Fr. Thomas Hopko: The Cassette Lectures

We Are Created for Communion 10.07.2026 ↓

In this episode, Fr. Tom reflects on what it means to be created for communion within ourselves, with all creation, and with God.

Becoming Christ: The Holy Spirit's Work in Our Lives 26.06.2026 ↓

In this episode, Fr. Tom explores how we are given the Holy Spirit so that we can become in our humanity all that Christ is in His human flesh.

The Ascension: The Completion of Christ's Resurrection 19.06.2026 ↓

In this episode, Fr. Tom discusses the Feast of the Ascension and what Christ sitting in glory at the right hand of God in human flesh means for our salvation and the restoration of all creation.

The Gospel of John in the Light of Pentecost 12.06.2026 ↓

In this episode, Fr. Tom explores the Gospel of John's emphasis on the life and works of Christ, and it's place in the lectionary after Pentecost.

Sunday of St. Thomas 05.06.2026 ↓

On the Sunday of St. Thomas, Fr. Tom talks about the difference between "knowing" and "believing" through the experience of encountering Christ with an open heart.

Our Orthodox Spirituality 08.05.2026 ↓

Father Tom discusses the American fixation with “spiritualities,” or sets of rituals and practices inspired by vague and underdeveloped understandings of the divine. What can we do to ground our pious practices in the fullness of the Orthodox faith, the life of the Church, and the concrete revelation of God in Jesus Christ?

The Church and Salvation 10.04.2026 ↓

In this Q&A talk, Fr. Tom discusses the intrinsic link between the liturgical and intellectual aspects of the Orthodox Faith and its expression in pious works, highlighting our collective responsibility to manifest the love of God in the world.

The Meaning of Alms in the Christian Life, Part 1 27.03.2026 ↓

Fr. Tom unpacks almsgiving as an expression of divine mercy, the essential attribute of God Himself. As beings made in His image, we are called to embody that same mercy. In this episode, discover why this call is not peripheral but central to our salvation.

Hypocrisy’s Most Dangerous Fruit 13.03.2026 ↓

November 24, 1996.

The Parable of the Sower and the Life of St. Paul 27.02.2026 ↓

October 13, 1996.

Ordination of Women: The Contemporary Discussion 30.01.2026 ↓

1991. In this lecture, Fr. Thomas Hopko surveys the various philosophical, theological, and historical arguments surrounding the ordination of women in the Orthodox Church.

The Eucharist in Christian Life 16.01.2026 ↓

Year unknown. Session one of a lecture series on the centrality, meaning, and history of the Divine Liturgy and its relationship to Scripture in the life of the Church.

Eucharistic Discipline 02.01.2026 ↓

Year unknown.

Discipleship 14.11.2025 ↓

A homily from an unknown year. Fr. Tom's homily on being "called" by Christ, the Christian vocation, and taking up one's cross.

Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council 31.10.2025 ↓

Year unknown. Fr. Tom's homily on the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council and Jesus' prayer for the unity of believers in the Garden from the Gospel of John.

Thanksgiving 17.10.2025 ↓

Sermon preached around Thanksgiving 1994

St. Tikhon 03.10.2025 ↓

Sermon given October 9, 1994.

The Tax-Collector and the Pharisee 19.09.2025 ↓

Sermon given in early 1995.

Sunday Between the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Exaltation of the Cross 05.09.2025 ↓

Sermon given September 11, 1994.

Sanctity of Life Sunday 22.08.2025 ↓

Sermon given January 1995.

Fear and Trembling 08.08.2025 ↓

A sermon from 1994

Forgiveness 25.07.2025 ↓

A sermon Fr. Hopko preached in the summer of 1994.

Sunday of the Paralytic 11.07.2025 ↓

Fr. Hopko gave this sermon in 1989 or 1990.

St. Gregory Palamas 27.06.2025 ↓

Please note: This sermon, given either in 1989 or 1990, cuts off rather abruptly at the end.

Sunday of the Prodigal Son 13.06.2025 ↓

While the exact date is unknown, this sermon of Fr. Hopko's was given in either 1989 or 1990.