an Preparing the Way (Sunday after Theophany) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:23:38+00:00 We are to point to Christ and not ourselves as we prepare the way for others to receive Him; we decrease that Christ might be glorified in and through us. Full Article
an The Last Judgement and the Love of God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:40:44+00:00 In our lives, crucial choices have to be made and upon these choices our eternal destiny depends. Full Article
an A Personal and Social Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:56:06+00:00 Fr. Gregory encourages us to live the joy of the resurrection all year round. Full Article
an Power and Fruit By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T05:13:39+00:00 How does the Orthodox Church understand the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit? Full Article
an Attending to the Samaritan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T03:24:27+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives a sermon on the parable of the Good Samaritan. Full Article
an O, To Be a Publican By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T05:12:34+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives a sermon on the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee. Full Article
an The Cross in Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T05:24:59+00:00 The first in a series of Wednesday sermons during Great Lent on the topic of the Beatitudes. Full Article
an The 2nd Eve - The Annunciation of the Mother of God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T01:48:16+00:00 The Theotokos stands for the whole biblical way of looking at the relationship between God and His creation as a mystery of LOVE. Full Article
an Pascha in the West and the East By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T02:05:28+00:00 Fr. Gregory reads the sermon "Pascha in the West and the East" by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos. Full Article
an Humanity Ascended By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T02:20:15+00:00 In the Ascension our humanity is taken up in Christ’s to the heavenly places. He came to earth that we might be raised up to heaven Full Article
an St Peter and St Paul Resolve a Problem By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:29:40+00:00 Fr. Dn. Christopher speaks on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Full Article
an Christ Offers His Love, Forgiveness and Healing By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:36:21+00:00 Forgiveness is waiting for us NOW when we turn to Christ. Use the help that is available and let us carry each other in love and prayer as we all strive to a greater perfection. Full Article
an Listen, Trust, and Obey By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:40:29+00:00 Christ had complete power over the forces of nature and could transcend them. It follows that His actions on earth were entirely voluntary. His truly endured the cross as a voluntary action. Full Article
an St. Athanasius on the Transfiguration By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:42:11+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam brings the homily on the Feast of the Transfiguration. Full Article
an In the Steps of St. Aidan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:52:42+00:00 Fr. Dn. Christopher preaches on the life of St. Aidan, the Patron Saint of the parish in Manchester. Full Article
an Mother and Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:54:08+00:00 Why is it vital to confess Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer such that one cannot truly be a Christian and deny that? Full Article
an Spot Changes for a Leopard By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T05:04:18+00:00 Let us take hope that, acquainted as we are with our sin and weakness, God can make a wonderful work of glory from the raw material of our brokenness. Full Article
an Draw Near with Faith and Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:12:56+00:00 The outcast woman receives healing demonstrating the power of our Lord and the power of prayer. Full Article
an 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
an Making an Entry By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:19:47+00:00 Fr. Gregory uses the example of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple to instruct on how we should enter church for worship. Full Article
an Christ and and the Rich Man By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:23:46+00:00 The rich Pharisee in the gospel couldn’t make it. He couldn’t grow up. He couldn’t leave behind the letter of Jewish law to find the spirit of Jewish life. We can grow up. We can move from a focus on the letter of Orthodox law into the reality of living our lives to the full as Orthodox Christians. Full Article
an Being Invited to the Kingdom Banquet By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:29:43+00:00 Father Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the banquet story in Luke 14. Full Article
an 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
an Taking Our Stand By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:45:45+00:00 Fr. Christopher is the homilist today and he says that historically Christianity has not picked fights but we do know when to draw the line. Full Article
an Loving God and Loving Humans By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:51:12+00:00 Sermon for 3rd February: Afterfeast of the Meeting Sermon by Deacon Emmanuel preached by Fr. Gregory at a Hierarchical Liturgy in the Church of St. Ignatios, Belfast (presiding bishop, His Grace Bishop Hanna (Berlin). Full Article
an 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
an 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
an The Repentance of the Righteous Job By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:14:59+00:00 The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance. Full Article
an St Peter, a Fisherman Most Wise By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:20:07+00:00 Fr. Christopher looks at three incidents in the life of St. Peter that are instructive for our life of repentance. Full Article
an Radical Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:26:47+00:00 Fr. Christopher takes a lesson from the life of St. Mary of Egypt on what it means to repent. Full Article
an Augustine and Friends By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T04:58:04+00:00 Over the next two Sundays Fr. Gregory speaks about the acts of two particular Apostles or Enlighteners of England, so that we may have a clearer and deeper appreciation of the enduring characteristics of Orthodox Christian mission for our own day. Two Orthodox saints have been chosen: this week, St. Augustine of Canterbury; and next week, St. Theodore of Canterbury. Both have much to teach us. Full Article
an The Spirit of Antioch By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T05:01:34+00:00 The primary reason why Antioch was so important for the growth of Christianity was that in Antioch it became possible for anyone, not just Jews but anyone, to become a Christian. Full Article
an Ss. Peter and Paul: Apostles at Antioch By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T05:12:10+00:00 Fr. Gregory talks about the challenges Ss. Peter and Paul faced and how we can learn from them today. Full Article
an Land of the Saints Again By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T05:17:05+00:00 Fr.Gregory reminds us that the West was also Orthodox once and that it can be again. Full Article
an Believing, Doing and Telling By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T16:59:59+00:00 Fr. Gregory helps us understand the harmony of faith and works. Full Article
an 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
an The Spirit of Aidan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:13:45+00:00 Fr. Christopher gives the homily on the patron saint of the parish - St. Aidan. Full Article
an Standing Firm By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:27:05+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn asks "What does it mean to stand firm in our faith in Christ?" Full Article
an Dark and Light Divided By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:39:05+00:00 Fr. Gregory preaches on All Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en taking his text from the rich man and the poor beggar in the Gospel. Full Article
an 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
an 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
an 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
an 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
an 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
an Loopholes and Love By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:15:13+00:00 Fr. Christopher preaches on the Good Samaritan. Full Article
an 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
an Rediscovering Santa Claus and Much More! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:24:34+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam talks about the real St. Nick! Full Article
an Big and Small By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:30:00+00:00 Fr. Christopher reminds us that the coming of Christ was an act of mercy and salvation in a world soiled by darkness, sin and evil. Full Article
an 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
an 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