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Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, h...

It is very important for us to become acquainted with the lives of the Saints. In them we see how the Gospel is to be lived. We see the failures, trials, tri...

The first Sunday of the fast is truly a great festival - and not just because we made it through the first week of the fast. It is known as the Sunday of Ort...

The Sunday of Forgiveness is a sublime day, a day of joy, compassion, compunction and healing. It comes from the words of our Lord Jesus Christ heard on this...

The parable of the Dread Judgement is one of the most important parables - if not the most important - in the Holy Gospel. It reveals to us a simple truth: T...

The second preparatory Sunday for the great fast is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. With the Publican and the Pharisee we learned of our need for humility, a...

The first Sunday of the lenten cycle is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. The first four Sundays of the cycle are not part of lent, rather they ar...

The Sunday before we begin the Lenten Triodion (a service book with all the lenten services; used from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee until Grea...

I was recently asked by a local parish priest to substitute for him while he was on vacation. He also asked to preach about tithing, as he teaches his parish...

A few thoughts on the Gospel reading on most feasts of the Mother of God 38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a ...

As Orthodox Christians we should read the Bible, especially the Holy Gospel, daily. Some books or verses seem to stand out to us more than others. This is be...

Why being Orthodox? Because it is not enough to simply say that we are Orthodox. What good does it do us - or anyone else - if we are not what we claim to be...