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And this is Eternal Life

August 1, 2016
And this is Eternal Life... that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent and that they may be one, and they might have (Jesus) joy fulfilled in themselves. Exegesis of the High Priestly prayer, with emphasis on Christology what it means to us - that is - how should we live, what should we value, what are we to become? About being made in the image of God. Differences between man and
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Redeeming the Time

At Daniel’s Funeral

June 28, 2017
Remarks at the funeral of Daniel Holland (+Sunday of All Saints, 2017), from his father. His deep heart, and how and why we pray for the dead, and how we should remember him. It is with actions, not words.
- End of Life
- Death
- Funerals
- Lecture
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Redeeming the Time

Parable of the Harvest of the Rich Man. What is life and what is death?

December 7, 2015
What was his greatest sin? It was not greed or not caring for the poor. It was something more basic than that. We must learn to know what is life, and what is death. If God is an abstraction to us, we take our own counsel as the rich man did, and choose death over life.
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Redeeming the Time

The resurrection is not only in the future

June 29, 2017
The Gospel for the dead, which is read on Tuesday and Saturday, teaches emphatically that the resurrection is not only a future event. Remarks at one of the "40 days" liturgies for +Daniel, my son. John 5:24-30
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Names of Jesus

Jesus - The Life

November 13, 2009
Fr. Thomas has explored Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and now, the Life. What does life mean and how is Christ identified as THE life?
- Lecture
- God
- Jesus Christ
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Let Us Attend

March 18, 2012: Mark 8:34-9:1, Read for Older Children

March 12, 2012
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The Path

October 11, 2012

Philippians 1:20-27; Luke 9:7-11.
- Church in Time
- Feasts
- Bible Study
- God
- Jesus Christ
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
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The Path

June 22, 2009

Romans 7:1-13; Matthew 9:36-10:8.
- Ascesis
- Sin
- Bible Study
- Relationships
- Marriage
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
- The Orthodox Church
- Evangelism
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The Path

November 1, 2013

Philippians 1:27-2:4; Luke 12:2-12.
- Ascesis
- Virtues
- Bible Study
- God
- Jesus Christ
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
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Contributors

Fr. Seraphim Holland

October 28, 2014
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Redeeming the Time

Holy stubbornness and disobedience! Gotta have it, or you have nothing!

October 14, 2015
We modern Christians give up too easily. The saints of the Scriptures did not give up. They had things in their life that they chose to make "non-negotiable." We must too. We look at the examples of Elisha, Ruth, and the Apostle Peter. If we do not have non-negotiable things in our lives, we have no life. "As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." "Whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou
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Redeeming the Time

According to His purpose

February 8, 2016
First, a short telling of the life of the Holy New Martyr of Russia Priest Nicholas Prozorov, who was martyred on the eve of Transfiguration, (1930) on this day remembering all the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. His martyric feat has a direct link to the words of the Epistle read today for the martyrs. We explain what Christian belief is. It is not what the world thinks belief is, and this belief is directly responsible for the courage of
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Roads From Emmaus

How Death Unlocks Life (Sermon May 15, 2016)

May 16, 2016
On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew describes how death and other major life transitions present the opportunity to remake our lives, with the loosening up of previously locked relationships and ways of thinking.
- End of Life
- Death
- Lecture
- Relationships
- Saints
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The Path

October 28, 2016

Philippians 1:27-2:4; Luke 11:23-26.
- Ascesis
- Evil
- Bible Study
- God
- Jesus Christ
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
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Redeeming the Time

Stony insensibility, faith, humility, love (St. Mary of Egypt and St. Nectarios)

April 3, 2017
A synthesis of the two Gospels read today (Mark 10:32-45 and then Luke 7:36-50), and two saints very similar in essence, although different in external life: Mary of Egypt, and Nectarios of Aegina. In proving their similarity, we discuss the sin of "stony insensibility," and that we MUST suffer if we are to be true Christians (and what this suffering ALWAYS must entail, regardless of whether we suffer in any "physical" or other ways, such as the martyrs, St. Mary
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Redeeming the Time

The Importance of the Wedding Garment

September 11, 2017
The Gospel reading for today is about the parable of the Wedding feast and the wedding garment, and therefore applies completely to the baptism of Mary today. How do we put on this garment? How do we keep it on, and just as important, how do we keep it clean? What is the outer darkness, the weeping and gnashing of teeth? What is repentance, and how is it related to the wedding garment? Were we made to fear Hell, or
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Redeeming the Time

Fire in the Belly!

