Month: April 2016

Prolonged Repentance: The Path to Christian Greatness | Fr Josiah Trenham

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Fr Josiah Trenham is the priest at St. Andrew Orthodox Church (Antiochian Archdiocese) in Riverside, California
Fr Josiah delivers this homily with the assumption that you know the narrative about the life of St Mary of Egypt. It is a lot more meaningful if you do. If you don’t know but would like to learn more, please contact me. This is an excellent sermon.
26 mins 39 secs

Epistle for the Exaltation of the Cross | Fr Serpahim Holland

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Fr Seraphim Holland of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney Texas.  Please  check out his church website for more sermons.  http://www.orthodox.net/

“Seeing then that we have a great high priest…” The reason this epistle, which does not mention the cross is read on the Sunday of the Cross.

SYNOPSIS:The Epistle for the Exaltation of the Cross never mentions the cross. There are many epistles that mention the cross; why was this one chosen?

No Empty Tomb without Golgotha | Fr Apostolos Hill

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Fr Apostolos Hill, Dean of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Phoenix

15 mins 45 secs

Fr. Apostolos begins with the story of Brittany, a young girl he briefly knew who suffered from an incurable skin condition who demonstrated for him how to carry a cross. The gist of the homily is simple: there can be no resurrection without a death and no Paschal celebration without the Cross.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross | Fr Seraphim Holland

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Fr Seraphim Holland of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney Texas.  Please  check out his church website for more sermons.  http://www.orthodox.net/

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Synopsis: The entire Gospel is important, but some passages are absolutely critical to understand and follow. This is one of them. It explains what the way of the cross is, and teaches a principle that we must use literally every moment of our lives – to learn to always make a good “exchange”. We explain what the Lord means when He commands us to “deny” ourselves, and what the answers to His questions: “What shall it profit a man…” and “What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” must be.