 75th birthday - May God grant him many years.




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To Be Enlightened

Fr. Gregory's sermon on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent.




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The Repentance of the Righteous Job

The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance.




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Venerating the Cross of Christ

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the third Sunday of Great Lent.




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St Peter, a Fisherman Most Wise

Fr. Christopher looks at three incidents in the life of St. Peter that are instructive for our life of repentance.




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Stairway to Heaven

In his sermon on the 4th Sunday of Great Lent, Fr. Gregory says there are two chief enemies of the spiritual life, self-righteousness, or vainglory, and despair.




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The Conversion of Saul

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Conversion of Saul to Paul the great Apostle.




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Radical Repentance

Fr. Christopher takes a lesson from the life of St. Mary of Egypt on what it means to repent.




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Mother Maria of Paris

Fr. Christopher speaks about the modern Saint, Mother Maria of Paris.




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The Raising of Lazarus

Fr. Christopher speaks about the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Christ.




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Welcoming Christ into Jerusalem

Dr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn gives the Palm Sunday homily.




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Communion with Christ

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Thursday.




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Types of the Resurrection

Fr. Gregory at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday.