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Becoming a Disciple

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 5:1-11.




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The Parable of the Sower

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 8:5-15.




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St. Job of Pochaev

Fr. John discusses St. Job of Pochaev on his homily from November 10.




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Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness

Fr. John shares his homily on the Ninth Commandment.




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Skeptical Biblical Scholarship

Fr. John takes on the current television show "Bible Secrets Revealed."




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Skeptical Biblical Scholarship: Part 2

Fr. John continues his series on dubious biblical research.




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The Prophet Habakkuk

Fr. John shares his homily on Habakkuk, Chapters 1-3.




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“As Many as Have Been Baptized into Christ Have Put on Christ”

Fr. John shares his homily on Theophany.




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By the Waters of Babylon

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 136.




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The Blood of Abel

Fr. John shares from Genesis 4.




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Jacob's Ladder

Fr. John shares about Jacob's Ladder on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder.




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Jacob Comes to Peniel

Fr. John talks about Jacob's encounter with God at Peniel (Genesis 32).




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The Barren Fig Tree

Fr. John preaches about the barren fig tree from Mark 11:12-14,20-21, and Luke 13:6-9.




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The Stone Which the Builders Rejected - Psalm 117 (part 2)

Fr. John continues his sermon from Psalm 117.




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Blessed is He that Comes in the Name of the Lord - Psalm 117 (part 3)

Fr. John concludes his homily on Psalm 117.




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Blessed are the Blameless (Psalm 118:1-8)

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118, a psalm that is chanted at every Orthodox funeral.




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Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Teach Me Thy Statutes (Psalm 118:9-16)

Fr. John continues his series from Psalm 118, "Wherewithal shall a young man correct his way? By keeping Thy words."




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Living the Life of the Gospel, Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal

Today's sermon is by Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal, who visited our parish on the eve of our patronal feast day (St. Jonah).




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Let All Things be Done Decently and in Order

Fr. John talks about Saint Paul's exhortation in 1 Corinthians 14:40, as it relates to traditions in worship.




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Humble Thyself in the Sight of the Lord

Fr. John speaks about humility (James 4:1-10).




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The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Fr. John shares about the life of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. "It's through our struggle that we are saved. There's a crown that's waiting for each and every one of us, but we have to take up the struggle and endure to the end."




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The Healing of the Beggar at the Gate of the Temple

Fr. John shares from Acts 3:1-8. "We, apart from God's grace, are unable to offer God the true and spiritual worship that He requires of us. But if we will come to the Temple and beg for His mercy, He will say to us, 'Rise up and walk.' If we've come and still feel ourselves to be spiritual cripples, we need to not give up, but take every opportunity to come to the Temple of God, because this is where what we need spiritually is to be found."




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The Pool of Bethesda

Fr. John shares about the healing of the paralytic in John 5. "Let us endure whatever hardships we may face in this life and accept them as being for our salvation, so that a worse thing will not come upon us. Having been healed of our sins, we may rise up on that final day and enter into Paradise."




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The Blind Leading the Blind

Fr. John shares from Matthew 15.




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The Meaning of our Baptism

Fr. John talks about the meaning of the sacrament of Holy Baptism.




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God's Plumbline

Fr. John shares from Amos 7:7-9.




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The Prophet Elijah and the Prophets of Baal

Fr. John reminds us of the story of the Prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel. "Let us say with the prophet, 'My God is the Lord,' and serve him faithfully, and slay the false prophets of the demons in our hearts, which are the passions."




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The Day Christ's Ministry Began in Galilee

Fr. John shares from Mark 1:21-39.




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The Parable of the Seed that Grows Secretly

Fr. John shares from Mark 4.




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Remember Thy Words to Thy Servant

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118:49-56.




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I Believe

Fr. John shares about the beginning words of the Nicene Creed.




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Fear Not, Believe Only

Fr. John shares the stories of the raising of Jairus' daughter and the healing of the woman with the issue of blood. Jesus deals with each of us where we are.




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The Bond of Perfection

Fr. John shares thoughts from Colossians 3:12-15.




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Rahab, and the Scarlet Cord

Fr. John speaks about Rahab the Harlot, from Joshua 2.




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The Undying Worm and the Unquenchable Fire

Fr. John speaks from Mark 9:42-50.




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When the Books are Opened

On the Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. John also shares from Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, and Revelation 20:11-12,15.




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Being a Cross-Bearer

Guest speaker Fr. Demetri Carrelas shares from Mark 8:34-9:1.




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All Things Are Possible to Him that Believes

Fr. John speaks about the believing father from Mark 9:17-31.




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Being Perfect

Fr. John shares about love and forgiveness from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:43-48).




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To the Church in Sardis: Be Watchful

Fr. John shares from the Evangelist John's words to the Church of Sardis in the book of the Revelation (3:1-6).




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Believe Ye that I am Able to Do This?

Fr. John shares about the miracle of the healing of the blind men, from Matthew 9:27-35.




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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist and 9/11

Fr. John makes a connection between the beheading of St. John the Forerunner and 9-11.




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In Everlasting Remembrance Shall the Righteous Be

Fr. John shares from Psalm 111.




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Breaking up the Fallow Ground

Fr. John shares from Luke 8:5-15; Hosea 10:12-13; and Jeremiah 4:3.




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Be Thou an Example

Fr. John shares from 1 Timothy 4:12-15, in which St. Paul exhorts Timothy to set an example for the believers.




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Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock

Fr. John shares from Revelation 3:14-22.




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Being a Temple of the Holy Spirit

Fr. John shares from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.




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Be Imitators of God

Fr. John shares from Ephesians 4:25-5:2.




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Come Boldly Before the Throne of Grace

Fr. John shares from Hebrews 4:14-16.




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Observing Boundaries

Fr. John shares about the importance of setting boundaries in relationships, and the story of the life of St. Mary of Egypt.