May 14, 2018
All of the Sundays of Pascha, from Thomas Sunday, the Myrrh-bearing women, the Paralytic, the Samaritan woman and the Blind man, have compelling stories, with a unifying theme: You must have fire in your belly! Whether we are beset by ignorance, sins, confusion - whatever - none of this will matter if we have fire in our belly! All these stories who how God reacts to our desire, and overcomes our problems.
- fr seraphim holland (224)
- paschal season (2)
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Redeeming the Time

The Last Judgment and the border between incorruption and mortality

March 4, 2019
The story of the Last Judgment from Matthew 25 makes it very clear that if we do not love we will not be saved. We will be helped to love if we know who we are and where we came from and where we are going. We look at two hymns from the Saturday commemoration of reposed which tell us these things, in particular, one which tells us that we are "on the border / between incorruption and mortality". Here are the
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Redeeming the Time

Be of good cheer! Increasing our faith

July 29, 2019
Fr. Seraphim Holland talks about the discourse of the Lord before He healed the paralytic and how it teaches us many things in order to have more faith. Matthew 9:1-8
- faith (1076)
- fr seraphim holland (224)
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Simply Orthodox

The Simplicity of the Gospel

September 8, 2007
We must never lose sight of the simplicity of the Gospel, and its far-reaching consequences for everyday life.
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Glory to God

To Tell the Truth

July 3, 2010
Fr. Stephen looks at telling the truth as a matter that goes to the heart of our true existence.
- Lecture
- Salvation
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A Voice From The Isles

Humanity Ascended

May 28, 2012
In the Ascension our humanity is taken up in Christ’s to the heavenly places. He came to earth that we might be raised up to heaven
- Church in Time
- Feasts
- Lecture
- God
- Jesus Christ
- Scripture
- New Testament
- Tradition
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The Path

August 23, 2011

2 Corinthians 2:14-3:3; Matthew 23:23-28.
- Bible Study
- God
- Holy Spirit
- Salvation
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
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The Path

May 08, 2008

Acts 4:23-31; John 5:24-30.
- Bible Study
- God
- Holy Spirit
- Jesus Christ
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
- The Orthodox Church
- Persecution
- Worship
- Prayer
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The Path

May 1, 2014

Acts 4:23-31; John 5:24-30.
- Bible Study
- God
- Holy Spirit
- Jesus Christ
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
- The Orthodox Church
- Persecution
- Worship
- Prayer
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The Path

March 12, 2015

Genesis 7:11-8:3; Proverbs 10:1-22.
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Coffee Cup Commentaries

Revelation 22:1-2

December 4, 2015
- Afterlife
- Eschatology
- Bible Study
- God
- Scripture
- New Testament
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Redeeming the Time

St. Gregory Palamas teaches the main difference between Orthodox and other Christian confessions

March 28, 2016
On the second Sunday of Great Lent, we celebrate the memory of St. Gregory Palamas. More than any other Father, he is known for teaching about the uncreated Divine Light of God. His teaching demarcates a huge gulf between Orthodox and the other Christian confessions. First, a minute of history, then illustrate his teaching, which is centered on the Incarnation, using part of the reading for the Sunday from Hebrews, and then continuing with the words of St. Paul which
- Non-Orthodox
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Redeeming the Time

The problem of anxiety and the cure for it

July 11, 2016
There is a link between bad desires, and weak faith and anxiety. Exposition of Matthew 6:22-33 and Romans 5:1, particularly: "The light of the body is the eye," "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you," and "being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." As in any short talk, all solutions are not discussed. There is an organic cause for anxiety, but no
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Redeeming the Time

Our precious ideas challenged - Healing of the woman with an infirmity of 18 years

December 12, 2016
There should have been TWO healings when the woman with an infirmity of 18 years was healed! The ruler of the synagogue should have been healed of his "precious opinions." Why was he not healed? What must we do to be healed? Luke 13:10-17
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Redeeming the Time

Our Own Sins

May 29, 2017
A homily by Papa Demetrios Carellas. A very practical exegesis of John 17:3: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." First, a discussion of where the truth it - only in the church, and then, practical advice about how to live according to this truth, in our daily lives - think ONLY about our own sins, JUSTIFY the other person ALWAYS, and DO NOT jump to conclusions,
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- papa demetrios (1)
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Redeeming the Time

What shall I do?

December 4, 2017
What shall I do? That was the question of the rich man who had a great harvest. The Scripture talks about "what we should do" today, in both the Epistle and the Gospel. They mention an incredible gift and incredible privilege. The Apostle Paul especially shows the greatest motivation a man can have for knowing what to do and doing it - that we can become "all goodness and righteousness and truth", and in making manifest these things, become light
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- light (334)
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Redeeming the Time

Transfiguration taught in Dachau

August 20, 2018
Fr. Seraphim Holland tells of an experience by St. Nikolai Velomirovich in Dachau concentration camp that teaches us the most important and primary meaning of the Transfiguration. If we believe this, truly believe it, it will change everything we do, think, say and care about.
- dachau (1)
- fr seraphim holland (224)
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Redeeming the Time

“Where are you staying?” “Come and see.”

