August 30, 2026

Everyone likes something new. We all love to have new beginnings! Well, this week September 1st marks the beginning of our new ecclesiastical year. The Church gives us a new beginning - not simply a new page on the calendar, but a new opportunity to ask ourselves: How will we live this new Church Year? What will we do differently in our lives? Will we allow God to do something new and beautiful in us? Read more »

August 23, 2026

A young man kneels before Jesus. He is rich and respectable, and by every outward measure he is a good man. He has kept the commandments of God since his youth. He approaches Jesus and asks the most important question anyone can ask. “Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to inherit eternal life?” The young man is thinking about eternity and how to please God. Read more »

August 16, 2026

Yesterday we stood at the tomb of the Theotokos and found it empty. We sang of her falling asleep, and, in the same breath, of her being taken up. Because for her, death was not an ending but a passage into eternity. Today we come to church still carrying the fragrance of that feast and it’s not an accident that the Church hands us the Gospel of the merciful king and unmerciful servant on the very Sunday after we have celebrated the woman who is mercy's clearest icon. Read more »

August 09, 2026

This past Friday, some of us from our Church Family joined Harry Kofidis in spending the day at a picnic he organized for prisoners and their families. I want to tell you what I saw.  Read more »

August 02, 2026

There is a story told about the building of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. A traveler came upon the construction site back in 1163 and asked three different stone masons the same question: “What are you doing?” Read more »

July 26, 2026

One of the greatest tragedies of our modern world is that we are becoming increasingly divided. Everywhere we turn, people are encouraged to identify themselves by what separates them from others. Politics divides us. Race divides us. Nationality divides us. Economic status divides us. Generations divide us. Social media has become a machine that thrives on outrage, suspicion, and conflict. We are constantly being told, "Those people are the problem. Be afraid of them." Read more »

July 19, 2026

Our Lord Jesus says something remarkable in today's Gospel reading. We all know how Jesus proclaims, "I am the light of the world." Today, however, He says, "YOU are the light of the world... Let YOUR light so shine before others, that they may see YOUR good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Read more »

July 04, 2026

This weekend our nation celebrates Independence Day, and this year carries special significance as we mark the 250th birthday of the United States of America. It is an important moment to reflect upon our country, our history, and our identity as American Orthodox Christians. Read more »

June 28, 2026

There are a few people in the Gospels who amaze Jesus. Sometimes Jesus is amazed by people's lack of faith, especially among his disciples and the people of God. In today's Gospel, however, Jesus is amazed in a positive way by the faith of a Roman centurion. An outsider. A foreigner. A soldier. A stranger who displayed a faith he didn’t find in all of Israel. Read more »

June 21, 2026

Before we do anything in this life — before we speak, before we judge, before we love or fail to love — we look. We perceive. We interpret. And everything depends on how we see. Read more »

June 14, 2026

And immediately they leave their nets and follow Him. Jesus walks along the Sea of Galilee and sees two brothers, Peter and Andrew, casting their nets into the sea. Then He sees James and John mending their nets with their father. To these ordinary fishermen, Jesus offers an extraordinary invitation: FOLLOW ME and BECOME FISHERS OF MEN! Read more »

June 07, 2026

Last week we celebrated the JOY and WONDER of Pentecost — the rushing wind, the tongues of fire, the disciples stumbling out into the streets of Jerusalem speaking in languages they had never learned. Pentecost reveals one of the most dramatic moments of Scripture. Yet, WHY did this happen? WHY did the Holy Spirit come? WHAT WAS THE POINT? Read more »

May 24, 2026

Between heaven and earth. We find ourselves today in a remarkable moment — suspended, as it were, between heaven and earth. Last Thursday we celebrated the Ascension of our Risen Lord Jesus Christ, when He was taken up into heaven in glory, having completed His divine work on earth. And next Sunday, we will celebrate Pentecost, with the descent of the Holy Spirit empowering the Apostles to continue the divine mission of Christ. We live today in the ten days between those feasts, and precisely here, in this holy in-between, we discover our mission. Read more »

May 17, 2026

"As long as I am in the world," Jesus proclaimed, "I am the light of the world." And with those words still ringing in the air, He reaches down into the dust and gives sight to a man who has never known a single day of light. Read more »

May 10, 2026

Seventeen long years. Saint Monica prayed for her son Augustine for seventeen long years. And Augustine was not an easy son to pray for. He drifted far from God. He pursued worldly pleasures. He rejected the faith of his mother. He lived recklessly and arrogantly. Yet his mother, Monica, never stopped praying, never stopped weeping, never stopped hoping, never stopped believing in her son. Read more »

May 03, 2026

We continue to bathe ourselves in the light of the Resurrection. For the past four Sundays now, we have been greeting one another with those triumphant words — Christ is Risen! — and the Church, in her wisdom, will not let us move on too quickly. She keeps us here, dwelling in the joy of the empty tomb, savoring the mystery of new life given to us by our risen Lord. Read more »

April 26, 2026

“In unforeseen events, let us not forget that all things are under Your care.” This is a part of a prayer I say every morning written by Saint Philaret of Moscow. St. Philaret was a man who knew both the grandeur and challenges of human life. This one line from his prayer has been speaking to me especially this week: “In unforeseen events, let us not forget that all things are under Your care.” Read more »

April 19, 2026

"My Lord and my God." Five words. That is all Thomas says in response to the risen Christ. Five words, and they contain perhaps the most complete confession of faith in all of Holy Scripture. Not a creed composed by a council, not a sermon polished over years. A cry torn from the heart of a man who had refused to believe, who had doubted openly, who had demanded to place his fingers in the wounds — and who, when the Lord stood before him, needed nothing more than to behold Him. “My Lord and my God.” Read more »

April 12, 2026

The world today feels quite fragile. Wars and uncertainty have shaken up the global order, with an unclear ceasefire and tensions staying high. World economies are trembling, nations are anxious, and ordinary people everywhere wonder, “What’s happening to our world?” Read more »

April 10, 2026

Today we stand before the Cross on this most solemn of all days of the year, Holy and Good Friday, and we hear the final words of Jesus in the midst of His extreme suffering. Read more »