Fr. Gregory reads a sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian on the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Fr. Christopher reminds us that St. Joseph and the Theotokos were confronted with far more challenges in their lives than any of us are ever likely to experience. However, their responses to those immense challenges offer us responses from which we can learn.

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

Father Deacon Emmanuel gives the homily on the banquet story in Luke 14.

Fr. Gregory Hallam's sermon on the feast of the conception of the most holy Theotokos by the righteous Anna.

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.

The rich Pharisee in the gospel couldn’t make it. He couldn’t grow up. He couldn’t leave behind the letter of Jewish law to find the spirit of Jewish life. We can grow up. We can move from a focus on the letter of Orthodox law into the reality of living our lives to the full as Orthodox Christians.

Fr. Gregory uses the example of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple to instruct on how we should enter church for worship.

This week there is an important feast celebrating the Archangel Michael and the angel Gabriel and six other angels.

The outcast woman receives healing demonstrating the power of our Lord and the power of prayer.