Become Orthodox Podcast

Why did the Lord choose Jonah in light of his disobedience? A reflection for the Fast of Jonah/the Ninevites 2021.

Tonight, with God’s grace, we are going to begin at Genesis 29:31 and continue studying the life of the Holy Patriarch Jacob who is now newly married not only to one, but two wives...

Homily on the Parable of the Sower (Lk 8:4-15) by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion (Sunday, November 15, 2020)

Our Savior entered a city in southern Galilee called Nain with His disciples and a great multitude. At this point, we see a stark contrast: on the one hand, a great crowd is entering the city joyfully with our Lord Jesus Christ, the Life of the World, at its center; on the other hand, another great crowd is leaving the city with sadness and mourning with a dead man at its center. What does it mean...

There was a certain monk who was negligent in his life, not paying any attention to his soul. Instead, like so many people, he lived day by day for the cares of this world...

Now, if we could summarize this reading with one word, it would undoubtedly be “Woe,” W-O-E. This word is a type of exclamation that oftentimes expresses sadness, pain, or even a curse in the Old and New Testaments...

Nicodemus visits our Lord at night, not during the daytime...

When faced with a divided nation and various problems throughout the Church, what are we to do?

One day, our Lord Jesus Christ stood by the lake of Gennesaret, which is at the west of the Sea of Galilee, and saw two boats standing by the lake. Outside these boats, the fishermen were cleaning their nets. They had worked all night to catch fish, but had caught nothing, and now, it was morning, and all they could do was clean their nets. Our Savior, seeing this sad scene before Him, entered one...

Homily on the Parable of the Unjust Steward (Lk 16:1-12) People have historically struggled to understand the meaning of this parable, because the unjust steward’s actions were, well, unjust. So, what does it mean?

In this recording from 2009, Fr. Moses meditates on the history of the Holy Cross and where its pieces are today.

Fr. Moses discusses the wretched man in Matthew 12 who was blind, mute, and confused while asking whether we've been deceived into being like him.

Recordings from the Great Feast of Pentecost 2020 at St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

Fr. Moses Samaan explores the theme of love and union in the story of the Samaritan Woman

Fr. Moses meditates on the shortest verse in the Holy Scripture and what it teaches us, especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fr. Moses examines two ways in which the Samaritan Woman was ruled by anxiety and how she ultimately overcame it through her encounter with Christ.

Fr. Moses speaks about the virtue of gentleness, how our Lord Jesus Christ modeled it in the story of the woman caught in adultery, and how we can acquire this virtue.

What we can learn from the holy martyrs as we endure this pandemic

Did St. John the Baptist really eat insects?!

A young and spiritually immature monk went to live in a certain monastery...

A meditation for the 29th of the Coptic month, which commemorates our Lord Jesus Christ's Annunciation, Nativity, and Resurrection, by Fr. Moses Samaan

A papal message written by St. Pope Kyrillos VI to Coptic Orthodox faithful who emigrated out of Egypt shortly before his blessed departure.

Carrying The Cross With St John Chrysostom by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

1. Flight of Hagar and her discussion with the Angel of the Lord 2. God Reiterates the Promises to Abram 3. Abram and Sarai get new names

Our Lord Jesus Christ used parables to relay divine truth to us. In the same way, our Mother, the Holy Church, continues to nourish us with stories as we progress towards the Kingdom of Heaven.