v Stay Alert, Stay Alive By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-06-12T01:00:32+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill gave a recap of the vitality of our young ones' faith alongside the pitfalls awaiting those whose spiritual development is neglected in the home or parish. Stay Alert, Stay Alive was the theme of All Saints Camp (Arizona) this past week. Full Article
v A Love You Can't Buy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-07-02T20:37:23+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill shares a homily about love based on the Epistle reading from 1 Corinthians 13. Full Article
v How to Believe By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-09-20T01:46:33+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill delivers a homily about the belief that leads to salvation as opposed to a nominal "belief" that does not. Full Article
v Cultivating a Hunger for Heaven By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T17:02:47+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill speaks on the theme of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise and how we acquire a thirst for the Kingdom. Full Article
v Forgiveness is the Path to Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-04-16T16:45:37+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill speaks about the Hymn of Kassiani's retelling of the sinful woman who wept her tears of repentance over the feet of Christ and of Jesus' retort to Simon, "He who is forgiven little, loves little...." He also tells about the life and love of St. Mary of Egypt. Full Article
v Salvation, Not A Sales Pitch By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-12-11T01:17:20+00:00 On Stewardship Sunday, Fr. Apostolos Hill shares a homily that includes three testimonies from the newest Holy Trinity members and converts to Holy Orthodoxy. Full Article
v Living Our Values By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-04T08:43:16+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill offers a simple message about living our values in the New Year by challenging whether or not the demands placed on or time and resources align with our Orthodox faith. It is an invitation to slow down and to resist the impulse to race frenetically through the year ahead for fear of falling behind the expectations of others. Full Article
v Citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-15T20:29:35+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill's homily talks about citizenship in the Heavenly Kingdom and how repentance is the entrance exam. Full Article
v Fervent, Not Casual Prayer By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-03-30T23:33:02+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill preaches on the Gospel reading about the difference between casual, ineffective prayer and the fervent prayer required of us in our present difficulties. Full Article
v COVID-19 Response By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-03-31T16:03:38+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill delivers a timely message of hope in the Gospel during this time. Full Article
v A Christian Response to the Virus By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-09-22T02:06:01+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill discusses the book "God and the Pandemic' by Anglican bishop N.T. Wright. This book, as Fr. Apostolos notes, is written for us to consider the Christian response to this crisis as one of lamentation. Full Article
v Zaccheus: Exemplar of Salvation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-02-02T15:29:16+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill delivers a homily on Zaccheus' response to Jesus proclamation of salvation, the giving away of his earthly wealth and the restoration of those he had swindled. Full Article
v The Defeat of Arius and Preservation of Truth By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-06-14T17:58:16+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill delivers a homily about the 1st Ecumenical Council and how only the God-man Jesus Christ is the Bridge that unites Heaven and Earth. Full Article
v Increments and Intervals of Time By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-09-03T21:59:01+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill shares a homily from the service for the Indiction regarding the Orthodox view of of time and how it is consecrated through the prayer of the Church. Full Article
v Sacrifices of Thanksgiving By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-01-19T19:06:01+00:00 The Parable of the Ten Lepers provided an opportunity to examine Levitical laws pertaining to leprosy and to the offering of sacrifices of thanksgiving in the Temple. Fr. Apostolos Hill underscore thes essentiality of the Holy Eucharist as the means whereby we as Orthodox Christians can offer our own sacrifices of Thanksgiving to God. Full Article
v Divine Judgement By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-02-28T17:22:39+00:00 Fr. Apostolos speaks about Divine Judgement and the pardon offered to all through the blood of Christ. Full Article
v Why We Preserve the Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-03-14T18:51:13+00:00 "I'm no longer content for our faith to be stuck in a mason jar. Our faith is food, and hungry, starving people need to eat what we uniquely can give them." Full Article
v The Ocean of God's Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-04-11T19:29:04+00:00 On the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Apostolos Hill shares on the Prophet Micah's closing comment on God throwing our sins into the depths of the ocean. As St. Mary's life indicates, we cannot out-sin the measureless mercy of God's love. Full Article
