Eph 2:14-22 In the Church of the Holy Sepulcher there is a stone in the center of the nave that is referred to as the “navel of the world”. It is so called...
Gal 5:22-6:2 Very often we speak of our spiritual fathers and mothers, referring to those who have gone before us in the faith and who help us as we also ...
Luke 16:19-31 In this parable we see a glimpse of the life beyond the grave. As always, since this life is beyond our ability to comprehend, this glimpse is...
Luke 8:5-15 & Gal 2:16-20 Later this week comes the worldly festival of “Halloween”. Many of the customs associated with this festival come from the depths...
Hebrews 13:7-16 Our Lord Jesus Christ did not leave us alone to figure out the Christian life for ourselves. He, Himself, is our first and best example. In ...
Luke 6:31-36 The Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God celebrates the day, over a thousand years ago, when St. Andrew, the Fool for Christ, and his ...
Gal 2:16-21 “For if I build again the things which I destroyed…” Very often salvation is spoken of as something to be obtained, like a commodity or a...
John 3:13-17 John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world…” This is one of the most oft quoted verses of the Bible. We see it everywhere: on billboards, on ...
Matthew 22:35-46 It is fashionable today, especially in the business world, to talk about “multi-tasking” - that is to encourage people to develop the...
Matthew 22:1-14 Last night and this morning both we witnessed the baptism of two new members of the Body of Christ. Like the guests in the parable who came to...
Often we hear in the scripture a particular story that catches our attention and influences our lives. Sometimes that story will stay with us and become a...
On Tuesday, we will celebrate the Great Feast of the Dormition (death) of the Virgin Mary. Although the Virgin lived a perfect life without sinning, because...
Matthew 17:1-9 Our Lord took His three closest disciples, Peter, James and John and led them to the top of a mountain where He was transfigured before them and...
Matthew 17:14-23 Faith is the basis of our life. We have faith in many things – we have faith that the “laws of physics” will always apply, for example...
Today we have with us the miraculous Hawaii Iviron icon of the Mother of God. Today also we celebrate feasts of the Pochaev icon of the Mother of God and the...
Matthew 14:14-22 Hearing of the death of John the Baptist at the hand of Herod, our Lord, Jesus Christ withdrew from Jerusalem. He did this to keep from being ...
Rom 15:1-7 One of the virtues that we frequently hear about, but rarely think about, is hospitality. How can entertaining and hosting friendly gatherings be...
The Akhtyrka icon of the Mother of God which we venerate today was found in the Russian province of Kharkov near the city of Akhtyrka in 1739. The rector of...
Today we celebrate the lives of Sts Peter and Fevronia of Murom. These saints are an example of what a Christian marriage should be and in recognition of that...
John 8:5-13 Romans 6:18-23 A centurion came to Jesus to ask that He heal his sick servant. This is a remarkable event just on its own premise for the centurion...
Matt 6:22-6:33 “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these...
Heb 11:33-12:2 Last week we celebrated the feast of All Saints and today we repeat that feast, but in a more personal manner by celebrating the feast of All ...
Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30 Brothers and sisters, it seems as though we have been either feasting or fasting now for quite a long time. 6 months ago we...
Acts 2:1- 11 The feast of Pentecost in the Orthodox Church is also often called the feast of the Holy Trinity. On this day, fifty days after the Resurrection,...
John 9:1-38 A few weeks ago in the Gospel we hear of a man who was a cripple. This man sat beside the pool at the sheep gate for 38 years waiting for a chance...
John 4:5-42 Last week, we talked a bit about the idea of a sacred or holy place – a particular place where the grace of God is especially manifest in the ...
John 5:1-15 Since the beginning of creation there have always been places in the world where the grace of God seems to spill over into the world or erupt into...
John 12:1-18 Having raised Lazarus from the dead, our Lord now turns his face to Jerusalem. Lazarus, along with his sisters Mary and Martha, lived in the town...
Mark 10:32-45 In the past couple of weeks as we read the Gospel, we have seen that Jesus has begun to prepare his disciples for His coming crucifixion, ...
