Sermons

Sermon preached at St. Irene of Chrysovalantou Orthodox Church on 5/18 February 2024.

Sermon delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan on 29 January/11 February, 20024, the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Ignatius of Antioch.

Sermon delivered at Vespers on the evening of Febuary 5 NS, for the feast of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg.

Sermon preached on the Sunday after Theophany, 8/21 January A.D. 2024. The text of today’s Gospel is Matthew 4: 12 - 17. At that time: When Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the pro...

Sermon preached at St. Irene of Chrysovalantou Orthodox Church on 18/31 December 2023.

Sermon preached at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 10/23 December 2023.

Sermon delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 27 November/10 December 2023, the Feast of the Icon of the Theotokos "Kursk-Root."

Sermon preached at the St. Nectarios chapel in the parish of St. Ieronymos of Aegina, in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 9/22 November 2023.

Sermon preached at St. Irene of Chrysovalantou Orthodox Church in Washingtown Township, Michigan, on the Seventh Sunday of Luke, 2023.

Sermon preached at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church on 30 October/12 November 2023, on the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16: 19 - 31).

Sermon preached at St. Irene of Chrysovalantou Orthodox Church in Washington Township, Michigan, on Sunday 23 October/5 November.

Sermon preached on 16/29 October 2023, on the Parable of the Sower. Here is the link to the article mentioned in the sermon: https://www.orthodoxtraditionalist.com/post/father-seraphim-rose-on-schmemann-meyendorff-the-pseudo-patristic-scholars-of-orthodoxy Here is a link to the essay by Fr. Michael Pomazansky on the liturgical theology of Alexander Schmemann: http://orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/pom_l...

Sermon delivered at St. Ieronymos Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on the Second Sunday of Luke, 2/15 October 2023

Delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 21 August/3 September OS.

Sermon delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan on 15/28 August AD 2023.

Sermon delivered at St. Irene of Chrysovalantou Orthodox Church in Washington Township, Michigan, on 14/27 August AD 2023.

Sermon on Matthew 18: 23-35, preached at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 7/20 August 2023.

Sermon preached at St. Ieronymos of Aegina Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 6/19 August 2023.

Sermon on the Feast of St. Irene, delivered at St. Irene of Chrysovalantou Orthodox Church in Washington Township, Michigan, on 28 July OS (August 10 ns), 2023.

Sermon on the Gospel reading for the Ninth Sunday of Matthew, Matthew 14: 22 - 34. Delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan on 24 July/6 August 2023.

Sermon on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers, 17/30 July 2023. There is a factual error: The Fourth Ecumenical Council’s sessions took place in October, not July of 451. We do commemorate in July the miraculous sign from St. Euphemia, in whose church the council took place. Perhaps the reason is that, as we know from the history, the bishops began to arrive during the summer, and this is when the mira...

Sermon delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan on 4/17 July 2023, Feast of the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia.

This sermon was delivered at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan, on 3/16 July 2023.

This sermon was preached at St. Ieronymos Orthodox Church in Hillsdale, Michigan on the Fifth Sunday of Matthew, 26 June/9 July 2023.

Sermon preached for the Feast of St. John at St. Ieronymos Church in Hillsdale, Michigan.