This homily was given by Fr. Matthew Howell on April 26, 2021 at the funeral of Praskovia Derevitzky. 

This homily was given by Fr. Matthew Howell on April 26, 2021 at the end of the Bridegroom Matins service for Holy Tuesday (served on the evening of Holy Monday). He references the passage from Matthew's Gospel in which Jesus repeatedly says "Woe to thee, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!" (Matthew 22:15-46; 23:1-39) and reminds us that we all must hear Christ speaking of our own hypocrisy, judgement of others, and hard-heartedness. 

This homily was given by Fr. Matthew Howell on Palm Sunday, on which the Orthodox Church commemorates our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem. 

**Editor's note: A minute into the homily, Fr. Matthew says "Imagine for a minute, the the relief that would come if your homeland were occupied by foreign invaders." What he meant to say was, "Imagine for a minute the relief that would come if you saw your potential Deliverer after your homeland were occupied by foreign invaders." He apologizes for this mistake. 

This homily was given by Fr. Matthew Howell on Lazarus Saturday.

This homily was given by Fr. Matthew Howell at the end of the Presanctified Divine Liturgy on the 6th Wednesday of Great Lent. On this day the Orthodox Church commemorates the first death of Lazarus--known as "the friend of Christ"--before Jesus raised him from the tomb on the fourth day. Fr. Matthew talks about how the Orthodox Church counts the days after someone dies and also how the death and resurrection of Lazarus is a reflection of our spiritual death in sin but resurrection in Christ. 

This homily was given by Fr. Matthew Howell on the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, on which the Orthodox Church commemorates St. Mary of Egypt. 

In the homily, Fr. Matthew reads the following quote from St. Ephraim the Syrian:

Homily by Fr. Matthew Howell given at the end of the Presanctified Liturgy on the 5th Thursday of Lent, which happened to fall on the standard deadline (April 15) for Americans to file their IRS tax return. 

On the fourth Sunday of Lent on which the Orthodox Church commemorates St. John Climacus, author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent (full text can be found here). Fr. Matthew Howell gives an overview of St. John's life and work then continues his years-long project of preaching through the steps of the Ladder of Divine Ascent. The topic of this homily is based on Step 4 of The Ladder.

Previous Homilies for the Fourth Sunday of Lent:

• March 29, 2020 - Step 3: On Exile
• April 7, 2019 - Steps 1 and 2: On Renunciation of Life, and On Detachment

Homily given on April 7, 2021 at the end of the Presanctified Divine Liturgy, drawing lessons from the life of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow who labored in America. 

Homily by Fr. Matthew Howell on Sunday April 4, 2021, the third Sunday of Great Lent in which the Church celebrates the Veneration of the Holy Cross.