Saturday, July 27, 2024

Homily for "Saint Timon Sunday," the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, & the Fifth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  Romans 10:1-10; Matthew 8:28-9:1 Today is “Saint Timon Sunday” in our Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, when we make an offering in su...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

The Roman Centurion with Humble Faith in the Jewish Messiah: Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  Romans 6:18-23 ; Matthew 8: 5-13 Our Lord’s ministry violated many of the religious and cultural sensibilities of first-century Palestin...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Homily for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in the Orthodox Church

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  Titus 3:8-15; Matthew 5:14-19               We live in a time when many people water down and distort the Christian faith however it ple...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Homily on the Great-Martyr Kyriaki of Nicomedia & Second Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  Galatians 3:23-4:5; Matthew 4:18-23             After our Lord’s victory over death at Pascha, He ascended into heaven and sent the Hol...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Homily for the Sunday of All Saints and the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Matthew 9:36-10:8               Today we commemorate our Lord’s Twelve Apostles and all the Saints, looking to th...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Homily for the Great Feast of Pentecost in the Orthodox Church

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  Acts 2:1-11; John 7:37-52; 8:12   On today’s great Feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the fulfillment of the deepest desires of those who ...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Homily for the Sunday of the After-feast of the Ascension and Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council in the Orthodox Church

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  Acts 20:16-18, 28-36 ; John 17:1-13             Forty days after His resurrection, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ ascended in ...