Homilies - Saint Gregory of Sinai Monastery

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Thomas Sunday, 2007. John 20:19-31 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lo...

Homily by Bishop Sergios at the Midnight Service before Pascha, 2006.

Homily by Bishop Sergios at the Midnight Service before Pascha, 2005.

Homily by Bishop Sergios after Matins of Holy Saturday, 2005.

Homily by Bishop Sergios after Matins of Holy Saturday, 2008.

Homily by Bishop Sergios after Vespers on Holy Friday, 2008.

Homily by Bishop Sergios after Vespers on Holy Friday, 2006.

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Palm Sunday, 2020. John 12:1-18 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Palm Sunday, 2006. John 12:1-18 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Lazarus Saturday, 2008. John 11:1-45 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Annunciation, 2019. Luke 1:24-38 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Jos...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt, 2020. Mark 10:32-45 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief prie...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt, 2005. Mark 10:32-45 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief prie...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of Saint John of the Ladder, 2020. Mark 9:17-31 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, a...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of Saint John of the Ladder, 2006. Mark 9:17-31 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, a...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of the Cross, 2005. Mark 8:34-9:1 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it pr...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of the Cross, 2020. Mark 8:34-9:1 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it pr...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas, 2020. Mark 2:1-12 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of the Cross, 2019. Mark 8:34-9:1 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it pr...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday Before Nativity. Matthew 1:1-25 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; A...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday of Pentecost, 2017.

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Meatfare Sunday, 2006. Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Meeting of Our Lord, 2005. Luke 2:25-32 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple:...

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday After Theophany, 2005.

Homily by Bishop Sergios, Sunday After the Nativity of Christ (and St Stephen), January 2005. Matthew 2:13-23 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the...