gh Being Saved, Not Condemned, through Encounter By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-05-19T00:17:46+00:00 Fr Thomas reminds us that the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan Woman was not about her condemnation, but her salvation. We can also embrace a change of life through encountering Christ. (John 4:5-42) Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, May 14, 2023 Full Article
gh The Flight From Egypt By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:22:00+00:00 St Matthew sees the flight into Egypt as the fulfilment of Hosea’s prophecy. Full Article
gh Crumbs are Enough By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:35:39+00:00 How do we react, what do we do when we pray and God doesn't answer? Full Article
gh Be Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T05:18:57+00:00 St. Symeon teaches that when we pray, the indwelling Light of Christ can lift us up to the very Paradise itself of which St. Paul himself haltingly spoke. Full Article
gh The Light of the World By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T05:20:35+00:00 We are called to be lights in the world. We are the representatives of Christ in the world today, so of course we take on the role of being light to the world. Full Article
gh Responding to the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T05:11:16+00:00 A sermon on the Feast of the Entry of Christ into the Temple. Full Article
gh Unexpected Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T02:16:40+00:00 Fr. Gregory speaks about the Woman at the Well who we know as St. Photini. As surely as Photini means “enlightened” it is our calling also to enlighten others with the Light of Christ. Full Article
gh The Saints Who Reign On High By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T04:24:04+00:00 On the Sunday of All Saints, we are reminded to honour them in our generation that others by their example, fellowship and prayers may also become Friends of God. Full Article
gh Come into the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:24:53+00:00 Anything that separates us from God is bad no matter how big or small it is in our eyes. The most difficult sins to uproot are those we keep covered up in darkness because we are reluctant, for whatever reason, to expose them to the Light, which is Christ. Full Article
gh The Blessing on the Righteous By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:31:24+00:00 The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ. Full Article
gh To Be Enlightened By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T03:13:04+00:00 Fr. Gregory's sermon on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent. Full Article
gh 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
gh When Faces Light Up By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:29:19+00:00 When we look upon the face of Jesus, Light responds to Light. We are enlightened, therefore we see and what we see is the same glorious Light which is Christ. Full Article
gh Dark and Light Divided By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:39:05+00:00 Fr. Gregory preaches on All Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en taking his text from the rich man and the poor beggar in the Gospel. Full Article
gh Glory to God in the Highest By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T02:46:41+00:00 Fr. Deacon Emmanuel says we are not celebrating the birth of baby Jesus. We are celebrating the birth of Christ—the birth of “the Anointed One,” the Messiah. Full Article
gh Light of the World By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-21T15:32:28+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Sunday of the Blind Man Full Article
gh Facing the Darkness, Receiving the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:56:32+00:00 Fr. Gregory speaks with children and adults about Palm Sunday and the preparation of our hearts to receive the risen Christ. Full Article
gh Into the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:09:16+00:00 St Seraphim of Sarov, the translation of whose relics we celebrate today, remains one of the outstanding examples of Christian holiness Full Article
gh The Mother of the Light is Born By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T05:34:12+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos as we celebrate this first great feast of the new Church year. Full Article
gh Light For All By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T02:07:10+00:00 Christ was born to save us, but what does that actually mean? Full Article
gh Ghost Busting By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-20T02:18:40+00:00 St. Thomas must see to believe … he must have evidence. Jesus readily agrees to his request but then comments that there is blessedness in believing without the need for such evidence. Full Article
gh Righteousness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-09-01T01:36:20+00:00 We count our own righteousness as rubbish (actually an even stronger word in the Greek). Full Article
gh Angels of God's Healing and Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-20T01:53:32+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives a tour through two of the lesser well known Archangels revealing some gems of insight concerning the brilliance of God in both healing power and enlightenment of mind. Full Article
gh 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
gh Fight the Good Fight By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T18:12:34+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Sunday, Dec 10, 2017 Full Article
gh The Light of Christ in the Darkness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T20:03:07+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel gives the Holy Saturday homily. Full Article
gh Building Right By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-15T05:05:19+00:00 After Fr. Gregory speaks with the children, Fr. Emmanuel speaks from I Corinthians saying that the cultures of the first and twenty-first centuries are certainly different, but the foundations for living are the same. What are these foundations for living that St Paul wishes to communicate to his fellow workers in the first century and to us today? Full Article
gh Lift High the Cross By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-22T18:05:21+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Full Article
gh The Royal Highway By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-22T18:05:28+00:00 Fr. Gregory begins with the children and the Fr. Emmanuel gives the sermon from the eighth chapter of the Gospel of St Mark about how to become a disciple of Christ—how to become a person who learns from Christ. Full Article
gh Through Death To Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-22T18:18:22+00:00 Christianity is really quite simple. There is a gift, Jesus Christ and we are called to receive Him. Full Article
gh The High Pastures of the Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-22T18:18:31+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam begins with the children and then Fr. Emmanuel Kahn speaks to the adults about the widow in Luke 7. Full Article
gh Fulfill All Righteousness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-25T04:17:26+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on The Theophany, when God was revealed in the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the waters of the Jordan River in ancient Palestine. Full Article
gh Lights To and From Antioch By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-27T21:48:03+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon for Sunday, May 6, 2018. Full Article
gh Wind, Fire, and Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-27T23:27:02+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam preaches on Sunday 27th May, Holy Pentecost. Full Article
gh Into the Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-27T23:29:43+00:00 After Fr. Gregory Hallam speaks to the children, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn reminds us of the words of St. Matthew: “The eye is the lamp of the body,” Full Article
gh Straight-Forwardly Growing By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T03:55:46+00:00 Two Orthodox saints from the fifth and sixth centuries, St Caesarius of Arles and St John Chrysostom, are showing us how we can live with Christ today and tomorrow and for the rest of our lives on earth. Full Article
gh Clouds That Give Way To Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:24:55+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam and Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preach on the Conception of the Most HolyTheotokos by the Righteous Anna, as well as the life of the Prophetess Anna, mother of the Prophet Samuel. Full Article
gh The Righteous Judge of All By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:50:10+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on the Sunday of the Last Judgment, 2019. Full Article
gh Clothed and in his Right Mind By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T20:36:38+00:00 Full Article
gh Righteousness Fulfilled By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T20:54:54+00:00 Full Article
gh The Greater Righteousness by Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-07-14T21:04:22+00:00 Full Article
gh The Heights and the Depths By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-08-07T19:08:19+00:00 Full Article
gh Lighten our Darkness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-04-20T18:29:06+00:00 Full Article
gh A Light For Revelation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-01-31T14:09:35+00:00 Full Article
gh Will You Destroy the Righteous With the Wicked? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-03-24T11:16:26+00:00 Full Article
gh While the Light Shines By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-17T22:13:59+00:00 Full Article
gh Take This One, It's Lighter By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-21T20:58:46+00:00 Full Article
gh Let Your Light Shine By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-23T13:13:10+00:00 Full Article
gh Right In Front of You By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-22T13:56:26+00:00 Full Article