The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (8:34-9:1)  My dear brothers and sisters, to preach is a joyous but also a grave endeavor. The gospel teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ is not something boring or mundane. It is something powerful and life giving. Since it is dynamic and spirit filled and […]

Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross Joy of the Feast, Happy Feast Day! Today the Orthodox Church celebrates the exaltation of the precious and life giving cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What is this feast and why do we celebrate it? There are actually two reasons that we celebrate a feast […]

The Reading from the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. (16:13-24)  As you may know, St. Paul would go physically to various towns and cities and in each city he would spend some time and start small churches, perhaps what we might even call missions. He did this in obedience to the Lord […]