Weekly Sermons
Becoming Role Models in Faith
September 24, 2023
Who are the role models we look up to in our lives? Role models should serve as guides, inspirations, and examples for us as we navigate the path of faith and strive to follow the life of Jesus Christ. Read more »
The Power of Divine Love
September 10, 2023
One of the holy man’s disciples said to his Geronta, “Don’t you know that a scorpion’s nature is to sting? Why do you keep trying to save him? You will get stung!” The elder reached down to try and help the scorpion one more time. “Yes, that may be true, but don’t you know that my nature as a child of God is to love and to save. Why should I change my nature simply because the scorpion does not change its nature?” Read more »
FACING THE SHIFTING SANDS OF SOCIETY
September 03, 2023
Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.
Let all that you do be done in love.
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Our Path Toward Perfection
August 27, 2023
“What must I do to inherit eternal life?” What must I do to walk with God in a faithful manner? What must I do in life to please God? What must I do to fulfill the divine potential God has given me and to use it to its fullness so that I may glorify God? Read more »
Confirm Your Divine Calling
August 06, 2023
“Be more zealous to confirm your call and election,” advised Saint Peter in today’s Epistle reading for the Feast of our Lord’s Transfiguration. Read more »
What Legacy Will We Leave Behind
July 30, 2023
How do we want to be remembered? When you die, what do you want people to say about you in your eulogy? What will they remember was most important to you? Read more »
The Eulogy for Father Alexander Veronis
June 30, 2023
The final three days of my father’s life was an appropriate tribute to his almost 91 years of life. Death was near and yet everything was so peaceful, beautiful, sacred. Read more »
What I Learned from My Father
June 18, 2023
On this Father’s Day, I want to reflect on some things that I’ve learned from my beloved father. Read more »
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY - Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
May 14, 2023
When we think of Mothers, who is the greatest mother in history? Now some of you might say your own mother but as Christians we would point to the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, the Mother of God. Read more »
THE SEVENFOLD BLESSINGS THE RISEN LORD GIVES US
April 23, 2023
"Thomas, have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Read more »
HOW DOES CHRIST’S RESURRECTION CHANGE OUR LIVES?
April 16, 2023
We greet one another with this statement during the 40 days of the Paschal season, and yet, what does it really mean? How do we understand the revolutionary historical event of Jesus rising from the dead? Read more »
DISCOVERING LIFE
April 09, 2023
Jesus’ earthly life and ministry is coming to an end. For three years, He inspired people with His words of wisdom. Read more »
CLIMBING THE DIVINE LADDER
March 26, 2023
We are climbing a ladder, or maybe a more modern-day version is we are trying to walk up an escalator that is going downwards. We’re trying to reach the top and enter into the kingdom of heaven, and yet so much in our world is trying to lead us in the opposite direction. Read more »
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
March 19, 2023
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. How many of us make the sign of the Cross when we hear the name of the Holy Trinity? Do you ever pause to think WHY you make the sign of the Cross? Read more »
NEW BEGINNINGS - YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN
March 12, 2023
Imagine Jesus looking into our eyes and saying, “My child, your sins are forgiven. Your past mistakes wiped away; the poor choices of your life forgotten; all the ways you have turned away from God throughout your life are no more. Any debt you owe me for all I’ve given you is dismissed and there will be no remembrance of this debt.” Read more »
COME AND SEE The Cost, The Commitment, The Response
March 05, 2023
Come and see who Christ is. Come and see how to follow Him! Come and see what it means to become His disciple! Come and see what it how to commit your entire life living under the reign of God. Come and See!
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OPENING THE BOOK OF LIFE UNDERSTANDING THE FINAL JUDGMENT
February 19, 2023
“When Jesus Christ comes at the end of time, the Book of Life will be opened and God will sit in judgment as all the deeds done by humanity will be revealed.
The Valley of Tears will resound with the cries of sinners who did not repent.
Alas, dark soul of mine! How long will you delay turning away from your wicked ways? Read more »
THE SUPER BOWL AND THE PRODIGAL SON - THE DANGER OF IDOLATRY
February 12, 2023
It’s noteworthy to remember what the very first commandment God gave to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai: “I am the Lord your God, and you shall have no other gods before me…. Do not make for yourself an idol in any form.”
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THE DANGER OF TRUSTING IN ONESELF
February 05, 2023
How dare we be proud, trusting in ourselves while judging others, when we need to understand that salvation is a gift no one can earn. In order to receive this gift, we must honestly see ourselves as we truly are and then repent, turn back towards God. Read more »
EXTREMIST OF LOVE AND JUSTICE
January 15, 2023
Acting as an extremist of love and of goodness. Yet how far have we in the Church fallen away from such “good” extremism?
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Monthly Bulletin
Recent Sermons
TO BE RICH TOWARD GOD - THE JOY OF GIVING
November 17, 2024
To be “rich toward God.” What does this mean? Take a moment and reflect on what this means – to be rich toward God. Read more »
Our Orthodox Faith
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction
An ever-growing number of persons from various backgrounds are becoming interested in the Orthodox Church. These individuals are discovering the ancient faith and rich traditions of the Orthodox Church. They have been attracted by her mystical vision of God and His Kingdom, by the beauty of her worship, by the purity of her Christian faith, and by her continuity with the past. These are only some of the treasures of the Church, which has a history reaching back to the time of the Apostles. Read more »