Weekly Sermons
Noticing Our Neighbor and the One in Front of Us
October 31, 2021
Noticing those around us, and expressing God’s love through a welcoming smile, a kind greeting, a polite acknowledgement, and especially through an encouraging, uplifting word can mean so much to those around us. And from the Christian point of view, such deliberate actions incarnate our faith in a very visible manner. Read more »
The Demons of Laziness - Drifting Away from our Faith
October 24, 2021
Laziness is a deadly demon which leads to apathy, indifference, passivity, detachment and ultimately a rejection of faith. It reflects the antithesis of a sober, serious, spiritual life! This demon of laziness works subtly and gradually, gently and cunningly leading us away from God. Read more »
Keeping Death Always Before You
October 10, 2021
“Keep death always before you.” This may sound like morbid or gloomy advice, yet the Church Fathers encouraged this practice. They felt that when we learn to reflect on death regularly, we will then learn how to live. Read more »
Becoming Instruments in God's Hands
October 03, 2021
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Read more »
The Witness of Monastics
September 26, 2021
This week seven young men from our church and I visited St Nektarios Monastery in Roscoe, NY. I’m sure most people in the church have never visited a monastery and many people question what monastics (monks and nuns) do. Why do they renounce the world and go off to live in a secluded monastery? Read more »
Divine Love and September 11
September 12, 2021
The call to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” is one of the most radical teaching of Jesus Christ and His Church, and yet, it is a teaching upon which we need to reflect today more than ever. Read more »
The Healing Aspect of Forgiveness
September 05, 2021
"Forgiveness is to set a prisoner free and to realize that prisoner is you!... When you forgive you can’t change the past but you do open up a new future – for yourself and for the one you forgive... The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.” Read more »
Do You Want to Change?
August 29, 2021
Christianity is a faith that meets people where they’re at. We welcome the believer and the one who has questions and doubts, the agnostic and the atheist. We welcome all people with whatever lifestyle they have. We welcome everyone with all their shortcomings, failures, mistakes, poor choices and sins. Read more »
The One Thing Needful - Reflecting on the Life of the Virgin Mary
August 15, 2021
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things but one thing is needful and Mary has chosen the better part and this shall not be taken away from her.” What does that mean “One thing is needful and Mary has chosen the better part.” And what does this have to do with the Virgin Mary? Read more »
Inspiration from the Olympics - Fulfilling our Potential
August 08, 2021
The Olympics inspired me to admire the incredible potential fulfilled of these athletes. Yet, what about the potential each one of us is given by God and how seriously and carefully do we strive to develop our spiritual potential? Read more »
Becoming Co-Workers with Christ
July 04, 2021
“Follow me and I’ll make you fishers of men.” What does this invitation to follow Jesus Christ mean? What will happen to us and what is expected of us if we truly accept His invitation follow Him? Read more »
Becoming a Saint
June 27, 2021
Sainthood is not reserved for only a few select people! Sainthood should be the normal growth of every Christian’s life in our journey into union with the Holy Trinity. Read more »
Our Guide, Comforter, Encourager, and Empowerer - Feast of Pentecost
June 20, 2021
We all want a comforter and an encourager in our lives, someone who stays with us and helps us in our times of need, someone who guides us in truth and empowers us to fulfill all that is good. Where can we find such a comforter and helper, such a guide and one who empowers us? Read more »
Why Believe? Part 3 - Greatness Inspires
June 06, 2021
Why Believe? Part 3. I turn our attention to greatness, greatness that inspires others to greatness. Read more »
Why Believe? Part 2 - Answering Existential Questions of Life
May 30, 2021
Why Believe? Part 2 - Throughout history we have seen how all humanity strive to discover answers to the existential questions about the world we live in, about our experiences in life, and what is ultimate reality. Our Faith strives to answer these questions. Read more »
Why Believe? Part 1
May 23, 2021
I recently had the opportunity to sit with 13 young adults between the ages of 16-30 and talk about faith issues. All grew up in Christian homes and were a part of the church through their childhood and teenage years. Now in their young adult years, however, most of them are pretty disconnected from any community of faith. What do they believe? Why should them believe? Is Faith something for them? Read more »
Monthly Bulletin
Recent Sermons
THE TWO WAYS
April 21, 2024
“There are two ways, my soul, my soul, and they are not the same. One leads to everlasting life. One leads to dust and shame. One leads to dust and shame.”
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Our Orthodox Faith
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction
An ever-growing number of persons from various backgrounds are becoming interested in the Orthodox Church. These individuals are discovering the ancient faith and rich traditions of the Orthodox Church. They have been attracted by her mystical vision of God and His Kingdom, by the beauty of her worship, by the purity of her Christian faith, and by her continuity with the past. These are only some of the treasures of the Church, which has a history reaching back to the time of the Apostles. Read more »