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[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Overcoming Hate and Division through the Resurrection: Homily for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

We all have our assumptions about who are our friends and who are our enemies. For all kinds of reasons, we probably feel more comfortable associating with some people as opposed to others.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

There Is Power in Being a Child of God

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

As for receiving Christ, we have a chance to do so daily through prayer, and (at least) weekly through the Holy Eucharist. One of the reasons we pray and receive Christ through Communion is to be empowered as His children, to have joy and confidence. So that as we “receive Him”, we feel endowed with purpose—that we are to see ourselves as His children, with the Lord as our benevolent Father, and if, we are His children, then we will inherit His Kingdom, the most “powerful” thing of all.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Man

Metropolitan Ephrem (Kyriakos)

Man approaches the pure angels and likewise their glory and holiness with dignity, becoming a king of creation, master over all God's works. The Son of man became a suffering, dying man that might might become a glorified god.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Homily: Faith Without Works Is Dead

Rev. Gregory Jensen

And yet, in the moment, it can be incredibly hard to remember all of this. As much as I want to abandon myself to the divine providence, to trust in God and His great love and mercy for me, the suffering of the present moment seems to defeat me. I might not curse God but I often do wonder why His plan seems to require my pain.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Are We Broken or Transformed?

Fr. James Guirguis

There is no doubt that we each need a life changing encounter with the Lord, and there is no doubt that we are each capable of having this because the Lord in His grace is hungry for this relationship with each of us. He is present, but where is our heart? Do we recognize that we are sick and have been enemies of Christ through our own sinfulness and pride?

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Deciding to Enter into Marriage

The Grammar of Family Life, Part 1

Archpriest Pavel Gumerov

The first conversation in the cycle is devoted to problems that young men and women ask themselves as they consider marriage: what is the purpose of marriage from the point of view of a Christian, how to choose a partner in life, whether to blindly succumb to the feeling of infatuation, whether they should necessarily get married, and whether marriage with the heterodox and others is possible for an Orthodox Christian.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Our Thoughts

Abbot Tryphon

Our thoughts determine our lives

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Sin harms us not God

Archimandrite Theodosios Martzoukhos

Very often, in our minds we think that the religious life has to do with God and that sin also has to do with Him. This is a mistake. The Church is a sanatorium, the disease is our own and we go there to be cured. The Doctor’s well, so we haven’t done Him a favour by going to hospital. His commandments are our medication.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Send Down Your Spirit!

Rev. Gregory Jensen

No one comes to the Church except by the prompting of God and because of an experience, however obscure, of His great mercy. It is our great privilege—mine as well as yours—to help people discern the presence of God in their lives. It is our calling as Orthodox Christians first to help people understand the faith that God has planted in their hearts.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Be Godlike: Be a Helper

Fr. Ted Bobosh

As we hear the Gospel proclaimed, we are to think not just about past history, but about who am I in this Gospel lesson? Am I the paralytic before the encounter with Christ, full of self-pity and always wanting someone else to help me? Or am I the healed person capable of coming back and helping others? Am I the invisible helper who works quietly and silently behind the scenes for thirty eight years, helping even one someone else to survive?

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Sermon for the Sunday of the Paralytic

What is the spiritual knowledge which the Church wishes to plant in each of our hearts by means of the Paschal light shining through today’s Gospel reading? Well, after all this is not so complicated. The Scriptures always reveal to us both our own souls on the one hand, and the glory and mercy of God on the other.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Justice & Mercy Have Kissed

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women 2016

Rev. Gregory Jensen

My brothers and sisters in Christ, far from being opposed, justice and mercy require each other. Without mercy, the pursuit of justice becomes harsh and unyielding; without justice, however, mercy becomes mere sentimentality and leads me to collude with evils great and small.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

The weakening of the family threatens dire consequences

Nikita Filatov, Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin)

You asked about the family. Family is a cell, a small part of our community. The condition and strength of the family determines the condition of society. The weakening of the family threatens dire consequences. It's all the loss of morality, the loss of the conscience, the loss of awareness, the loss of an orientation, of that which is important in life.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Disorienting Shock of an Empty Tomb: Homily for the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

We will grow in our participation in the Savior’s victory over sin and death by humbly accepting the opportunities for serving Him that our lives, and the lives of those around us, present. Most of us need look no further than our own families, our parish, and our friends and acquaintances in order to discern quite clearly what God is calling us to do. If we want a Lord Who fits our preconceived notions and calls us to serve Him only in ways that we find convenient, pleasing, or easy, then we will fall into the idolatry of worshiping our own self-centered delusions.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

There Will Still Be Moments of Confusion

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

When you are confused about the Christian message or God’s plan for your life, keep the dialogue going, keep the fire in your heart burning until you have a moment of clarity. Don’t leave the conversation. Invite Christ to stay with you.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Satan, the Ruler of this World

Metropolitan Ephrem of Tripoli, al-Koura and Their Dependencies

By virtue of the cross, God reaches the pinnacle of His dispensation by smashing the power of Satan and liberating man from his seductive shamelessness. So the Lord returns everything to Himself. Thus before giving up his spirit, He says, "It is finished" (John 19:30).

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Great Name of Woman

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

The feminine principle has great meaning in creation. This is manifested on all levels of human existence, both personal and societal. A woman acts in a very special way: she is like a filter that cleanses from evil. Woman’s nature is God’s creation.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Pure Love and Devotion for Christ

Sermon for the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women 2016

Let us throw off forever this shameful fear and apathy and truly follow Christ in the example of the Myrrh-bearing Women. Let us leave from the fearful shadows and locked rooms and come out to meet Christ. If we do, we will find, like the Myrrh-bearing Women did, all of our fears banished, the stone rolled away and we will behold the bright and wondrous sepulcher of Christ.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The Resurrection IS the Lord!

Fr. Stelyios Muksuris

The Resurrection, we must remember, is not an event; it is a person, the One who replied prior to the raising of Lazarus: “I AM the resurrection and the life” (John 11.25). At Pascha, as at every liturgical celebration, we are not actually recalling a past event but inviting into our present reality, into the “here and now”, the eternal Son of God who rose from the dead in the past and will come in His glory in the future. We are not merely celebrating Christ’s resurrection with each other; we are celebrating His resurrection together with Him.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Several Pieces of peace

Igumen Gregory (Zaiens)

I asked the Archbishop how to acquire peace. He first asked me where I lived. When I told him here at the monastery he said, “Fulfill all your obediences with a good conscience.” And he added a few profound words: “Be patient every day in every thing.” It sounds so simple, yet so difficult to attain.

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