May 1, 2019
Fr. Seraphim Holland shares on Bright Wednesday. What will Jesus answer us if we asked him, as Andrew did, "Where are you staying?" We must ask this question and also respond to His answer, "Come and see," in a spiritual way. What is this way? Also: Why are the doors to the altar opened during Bright Week? And why are they closed on Saturday? How is the book of John different than every other book in the bible?
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Let Us Attend

March 22, 2009: Mark 8:34-9:1, Read for Older Children

March 16, 2009
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Let Us Attend

March 23, 2014: Mark 8:34-9:1, Read for Older Children

March 17, 2014
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The Path

June 07, 2010

Romans 7:1-13; Matthew 9:36-10:8.
- Ascesis
- Sin
- Bible Study
- Relationships
- Marriage
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
- The Orthodox Church
- Evangelism
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The Path

March 12, 2007

Genesis 8:21-9:7; Proverbs 11:19-12:6.
- Bible Study
- Ethics
- Animals
- Goods
- Food
- Relationships
- Children and parenting
- Scripture
- Old Testament
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Be The Bee

Lighting Candles

October 4, 2014
We don't light candles in Church. Here's why.
- Lecture
- God
- Jesus Christ
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The Path

August 11, 2015

2 Corinthians 2:14-3:3; Matthew 23:23-28.
- Bible Study
- God
- Holy Spirit
- Salvation
- Scripture
- Gospels
- New Testament
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Redeeming the Time

Emmanuel: God is with us

January 4, 2016
The primary meaning of Nativity may be summed by the name "Emmanuel," God is with us. We talk about prayer and its one main purpose, and also the liturgy and all prayer in the church. It is to have God be with us, to be in his presence and even with Him in us. We should experience God, more than when we experience the sun when we are in its presence. Everything we do should be to experience God and
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Redeeming the Time

The Ladder of Divine Ascent: Step 08.04 - Remembrance of wrongs warps our reality

April 13, 2016
Remembrance of wrongs warps our reality. We can fight it with the Jesus prayer.
- Church in Time
- Great Lent
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Redeeming the Time

Our belief in Christ is not cheap

September 26, 2016
Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. First a quick summary about the Parable to the Wedding Feast, so that we can discuss the concept of the wedding garment in the context of the pre-festal scripture read: "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature" and "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." This latter
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Redeeming the Time

Overview of the common theme in the Gospels for the five Sundays preceding Great Lent

January 28, 2017
Simply put, for the Christian who has faith and EFFORT, even his small amount of good will always beat bad.
- Church in Time
- Great Lent
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Redeeming the Time

How to give five loaves and two fish to everyone

July 31, 2017
We must give what we have. We all have at least five loaves and two fish. We must have open and soft hearts and see the people who need something, and give them what we have. The Lord will make things multiply. A practical, moral look at the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000, and the actions of the woman who was a "sinner." Matthew 14:14-22 and Luke 7:36-50
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Redeeming the Time

How to Come to Ourself and Present Ourselves before God

February 5, 2018
The Sunday of the Prodigal Son presents us an instruction manual for how to live during Great Lent, which is fast approaching, and how to pray and present ourselves before God. We focus on the parables teaching about delusion and how to think of ourselves and pray to God.
- fr seraphim holland (224)
- prodigal son (78)
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Redeeming the Time

The Harvest of the Rich Man, and the Deep Heart

December 4, 2018
Fr. Seraphim Holland shares from Luke 12:16-21. Man was made to know God and even to contain God within his deep heart. A man’s life consists of completely and only this. The parable of the Harvest of the Rich Man shows a man who does not know who he is, or what his life consists of, who squanders his deep heart (Psalm 65:6), numbering his produce and asking counsel only from himself. Let’s discuss what a man’s life
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Redeeming the Time

Monday of the Holy Spirit: We must do the practical things in order to become spiritual.

June 18, 2019
Fr. Seraphim Holland preaches on the Monday of the Holy Spirit. You must have practical in order to have spiritual. Actually, you must do practical things in a spiritual way in order to truly become spiritual. The Gospel of St. John was read during the Paschal period, ans after Pentecost and now we are trying to apply the grace of the Holy Spirit in our life in practical ways. Therefore, we are beginning to read the Synoptic Gospels starting with
- fr seraphim holland (224)
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Names of Jesus

Jesus - The Bread of Life

November 27, 2009
Jesus didn't just say he would give us our daily bread; he said he is the Bread of Life. Fr. Tom Hopko continues his study of the great "I Am" sayings of Jesus.
- Lecture
- God
- Jesus Christ
- Sacraments
- Eucharist
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Let Us Attend

March 18, 2012: Mark 8:34-9:1, Told for Younger Children

March 12, 2012

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The problem of anxiety and the cure for it

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Our precious ideas challenged - Healing of the woman with an infirmity of 18 years

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Our Own Sins

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“Where are you staying?” “Come and see.”

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