Why did our Lord have to suffer and die? We cannot conclude with the benefit of hindsight that this was simply what He had to endure to make the resurrection possible. Orthodox Christianity insists that there is necessary meaning in both the death and resurrection of our Lord.

What happens after we have worked hard, done our best and achieved nothing?

Jesus Christ reaches out to each of us in 2012, just as He did 2,000 years ago. However, he does not always give us immediately what we ask for as soon as we ask for His help in our lives.

In this final sermon on the Beatitudes, Fr. Gregory says that persecution can be an occasion of great blessedness.

Jesus Christ understood that both the disciples and us would be puzzled about how to react to Him after the crucifixion. What did Jesus do? He told the apostle St Thomas and us: “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here with your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” And the apostle St Thomas was empowered by this remarkable encounter with Jesus Christ to overcome unbelief and to say to Jesus: “My Lord and my God.”

Fr. Gregory speaks about the Woman at the Well who we know as St. Photini. As surely as Photini means “enlightened” it is our calling also to enlighten others with the Light of Christ.

In the Ascension our humanity is taken up in Christ’s to the heavenly places. He came to earth that we might be raised up to heaven

The Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven is not an isolated occurrence that befits only the Son of God. It is the promise to all those who are in Christ to ascend in and with Him to glory.

Subdeacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the belief of the Centurion.

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

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.

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.

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

The Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven is not an isolated occurrence that befits only the Son of God. It is the promise to all those who are in Christ to ascend in and with Him to glory.

Fr. Gregory reminds us that Ascension is no less than the life of the Kingdom of God, breaking through into this corrupt world order and remaking it from within.

This miracle of Christ feeding a large crowd on the shore of the Sea of Galilee occurs in all four gospels. So it is important, but what does it mean for us today? Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon.

Today Fr. Gregory combines his children's sermon and his adult sermon to illustrate the importance of the cross.

Fr. Gregory preaches on All Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en taking his text from the rich man and the poor beggar in the Gospel.

Deacon Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon today from the Gospel of St. Luke, chapter 13.

Fr. Gregory speaks to both the children and adults admonishing them and all of us to properly prepare for the coming of Christ in the flesh.

Fr. Gregory Hallam talks about the real St. Nick!

New Assistant Priest Fr. George Robinson tells us that the righteous will inherit the kingdom of God because only the righteous will want to.

Fr. Gregory is in Ireland for the commemoration of the Holy Cross.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Fr. Emmanuel asks how did Jesus Christ take five loaves of bread and two fish and feed 5,000 people?

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.

St Nicholas stands, by his own example, for a holistic understanding of Christian truth, a truth that saves because it is immersed in and expressed by self-giving love.

On this eve of Nativity 2015, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon.

Fr. Gregory Hallam says that Theophany is a good time to look afresh at our own baptism and what this means for all Orthodox Christians.

Fr. Gregory says that each one of us has a gift and talent from God no matter how modest we might think it may be.

What happens when two disciples ask Jesus for special treatment? A lesson for both the children and adults from Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel.

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn looks at the healing of the man who was paralyzed. What does it mean for this paralytic and for us to be healed? From what do we need to be healed?

At the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives a reflection on what the Nicene Creed means in each of our lives.

Fr. Emmanuel talks to the adults and Fr. Gregory to the children about how we can each give more of ourselves—of our abilities, our insights, our time, our energy, our prayer life—to Christ and to this parish church.

There are people who want to be healed, sometimes desperately, but there are others who, while they claim that they want to be healed, deep down do not.

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

Fr. Gregory speaks about the Dormition of the Theotokos and calls it the most important feast of the Mother of God in our calendar.

Salvation for a Christian is God making good that deficit from perfection that we discover when we attempt to serve God, a falling short.

We are not called to set ourselves free, but we do need to want to be healed. We do need to praise God for coming into our lives—for joining us to Him and to each other in the Church.

Fr. Emmanuel preaches on the Sunday of the Canaanite Woman but first a practical lesson for the children with Fr. Gregory.

What does it mean to be “ascended”? We need to know because as surely as Christ ascended, so shall we in Him also ascend.

Fr. Emmanuel gives the sermon and asks, "What is the relationship between loving God, loving your neighbour and loving yourself"?

Fr. Emmanuel talks about the Seed and the Sower after Fr. Gregory speaks with the children.

After Fr. Gregory Hallam speaks to the children, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches to the adults and says our faith in the Truth that is Jesus Christ makes us one with Him, completes our life on earth and brings us eternal life.

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Sunday June 24, 2018.

Fr. Gregory Hallam preaches about the Transfiguration of our Lord.

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon in celebration of the Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom in 434.