Sermons

“In the evening, the communal prayer would end with an impressive ‘God is with us’ sung by three hundred voices. On the top floor there...

“If a hen stops sitting on the eggs, she will hatch no chickens. The monk or nun who goes from place to place grows cold and dead in...

“The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was burning, yet it...

God expects us to love beauty and to create beauty. This is central to our commission as Christian people. It is bound up in the role of...

Our universe is held together by a rhythm. Everything that moves in harmony with that rhythm thrives. The Scriptures call this the Law of...

“The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15) These words were like a bolt of...

“Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you” (John 16:22). Joy is the byproduct of a heart at rest in God. We lack...

Are we training ourselves to hear God’s voice? How are we listening? Christ is the Good Shepherd. His sheep are those who know his voice....

Every heart suffers with nostalgia for paradise. Pascha is the season for cultivating that nostalgia. We must nourish it in every part of...

Cherish the joy of Pascha. The Pascha joy fills everything, transcends everything, changes everything. It is the foundation of our...