Episodes
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Stories from Romania - Fr. Gregory - October 4, 2026
In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory speaks about his pilgrimage to Romania and tells stories of Romanian saints and martyrs. In this Sunday’s Gospel reading from Luke, Christ says, “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return.” Fr. Gregory explains that, though it seems...
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Three Moments - Fr. Micah - September 27, 2026
In today’s sermon, Fr. Micah focuses on three moments from the Gospel reading from Luke. In the first moment, Christ tells Simon Peter to let out the nets again after the apostles had been unable to catch any fish all night long. Simon Peter responds, “Master, we toiled all night and took…
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On the Sign of the Cross - Fr. Gregory - September 20, 2026
After celebrating the victory of the Holy Cross last Sunday, in today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory reflects on one of the simplest and most fundamental acts of our faith: making the sign of the cross. He examines the sign of the cross historically, practically, and theologically, and he shows how the…
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Do Not Grumbel - Fr. Gregory - September 13, 2026
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading from the third chapter of John, Christ is speaking to Nicodemus in the night, and he says “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.” In his sermon, Fr. Gregory explains why Christ brings up this strange episode of the...
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St. Archippos - Fr. Micah - September 6, 2026
On this Sunday, we commemorate the miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae. Fr. Micah gathers the children to tell them this marvelous story and to teach them about Saint Archippos, the young man who dedicated his life to prayer and asceticism at Chonae. Using St. Archippos' story, Fr. Micah...
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Stand Firm in The Faith - Fr. Gregory - August 30, 2026
In today’s Epistle reading, St. Paul concludes his first letter to the Corinthians with several exhortations: “Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” Then, he gives a concrete example of this. He says that Stephanas and his household...
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Possible with God - Fr. Micah - August 23, 2026
Fr. Micah begins today’s sermon with the ending of the Gospel reading: “With men, this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible.” Though this is a simple saying, Fr. Micah argues that most of us deeply struggle with this in the manner we live, because we live as if we can do anything....
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Self-Knowledge and Mercy - Fr. Gregory - August 16, 2026
In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory reviews the parable from today’s Gospel reading in which a servant who owes 10,000 talents — equivalent to billions of today’s dollars — is shown compassion by the king and forgiven his debt. However, after he is forgiven, he goes out and finds a fellow servant who...
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The Light of Mount Tabor - Fr. Gregory - August 9, 2026
Fr. Gregory reviews what happened during the Transfiguration. He explains that Christ did not change, but his disciples were changed and able to see the glory that had been standing before them for three years. Christ revealed the glory of the uncreated light so that, when the apostles saw him...
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St. Phocas - Fr. Micah - August 2, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the account of Christ walking upon the water and pulling St. Peter out of the waves. Today is also the feast day of the Holy Martyr Phocas the Gardener, one of the most beloved saints of the early church. This saint is known for walking upon the water, lending…
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A Chain of Compassion - Fr. Gregory - July 26, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, we hear of Christ’s compassion on a great crowd, teaching and healing them. When evening came, the apostles ask him to send them away that they may find something to eat. Christ responds, “You give them something to eat.” He asks them to give what little they have into...
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Philotimo and St. Paisios - Fr. Gregory - July 12, 2026
Today’s Epistle reading from Romans 12 describe a way of life that Fr. Gregory sums up with the Greek word philotimo. This word is translated as “love of honor,” but it has no true equivalent in the English language. This Sunday is the feast day of St. Paisios, who spoke of philotimo and embodied...
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The Way Of Blessedness - Fr. Micah - July 19, 2026
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, our Lord tells us to, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Fr. Micah poses the question, “What are these good works?” He asserts that the key to this question is found in the passage...
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Bearing One Another's Burdens - Fr. Gregory - July 5, 2026
In this Sunday’s epistle reading, St. Paul gives us one of the most beautiful descriptions of the Christian life: “The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Fr. Gregory emphasizes the verse that follows, though, which...
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Yield Your Members - Fr. Gregory - June 28, 2026
In today’s sermon, Fr. Gregory focuses on a specific part of the Epistle reading in Romans 6 in which St. Paul says, “Just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.” He expounds on the phrase...
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Do Not Be Anxious - Fr. Micah - June 21, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, Christ commands us to not be anxious, and Fr. Micah presents the question, “How are we to not be anxious?” In the beginning of today’s Gospel reading, Fr. Micah asserts, we find the answer. Christ says, “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your…
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Is Nothing Sacred - Fr. Gregory - June 14, 2026
In this Sunday’s sermon, Fr. Gregory presents the question, “Is nothing sacred?” Beneath that, he says, lies another question: “Do we have eyes to see what is holy?” To answer these questions, Fr. Gregory focuses on the topics of reverence and the fear of God. Reverence, he explains, is…
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Preserving Holiness - Fr. Micah - June 7, 2026
Today, on the Feast of All Saints, Fr. Micah teaches the children about what it means to be a saint. He points out that “saint” means “holy” — that which is set apart for God. While Christ is the one who is holy, he overflows with holiness and shares it with all creation. Fr. Micah explains that...
