Domingo 24 de Noviembre Pd. Nicolas predicó sobre como con esperanza podemos vivir una vida que aguanta las dificultades del mundo. Gálata 6:11-18

Pd. Nicolás predicó sobre una vida sin miedo, una vida que el miedo no te controla. Vamos a dominar nuestros temores y entrar el camino con Cristo. Juan 12:1-18 Fr. Nicholas preached about a life without fears, a life that is not controlled by anxiety. Let us dominate our apprehensions and enter into the path with Christ. John 12:1-18

Pd. Nicolás predicó sobre el razón para la Navidad y la importancia que uno debe tener su propósito muy claro si no puedes ser distraído de la voluntad del Señor. (Efesios 5:8-19 ) Fr. Nicholas preached about the reason for Christmas and the importance how a person should have clear purpose so that they do not get distracted from the will of the Lord. (Ephesians 5:8-19)

Padre Nicolás predico sobre la consolación que recibimos en el Espíritu de Dios. Evita los engaños que da el mundo. (Hechos 2:1-11) Fr. Nicholas preached about the consolation we receive in the Spirit of God. Avoid the deception of the world that gives only temporal rewards. (Acts 2:1-11)

Padre Nicolás predicó que Dios ha usado imagines a salvar su pueblo. Entonces los fieles de Dios adoran a Él por iconos mostrando la grandeza del Señor. (Lucas 21:37-38, 22:1-8) Fr. Nicholas preached about how God uses images to save his people. Therefore the faithful of God worship Him through icons showing the greatness of the Lord. (Luke 21:37-38, 22:1-8)

Padre Nicolás predicó sobre los frutos del Espíritu y como por aquel frutos vamos a tener éxitos en la vida de Cristo. (Galatas 5) Fr. Nicholas preached about the fruits of the Spirit and how those fruits will give us success in the life of Christ. (Galatians 5)

Padre Nicolás predicó sobre los frutos del Espíritu y como por aquel frutos vamos a tener éxitos en la vida de Cristo. (Galatas 5) Fr. Nicholas preached about the fruits of the Spirit and how those fruits will give us success in the life of Christ. (Galatians 5)

Padre Nicolás predicó sobre que poco y poco vamos a llegar al premio final, pero necesitamos a tener paciencia para esa aventura. Esperamos que por eso podemos encontrar paz. (Mateo 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30) Fr. Nicholas preached about how little by little we will reach the final prize, but we must have patience for this journey. We hope that through this we will find peace. (Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30)

Padre Nicolás predicó sobre que debemos llenar nuestras vidas con personas quien nos va a santificar. Debemos evitar las personas que nos trae negatividad a nuestras vidas. (Romanos 2:10-16) Fr. Nicholas preached about how we should fill our lives with people who will sanctify us. We should avoid the people why bring negativity to our lives. (Romans 2:10-16)

Padre Nicolás predicó sobre que necesitamos a pedir ayuda a Dios, para que nos puede guiar al cielo. (Mateo 19:16-26) Fr. Nicholas preached about how we have to ask God for his help, so he can show us how to get to heaven. (Matthew 19:16-26)

Padre Nicholas predice que aveces pensamos que estamos en control. Pero Dios está en control. Lucas 13:10-17 Fr. Nicholas preaches that sometimes we think we are in control. But God is in control. Luke 13:10-17

Carta: Gal 2: 16-20, Evangelio Mc 8:34- 9:1 El Padre Nicholas predicó sobre buscar la alegría de Dios y vivir y servir en fe. Letter: Gal 2: 16-20, Gospel: Mk 8:34- 9:1 Father Nicholas preached about seeking the joy of God and living and serving in faith.

Carta: Ef 2: 14-22, Evangelio Lc 10: 25-37 El Padre Nicholas predicó sobre llenarnos con el Espíritu de Dios y rechazar la maldad. Letter: Ef 2: 14-22, Gospel: Lk 10: 25-37 Father Nicholas preached about filling us with the Spirit of God and rejecting evil.

El Padre Nicolás predicó sobre acercarse a la ayuda del Padre. Father Nicholas preached about reaching out to Father’s help.

On this special edition of Orthodoxy Live, we take you to the 2012 College Conference of the Orthodox Christian Fellowship where Fr. Evan takes questions from the students in attendance.

On this special edition of Orthodoxy Live, Fr. Evan chats with OCF students from College Conference East and West.

Pres. Maria Drossos, Director of Operations, describes what makes St. John the Compassionate Mission unique and different from the outside world.

Dn. Theodore shares from his many experiences at the mission about the topic of confession.

Fr. Lawrence asks if we should be trying to convert those of other faiths or not faith to Christianity.

In the late Metropolitan’s Kallistos Ware’s classic The Orthodox Church, he describes the Church as “a continued Pentecost”. This is true, but it is important not to misunderstand his meaning.

