the Lessons from the Lepers By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:01:38+00:00 Fr. Christopher says, "God works miracles by His power and when material objects are used these become channels of grace." Full Article
the The Progress Principle By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:08:35+00:00 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. Full Article
the The Judgement of Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:14:42+00:00 Fr Gregory preaches on Meatfare Sunday at their new mission in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland on Sunday the 23rd of February. Full Article
the Sayings of Church Fathers On Fasting By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:27:31+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam presents a small selection of the Holy Fathers on the discipline of fasting. Full Article
the Flower Pot Theology By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T04:28:18+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam describes the short shrift given to the Holy Theotokos and her Annunciation in some Christian circles as "Flower Pot Theology." Full Article
the Finding Faith In The Living God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T04:40:28+00:00 Deacon Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon about how to know what God wants us to do today. Full Article
the The King of Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T04:48:18+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the Palm Sunday sermon. Full Article
the When the Dragon Slew St. George By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T04:53:16+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the feast day of St. George. Full Article
the Light of the World By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-21T15:32:28+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Sunday of the Blind Man Full Article
the Sermon on the Ascension by St. Augustine of Hippo By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-21T15:35:18+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam draws on St. Augustine for his sermon on the Ascension. Full Article
the Hitting the Target By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-21T15:41:45+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Sunday of All Saints. Full Article
the Sorting Out the Mess By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-21T15:46:07+00:00 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. Full Article
the After the Fire By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T15:33:19+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Feast of the Prophet Elijah. Full Article
the The Marriage of Heaven and Earth By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T15:36:19+00:00 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. Full Article
the Getting Out of the Boat By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T15:38:30+00:00 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. Full Article
the St. Aidan's Legacy – The Timeless Gospel in Time By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T15:52:43+00:00 Fr. Gregory talks about the life of St. Aidan, patron saint of St. Aidan's Orthodox Church. Full Article
the The Theotokos - The Ever Virgin Mary By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:02:52+00:00 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. Full Article
the By the Power of the Blood By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:09:12+00:00 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. Full Article
the The Theotokos and Us: Finding the Presence of Christ Together By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:17:24+00:00 Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple. Full Article
the Honouring the Image, Restoring the Likeness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:34:17+00:00 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. Full Article
the Reach Out . . . for the Angelic Choir By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T02:57:06+00:00 Dn. Emmanuel speaks about St. Basil and the first of the year. Full Article
the How Can We Find the Kingdom of Heaven in Our Lives? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:04:19+00:00 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! Full Article
the The Sorrows and Wisdom of Mary By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:13:09+00:00 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. Full Article
the Which Brother Am I? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:15:30+00:00 Fr. Christopher talks about the three major characters in the story of the prodigal son. Full Article
the The Journey and the Voice By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:29:12+00:00 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. Full Article
the Facing the Darkness, Receiving the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:56:32+00:00 Fr. Gregory speaks with children and adults about Palm Sunday and the preparation of our hearts to receive the risen Christ. Full Article
the The Church Can Face Its Problems By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:06:52+00:00 The appointment of Deacons in the church is the subject of today's sermon by Deacon Emmanuel Kahn. Full Article
the Getting to the Point By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:11:03+00:00 Fr. Christopher gives the homily about the Samaritan Woman and the example of Christ in relating to people according to their needs and situations. Full Article
the Confessing the Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:12:23+00:00 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? Full Article
the The Gift of Eternal Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:15:15+00:00 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. Full Article
the The Transformation of Suffering By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:08:00+00:00 Fr. Gregory introduces a guest preacher today who talks about the pattern of redemption: the Lord heals the soul and then the body. Full Article
the Into the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:09:16+00:00 St Seraphim of Sarov, the translation of whose relics we celebrate today, remains one of the outstanding examples of Christian holiness Full Article
the Mother and Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:15:52+00:00 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. Full Article
the Become an Apostle of the Lord By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:16:47+00:00 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. Full Article
the The Mother of the Light is Born By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:34:12+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos as we celebrate this first great feast of the new Church year. Full Article
the Plant the Cross in Your Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:35:24+00:00 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. Full Article
the How Can We Discover the Divine Image in Ourselves? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:10:59+00:00 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. Full Article
the Feeding on Christ the Living Word By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:31+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel asks how did Jesus Christ take five loaves of bread and two fish and feed 5,000 people? Full Article
the The Holy Trinity: A Life for Our Lives By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:39+00:00 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. Full Article
the Recognizing the Moment By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:48+00:00 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. Full Article
the The Antiochian Project By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:12:18+00:00 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. Full Article
the The View from Eternity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:09+00:00 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?" Full Article
the Living the Angelic Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-16T04:56:16+00:00 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. Full Article
the Maintaining the Peace By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-28T18:02:11+00:00 Fr. Gregory preaches on how to “maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Full Article
the If We Seek the Lord, He Will Find Us By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:57:13+00:00 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. Full Article
the The Man in Red By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T02:00:03+00:00 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. Full Article
the Receive the Holy Spirit By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-01T01:16:08+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of Theophany. Full Article
the Seek Now the Peace of God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-01T01:20:44+00:00 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 Full Article
the Anathema By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-29T23:53:55+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the first Sunday of Great Lent. Full Article
the From One to the Three to the Many By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-24T19:54:49+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam says the Feast of the Transfiguration is without doubt a turning point in the gospels. Full Article