Fr. John shares about Christ's calling of the fishermen at Galilee, reflecting on his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Fr. John discusses our need to trust in God, from Matthew 6:22-33 and the example of St. Philaret the Almsgiver.

Fr. John shares from Romans 6:18-23.

Fr. John talks about the role of the law in the Old and New Testaments in our salvation.

Fr. John shares about humbly using our spiritual gifts, from Romans 12:1-13. Please note: "At one point in the sermon I mentioned Arsenius the Athonite, but actually meant to refer to the Elder Paisios, and the book I referred to is http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Paisios-Mount-Athos-Isaac/dp/960897643X"

Fr. John challenges us to learn from the example and words of the Prophet Ezekiel to turn to God for his love and mercy.

Fr. John, on the commemoration of the Smolensk icon of the Theotokos, explains the Orthodox belief of the ever-virginity of Mary.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118, a psalm that is chanted at every Orthodox funeral.

Fr. John asks the question, "Will your children remain in the Church?" (Deuteronomy 6:1-9) and gives suggestions for parents to pass along the faith.

Fr. John relates St. John's words to the Church of Pergamos, mentioned in Revelation 2:12-17, to us today.

Fr. John continues his series from Psalm 118, "Wherewithal shall a young man correct his way? By keeping Thy words."

Fr. John shares about godly parenting from Ephesians 5:22-33.

Fr. John shares about the Nativity of the Theotokos.

Fr. John talks about denying ourselves. "We want to be happy in the next life more than we want to be happy in this life."

Fr. John encourages us to renew our minds and not live in our former sins.

Fr. John continues his series from Psalm 118.

Today's sermon is by Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal, who visited our parish on the eve of our patronal feast day (St. Jonah).

Fr. John shares from Philippians 2:12-13.

Fr. John talks about Saint Paul's exhortation in 1 Corinthians 14:40, as it relates to traditions in worship.

Fr. John shares from Colossians 4:5 and Ephesians 5:15-16.

Fr. John shares from Luke 10:25-37.

Fr. John shares the example of Joseph, the son of Jacob, as an example of God's sovereignty.

Fr. John shares about the life of St. Catherine the Great.

Fr. John answers the question, "Is God a God of love or of wrath?" as he looks at the Prophet Nahum.

Fr. John shares how the miracle of the healing of the ten lepers applies to us today.

Fr. John continues his series of reflections on Psalm 118, with verses 25-32.

Fr. John shares the story of Ruth, ancestress of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Fr. John talks about the importance of repentance from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 3:1-11.

Fr. John shares from Matthew 4:1-11. "It's necessary for us to fast so that we don't become fat and happy and forget that we need God, but it's also necessary for us to to feed ourselves daily on the Word of God."

Fr. John speaks about humility (James 4:1-10).

Fr. John shares stories of martyrdom and encourages us to prepare for our own.

Fr. John shares about how the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord fits in with the Old Testament and today.

Fr. John shares about forgiveness from Luke 23:34.

Fr. John shares about repentance from Isaiah 1:1-20 on the first Sunday of Great Lent.

Fr. John shares warnings from Isaiah 5:8-6:7.

Fr. John shares from Isaiah 53.

Fr. John shares about the life of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. "It's through our struggle that we are saved. There's a crown that's waiting for each and every one of us, but we have to take up the struggle and endure to the end."

Fr. John shares some of the cultural context of the story of the sinful woman and the Pharisee to better understand our own need of repentance, from Luke 7:36-50.

Fr. John shares about the raising of Lazarus, from the Gospel of St. John, chapter 11.

Fr. John shares from Acts 3:1-8. "We, apart from God's grace, are unable to offer God the true and spiritual worship that He requires of us. But if we will come to the Temple and beg for His mercy, He will say to us, 'Rise up and walk.' If we've come and still feel ourselves to be spiritual cripples, we need to not give up, but take every opportunity to come to the Temple of God, because this is where what we need spiritually is to be found."

Fr. John shares from John 5:31-47.

Fr. John shares about the healing of the paralytic in John 5. "Let us endure whatever hardships we may face in this life and accept them as being for our salvation, so that a worse thing will not come upon us. Having been healed of our sins, we may rise up on that final day and enter into Paradise."

Fr. John shares from Matthew 15.

Fr. John returns to the series on Psalm 118, and discusses verses 33-40.

Fr. John talks about Ss. Methodius and Cyril.

Fr. John talks about the meaning of the sacrament of Holy Baptism.

Fr. John shares from Romans 2:1-11.

Fr. John shares from Romans 2:12-16.

Fr. John shares from Romans 2:17-29.

Fr. John shares from Amos 7:7-9.