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Who Are the Saints?

Fr. Ted argues that Saints are those who have their priorities properly organized.




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Being a Good Father

Fr. Theodore celebrates fathers and reminds them of their importance. He encourages fathers to take a leadership role in the spiritual lives of their children, as their example will be imitated.




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Staying in the Light

Fr. Ted explains that the Feast of the Transfiguration reminds us of who God is as the one who reveals all of our acts and deeds, whether they be good or evil.




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The Cross in Our Life

Fr. Ted explains the theology of the Cross and the place it should hold within our own hearts and within our spirituality as Orthodox Christians.




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The Mosaic of Our Lives

Fr. Ted reminds us that only in Orthodox Christianity do we have the totality of Holy Tradition.




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Witnessing to the Youth

Fr. Ted reminds us that the best thing we can do to help the youth is to be an example.




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Running the Race

Fr. Ted asks, "Why are we subjected to sicknesses and other problems in life?"




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There Is a God, and I Am Not Him

Fr. Ted reminds us that we have an obligation to serve the Creator.




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The Prodigal Elder

Fr. Ted argues that we too often neglect the role of the older brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son.




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The Journey

Fr. Ted reminds us that our journey toward God has already begun.




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Recognizing the True Messiah

Fr. Ted reminds us that Palm Sunday is actually a tragic event because the people recognize the Messiah not as He is, but as they want him to be.




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Avoiding the Passion

Fr. Ted shares his homily from Great and Holy Thursday.




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The Dwelling of the Spirit

Fr. Ted reminds us that it is impossible for us to be Christians without the Holy Spirit.




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Everything About Youth: The Lost Generation

Fr. Ted speaks at the Biennial Clergy-Laity Conference for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Canada in Vancouver.




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Be the Light of the World

Metropolitan Sotirios of Canada gives the homily at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Winnipeg.




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The Sign of Jonah

Fr. Ted explains what the story of Jonah has to do with the Resurrection of Christ.




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The Cross Today

Fr. Ted explains that the cross teaches us humility and how our relationship with God is supposed to be.




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Fighting the Giant

Fr. Gregory Scratch is the guest speaker at the Vespers of the Feast of St. Demetrios.




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The Gospel of Love

Fr. Ted explains how the gospel of love is lived out in our lives today and how it was lived out in the past.




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Be the Light

Sbdn. Alex Younes delivers the keynote address at Youth Sunday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. Sbdn. Alex is from the Antiochian Archdiocese and attends St. George Antiochian in Toronto




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Being a Light to the World

Fr. Ted reminds us that we must be a spiritual light to our children.




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Poverty of the Soul

Fr. Ted reminds us that confession is a reconciliation.




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Living the Mystery

Fr. Ted explains that the Incarnation cannot be learned, but it can be experienced.




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Beginning Life in the Church

Fr. Ted connects the forty day blessing of newborn children to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple.




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Bearing the Divine Light




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What Is the Light?

Dr. John Karvelas speaks at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis Youth Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada.




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Finding the Light

The Rev. Fr. Gregory Scratch speaks at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis Youth Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada.




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The Gravity of Sin

Fr. Ted compares ascending St. John's ladder to traveling from earth up into space.




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Almsgiving and the Fast

Keith Thomas Sandberg speaks at a lecture sponsored by the Winnipeg Orthodox Clergy Association after the Vespers of St. Mary of Egypt.




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The Messiah We Expect

Which Messiah are you waiting for—the real one or the one you have created in your mind?




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The Spiritual Food

The most important part of the Paschal service is not the Holy Light, but rather the Divine Liturgy in which we receive Holy Communion.




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The Three Offices of Priesthood

Fr. Ted explores the hierarchy of deacon, priest, and bishop.




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Concerning the Deacon

Fr. Ted discusses what you will see in Divine Liturgy that includes an ordination.




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The Window of our Soul

If the window of our soul is clean, then light comes in and illumines all things.




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Missing the Mark

The whole point of the Christian life is to stay on course. Sin is deviating from that course.




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The Invisible Prison

What we mean by humility and witnessing for Christ here in the Western world is a far different thing from what Christians are experiencing in the Middle East.




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The Shepherd is Not the Destination

The priest is simply the vehicle by which Christ moves us from one place to another.




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The Right Time

The world's time is different than God's time, and we need to be able to strike a balance between the two.




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The True Ecclesia

God calls us from the rest of humanity to become something different than what we are.




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Slavery to the World

The reason the Nativity fast exists is to remind us of who we are in Christ and what we cannot take with us to the world to come.




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The Incarnation

Christmas is important because God became man.




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Taking the Journey

Fr. Ted encourages us to fully experience the lenten struggle and all that it entails.




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Climbing the Mountain: Challenges and Pitfalls in the Lenten Journey

Fr. Ted speaks at an adult lenten retreat at All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Toronto, Ontario.




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Completing the Journey

Fr. Ted shares his Paschal homily.




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Mother's Day?

The more secular society gets, the more we begin to forget those things that used to come naturally to us.




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The Real Santa Claus

Fr. Ted discusses St. Nicholas.




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The Others

Fr. Ted takes a closer look at three of the individuals listed in the genealogy of Christ.




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The Beginning of the End

The whole reason Christ comes into the world is to die.




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Reversing the Flow

Fr. Ted explains why we bless the waters on Theophany.




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The Cloud of Unknowing

Fr. Ted introduces St. Gregory of Nyssa and his theology.