mo Sermon Mar. 10, 2013 (Knowing God at the Last Judgment) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:26:24+00:00 On this Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. Andrew asks if we are engaged in the true Christian Life. Full Article
mo Sermon Mar. 17, 2013 (Forgiveness Sunday / St. Patrick's Day) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:27:44+00:00 On this Sunday of Forgiveness, Fr. Andrew discusses the Forgiving Spirit of St. Patrick. Full Article
mo Sermon Mar. 24, 2013 (Sunday of Orthodoxy: Seeing God) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:28:59+00:00 On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks if we want to reconnect with God, do we want to see God. Full Article
mo Sermon Mar. 31, 2013 (Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:31:23+00:00 On this Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Andrew discusses the on-going debate about how a Christian comes to know God. Full Article
mo Sermon Apr. 7, 2013 (Asceticism: How to Take Up the Cross) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T20:13:36+00:00 On this Sunday of the Cross, Fr. Andrew discusses what it really means to 'Take Up the Cross'. Full Article
mo Sermon Apr. 14, 2013 (Sunday of St. John of the Ladder) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T20:18:30+00:00 On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew tells us that being an Orthodox Christian gives us 'something to do'. Full Article
mo Sermon Apr. 21, 2013 (The Springtime of Repentance: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T21:23:27+00:00 On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew discusses what it really means to Repent. Full Article
mo Sermon Apr. 28, 2013 (Palm Sunday) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:14:32+00:00 On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that we must truly put our hearts into honoring Christ. Full Article
mo Sermon May 12, 2013 (Thomas Sunday) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:24:35+00:00 On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew reminds us that we too have received a Vision of the Risen Christ. Full Article
mo Sermon May 19, 2013 (Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:26:56+00:00 On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew discusses the similarities between being a deacon and being a waiter or waitress. Full Article
mo Sermon June 2, 2013 (Sunday of the Samaritan Woman) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:29:42+00:00 On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew tells us that worshiping in Spirit and Truth is the essence of Orthodox Liturgical life. Full Article
mo The Blindness of a Saint (Sermon June 9, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:32:15+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that we may be spiritually blind to the Light of the World. Full Article
mo Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (Sermon June 16, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:34:31+00:00 On this Sunday the Church remembers and celebrates the work of the 318 bishops at the First Ecumenical Council. Full Article
mo Christ has not left us!: Pentecost and the Incarnation (Sermon June 23, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:35:43+00:00 On this Sunday of Pentecost we are reminded that with the coming of the Holy Spirit, we are assured that Christ has not left us. Full Article
mo The Twelve Apostles (Sermon June 30, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:37:00+00:00 On this Sunday of the Twelve Apostles, Fr. Andrew shares some of the incredible stories and travels of the Twelve. Full Article
mo You are the Light of the World (Sermon July 14, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:38:02+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew discusses what it truly means when Jesus says to us: You are the Light of the World. Full Article
mo Mercy and Not Sacrifice (Sermon July 26, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:40:38+00:00 In this sermon, Fr. Andrew reminds us to obey all of the commandments of Christ. Full Article
mo Faith and Works (Sermon July 28, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:42:13+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that there is no opposition between faith and good works in the writings of St. Paul. Full Article
mo The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Sermon Aug. 4, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:43:29+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells the story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and how they affirmed the glory of the truth of the resurrection. Full Article
mo What are we training ourselves for? (Sermon Aug. 11, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:45:12+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks why we are experts in everything except our faith? Full Article
mo The Whole Tradition (Sermon Aug. 18, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:46:49+00:00 On this Sunday Fr. Andrew reminds us that we cannot pick and choose pieces of the Orthodox Tradition, we have to accept the whole Orthodox tradition. Full Article
mo You Are God's Building (Sermon Aug. 25, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:50:28+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew offers us a clear vision of what it means to be a Christian. Full Article
mo The Acceptable Year of the Lord: Time and Orthodox Christianity (Sermon Sept. 1, 2013). By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:51:53+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew reminds us that in Orthodoxy there is a purpose for history, and with this New Year in the Orthodox Church, we can participate in the Acceptable Year of the Lord. Full Article
mo The Nativity of the Theotokos (Sermon Sept. 8, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:53:53+00:00 Fr. Andrew exhorts us to hear Mary's call to draw near to her holy Son. Full Article
mo Resetting Life Through the Cross (Sermon Sept. 15, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:55:15+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks if we ever feel that we need a reset, a do-over in our lives. If we do, then the Cross is where we start over. Full Article
mo How Do You Feel About Faith? (Sermon Sept. 22, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:58:03+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks if we can use our feelings as a test of the authenticity of our Faith? Full Article
