Fr. Tom goes through the various translations of the Litany of the Catechumens and also continues his thoughts on the departure of the catechumens.

Fr. Tom transitions now to the second half of the Divine Liturgy with the Litany of the Faithful.

Fr. Tom now gets to the offertory procession with the Bread and the Wine which will be offered and then consecrated into the Body and Blood of Christ at the Eucharistic Anaphora of the Divine Liturgy.

As he continues his series on the Divine Liturgy, Fr. Thomas Hopko talks about the Antimension or Altar Cloth that is on every altar in the Orthodox Church. Learn about its importance in verifying the authority of the parish to offer the Holy Gifts.

We now come to the time in the Divine Liturgy when the Cherubic Hymn is sung admonishing us to lay aside all earthly care and receive the King of all!

Fr. Thomas looks at the significance of using leavened bread and real wine for the Eucharist.

Fr. Thomas begins today some reflections on the rite of the preparation of the bread and the wine to be offered on the altar in the ritual called the Proskomede.

Fr. Thomas explores the significance of the way the bread is cut and laid on the diskos during the preparation for the eucharist.

Remembering all the Saints. Fr. Tom takes us through his own practice of remembering the "great cloud of witnesses" when preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist.

Fr. Tom talks about the "star" that is placed over the bread as well as the psalms and prayers that are said when both the chalice and diskos are covered with the cloth.

Today Fr. Tom looks at the differences in the Antiochian tradition in the way the Proskomede is done.

In this podcast Fr. Tom begins his reflections on the words and actions of the Great Entrance with the Bread and Wine to the Altar Table.

Fr. Tom offers a very helpful explanation of what we are actually offering in the procession of the Great Entrance in the Divine Liturgy.

When the time has come for a priest to be ordained by the Bishop, this is done during the Divine Liturgy. Since Fr. Tom is at the place of the Great Entrance in his reflections on the Divine Liturgy, he takes us through the ordination process.

Fr. Tom completes his reflections on the Great Offertory Entrance of the Divine Liturgy.

Today Fr. Tom speaks about the importance of the offertory prayers said after the Great Entrance. In particular, he talks about how they are prayed in the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

In his 84th episode reflecting on the Divine Liturgy, Fr. Tom talks about the Kiss of Peace which takes place after the celebrant declares "Let us love one another that with one mind we may confess."

Fr. John shares his homily from the Feast of the Annunciation and the Sunday of the Holy Cross.

Fr. John shares his homily from Palm Sunday.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of the Holy Fathers.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of All Saints.

Fr. John shares his homily on the 1,025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of Family, Love, and Fidelity, a new commemoration just established by the Russian Church.

Fr. John shares his homily on 1 Samuel 1-2.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 98.

Bishop Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland is the guest homilist at St. Jonah Orthodox Church.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 8:5-15.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 17:20-21.

Fr. John shares his homily on Habakkuk, Chapters 1-3.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 8:18.

Fr. John shares his homily on Haggai, chapters 1 and 2.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 110.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of the New Martyrs of Russia.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 15:11-32.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of the Last Judgment.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 136.

Fr. John shares his homily on Matthew 18:15-20.

Fr. John shares his homily on Genesis 6:5-8.

Fr. John shares from Genesis 4.

Fr. John preaches about the barren fig tree from Mark 11:12-14,20-21, and Luke 13:6-9.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 117:1-14. "When we depend on ourselves, we cannot succeed. When we put our hope in God, we cannot fail."

Fr. John continues his sermon from Psalm 117.

Fr. John concludes his homily on Psalm 117.

On the Feast of Pentecost, Fr. John teachers about the Holy Spirit as the Comforter.

Fr. John talks about the role of the law in the Old and New Testaments in our salvation.

Fr. John shares about humbly using our spiritual gifts, from Romans 12:1-13. Please note: "At one point in the sermon I mentioned Arsenius the Athonite, but actually meant to refer to the Elder Paisios, and the book I referred to is http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Paisios-Mount-Athos-Isaac/dp/960897643X"

Fr. John, on the commemoration of the Smolensk icon of the Theotokos, explains the Orthodox belief of the ever-virginity of Mary.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118, a psalm that is chanted at every Orthodox funeral.

Fr. John asks the question, "Will your children remain in the Church?" (Deuteronomy 6:1-9) and gives suggestions for parents to pass along the faith.

Fr. John relates St. John's words to the Church of Pergamos, mentioned in Revelation 2:12-17, to us today.