Matt 4:12-17 & John 1:29-34 Yesterday was the great feast of our Lord’s baptism wherein He was revealed to the whole world as the Messiah, the Son of God Who...
Matt 15:21-28 Hopefully we pray all the time. We all try to keep a daily prayer rule; we all try to remember the presence of God with us throughout the day; we...
2 Cor 9:6-10 In a spiritual sense, we belong to the Church, we are members of the Body of Christ and we come together here in this temple to pray together, to...
Luke 19:1-11 The account of the conversion of Zacchaeus is always the last of the regular Gospel readings before we begin the Lenten and Paschal cycle all over...
Luke 18:10-14 Once again, we are preparing for Great Lent, that time each year when the routine of the Church gives us a chance to reorient our lives again to...
Luke 15:11-32 This parable of the prodigal son reminds us of two very important truths which we will carry with us throughout Great Lent. The first is the ...
Matt 25:31-46 There are no end, it seems to the predictions of doom. The world will end we are told by some in an overheated greenhouse of our own creation. ...
Matt 6:14-21 As we make our final preparations for Great Lent we hear in the Gospel about the way we are to fast. We do not fast all the time – and neither ...
Hebrews 11:24-26,32-12:2 John 1:43-51 This Sunday is called the “Sunday of Orthodoxy” for on this day we celebrate the triumph of the Orthodox faith over...
John 10:9-16 It is appropriate today that we should hear the Gospel of the Good Shepherd. It is appropriate, because today we, in the Russian Church outside of...
Mark 8:34-9:2 When a person is traveling on a long trip, there is always the excitement of leaving and beginning the journey. That excitement lasts for a...
Mark 9:17-31 This father out of love and concern for his son, came to Jesus hoping for a miracle. His son, from an early age, had been possessed by a demon ...
Mark 10:32-45 We heard today in the Gospel something that we will hear again on Holy Wednesday evening as we prepare for the celebration of the Last Supper. ...
John 12:1-8 Finally, we have finished with Great Lent and come to the gates of Holy Week. These are the days in which we remember the events leading up to the...
Christ is Risen! In lieu of my own homily on Pascha, I offer the Paschal message of our Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America. I also heartily...
John 20:19-31 The Holy Apostle Thomas was a man of great faith and spiritual strength. To read his life is quite inspiring. Unfortunately, sometimes the only ...
Mark 15:43-16:8 Acts 6:1-7 The great joy of the Resurrection comes from our love of God. We rejoice that He has come to us in the incarnation for we desire to...
John 5:1-15 There is no limit to the power of God. There is no limit to God’s love and compassion for us. There is no limit to His mercy. All limits are ...
John 4:5-42 On Pascha, in the sermon of St John Chrysostom, we heard that Satan “took a man and encountered God, face to face” All of the weeks following...
Acts 16:16-34 John 9:1-8 Orthodox Christianity is not simply a set of beliefs and practices – in fact these things are only secondary to the true nature of...
If you were visiting a strange land, you might visit many places and endeavor to meet the people to find out what this land was like. If, while visiting and...
“O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of good gifts and Giver of Life, come and dwell in...
Hebrews 11:33 - 12:2 Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 Today is the Sunday of All Saints – the day on which we honor not one or two saints, but all the...
Matt 4:18-4:23 Today in the Gospel, we heard how our Lord called the apostles to be “fishers of men”. They did not immediately begin their ministry, but ...
John 6:22-33 We speak frequently about how God provides for us. The Gospel today is one of the reasons that we talk about trusting God to provide all that we...
Matt 8:5-13 We all have a set of beliefs that frame how we act and that influence the decisions we make. These beliefs are not necessarily verified by anything...
Rom 10:1-10 (They) have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. [3] For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their...
Matthew 9:27-35 St. Seraphim, in explaining the goal of the Christian life described the creation of man and the condition of Adam and Eve before the fall. He ...
Matt 14:14-22 Throughout the history of God’s people there has always been the image of bread as the symbol of the basic sustenance of life. Whenever we hear...
Matt 14:22-34 One of the most enduring images of the Church is that it is the ark of salvation. Just as in ancient times the ark preserved Noah and all living...