Today we begin a series on Old Testament saints in their context: surveying major figures of the Old Testament to better understand their lives, their words, and the lessons they can teach us - for, though dead, they still speak. We begin with Abraham: the father of the faithful, and the friend of God.

I am told that during a very interesting and well-run radio show about deaconesses, it was agreed (or at least widely thought) that Phoebe, mentioned famously in Romans 16:1, was a deaconess. But was she?

Every so often one encounters something that breaks the head as well as the heart. By that I refer to things that not only wring the heart with grief, but also confound the head because they are so perversely stupid. One such thing is the recent conversion of a Tasmanian Orthodox priest by the name of David Gould who had been Orthodox for 45 years and who then converted to Islam two years after becoming a priest. He now goes by the name of Abdul Rahman.

I have just finished reading Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity, by my friend Carl R. Trueman. Dr. Trueman is professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College, and a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (which, despite the title, has no connection with our own Eastern Orthodox Church).

The method by which the Orthodox Church receives converts is a very controversial topic, and one which has provoked much online discussion. Should a convert be received by baptism, by chrismation alone, or perhaps simply after a recantation of previously-held errors? All three methods have been used in the past. And which groups should be received in which ways? Should the Oriental Orthodox (such as Copts and Armenians) be received in the same way as Pentecostals? What about Roman Catholics? The issue is far from clear, and has usually generated much more heat than light.

Recently I have come across an anti-Orthodox polemic which rejects our veneration of icons on the grounds that venerating an image painted on a board of Christ, His Mother, or His saints is contrary to the practice of the apostles and of the earliest Church. The objection is stated with some sophistication, and is not the usual fundamentalist reference to the Mosaic Law’s proscription of carved statues used in worship (e.g. Exodus 20:4f). This more sophisticated objection acknowledges that there were indeed images of Christ, His Mother, and His saints used in the early Church such as can be found in the funerary art of the catacombs and on the walls of churches (such as that of Dura Europos). But, it points out, there is no evidence that these images functioned as anything more than mere decoration. That is, the people did not come up to the wall to kiss the wall art or venerate the images.

Fr. Apostolos shares on All Saints Sunday, "The memory of all the saints, those who we know and those whose names only God knows, may be we inspired by their witness and their confession from all of those from ancient times to more recent times for whom there was no turning back."

On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Apostolos reminds us that unless we see the face of Christ in everyone we meet, to venerate our icons can be a form of idolatry.

Fr. Apostolos Hill discusses the role of confession in maintaining a healthy spiritual life.

Fr. Apostolos Hill gives a sermon on the Gospel reading from the Sermon on the Mount.

Fr. Apostolos Hill homily about the parable of the unforgiving servant.

Sermon on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (John 4:5-42)

In the gospel reading for the second Sunday of Great Lent, Christ heals a man of debilitating paralysis. But Fr Tom reminds us that Jesus reveals something even more important, that He forgives sins as the eternal Son of God. (Second Sunday of Great Lent - Healing of the Paralytic)

We fully experience the joy of the Resurrection when we worship God during the divine services. Fr Tom reminds us that, by the Holy Spirit, the Kingdom of God is manifested to us when we know in truth who God is and who we are. (Sunday of the Samaritan Woman)

In the story of the Samaritan Woman at Jacob's Well, Jesus has a life-changing conversation with her. Fr Thomas reminds us that each one of us needs to have this conversation with God, which can ultimately lead us to put Him first above all things. (Fifth Sunday of Pascha)

In some Orthodox traditions, the story of Zacchaeus is the first reminder of the coming of Great Lent. Fr Thomas teaches us that Zacchaeus exhibits the zeal that is an essential prerequisite for true conversion, the conversion that Christ desires of us during the Great and Holy Fast.

Today it's fashionable in some circles to sanction any "lifestyle" under the rubric of humanity being "created in the image of God." Fr Thomas teaches us what bearing the image of God implies for every human person, and why the gospel is at the heart of it.

On the First Sunday of Great Lent, Fr Thomas teaches us that icons are not merely beautiful decorations, but rather absolutely necessary witnesses to the incarnation of Christ and the presence of the Kingdom of God.

On the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers, we hear of the courage and love demonstrated by the men and women who cared for the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Fr Thomas reminds us that this is also a powerful reminder that we must never succumb to the disrespectful practice of cremation because we deeply care for the body that God created and will raise from the dead.

Listen as Fr. Tom discusses what it means to invest in the Kingdom of God

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

Subdeacon Immanuel speaks about the new fresco Icon of the Theotokos of the Sign written by Efrem Carrasco on the wall behind the altar at St Aidan’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Levenshulme, Manchester.

Every icon is a mediator, a means of reconciling each of us to God.