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Lessons from the Lepers

Fr. Christopher says, "God works miracles by His power and when material objects are used these become channels of grace."




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The Progress Principle

How can we progress in our lives as Christians? What principle gives us the ability to progress in our lives? Trying to answer that question, Fr. Dn. Emmanuel called this sermon “The Progress Principle.” The sermon included a science illustration about how catalysts work. This YouTube video will show you the same experiment.




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The Judgement of Love

Fr Gregory preaches on Meatfare Sunday at their new mission in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland on Sunday the 23rd of February.




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Sayings of Church Fathers On Fasting

Fr. Gregory Hallam presents a small selection of the Holy Fathers on the discipline of fasting.




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Flower Pot Theology

Fr. Gregory Hallam describes the short shrift given to the Holy Theotokos and her Annunciation in some Christian circles as "Flower Pot Theology."




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Finding Faith In The Living God

Deacon Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon about how to know what God wants us to do today.




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The King of Love

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the Palm Sunday sermon.




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When the Dragon Slew St. George

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the feast day of St. George.




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Light of the World

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Sunday of the Blind Man




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Sermon on the Ascension by St. Augustine of Hippo

Fr. Gregory Hallam draws on St. Augustine for his sermon on the Ascension.




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Hitting the Target

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Sunday of All Saints.




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Sorting Out the Mess

Fr. Gregory talks about St. Theodore but also goes "off script" to address the canonical anomalies of Orthodoxy related to having one bishop in one city. The attached transcript can be referenced for his thoughts on St. Theodore.




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After the Fire

Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Feast of the Prophet Elijah.




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The Marriage of Heaven and Earth

The glory of Jesus Christ is known in all its fullness in the resurrection of his complete person; body, mind and spirit. The Transfiguration is a disclosure of both a deified humanity and a glorified Cosmos in advance of the resurrection itself.




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Getting Out of the Boat

Fr. Gregory Hallam says we need good spiritual counsel on how the sometimes restless, even frightening, waves of our soul in our innermost life might be calmed by Christ and our faith strengthened by His overcoming of our fears.




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St. Aidan's Legacy – The Timeless Gospel in Time

Fr. Gregory talks about the life of St. Aidan, patron saint of St. Aidan's Orthodox Church.




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The Theotokos - The Ever Virgin Mary

People who are not Orthodox are surprised when they are told that we only have two doctrines concerning the Blessed Mary in spite of the prominence she is given in our worship.




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By the Power of the Blood

Great martyr Demetrius, that good soldier in the fight against invisible enemies, warns us in the words of St Paul that we should be vigilant, man up and don the armour of God. If his blood prevailed in Christ so shall ours.




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The Theotokos and Us: Finding the Presence of Christ Together

Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple.




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Honouring the Image, Restoring the Likeness

Fr. Gregory gives extracts from St Gregory of Nyssa's orations on the feast of the Nativity of Christ. He intersperses these reflections from contemporary life as the context in which both the promises and the challenges of the gospel are to be worked out by each one of us.




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Reach Out . . . for the Angelic Choir

Dn. Emmanuel speaks about St. Basil and the first of the year.




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How Can We Find the Kingdom of Heaven in Our Lives?

When we repent, when we seek to change our lives and our relationship to Christ, what is “at hand”? What is near? What is about to happen? The kingdom of heaven!




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The Sorrows and Wisdom of Mary

Every experience of sorrow in our lives could be suffering without meaning but if we have the grace to lay aside self-pity, blame and anger then we shall find in the heart of our suffering God a true hope, and yes even a meaning which in the love of God is the source of a robust wisdom.




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Which Brother Am I?

Fr. Christopher talks about the three major characters in the story of the prodigal son.




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The Journey and the Voice

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.




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Facing the Darkness, Receiving the Light

Fr. Gregory speaks with children and adults about Palm Sunday and the preparation of our hearts to receive the risen Christ.




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The Church Can Face Its Problems

The appointment of Deacons in the church is the subject of today's sermon by Deacon Emmanuel Kahn.




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Getting to the Point

Fr. Christopher gives the homily about the Samaritan Woman and the example of Christ in relating to people according to their needs and situations.




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Confessing the Faith

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?




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The Gift of Eternal Life

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.




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The Transformation of Suffering

Fr. Gregory introduces a guest preacher today who talks about the pattern of redemption: the Lord heals the soul and then the body.




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Into the Light

St Seraphim of Sarov, the translation of whose relics we celebrate today, remains one of the outstanding examples of Christian holiness




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Mother and Son

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.




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Become an Apostle of the Lord

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.




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The Mother of the Light is Born

Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos as we celebrate this first great feast of the new Church year.




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Plant the Cross in Your Heart

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.




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How Can We Discover the Divine Image in Ourselves?

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.




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Feeding on Christ the Living Word

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




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The Holy Trinity: A Life for Our Lives

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.




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Recognizing the Moment

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.




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The Antiochian Project

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.




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The View from Eternity

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?"




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Living the Angelic Life

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.




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Maintaining the Peace

Fr. Gregory preaches on how to “maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."




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If We Seek the Lord, He Will Find Us

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon today and assures us that God has a purpose for each of us, that He will steadily guide us into those purposes, and that He will empower us to achieve those unique purposes for each of our lives.




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The Man in Red

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.




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Receive the Holy Spirit

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of Theophany.




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Seek Now the Peace of God

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says whatever illness or problem you may be experiencing, give thanks to God. He has not brought that illness or problem upon you, even if He has permitted it to happen




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Anathema

Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the first Sunday of Great Lent.




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From One to the Three to the Many

Fr. Gregory Hallam says the Feast of the Transfiguration is without doubt a turning point in the gospels.