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The Holy Spirit's Descent - Fr. Gregory - May 31, 2026
Fr. Gregory points out several characteristics of the Holy Spirit and the way in which it descended on the church. First, he points out that the Holy Spirit descended on a community, creating a visible, ordered, worshipping, and sacramental body called his church. The Holy Spirit does not scatter...
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Humble Love - Fr. Micah - May 24, 2026
On this Sunday, we celebrate the fathers of the church who gathered at the First Ecumenical Council and defended the faith that the Son of God was indeed the Son of Man, not a creature as Arius taught. Fr. Micah explains that the liturgy and worship of the church not only confess this truth but...
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St. Photini's Illumination - Fr. Gregory - May 10, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of the Samaritan woman, St. Photini, who encounters Christ at Jacob’s Well. Fr. Gregory recounts the story and emphasizes a phrase near the end, in which Christ says, “The hour is coming and now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in...
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Never Alone - Fr. Micah - May 3, 2026
Today, on the Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Micah invites the children to the solea for the homily. He tells them the story of the paralytic, the man who had been paralyzed for 38 years, unable to get up from his bed. He lay by a pool, where an angel would come stir up the water, and the first...
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The Myrrh-Bearing Women - Met. Sevastianos - April 26, 2026
This Sunday, Metropolitan Sevastianos joined us for the ordination of Deacon Haralambos. During his homily, he drew our attention to the Gospel reading, where we hear of the myrrh-bearing women. These women went to the tomb to anoint the dead body of Christ, and instead found an angel who told…
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The Diakonia - Fr. Gregory - April 19, 2026
This Sunday, as we celebrate Antipascha, the church gives us the story of Thomas. This story, Fr. Gregory explains, shows us something profound about what it means to touch the risen Lord. In the story, on the evening of the first Pascha, Christ appeared to the apostles in a room, but Thomas was...
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Entering Holy Week - Fr. Gregory - April 5, 2026
As we enter into Holy Week on this Palm Sunday, Fr. Gregory reminds us that the Orthodox faith isn’t something we simply study, but it’s something we enter. Holy Week is not a reenactment of the past, but an entrance into liturgical time. The church gives us not only something to hear, but to…
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Not to be Served, but to Serve - Fr. Micah - March 29, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, John and James go to our Lord and ask him to, when he is seated on his throne, place each of them at his right and left. He tells them that he cannot do this, that those places are preserved for others. The other ten apostles are indignant at James and John that they...
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Fr. Gregory - March 22, 2026
This Sunday, the Church places before us St. John Climacus, the author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent, which presents the Christian life as a long ascent from the distorted, fallen world to participation in the very mind of Christ. After recounting the story of St. John Climacus, Fr. Gregory…
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Are We Ashamed? - Fr. Micah - March 15, 2026
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we hear Christ say, “For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” In his sermon, Fr. Micah encourages us to ask...
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Uncreated Grace - Fr. Gregory - March 8, 2026
On this second Sunday of Great Lent, the church places before us the witness of St. Gregory Palamas, who defended the truth that God is not distant or abstract, but present and active. He is not knowable in his essence, which remains beyond comprehension, but in his living and uncreated grace....
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Mission and Restoration - Fr. Chris Rowe - March 1, 2026
On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, visiting priest Fr. Christopher Rowe, Development Director at the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, delivers a homily on the church’s mission of restoration. He explains that today’s Gospel reading reveals something simple and profound about the Christian life. When...
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Entering Lent with Mercy - Fr. Gregory - February 22, 2026
On this Sunday, as we stand at the threshold of Lent, Christ tells us, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Fr. Gregory emphasizes this passage in...
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Encountering Christ - Fr. Micah - February 15, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, we hear a call to almsgiving and acts of charity. But we also hear, Fr. Micah says, a call to encounter Christ. He explains that we encounter Christ in our hunger and thirst, in our being a stranger and imprisoned, in our sickness and suffering. Christ experienced...
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The Journey Home - Fr. Gregory - February 8, 2026
On this Sunday, we read the parable of the prodigal son, a story which prepares us for Lent by showing us the nature of repentance. Fr. Gregory explains that Lent is not a season of self-condemnation, a project of moral improvement, or a spiritual competition; rather, it is a journey home to our...
