Fr Thomas expounds on the innate connection between belief in Christ and the reception of the Holy Spirit, in whom we are called to be truly holy humans. (John 7:37-52, 8:12) Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2023.

In this final sermon on the Beatitudes, Fr. Gregory says that persecution can be an occasion of great blessedness.

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.

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

Fr. Christopher says, "God works miracles by His power and when material objects are used these become channels of grace."

How can we progress in our lives as Christians? What principle gives us the ability to progress in our lives? Trying to answer that question, Fr. Dn. Emmanuel called this sermon “The Progress Principle.” The sermon included a science illustration about how catalysts work. This YouTube video will show you the same experiment.

Fr. Gregory talks about St. Theodore but also goes "off script" to address the canonical anomalies of Orthodoxy related to having one bishop in one city. The attached transcript can be referenced for his thoughts on St. Theodore.

Fr. Gregory talks about the life of St. Aidan, patron saint of St. Aidan's Orthodox Church.

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.

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Forgiveness.

Fr. Gregory speaks with children and adults about Palm Sunday and the preparation of our hearts to receive the risen Christ.

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?

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of All Saints and encourages us to follow the example of the great "Cloud of Witnesses."

Fr Gregory explores true wisdom from the life of St. Xenia.

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

We count our own righteousness as rubbish (actually an even stronger word in the Greek).

Fr. Emmanuel gives the Holy Saturday homily.

Fr. Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Great and Holy Saturday.

On the Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Gregory points out that Jesus is referring not to the blind man who now sees but rather addresses the hostile questioning of the Pharisees who see physically but not spiritually.

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

Lesson from the Good Samaritan by Fr. Emmanuel Kahn.

Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel team up to preach on St. Paul's admonishment to "put off the old nature and put on the new nature."

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on The Theophany, when God was revealed in the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the waters of the Jordan River in ancient Palestine.

Two sermons today - first Fr. Gregory Hallam followed by Fr. Emmanuel Kahn helping us prepare for the Dormition of the Mother of God.