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Angels in Action

This week there is an important feast celebrating the Archangel Michael and the angel Gabriel and six other angels.




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Mother's Song

Fr. Gregory Hallam's sermon on the feast of the conception of the most holy Theotokos by the righteous Anna.




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The Blessing on the Righteous

The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ.




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Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation

Fr. Gregory reads a sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.




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The Song of Salvation

The faithful at St. Aidan's celebrate a baptism and Fr. Gregory teaches on the significance of the Troparion for the Feast of Theophany.




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Don't Bury Your Gift

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.




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Salvation is Nearer to Us Now than when We First Believed

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.




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Experiencing the Annunciation

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation.




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The Conversion of Saul

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Conversion of Saul to Paul the great Apostle.




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Communion with Christ

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Thursday.




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Types of the Resurrection

Fr. Gregory at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday.




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Open Questions

Find Christ where creation sings, where love reigns and where death is no more.




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The Mission of the Saints

Fr. Christopher is the homilist and he reminds us that the saints are wonderful examples for us. They gave up everything for God.




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Seeking a Relationship to Christ

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.




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Experiencing the Transfiguration

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon about the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord.




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Calling All Stations

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.




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The Separation Principle

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.




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Anyone Anywhere Anytime

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.




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A Family Celebration

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




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Christmas Nonsense and Christmas Truth

Fr. Christopher sets the record straight on the celebration of Christmas.




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On Being a Parent

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel reflects on the early childhood of Jesus and the role of his parents.




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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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On Fasting - St. John Chrysostom

Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on Cheesefare Sunday as we enter into Great Lent.




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How to Endure Lent and Beyond

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon at the first Pre-Sanctified Liturgy of Great Lent.




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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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When the Dragon Slew St. George

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




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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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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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Responding in Love

Fr. Christopher says the Feast of the Annunciation marks the entrance of God, physically, into history, when He took upon Himself our human nature.




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Revolutionary Widows

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.




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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 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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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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Poisoned Wells and Living Water

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).




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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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Fear Not Your Resurrection

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Great and Holy Saturday.




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Creation and Us

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.




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Son of God, Son of Man

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.




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Perfection Possible

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




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On Fire

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.




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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.




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Ascension Dialog

Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel team up today to discuss the significance of the Ascension.




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By, For, and To: The Prepositions of Salvation

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."




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True Resurrection

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Lazarus Saturday.




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Lessons by the Pool

Fr. Gregory preaches on the story of the Paralytic in the Gospel lesson.




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Divine Multiplication

Fr. Gregory gives a math lesson in the abundance of God's grace.




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Legions in Retreat

Fr. Gregory tackles the difficult subject of depression and other mental health issues.




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Veneration of the Cross

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.




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Knowing the One Who Overcomes

Fr. Gregory begins with the children and then Fr. Emmanuel concludes with the sermon for Pascha.




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The Mission of Antioch

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.