tan Regret, Remorse, Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-04-04T21:29:33+00:00 Fr. Apostolos shares the difference between these three words, and calls us to the latter. Full Article
tan The Distance of Sin By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T04:51:21+00:00 Fr. Apostolos shares from the Parable of the Prodigal Son Full Article
tan The Good Samaritan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-11-13T20:00:08+00:00 Fr. Apostolos Hill's homily is centered upon the Gospel reading of the Good Samaritan and the role each of us is called to play in pulling robbed and beaten victims of sin from the ditches of life. Full Article
tan Can We Will Ourselves Into Repentance? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-04-07T13:25:02+00:00 Full Article
tan The Importance of having a Spiritual Father when Praying the Jesus Prayer By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-06-11T05:11:43+00:00 Full Article
tan How do we Move from Mere Confession to True Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-07-01T21:31:23+00:00 Full Article
tan Understanding Evil in the Orthodox Tradition By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-01-16T23:42:27+00:00 Full Article
tan Metanoia, Mission, and Martyrdom By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-13T02:58:19+00:00 Sermon on the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul (2 Corinthians 11:21-12:9; Matthew 16:13-19) Full Article
tan Standing Firm as a Community of Faith (1 Cor 16:13-24) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T20:37:23+00:00 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Full Article
tan The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-15T21:15:31+00:00 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Full Article
tan The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-28T20:52:35+00:00 While the story of the Good Samaritan can inspire us to do good works, Fr Tom reminds us that ultimately the parable points to something much greater: Our salvation. (Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost) Full Article
tan What's Important to You? (Luke 19:1-10) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-28T20:59:01+00:00 Short-of-stature Zacchaeus overcomes his obstacles to seeing Jesus. Fr Tom reminds us that our actions and behaviors reveal to the world and to God what things are most important to us, but we can rise above the crowd of the world in order to be united with God. (Thirty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost) Full Article
tan The Importance of Learning (Luke 5:1-11) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-31T06:21:46+00:00 A temptation for some Orthodox Christians is to take in the beauty of the church services while remaining somewhat mentally disengaged. Fr Tom reminds us that Christ's command to "launch out into the deep" is given to everyone to plumb the depths of the wisdom and word of God. (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost) Full Article
tan The Importance of Obedience (Luke 5:1-11) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-01T07:11:41+00:00 The Orthodox Faith is rich with tradition and discipline, but sometimes we can seem disinterested in being faithful to it all in our lives. Fr Thomas reminds us that obedience done out of love for God and each other is the "linchpin" which holds it all together. (13th Sunday after Pentecost) Full Article
tan The Importance of God's Word (Luke 8:5-15) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-01T07:14:32+00:00 The parable of the soils sets the tone for other parables taught by our Lord. Fr. Thomas reminds us that this parable brilliantly expresses the importance of both hearing and actively receiving the Word of God in us. (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost) Full Article
tan The Thankful Samaritan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T02:38:13+00:00 Like the Good Samaritan, the scriptures give us yet another story about an exemplary Samaritan, among other so-called believers who failed to live up to their calling. Jesus heals ten lepers, but only the Samaritan returns to give thanks. Fr Thomas reminds us that we are continually being healed, and when we fail to give glory and thanks to the One who heals us, He says, "Where are you?" Full Article
tan The Importance of Sharing Your Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T02:59:20+00:00 in Romans 10, St Paul writes about the importance of his fellow Jews hearing about Christ and why it's important for their salvation. Fr Thomas reminds us that evangelism should not be a foreign concept to Orthodox Christians. We must get comfortable with sharing our faith in Christ and speaking about God's work in our life. Full Article
tan Revealing What's Most Important To You By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:12:04+00:00 The saying goes, "actions speak louder than words." Christ Himself condemned the Jewish religious leaders for saying one thing but doing another. Fr Thomas teaches us that, as Orthodox Christians, our actions are important because they have to align with what we claim about God and ourselves. In fact, our eternal judgment is at stake. Full Article
tan Seeing Christ as the Good Samaritan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:13:59+00:00 The famous parable of the Good Samaritan is often relayed as a story about doing good to others. However, Fr Thomas teaches us the background of the story and why the Good Samaritan points directly to Christ as the one who heals us in the Church. Full Article
tan Who Is The Good Samaritan? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-11-17T20:21:16+00:00 Fr. Tom implores us to understand the parable of the Good Samaritan from a different perspective and ask ourselves, who is the Samaritan? Who is the one left for dead on the road? Full Article
tan Who Is The Good Samaritan? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-12-09T18:37:36+00:00 Often we're quick to hope that we can identify with the Good Samaritan in the Scriptures; however, Fr. Tom reminds us that Christ is always the Good Samaritan, and we are the ones broken, on the side of the road awaiting His healing. Full Article
tan Attending to the Samaritan By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T03:24:27+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives a sermon on the parable of the Good Samaritan. Full Article
tan The Cross in Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T05:24:59+00:00 The first in a series of Wednesday sermons during Great Lent on the topic of the Beatitudes. Full Article
tan Taking Our Stand By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:45:45+00:00 Fr. Christopher is the homilist today and he says that historically Christianity has not picked fights but we do know when to draw the line. Full Article
tan The Repentance of the Righteous Job By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:14:59+00:00 The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance. Full Article
tan Radical Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:26:47+00:00 Fr. Christopher takes a lesson from the life of St. Mary of Egypt on what it means to repent. Full Article
tan Standing Firm By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:27:05+00:00 Fr. Dn. Emmanuel Kahn asks "What does it mean to stand firm in our faith in Christ?" Full Article
tan Stand Upright By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T17:28:03+00:00 Fr. Gregory says living upright lives is about serving God in an honorable way. Full Article
tan Standing in the Truth, Proclaiming the Truth By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-29T20:39:10+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Woman at the Well. Full Article
tan No Innocent Bystanders By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-27T21:35:27+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Palm Sunday. Full Article
tan St Proclus of Constantinople on the Annunciation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:58:26+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam preaches on the Feast of the Annunciation. Full Article
tan A Samaritan and a Heretic By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-10T23:34:39+00:00 Full Article
tan Why Don't You Understand? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-12-13T21:08:26+00:00 Full Article
tan An Imperishable Inheritance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-07T21:56:06+00:00 Full Article
tan Why Do You Stand Looking Up? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-06-05T21:57:30+00:00 Full Article
tan The Most Important Relationship By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-09-26T01:45:40+00:00 Full Article
tan The Guaranteed Inheritance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-10-02T21:12:48+00:00 Full Article
tan Qualified for an Amazing Inheritance! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-01-23T15:47:12+00:00 Full Article
tan Easy to Misunderstand By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-10T22:46:55+00:00 Full Article
tan Sweet Words and Distant Hearts By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-03-07T15:28:47+00:00 Full Article
tan Clash of the Titans By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-09-02T00:51:42+00:00 Full Article
tan You're Misunderstanding By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-10T12:51:51+00:00 Full Article
tan God Is Able To Make Him Stand By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-06-23T21:42:03+00:00 Full Article
tan An Introduction to The Saint Constantine School By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-04T05:28:58+00:00 Dr. John Mark Reynolds introduces The Saint Constantine School, a new K-College Orthodox school. Full Article