mo The Greatest Gift (Sermon Sept. 29, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:32:02+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks of the greatest gift he ever received from his parents, the gift of a Christian identity. Full Article
mo Paradoxes of Christianity (Sermon Oct. 6, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:35:02+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us how God presents us with a series of contradictions that ultimately lead us to Christ. Full Article
mo The Intimate God (Sermon Oct. 20, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:36:52+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that all religions are not the same, that the one true God is our God, and we are His people. Full Article
mo The Prophet and the Healer (Sermon Oct. 27, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:37:31+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew explains how Jesus can be both the public Prophet who speaks for God, and the gentle, private Healer. Full Article
mo The Ecstasy and the Laundry (Sermon Nov. 3, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:42:00+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew discusses what Saint Paul defines as the ecstasy within the Church. Full Article
mo The Unlikely Servants of God (Sermon Nov. 10, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:44:10+00:00 Bringing together the life of St. Theodora (the wife of the Emperor St. Justinian) with the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Fr. Andrew looks at how God likes to use those who are least likely. Full Article
mo Having Ears to Hear (Sermon Nov. 17, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:45:05+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that giving generously of everything we are is the key to having ears to ear. Full Article
mo Orthodoxy and the Rules (Sermon Nov. 24, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:29:19+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks, what is the place of the rules and regulations of the Orthodox Church in the spiritual life? Full Article
mo The Prostitute Who Became an Ancestor of Christ (Sermon Dec. 22, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:36:11+00:00 On this Sunday before the Nativity, Fr. Andrew reflects on the place of the prostitute Rahab in salvation history and what it means for us. Full Article
mo The Beginning of Baptism (Sermon Jan. 12, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:37:48+00:00 On this Sunday after Theophany, Fr. Andrew reflects on the meaning of Christ's inauguration of baptism and how it affects not only the Christian, but other people and the whole world around him. Full Article
mo All or Something (Sermon Jan. 19, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:38:57+00:00 Fr. Andrew reflects on the Gospel account of the Ten Lepers and how they brought what they had, even if it was very little, to Christ. Full Article
mo The Desire for God (Sermon Jan. 26, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:40:06+00:00 On this Sunday of Zacchaeus, Fr. Andrew speaks on the desire for God placed deep within the heart of every human person. Full Article
mo Meeting the Lord (Sermon Feb. 2, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:41:48+00:00 On this feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple, Fr. Andrew explains not only why we bring 40-day-old children to be dedicated in church but also opens up the inner meaning of meeting the Lord. Full Article
mo The Shepherd and the Tax Collector (Sermon Feb. 9, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:46:27+00:00 On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew explores the role of humility in learning to pray to God. Full Article
mo The Prodigal Soul (Sermon Feb. 16, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:41:02+00:00 On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Fr. Andrew relates a patristic 'spiritual' reading of the 'property' that the Prodigal receives from his father and then scatters on loose living. Full Article
mo The Incarnation and the Last Judgment (Sermon Feb. 23, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:42:04+00:00 On this Sunday of of the Last Judgment, Fr. Andrew focuses on what the righteous and the wicked experience at the Last Judgment through the Incarnation. Full Article
mo Returning to the Paradise I've Never Seen (Sermon Mar. 2, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:43:00+00:00 On this Sunday of Forgiveness, Fr. Andrew reflects on Adam's expulsion from Paradise and how we can return to a Paradise that we've never seen. Full Article
mo The Ladder (Sermon Mar. 30, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:44:00+00:00 On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew speaks on how the spiritual life, the path to holiness and perfection, is pursued by climbing little by little. Full Article
mo Not to Be Served, But to Serve (Sermon Apr. 6, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:45:03+00:00 On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew reflects on the uniqueness of Jesus among the deities of the ancient world, that He came not to be served, but to serve. Full Article
mo Keeping Our Children (and Ourselves) in Church for Life (Sermon Apr. 13, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:46:14+00:00 On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew shows how what sociologists have observed about how both kids and adults stay in church long-term is built into the Orthodox tradition. Full Article
mo Awakening to the Resurrection (Sermon Apr. 27, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:48:16+00:00 On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew reflects on the awakening of Christ from the dead and what it means for us to awaken to the resurrection. Full Article
mo Who Would Smile at a Funeral? (Sermon May 4, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:50:12+00:00 On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew speaks of the hidden secret that Christians know about death. Full Article
mo Spiritual Paralysis and the Resurrection (Sermon May 11, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:51:05+00:00 On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew speaks of the many ways in which we become spiritually paralyzed and how Christ can cure us. Full Article
mo Becoming a Bridge: Christ and the Woman at the Well (Sermon May 18, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:52:10+00:00 On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew examines how Christ becomes a bridge for her, how she becomes a bridge between Him and her people, and how we may also become bridges. Full Article