ty The Centrality of the Cross By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T20:41:25+00:00 Fr. Apostolos helps us understand the centrality of the Cross for salvation. Full Article
ty Escape from Fear and Anxiety By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-07-12T22:14:36+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill provides a straightforward expository of the peace that Jesus provides. Full Article
ty The City on the Hill By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-02-04T16:45:21+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill shares a homily from the Gospel reading for the Three Holy Hierarchs, Matthew 5:14-19. Full Article
ty The Lethality of Sin and Its Cure By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-11-14T15:55:00+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill speaks about the Parable of the Good Samaritan and the image of the man beset by robbers on the road down to Jericho. This is about the lethal reality of sin as the Prophet Ezekiel stated "the soul that sinneth, it shall die," and the totally effective cure available in the blood of the Christ. Full Article
ty Seeing Our Sins In Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-08-19T12:54:10+00:00 In this inaugural episode, Fr. Maxym addresses the question "How can we see our sins in humility and how can we fight despair?” Full Article
ty How is humility different from simple self-criticism? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-18T14:52:36+00:00 Full Article
ty Worship As Community By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-08T16:45:04+00:00 Full Article
ty Metanoia, Mission, and Martyrdom By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-13T02:58:19+00:00 Sermon on the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul (2 Corinthians 11:21-12:9; Matthew 16:13-19) Full Article
ty Money in the Perspective of Eternity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-14T00:49:37+00:00 Sermon on the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (II Cor 11:31-12:9; Luke 16:16-31) Full Article
ty Standing Firm as a Community of Faith (1 Cor 16:13-24) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T20:37:23+00:00 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Full Article
ty The Nativity of Christ (Matthew 2:1-12) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T21:33:17+00:00 Full Article
ty Perfectly Joined in Unity (I Corinthians 1:10-18) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-27T19:42:42+00:00 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Full Article
ty The Necessity of Showing Mercy (Luke 10:25-37) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-30T05:16:06+00:00 The parable of the Good Samaritan is among the most beloved of all stories in scripture. Fr Tom reminds us that showing mercy to those who have fallen into the ravages of sin is essential to their healing. (Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost) Full Article
ty The Nativity of Christ (Gal 4:4-7) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-30T05:18:25+00:00 On the feast of the Nativity of Christ, we celebrate the eternal Word of God taking on Human flesh and identifying with our humanity. Fr Tom reminds us that we also celebrate being adopted by God into His family as true children of God. (The Nativity of Christ) Full Article
ty Wealth is Not a Sin and Poverty is Not a Virtue (Luke 16:19-31) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-01T07:29:32+00:00 The parable of the Lazarus and the Rich Man is a story rich with lessons about life and about death. Fr Thomas focuses on the implications of living with unprecedented wealth in our modern society. Full Article
ty The Authority of Caesar and the Authority of God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-07-02T06:25:09+00:00 In light of recent events regarding the racist slaying of African-American Christians and the Supreme Court ruling on so-called "same-sex marriage," Fr Thomas delivers a stirring and challenging message from the scriptures asking, "Who is your authority?" Full Article
ty Seeing the Reality of God (Jn 9:1-38) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T00:42:12+00:00 We can sometimes take the blessings we receive and miracles we read about in the New Testament for granted. The reading about the healing of the blind man is one such event, because the Lord didn't simply heal his sight, He actually created eyes for the man! Fr Thomas teaches us that the health of our sight is measured by what we're willing to see regarding the love and works of God. Full Article
ty Cafeteria Christianity is Destroying Your Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T00:59:30+00:00 The scriptural readings for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost reveal a clear picture of who we are to be in Christ. St Paul teaches us that we are to be of the same mind, while St Matthew records the miracle of feeding the 5,000. Fr Thomas teaches us that we must consciously reject the choices the world presents to us, but rather fully immerse ourselves into the Church's life, which is transforming us into the likeness of God. Full Article
ty God in Trinity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T02:43:44+00:00 On the feast of Theophany, the baptism of Christ, Fr Thomas teaches on the Orthodox understanding of the Holy Trinity. Full Article
ty The Centrality of the Gospel By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T02:52:54+00:00 On the great feast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God, Fr Thomas reminds us that the message given by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary is the very essence of the gospel message. This same message about the person of Jesus Christ also requires a response from us. Full Article
ty True Unity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-11-25T17:27:35+00:00 If true unity is only found in the Church, then we must ask ourselves, "what can I give up to submit myself to Christ and His Body?" Listen as Fr. Tom calls us to remember our unique individuality, but not to the exclusion of our connectedness to one another. Full Article
