20 Oct 2024

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

13 Oct 2024

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

6 Oct 2024
Thomas the Apostle

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

22  Sep 2024

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

8  Sep 2024
Nativity of the Theotokos

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

28  Jul 2024

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:18-23
The Gospel According to Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1

21  Jul 2024

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:18-23
The Gospel According to Matthew 8:5-13

7 Jul 2024
All Saints of America

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, Reading, Pennsylvania

St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29; 4:1-5
The Gospel According to Matthew 4:18-23

30  Jun 2024
Synaxis of the Holy Apostles

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:36,  10:1-8

At that time, when Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaios, and Thaddaios; Simon the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay."

23  June 2024
Holy Pentecost

Homily, Fr Demetrius Nicoloudakis, St Matthew's Orthodox Christian Church, near Reading, Pennsylvania

Gospel Reading: John 7:37-52; 8:12

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed." Nikodemos, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."