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Being Saved, Not Condemned, through Encounter

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




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The Flight From Egypt

St Matthew sees the flight into Egypt as the fulfilment of Hosea’s prophecy.




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Crumbs are Enough

How do we react, what do we do when we pray and God doesn't answer?




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Be Light

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.




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The Light of the World

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.




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Responding to the Light

A sermon on the Feast of the Entry of Christ into the Temple.




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Unexpected Light

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.




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The Saints Who Reign On High

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.




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Come into the Light

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.




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The Blessing on the Righteous

The Orthodox Church has always regarded the saints of the Old Testament as saints as much as any born after Christ.




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To Be Enlightened

Fr. Gregory's sermon on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent.




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The Repentance of the Righteous Job

The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance.




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When Faces Light Up

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.




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Dark and Light Divided

Fr. Gregory preaches on All Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en taking his text from the rich man and the poor beggar in the Gospel.




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Glory to God in the Highest

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.




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Light of the World

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the Sunday of the Blind Man




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Facing the Darkness, Receiving the Light

Fr. Gregory speaks with children and adults about Palm Sunday and the preparation of our hearts to receive the risen Christ.




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Into the Light

St Seraphim of Sarov, the translation of whose relics we celebrate today, remains one of the outstanding examples of Christian holiness




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The Mother of the Light is Born

Fr. Gregory gives the sermon on the Nativity of the Theotokos as we celebrate this first great feast of the new Church year.




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Light For All

Christ was born to save us, but what does that actually mean?




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Ghost Busting

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.




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Righteousness

We count our own righteousness as rubbish (actually an even stronger word in the Greek).




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Angels of God's Healing and Light

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.




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Stand Upright

Fr. Gregory says living upright lives is about serving God in an honorable way.




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Fight the Good Fight

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Sunday, Dec 10, 2017




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The Light of Christ in the Darkness

Fr. Emmanuel gives the Holy Saturday homily.




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Building Right

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?




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Lift High the Cross

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.




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The Royal Highway

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.




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Through Death To Life

Christianity is really quite simple. There is a gift, Jesus Christ and we are called to receive Him.




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The High Pastures of the Heart

Fr. Gregory Hallam begins with the children and then Fr. Emmanuel Kahn speaks to the adults about the widow in Luke 7.




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Fulfill All Righteousness

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.




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Lights To and From Antioch

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon for Sunday, May 6, 2018.




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Wind, Fire, and Light

Fr. Gregory Hallam preaches on Sunday 27th May, Holy Pentecost.




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Into the Light

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,”




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Straight-Forwardly Growing

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.




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Clouds That Give Way To Light

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.




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The Righteous Judge of All

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on the Sunday of the Last Judgment, 2019.




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Clothed and in his Right Mind




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Righteousness Fulfilled




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The Greater Righteousness by Faith




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The Heights and the Depths




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Lighten our Darkness




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A Light For Revelation




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Caught Napping




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Will You Destroy the Righteous With the Wicked?




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While the Light Shines




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Take This One, It's Lighter




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Let Your Light Shine




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Right In Front of You