world news The Journey and the Voice By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:29:12+00:00 The dialogue between St. Philip and his friend St. Nathanael in the Gospel concerning Jesus is instructive. Both of them are making good progress spiritually but both still have misunderstandings or difficulties with question of Jesus’s identity. Full Article
world news A Crossed Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:32:45+00:00 Fr. Gregory is in Ireland for the commemoration of the Holy Cross. Full Article
world news Do Not Be Semi-Detached By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:49:29+00:00 Fr. Gregory encourages us to embrace not a semi-detached life with all its fatal compromises but a fully detached life with God as our only hope, security and strength. Full Article
world news Responding in Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:51:04+00:00 Fr. Christopher says the Feast of the Annunciation marks the entrance of God, physically, into history, when He took upon Himself our human nature. Full Article
world news No Half Measures By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:52:45+00:00 Fr. Christopher gives the sermon on St. Mary of Egypt who was prepared to follow Christ, in the company of the saints, wherever that took her. May we have the grace to do the same. Full Article
world news Facing the Darkness, Receiving the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:56:32+00:00 Fr. Gregory speaks with children and adults about Palm Sunday and the preparation of our hearts to receive the risen Christ. Full Article
world news Mystical Supper By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:58:01+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam examines the hymn we sing throughout the Liturgy in commemoration of our Lord's institution of the Holy Eucharist. Full Article
world news Victory and New Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:00:50+00:00 Fr. Christopher delivers the Paschal homily. Full Article
world news Pascha is Everywhere By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:02:08+00:00 There is no place where the resurrection of Christ has not touched. All things are “under his feet” – his victorious feet! Pascha is everywhere and nothing is the same. Full Article
world news Is He Risen Indeed? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:04:08+00:00 Fr. Christopher asks, when it comes to the resurrection of Jesus, is Church Tradition honest? Could the whole story have been made up? Surely anything less than honesty in the Church is not acceptable. Full Article
world news The Church Can Face Its Problems By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:06:52+00:00 The appointment of Deacons in the church is the subject of today's sermon by Deacon Emmanuel Kahn. Full Article
world news Revolutionary Widows By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:09:20+00:00 Fr. Gregory says that St. Peter in Lydda should have taken the trouble to visit Joppa to raise Dorcas from the dead shows the importance that the early Church gave to the plight of widows. Full Article
world news Getting to the Point By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:11:03+00:00 Fr. Christopher gives the homily about the Samaritan Woman and the example of Christ in relating to people according to their needs and situations. Full Article
world news Confessing the Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:12:23+00:00 How many Christians in the comfortable West would, like St Paul and St Silas, having been thrown into jail for such an uncompromising witness, proceed to sing hymns of praise to God all night in the midst of such a challenging situation? Full Article
world news A Judge We Can Trust By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:13:34+00:00 Fr. Christopher reminds us that the feast of the Ascension marks the transition from Christ’s presence in a limited sense to an unlimited one. He ascends to this universal presence on account of His being both God and man. Full Article
world news The Gift of Eternal Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:15:15+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn teaches that the challenge which the Father gave to Christ and to his disciples and to us is to learn and to achieve the work on earth that the Father wishes each of us to accomplish. Full Article
world news Be Kindled Not Burned By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:16:59+00:00 The Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles at Pentecost as a roaring wind and in tongues of fire from Heaven. The river of fire for them meant no danger at all but rather a personal powerful presence of God in their hearts and lives, the promised Holy Spirit. Full Article
world news Chad's Choice By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:01:53+00:00 Fr. Gregory talks about one of Britain's own- St. Chad, a saint taught by their own St Aidan in his monastic school at Lindisfarne and belonging with his own three brothers to a missionary team that worked in Northumbria and in the north-western part of the ancient kingdom of Mercia in the generation after St Aidan’s death. Full Article
world news Too Many Worries By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:03:23+00:00 Fr. Gregory shares a word from Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain and his explanation of Matthew 6:22-23. Full Article
world news The Transformation of Suffering By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:08:00+00:00 Fr. Gregory introduces a guest preacher today who talks about the pattern of redemption: the Lord heals the soul and then the body. Full Article
world news Into the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:09:16+00:00 St Seraphim of Sarov, the translation of whose relics we celebrate today, remains one of the outstanding examples of Christian holiness Full Article
world news Mother and Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:15:52+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn suggests that as we think about the Dormition of the Theotokos, we need time to understand how the life and death of the Mother of God relates to each of us. Full Article
world news Become an Apostle of the Lord By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:16:47+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says we can each be apostles to those with whom we live or work or study—whatever our ages or intellectual ability. Full Article
world news Poisoned Wells and Living Water By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:18:44+00:00 Fr. Gregory says that Orthodox Christians, particularly in the West, should reacquaint themselves with what the Orthodox Church teaches about Christ and salvation. In few places is this more clearly and attractively presented than in the writings of early Greek theologian and martyr, St Irenaeus (130 – 202). Full Article
world news Wooden Chalices, Golden Bishops By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:28:11+00:00 A Bishop is called not to be a successful manager, a smooth operator, a charming person, an efficient administrator, nor even an amazing preacher. Some of these things are good and necessary but without humility they can never be enlisted in the service of love and the God who is love. Full Article
