world news The Bread of Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:37:53+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Listen, Trust, and Obey By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:40:29+00:00 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. Full Article
world news St. Athanasius on the Transfiguration By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:42:11+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam brings the homily on the Feast of the Transfiguration. Full Article
world news The Dormition of the Theotokos By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:43:57+00:00 Fr. Gregory's homily on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos. Full Article
world news Growing Our Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:46:14+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Of Holy Women By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:47:52+00:00 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. Full Article
world news I Am By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:50:18+00:00 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”. Full Article
world news In the Steps of St. Aidan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:52:42+00:00 Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the life of St. Aidan, the Patron Saint of the parish in Manchester. Full Article
world news Mother and Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:54:08+00:00 Why is it vital to confess Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer such that one cannot truly be a Christian and deny that? Full Article
world news The Birth of the Theotokos By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:57:17+00:00 Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the Nativity of the Theotokos. Full Article
world news Therefore Be Merciful By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:58:07+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Giving to Live By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:59:34+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Meeting God at the Icon By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T05:02:45+00:00 Every icon is a mediator, a means of reconciling each of us to God. Full Article
world news Spot Changes for a Leopard By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T05:04:18+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Draw Near with Faith and Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:12:56+00:00 The outcast woman receives healing demonstrating the power of our Lord and the power of prayer. Full Article
world news Angels in Action By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:16:42+00:00 This week there is an important feast celebrating the Archangel Michael and the angel Gabriel and six other angels. Full Article
world news Making an Entry By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:19:47+00:00 Fr. Gregory uses the example of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple to instruct on how we should enter church for worship. Full Article
world news Christ and and the Rich Man By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:23:46+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Come into the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:24:53+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Mother's Song By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:27:56+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam's sermon on the feast of the conception of the most holy Theotokos by the righteous Anna. Full Article
world news Being Invited to the Kingdom Banquet By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:29:43+00:00 Father Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the banquet story in Luke 14. Full Article
world news The Blessing on the Righteous By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:31:24+00:00 The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ. Full Article
world news See, Listen, Act By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:34:00+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:35:46+00:00 Fr. Gregory reads a sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Full Article
world news Zeal for the Lord By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:38:07+00:00 Fr. Gregory preaches on the healthy and unhealthy forms of zeal. Full Article
world news The Song of Salvation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:41:28+00:00 The faithful at St. Aidan's celebrate a baptism and Fr. Gregory teaches on the significance of the Troparion for the Feast of Theophany. Full Article
world news Equipping the Saints By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:44:03+00:00 Fr. Dcn. Emmanuel gives the homily from the Epistle to the Ephesians. Full Article
world news Taking Our Stand By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:45:45+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Come Down, Zacchaeus By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:47:48+00:00 Fr. Gregory preaches on the story of Zacchaeus and his determination to see Jesus. Full Article
world news Loving God and Loving Humans By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:51:12+00:00 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). Full Article
world news Don't Bury Your Gift By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:53:06+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Embraced by Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:55:31+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Choices Matter By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:58:33+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Salvation is Nearer to Us Now than when We First Believed By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:00:35+00:00 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. Full Article
world news Triumph of this Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:04:06+00:00 Fr. Christopher gives the sermon on the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Full Article
world news Let it Be By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:06:08+00:00 Fr. Gregory is the homilist at the Pan-Orthodox Vespers at the Greek Cathedral in London. Full Article
world news Experiencing the Annunciation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:08:29+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation. Full Article
world news King David Repents By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:10:30+00:00 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. Full Article
world news To Be Enlightened By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:13:04+00:00 Fr. Gregory's sermon on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent. Full Article
world news The Repentance of the Righteous Job By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:14:59+00:00 The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance. Full Article
world news Venerating the Cross of Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:17:39+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the third Sunday of Great Lent. Full Article
world news St Peter, a Fisherman Most Wise By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:20:07+00:00 Fr. Christopher looks at three incidents in the life of St. Peter that are instructive for our life of repentance. Full Article
world news Stairway to Heaven By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:22:20+00:00 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. Full Article
world news The Conversion of Saul By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:24:12+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Conversion of Saul to Paul the great Apostle. Full Article
world news Radical Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:26:47+00:00 Fr. Christopher takes a lesson from the life of St. Mary of Egypt on what it means to repent. Full Article
world news Mother Maria of Paris By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:28:49+00:00 Fr. Christopher speaks about the modern Saint, Mother Maria of Paris. Full Article
world news The Raising of Lazarus By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:30:52+00:00 Fr. Christopher speaks about the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Christ. Full Article
world news Welcoming Christ into Jerusalem By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:40:30+00:00 Dr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn gives the Palm Sunday homily. Full Article
world news Communion with Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:42:51+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Thursday. Full Article
world news Types of the Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:44:37+00:00 Fr. Gregory at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday. Full Article