Reflections and Sermons

...of course I’ll pray for you, and you must pray for yourself also.

Christmas 2019 by Rev. Christopher P. Foustoukos, Proistamenos

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Psalm 32:5)

A month into our new routines (work, school days, sports, clubs, commitments, church, ministries, bible studies, prayer, festivals, service, GOYA, dance, Greek school, and maintaining friendships) we may find ourselves very busy, still adjusting, and in all likelihood struggling from

Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.

In most recent years, we have repeatedly heard the same cry of concern from parents, teachers, youth advisors and even parish council members. “Where are the children?” Over the years it seems that desperation and concern have grown.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to God.

…our inner self has the ability to be transfigured by God’s presence….

"Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart”

Pascha has come, the Feast of Feasts, and it has been a great privilege and joy for me to be able to celebrate it here with my new family at St. Vasilios.

Pascha has passed and although we are still in the Paschal Season, we are quickly approaching the time when the Risen Lord departs from us and ascends into heaven.