With the Apostles' Fast at hand, Fr. Thomas reflects on the practice and rules for fasting.

With the Apostles' Fast at hand, Fr. Thomas reflects on the practice and rules for fasting.

Fr. Thomas shows how we are all called to be Saints and examines the many different kinds of Saints.

The day after Pentecost is the Feast of the Holy Spirit in the Orthodox Church and Fr. Thomas uses it to examine more closely the "Spirit who proceeds from the Father."

Fr. Thomas looks at the roots of Pentecost-- the coming of the Spirit-- in Old Testament worship.

Fr. Thomas takes a closer look at the seventh Sunday of Pascha - the Sunday between Ascension and Pentecost.

What does this miracle of Christ tell us about the blind man, about God, about Jesus and ultimately, about us?

Fr. Thomas outlines a hypothetical commencement address he would give to graduates of all faiths and beliefs, then blesses us with his actual address last year to the graduates of St. Vladimir's.

Comparing the two sources for readings during the Paschal season-- the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of John.

Fr. Thomas enumerates the seven great messianic signs of Jesus in St. John's Gospel, focusing on the healing of the paralytic at Bethesda.