v “Give Us Water to Drink” By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-05-24T14:13:00+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill preaches about the Living Water that only Christ can give to quench the thirst in the deepest part of humanity. Full Article
v The Economics of Salvation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-08-31T18:00:36+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill homily about the parable of the unforgiving servant. Full Article
v Every Day a New Day By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-01-16T19:22:39+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill delivers a homily that is focused on the Epistle reading from Colossians. The newness of the year should remind us that we serve a loving and merciful God, whose mercies are new every day. Full Article
v The Cross as Viewed from the East By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-03-20T18:41:27+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill deconstructed the soteriological heresy of the Penal Substitutionary Atonement of Anselm of Canterbury and an explanation of how the Orthodox Church understands and applies the Cross of Christ and its efficacy for our salvation. Full Article
v What Is Love In The Spiritual Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-08-29T18:34:01+00:00 In this 2nd episode, Fr. Maxym addresses the question about love in the spiritual life. Full Article
v What Are We Doing in the Divine Liturgy? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-02T21:28:34+00:00 Full Article
v Why Does Evil Exist? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-12-17T21:45:01+00:00 Full Article
v Can We Will Ourselves Into Repentance? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-04-07T13:25:02+00:00 Full Article
v How Do I Keep the Commandments and Acquire Virtue? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-04-26T12:54:32+00:00 Full Article
v How Do I Live Modestly in the World? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-05-16T13:05:12+00:00 Full Article
v Allowing God to Transform Evil in Our Lives By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-04-29T18:52:35+00:00 Full Article
v Have Mercy On Me “A Sinner” or “The Sinner”? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-05-09T15:43:54+00:00 Fr. Maxym Lysack addresses a question about the Jesus Prayer. Full Article
v The Importance of having a Spiritual Father when Praying the Jesus Prayer By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-06-11T05:11:43+00:00 Full Article
v How do we Move from Mere Confession to True Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-07-01T21:31:23+00:00 Full Article
v Since the harrowing of hades, are the demonic powers still active? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-07-02T22:35:41+00:00 Full Article
v What are the causes of self-love and how can we protect our children? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-07-02T22:48:50+00:00 Full Article
v Understanding Evil in the Orthodox Tradition By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-01-16T23:42:27+00:00 Full Article
v The Work of God Revealed In Us By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-12T23:15:52+00:00 Sermon on the Sunday of the Blind Man (John 9:1-38) Full Article
v Trophy of Victory, Weapon of Peace By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-14T00:38:51+00:00 Sermon on the Feast of the Elevation of the Precious Cross (I Corinthians 1:18-24; John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35) Full Article
v Money in the Perspective of Eternity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-14T00:49:37+00:00 Sermon on the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (II Cor 11:31-12:9; Luke 16:16-31) Full Article
v The Truth of What We Have Received By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-14T00:52:54+00:00 Sermon on the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 8:26-39) Full Article
v The Eternal Heavenly Banquet By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-14T01:01:42+00:00 Sermon on the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 14:16-24) Full Article
v The Gift of Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-14T01:03:59+00:00 Sermon on the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Galatians 4:4-7; Matthew 2:1-12) Full Article
v Are You Saved? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T20:26:54+00:00 Sermon on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (I Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26) Full Article
v The True Nature of Forgiveness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T20:29:20+00:00 Sermon on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (I Corinthians 9:2-12; Matthew 18:23-35) Full Article
v Why Must We Love Our Enemies? (Lk 6:31-36) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T20:39:14+00:00 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Full Article
v The Nativity of Christ (Matthew 2:1-12) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T21:33:17+00:00 Full Article
v Overcoming Evil with Good (Matthew 2:13-23) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T21:34:18+00:00 Full Article
v Forgiveness Sunday (Matthew 6:14-21) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T22:35:27+00:00 Sunday before the Beginning of the Great Fast Full Article
v Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross (Mark 8:34-9:1) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T22:36:34+00:00 Third Sunday of the Great Fast Full Article
v Devotion, Persistence, Endurance and Courage (Mark 15:43-16:8) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-16T02:16:45+00:00 Holy Myrrhbearers - Third Sunday of Pascha Full Article
v Evil Divides, God Unites (Matthew 8:28-9:1) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-27T19:41:05+00:00 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Full Article