Philippians 4: 4-9St. John 12: 1-18For the Jews two thousand years ago, today was the culmination of their wait: the Messiah had come to save them: “Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord – the King of Israel!”It is … [Continue reading]
Course on Orthodoxy, Death, and Eternal Life
April 15, 2011 By
Orthodoxy and Eternal LifeAdult EducationSt. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchSchedule: · Introduction: What is Life? Death? Why do we die?· What happens next? Orthodoxy (and the world) on the “Afterlife”· The Psalms and Songs of the … [Continue reading]
Homily – Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt
April 10, 2011 By
Hebrews 9:11-14 St. Mark 10:32-45Almost done with Lent – has it worked?One more week of Great Lent. Almost through reading Genesis. Almost done with fasting. Almost done with all the extra services and all the extra prostrations. But are we … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Sunday of the Ladder
April 3, 2011 By
Hebrews 6:13-20St. Mark 9:17-31The Challenge: take the Gospel Seriously Saint John of the Ladder: challenges us to take the Gospel seriously. As such, it continues last week’s message: Deny Yourself, pick up your cross, and follow Christ. Why? … [Continue reading]
Homily – Christian vs. Yankee Values (Sunday of the Cross)
March 27, 2011 By
Hebrews 4:14-5:6St. Mark 8:34-9:1Click here to listen to a recording that includes this homily.Cross: half way through Great Lent. Meant as an encouragement, a rallying point planted in the midst of the battle to gather and reinvigorate the … [Continue reading]
Homily – A Vision of Heaven… and Hell (Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas)
March 20, 2011 By
Hebrews 1:10 - 2:3St. Mark 2:1-12Introduction: Repentance as the Narrow Gate to Health and PerfectionThe way to spiritual health and enlightenment is through repentance. This is a hard way, a narrow gate (Matthew 7:13), but of all the other … [Continue reading]
Homily – Triumph of Orthodoxy (GO TEAM!!!)
March 13, 2011 By
Hebrews 11:24-26,32 - 12:2St. John 1: 43-51Go Orthodoxy! Today I would like to make three points about this celebration of Orthodoxy’s great victory iconoclasm and, by extension, every sort of heresy.1. The Victory of Truth over confusion, of light … [Continue reading]
An Epistle from our Bishops (Cheesefare Sunday)
March 6, 2011 By
Click here for a podcast that includes this homily!!!Romans 13:11-14:4St. Matthew 6: 14-21LENTEN EPISTLE OF THE PERMANENT CONFERENCE OF UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX BISHOPS BEYOND THE BORDERS OF UKRAINEBeloved in the Lord, Reverend Clergy and Monastics, dear … [Continue reading]
20110304 Lent, News, and Evangelizing Moral Therapeutic Deists
March 3, 2011 By
The USB Symbol: a Sign of Ukrainian Orthodoxy'sGlobal Influence!!! Shownotes for 20110221Lesson: Lenten Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops beyond the Borders of Ukraine [Musical Interlude is the Lenten … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Prodigal Son
February 20, 2011 By
1 Corinthians 6: 12-20St. Luke 15: 11-32The Sunday of the Prodigal Son: St. Luke 15: 11-32[Restate the lesson of the Prodigal, of ourselves, and of humankind.]Three lessons today:1.Home. It is real. It is the place you long for. You can distract … [Continue reading]
