Fr. John shares his homily on Ecclesiastes 1-2.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of Family, Love, and Fidelity, a new commemoration just established by the Russian Church.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 98.

Bishop Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland is the guest homilist at St. Jonah Orthodox Church.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 8:5-15.

Fr. John discusses St. Job of Pochaev on his homily from November 10.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 17:20-21.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of the New Martyrs of Russia.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 15:11-32.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 136.

Fr. John shares his homily on Genesis 6:5-8.

Fr. John shares from Genesis 4.

Fr. John concludes his homily on Psalm 117.

Fr. John shares from Romans 6:18-23.

Fr. John talks about the role of the law in the Old and New Testaments in our salvation.

Fr. John relates St. John's words to the Church of Pergamos, mentioned in Revelation 2:12-17, to us today.

Fr. John shares about the Nativity of the Theotokos.

Today's sermon is by Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal, who visited our parish on the eve of our patronal feast day (St. Jonah).

Fr. John answers the question, "Is God a God of love or of wrath?" as he looks at the Prophet Nahum.

Fr. John continues his series of reflections on Psalm 118, with verses 25-32.

Fr. John shares from Matthew 4:1-11. "It's necessary for us to fast so that we don't become fat and happy and forget that we need God, but it's also necessary for us to to feed ourselves daily on the Word of God."

Fr. John speaks about humility (James 4:1-10).

Fr. John shares stories of martyrdom and encourages us to prepare for our own.

Fr. John shares about how the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord fits in with the Old Testament and today.

Fr. John shares about the life of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. "It's through our struggle that we are saved. There's a crown that's waiting for each and every one of us, but we have to take up the struggle and endure to the end."

Fr. John shares about the raising of Lazarus, from the Gospel of St. John, chapter 11.

Fr. John shares from Acts 3:1-8. "We, apart from God's grace, are unable to offer God the true and spiritual worship that He requires of us. But if we will come to the Temple and beg for His mercy, He will say to us, 'Rise up and walk.' If we've come and still feel ourselves to be spiritual cripples, we need to not give up, but take every opportunity to come to the Temple of God, because this is where what we need spiritually is to be found."

Fr. John shares about the healing of the paralytic in John 5. "Let us endure whatever hardships we may face in this life and accept them as being for our salvation, so that a worse thing will not come upon us. Having been healed of our sins, we may rise up on that final day and enter into Paradise."

Fr. John returns to the series on Psalm 118, and discusses verses 33-40.

Fr. John talks about the meaning of the sacrament of Holy Baptism.

Fr. John shares from Romans 2:17-29.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118:41-48.

Fr. John reminds us of the story of the Prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel. "Let us say with the prophet, 'My God is the Lord,' and serve him faithfully, and slay the false prophets of the demons in our hearts, which are the passions."

Fr. John shares from Mark 4.

Fr. John talks about the necessity and importance of developing regular disciplines in our lives as we follow Christ.

Fr. John shares about the life of St. John of Kronstadt.

Fr. John shares about the easy yoke of Christ, from Matthew 11:28-30.

Fr. John shares thoughts from Colossians 3:12-15.

Fr. John shares about the life of the New-Hieromartyr Vladimir of Kiev to strengthen us for the trials in our lives.

Fr. John talks about the impossibility of repentance without a changed life, from Luke 19:1-10.

Fr. John shares from Hebrews 12:1-2 encouragement for running the race of the fast.

Guest homilist Hieromonk Alexander (Reichert) shares encouragement from the Healing of the Paralytic.

Fr. John shares from Matthew 6:22-23.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118:65-72. "God puts people in our lives because He's trying to teach us things. When we encounter a difficult person, rather than necessarily trying to seek how we can get as far away from that person as we can, maybe we should ask ourselves, 'What is God trying to teach me?' and try to learn that lesson as quickly as we can."

Fr. John talks about the importance of celebrating the feasts of the Church.

Fr. John makes a connection between the beheading of St. John the Forerunner and 9-11.

Fr. John shares from 3 John 1:1-14.

Fr. John shares from Matthew 13:44-52.

Fr. John speaks from Revelation 3:7-13.

Fr. John talks about prayer, using the story of the widow's mite.