ty The Reality of Worshiping in Spirit and in Truth By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-06-01T17:16:17+00:00 Lest we forget the cosmic realities of our Orthodox worship, Fr. Tom unpacks the reading of the Samaritan Woman in order to remind us that worship in spirit and in truth is not bound to space or time, and includes - not least of all - personal sacrifice. Full Article
ty His Divinity Made Manifest In Our Trials By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-08-24T17:52:18+00:00 Tying together the Gospel readings from this week and the week prior, Fr. Tom lays out the reality that the One who prays, the One who walks on water, the One who gives us Himself in the Eucharist is always present . . . especially in our trials. Full Article
ty Authenticity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-10T02:39:06+00:00 Fr. Tom reminds us that the part of the world seeking the Truth desires authenticity and that we must remove ourselves far from compromise with the declining worldly values. Full Article
ty Lighten the Load with Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-02-16T23:53:04+00:00 Calling upon commentary from St. John Chrysostom on the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee, Fr. Tom spurs us on to win the race by lightening our spiritual chariots with humility. Full Article
ty The Beauty of Our Judgement By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-03-01T22:03:26+00:00 The Gospel reading of the Last Judgement can bring incredible fear and awe; however, as Fr. Tom reminds us, it should also be a great source of consolation! Full Article
ty Extreme Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-04-13T04:49:11+00:00 As we inch closer to Holy Week, Fr. Tom recenters us on Christ and His humble death's effect on our humanity Full Article
ty Anxiety By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-08-15T20:42:16+00:00 We all have fears, worries, and anxieties - but, what do we do with them? Fr. Tom focuses on the Existing One and what that means for the difficulties of life. Full Article
ty Authority By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-08-30T20:54:25+00:00 Our society is ripe with anti-authority sentiments such as "dismantle the patriarchy", but how should Christians respond? Listen as Fr. Tom shares Christ's vision for authority and why it's both good and necessary. Full Article
ty Three Myths About Christianity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-06-15T02:55:27+00:00 In the second of his Holiness Month series, Fr Thomas dispels three myths about Christianity. (Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30) All Saints Sunday, June 11, 2023 Full Article
ty The New Martyrs of Russia By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:38:17+00:00 Fr. Gregory welcomes Fr. Yves Dubois as the guest preacher today. Full Article
ty Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T05:27:19+00:00 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Full Article
ty 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
ty 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
ty The Holy Trinity: A Life for Our Lives By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:39+00:00 Let us make the sign of the cross, and invite the Presence of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit into our lives—into our hopes and our fears. God already knows those hopes and fears, but sometimes He waits for us to share our lives with Him privately, to be honest with Him, so that He can then be honest with us, through revealing some of the fullness of Himself to each of us. Full Article
ty The View from Eternity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:13:09+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel asks "What was Christ waiting for when he delayed coming to see Lazarus? What is Christ waiting for when He does not answer our prayers immediately?" Full Article
ty Coming to God with Empty Hands By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T04:13:45+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the homily on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Full Article
ty Grounded in Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T20:02:59+00:00 What happens when two disciples ask Jesus for special treatment? A lesson for both the children and adults from Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel. Full Article
ty The Authority of the Saints By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-15T05:02:48+00:00 Fr. Gregory says it cannot be stressed too highly how important the saints are for us in the Church. Full Article
ty Battling Anxiety By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-15T05:03:50+00:00 An anxious person needs a particular kind of repentance in order to get better, and since getting better is a progressive and slow process, so also must repentance be continual and measured. Full Article
ty Humility, the Doorway to Compassion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-25T04:24:34+00:00 After Fr. Gregory Hallam speaks to the children, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on the Publican and the Pharisee. Full Article
ty New Life, New City By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:35:39+00:00 We celebrate today the lives of two great fourth-century Church leaders, St Basil the Great and his close friend, St Gregory of Nazianzus. Let’s try to understand what they were teaching. Full Article
ty Great Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:37:08+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Theophany 2019. Full Article
ty The Five Pillars of Christianity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:51:51+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Sunday, 10 March 2019. Full Article
ty Old and New Martyrdoms By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-05-14T17:56:14+00:00 Full Article
ty Great Men of the Holy City By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-01-09T22:37:28+00:00 Full Article
ty The Sceptre of Equity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-03-10T19:08:54+00:00 Full Article
ty Welcome to Reality, Friend. How Did You Get In? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-07T04:44:18+00:00 Full Article
ty Ugly, Empty Liturgy, Really? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-22T13:26:38+00:00 Full Article