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Humility Like the Publican - Fr. Micah - February 1, 2026
Today is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, and Fr. Micah opens his homily with a quote from St. Peter of Damascus: “But if repentance is too much for you, and you sin out of habit, even when you do not want to, show humility like the publican. This is enough to ensure your salvation.…
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Desire to Transformation - Fr. Gregory - January 25, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the story of Zacchaeus, whose desire for God led to transformation. Fr. Gregory explains that every movement of the soul begins with desire. Desire then becomes vision, vision becomes communion, and communion becomes transformation. We see this in Zacchaeus’...
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The City to Come - Fr. Micah - January 18, 2026
In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Hebrews, we hear the words, “For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is the fruit of lips that acknowledges his name. Do...
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A Life of Repentance - Fr. Gregory - January 11, 2026
In today’s Gospel reading, Christ begins his public ministry, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Fr. Gregory explains that repentance is a complete reorientation of the heart, mind, and will toward God. In Greek, the word “repentance” means to change one’s mind or to turn…
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Our Epiphany - Fr. Paul - January 4, 2026
This Sunday is the Sunday before Epiphany. Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Christ, when the revelation of God was made manifest and the triune God revealed. In today’s Gospel reading from Mark 1, we hear of John the Baptist, who tells us how we must prepare to be saved. Fr. Paul, in his...
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The First Christmas Carol - Fr. Micah - December 28, 2025
In today’s sermon, Fr. Micah speaks of the first Christmas carol to ever be written, the final line of which references King Herod’s order to slaughter the male infants. Why, during this joyous time, was so much emphasis placed on death? Fr. Micah explains that this is because the purpose of our...
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The Promise Fulfilled - Fr. Gregory - December 21, 2025
On this Sunday before Nativity, Fr. Gregory explains that the Church asks us to look back and remember the long journey that brought us to the threshold of Christmas. Today’s readings from Hebrews and Matthew trace the story of God’s promise — the promise of salvation, the promise of a redeemer,...
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The Banquet - Fr. Micah - December 14, 2025
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, our Lord tells a parable of a man who has a banquet, and it’s implied that the man is the Lord himself. We hear of those who are invited to the banquet, but they choose not to go and make excuses. Fr. Micah challenges us to reflect on how we, too, make excuses to...
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Fruits of the Light - Fr. Gregory - December 7, 2025
In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from Ephesians 5, St. Paul says, “Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.” In the Gospel reading from Luke 13, Christ heals a woman who was unable to stand upright for 18 years. In his sermon, Fr.…
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Pointing to Christ - Fr. Alex Limberatos - November 30, 2025
This Sunday, visiting priest Fr. Alex Limberatos posed the question, “What does it take to lead others to Christ?” To answer this question, he points to St. Andrew, whom we celebrate this Sunday. He explains that St. Andrew, as well as his first teacher, St. John, exhibit great strength in...
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Emptying Ourselves - Fr. Micah - November 23, 2025
Fr. Micah begins today’s sermon by explaining the ancient Greek concept of kleos — fame, glory, or reputation — found in texts such as the Iliad and the Odyssey. Kleos was understood to be what humans truly desired, needed, and pursued. In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we find a man who is…
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Who is Israel - Fr. Gregory - November 16, 2025
In this Sunday’s Epistle reading from Romans, St. Paul addresses the topic of Israel. In his sermon, Fr. Gregory poses the question “Who is Israel?,” emphasizing its importance in shaping our understanding of God's plan for our salvation. Fr. Gregory addresses dispensationalism and Christian...
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Hope in the Resurrection - Fr. Micah - November 9, 2025
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we encounter two people who find themselves in hopeless situations: a man whose daughter is dying and a woman who has been sick for 12 years. Because of their faith and trust in the Lord, they went from hopelessness to joy, as the man’s daughter was raised and the...
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Our Spiritual Gym - Fr. Gregory - November 2, 2025
This Sunday is our parish's Stewardship Sunday, and in his homily, Fr. Gregory addresses almsgiving as one of the three pillars of our spiritual life alongside prayer and fasting. He focuses on two ideas: first, how the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in today’s Gospel reading exposes what...
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The Life of St. Demetrios - Fr. Gregory - October 26, 2025
On October 26 each year, we celebrate St. Demetrios the Great Martyr and Myrrh-Gusher. Fr. Gregory begins today’s sermon by introducing St. Demetrios, who was born to pious Christian parents in 280 AD. At the time, Diocletian was ruler, and many Christians were martyred for their faith. St....
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Our Vocation in Life - Fr. Micah - October 19, 2025
In today’s Gospel reading, Christ raises a widow’s son from the dead. Fr. Micah explains that this passage has three powerful insights into the divine reality, which also gives us insights into our own human reality and communion. First, the passage teaches us that Christ is God. He does not call...
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