on Angels in Action By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:16:42+00:00 This week there is an important feast celebrating the Archangel Michael and the angel Gabriel and six other angels. Full Article
on Mother's Song By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:27:56+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam's sermon on the feast of the conception of the most holy Theotokos by the righteous Anna. Full Article
on The Blessing on the Righteous By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:31:24+00:00 The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ. Full Article
on Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:35:46+00:00 Fr. Gregory reads a sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Full Article
on The Song of Salvation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:41:28+00:00 The faithful at St. Aidan's celebrate a baptism and Fr. Gregory teaches on the significance of the Troparion for the Feast of Theophany. Full Article
on Don't Bury Your Gift By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:53:06+00:00 Fr. Gregory suggests that perhaps it is time to take stock of our own service, to consider what talents God has given us, and to take care that we use them fully. Full Article
on Salvation is Nearer to Us Now than when We First Believed By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:00:35+00:00 The nature of Christ’s return will be within me and within you. We are now ready to put on Christ within ourselves in how we live as baptised Orthodox Christians. Full Article
on Experiencing the Annunciation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:08:29+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation. Full Article
on The Conversion of Saul By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:24:12+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Conversion of Saul to Paul the great Apostle. Full Article
on Communion with Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:42:51+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Thursday. Full Article
on Types of the Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:44:37+00:00 Fr. Gregory at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday. Full Article
on Open Questions By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:54:37+00:00 Find Christ where creation sings, where love reigns and where death is no more. Full Article
on The Mission of the Saints By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T05:11:00+00:00 Fr. Christopher is the homilist and he reminds us that the saints are wonderful examples for us. They gave up everything for God. Full Article
on Seeking a Relationship to Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T05:18:51+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel says we can ask Christ to intervene in our lives because of our faults and because of problems that we are not able to solve with our own wills and our own resources. Full Article
on Experiencing the Transfiguration By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:04:04+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon about the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord. Full Article
on Calling All Stations By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:24:26+00:00 For each of us, when we approach the things of God we need to be open to what God wants of us and we need to be taught by God, through His Church, through Holy Tradition and through the Scriptures, as we listen to what He wants us to know. Full Article
on The Separation Principle By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:33:16+00:00 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. Full Article
on Anyone Anywhere Anytime By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:42:09+00:00 Fr. Christopher is the preacher today and reminds us that it is more than an act of mercy; it is an act of love, to put someone else’s needs before your own. Full Article
on A Family Celebration By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:50:42+00:00 Deacon Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple. Full Article
on Christmas Nonsense and Christmas Truth By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T02:44:56+00:00 Fr. Christopher sets the record straight on the celebration of Christmas. Full Article
on On Being a Parent By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T02:50:49+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel reflects on the early childhood of Jesus and the role of his parents. Full Article
on 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
on On Fasting - St. John Chrysostom By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:16:41+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on Cheesefare Sunday as we enter into Great Lent. Full Article
on How to Endure Lent and Beyond By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:22:26+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon at the first Pre-Sanctified Liturgy of Great Lent. Full Article
on 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
on 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
on 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
on 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
on Responding in Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:51:04+00:00 Fr. Christopher says the Feast of the Annunciation marks the entrance of God, physically, into history, when He took upon Himself our human nature. Full Article
on Revolutionary Widows By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:09:20+00:00 Fr. Gregory says that St. Peter in Lydda should have taken the trouble to visit Joppa to raise Dorcas from the dead shows the importance that the early Church gave to the plight of widows. Full Article
on 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
on 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
on 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
on Poisoned Wells and Living Water By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:18:44+00:00 Fr. Gregory says that Orthodox Christians, particularly in the West, should reacquaint themselves with what the Orthodox Church teaches about Christ and salvation. In few places is this more clearly and attractively presented than in the writings of early Greek theologian and martyr, St Irenaeus (130 – 202). Full Article
on 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
on Fear Not Your Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:12:26+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Great and Holy Saturday. Full Article
on Creation and Us By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:28+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam begins with a message for the children followed by Dn. Emmanuel who tells us that what we are seeking to understand is both life and the world from God’s viewpoint, not from our own. Full Article
on Son of God, Son of Man By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:35+00:00 Who is the Son of Man? Those words, “The Son of Man”, are seldom used today; and to find out their meaning we need to look first at the Old Testament. Full Article
on Perfection Possible By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-28T18:00:56+00:00 The feast of the Entry of the Mother of God affirms the vital importance of the Panagia’s time of preparation as a young girl in the Temple at Jerusalem prior to her momentous assent to the message of Archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child by the Holy Spirit in her womb who was to be named Jesus Full Article
on On Fire By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-01T01:14:58+00:00 The Forerunner and Baptist John says this to his followers concerning our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ: I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit. Full Article
on 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
on Ascension Dialog By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T01:26:37+00:00 Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel team up today to discuss the significance of the Ascension. Full Article
on By, For, and To: The Prepositions of Salvation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T04:17:19+00:00 We are not saved by good works. We are saved by grace for good works. We do good works not only for Christ but also to Christ. Such are the prepositions of salvation: "by", "for" and "to." Full Article
on True Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-03T02:50:52+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Lazarus Saturday. Full Article
on Lessons by the Pool By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:20:35+00:00 Fr. Gregory preaches on the story of the Paralytic in the Gospel lesson. Full Article
on Divine Multiplication By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-09-01T01:28:58+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives a math lesson in the abundance of God's grace. Full Article
on Legions in Retreat By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T17:08:42+00:00 Fr. Gregory tackles the difficult subject of depression and other mental health issues. Full Article
on Veneration of the Cross By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T20:03:28+00:00 Today on this third Sunday in Lent, we venerate the cross of Christ—that is, we show profound respect and awe for what Jesus Christ achieved in the Crucifixion, as well as how the Crucifixion led to the Resurrection. Full Article
on Knowing the One Who Overcomes By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T20:50:40+00:00 Fr. Gregory begins with the children and then Fr. Emmanuel concludes with the sermon for Pascha. Full Article
on The Mission of Antioch By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-14T22:25:46+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel gives the sermon and reminds his listeners that the way that we as Antiochian Orthodox Christians live and study and reach out to bring Christ to others can become the standard for Orthodox Christianity. There is no need for power politics or wealth or prestige within any part of the Orthodox Church. Full Article