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May 14, 2019
3 min

Phillip in Samaria

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 w...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Apr 13, 2019
5 min

St. Mary of Egypt

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 f...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Mar 18, 2019
4 min

The Triumph of Orthodoxy

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 ...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Mar 10, 2019
4 min

The Sunday of Forgiveness

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 ...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Mar 5, 2019
5 min

The Dread Judgement

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 ...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Feb 24, 2019
6 min

The Prodigal Son

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 ...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Feb 17, 2019
6 min

The Publican and the Pharisee

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 ...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Feb 11, 2019
4 min

Zacchaeus

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...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Nov 5, 2018
9 min

Concerning Stewardship

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 h...

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The Gospel reading the feasts of the Mother of God

Fr Stephen Zaremba

Oct 16, 2018
5 min

The Gospel reading the feasts of the Mother of God

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 cer...

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Oct 7, 2018
3 min

The Cross

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

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Fr Stephen Zaremba

Oct 2, 2018
4 min

Why Being Orthodox?

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...

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