world news The Mother of the Light is Born By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:34:12+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos as we celebrate this first great feast of the new Church year. Full Article
world news Plant the Cross in Your Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:35:24+00:00 In the human heart we must carve out a Cross-shaped impression so that the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ may be planted there; for only if it is planted there will it grow and bear fruit. Full Article
world news Piscine Bellies and Kingdom Nets By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:38:28+00:00 Are we slouched downcast in the belly of the fish or are we striding away from the shore with God’s net in our backpack? Fr. Gregory says the choice is always ours. Let us choose well. Full Article
world news Wise Old Owls By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:41:03+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam says we need to learn how to listen to God and most importantly actually to do it on the basis that He does indeed want to speak to us. Full Article
world news All Saints or All Witches? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:10:25+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the homily and compares Halloween with All Saints' Day. Full Article
world news How Can We Discover the Divine Image in Ourselves? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:10:59+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says St. Paul sets before us a model—that we should be as “beloved children”—that is children who are deeply loved by their parents and others, because God first loves us before we learn to love Him. Full Article
world news As a Child By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:22+00:00 Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Luke—the author of the Gospel of St. Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. The preacher today is Fr. Emmanuel Kahn. Full Article
world news Feeding on Christ the Living Word By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:31+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel asks how did Jesus Christ take five loaves of bread and two fish and feed 5,000 people? Full Article
world news The Holy Trinity: A Life for Our Lives By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:39+00:00 Let us make the sign of the cross, and invite the Presence of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit into our lives—into our hopes and our fears. God already knows those hopes and fears, but sometimes He waits for us to share our lives with Him privately, to be honest with Him, so that He can then be honest with us, through revealing some of the fullness of Himself to each of us. Full Article
world news Recognizing the Moment By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:48+00:00 Whether as individuals or as couples we too are each called in the words of Zacharias as set out in the Gospel of St. Luke to “prepare His ways”—that is, to prepare the way of Jesus Christ in our own lives and in the lives of others. Full Article
world news Become a Witness for Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:57+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of All Saints and encourages us to follow the example of the great "Cloud of Witnesses." Full Article
world news Take Up Your Cross By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:12:05+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel preaches about the meaning of "taking up the cross." Full Article
world news The Antiochian Project By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:12:18+00:00 In Antioch Christianity moved beyond its Jewish roots and began to grow up to become the universal church that it is today—open to people of all cultures and all beliefs and all ages to become Christians. Full Article
world news Fear Not Your Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:12:26+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Great and Holy Saturday. Full Article
world news The View from Eternity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:09+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel asks "What was Christ waiting for when he delayed coming to see Lazarus? What is Christ waiting for when He does not answer our prayers immediately?" Full Article
world news Believing Thomas By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:18+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon on St. Thomas Sunday. Full Article
world news Creation and Us By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:28+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam begins with a message for the children followed by Dn. Emmanuel who tells us that what we are seeking to understand is both life and the world from God’s viewpoint, not from our own. Full Article
world news Son of God, Son of Man By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:35+00:00 Who is the Son of Man? Those words, “The Son of Man”, are seldom used today; and to find out their meaning we need to look first at the Old Testament. Full Article
world news God Loves Me By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:45+00:00 Deacon Emmanuel Kahn and Archpriest Gregory Hallam team up for the sermon today on the love of God. Full Article
world news Our Life In Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:53+00:00 This Sunday we remember the 630 Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council held in Chalcedon, a suburb of Constantinople, in the middle of the fifth century in 451. The preacher today is Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn. Full Article
world news Being Glorified By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:14:01+00:00 We can each live in the present moment with Christ in the presence of God the Father; and to the extent that we are able to link our lives to the life of Christ, we too will be glorified by God the Father. Full Article
world news Lord, Order Our Lives By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:14:12+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel says often God’s purpose is not immediately clear to us in our own lives or in the lives of others. We are aware that God is there—that God is present in our lives and in the world, but what exactly is God’s purpose for us and for the world? How can we order our lives? Full Article
world news When We Open Our Christmas Presents By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:14:21+00:00 Dn. Emmanuel tells us whether you are at school or at home, working or unemployed, whether you have responsibilities at home or outside home, whatever your age, there is a special Christmas present waiting for each of us, wrapped up, ready to open, but each present can only be opened by the person to whom that present has been addressed. Full Article
world news Living the Angelic Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-16T04:56:16+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam reminds us that although angels are immaterial beings and have undoubted brilliance and glory, we humans are to be measured with no less dignity, particularly if we take up our own vocation to praise God, to be His obedient messengers and His valiant fighters. Full Article
world news Is Christ Our Peace? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-22T04:13:23+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says "the work is not ours" therefore, anxiety is removed. Full Article