A sermon on the Feast of the Entry of Christ into the Temple.

The Fathers of the Church are very clear that it is not God who separates himself from sinners and punishes them but rather sinners themselves who, through their own bad choices, separate themselves from the Lord and experience in that separation the sufferings of hell, darkness and despair.

The normal experience of being a Christian is both joy and struggle. There is a deep joy in knowing Christ but also a struggle against demonically inspired forces of violence and rebellion, inside us and outside us.

The first in a series of Wednesday sermons during Great Lent on the topic of the Beatitudes.

Psalm 1 and the Beatitudes both seek to understand the challenging question, ‘Who will be blessed and what does it mean to be blessed?’

The Theotokos stands for the whole biblical way of looking at the relationship between God and His creation as a mystery of LOVE.

Fr. Gregory reads the sermon "Pascha in the West and the East" by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos.

On the Sunday of All Saints, we are reminded to honour them in our generation that others by their example, fellowship and prayers may also become Friends of God.

In this Gospel according to St Matthew, Christ sets out His plan for four people—the brothers Simon and Andrew, and the brothers, James and John, the fishermen from two families, living in the town of Capernaum. Christ’s plan for these fishermen consists of a request and a promise.

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

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.

Fr. Gregory Hallam brings the homily on the Feast of the Transfiguration.

Fr. Gregory's homily on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the life of St. Aidan, the Patron Saint of the parish in Manchester.

Why is it vital to confess Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer such that one cannot truly be a Christian and deny that?

Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the Nativity of the Theotokos.

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.

Every icon is a mediator, a means of reconciling each of us to God.

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.

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.

Fr. Gregory Hallam's sermon on the feast of the conception of the most holy Theotokos by the righteous Anna.

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

The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ.

Fr. Gregory reads a sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Fr. Gregory preaches on the healthy and unhealthy forms of zeal.

The faithful at St. Aidan's celebrate a baptism and Fr. Gregory teaches on the significance of the Troparion for the Feast of Theophany.

Fr. Dcn. Emmanuel gives the homily from the Epistle to the Ephesians.

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation.

The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance.

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the third Sunday of Great Lent.

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Conversion of Saul to Paul the great Apostle.

Fr. Christopher speaks about the modern Saint, Mother Maria of Paris.

Fr. Christopher speaks about the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Christ.

Fr. Gregory at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday.

Fr. Gregory reads the two-part letter from Patriarch John X.

The primary reason why Antioch was so important for the growth of Christianity was that in Antioch it became possible for anyone, not just Jews but anyone, to become a Christian.

Fr. Christopher remembers St Columba, founder of Iona Monastery.

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel is the homilist on the feast of Pentecost.

Fr. Christopher is the homilist and he reminds us that the saints are wonderful examples for us. They gave up everything for God.

Fr.Gregory reminds us that the West was also Orthodox once and that it can be again.

The preacher today is Fr.Christopher who tells us that to experience the power of God in our lives we need faith.

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon about the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord.

A message on the Transfiguration for both adults and children by Fr. Gregory.

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.

Fr. Christopher gives the homily on the patron saint of the parish - St. Aidan.

In the Epistle for today from the closing verses of Chapter 6 of the Second Letter to the Corinthians, St Paul gives us a challenge and a promise. He challenges us to change how we are living; and he promises us that if we separate ourselves from idols, God will be loving and gentle and care for us with great mercy.

For St. Paul and for the whole Church the cross of Christ was the only boast of those who called themselves Christians, not the works of the Law which could not and cannot save.

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel says we are not celebrating the birth of baby Jesus. We are celebrating the birth of Christ—the birth of “the Anointed One,” the Messiah.

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Holy Innocents and God's ultimate purpose.

Since Christians are members of the body of Christ and relate to Him as the bride to the groom, the Church can never be thought of as a mere institution. Whereas it is marriage that bring a man and a woman together in a dynamic union growing into the perfection of love, it is baptism that constitutes the Church by bringing together men and women, boys and girls into a covenant relationship of love with Christ.