The Old Testament reading of Jonah in the belly of the fish is referenced by Christ and foreshadows His death and Resurrection. The service of the Royal Hours has many prophetic readings related to the birth of Jesus. Today Father Micah shares with us a key to unlock Holy Scripture, as he expounds on Psalm 131.

The two most significant events in human history happened in caves hidden from the world. Father Micah reminds us that material goods are secondary to that which is hidden in our hearts. The birth of Christ and the light of the Resurrection should find a place in our hearts and grow as a mustard seed in magnificence. Saint Anastasia devoted her life to Christ travelling the world serving others and died a martyrs death.

Orthodox missions in North America are not well known. Father Ernesto speaks to us about two North American Saints, Peter the Aleut and Herman of Alaska.

Jesus said He came into the world to serve not to be served. Today in Orthodoxy we commemorate one of the most beloved saints in the church, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, also known as Nicholas of Myra. He lived a life of love and service for our Lord. Saint Nicholas recognized that service is not an option but a prerogative.

Saint John of Damascus was a defender of Holy Icons in Orthodoxy. Father Micah shares with us a moving story about a parishioner from Constantinople who spoke to him about icons. He also gives us this idea to ponder that all of creation can be sanctified of offered back to God.

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Father Ernesto expounds on the Epistle lesson taken from the book of Philemon.
He shares with us that Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks as well as forgive those who have wronged us.

Father Micah shares with us the significance of this Feast Day as we prepare ourselves to receive Our Lord in The Nativity.

Today is the feast day of Saint Nektarios. Father Paul shares with us how the saint glorified God during and after his life on earth.

Saint Demetrios, like so many of us, learned what it meant to be a Christian from his parents. Fr. Paul reminds us that to follow Christ comes with a cost. The cost is we must give our lives to Christ totally like Saint Demetrios who did and died a martyrs death. Death did not end his story nor does it end our story.