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Month: January 2023

The Depth, the Height, and the Breadth of the Life in Christ

All Saints Orthodox Church, Saturday, January 29, 2011. January 30 on the Orthodox calendar is the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom. Fr. Pat spoke of these three in this vesperal homily from 2011. To see audio options, select the three . . . Read more

Biblical Economics #17: Elijah and the Social Order

All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Sunday, January 22, 2023. Adult Sunday School. Biblical Economics. An ongoing series. Link to handout below. Handouts: (will open in a new tab) Biblical Economics 17 To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.

Biblical Economics #16: The Ninth Century

All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Sunday, December 11, 2022. Adult Sunday School. Biblical Economics. An ongoing series. Link to handout below. Handouts: (will open in a new tab) Biblical Economics 16 To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.

The Mind’s Contract with Reality

On the evening of Sunday January 22, 2023, All Saints Church hosted a Pan-Orthodox Prayer Service for the Sanctity of Life, sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Clergy Association of Chicago. Fr. Pat was the guest speaker. These were his remarks. To see audio options, select the three dots on the . . . Read more

A Letter from Caesarea

Paul transforms his prison cell into a hub of missions work. All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Sunday, January 15, 2023 To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.

Covenant and Memory

All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Saturday, January 14, 2023 To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.

The Means at Our Disposal

All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Wednesday, January 11, 2023. We are instructed in the Bible to “love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” (Deut. 6:5 – KJV). Father Pat takes a closer look at the Hebrew word . . . Read more

Christian Conflicts East and West: A View from the East

Christian Conflicts, East and West: A View from the East This lecture strives to explain five hundred years of Church History (from 800 to 1300) in one hour. This presentation was given on December 1, 2022, at Archangel Michael Orthodox Church, Broadview Heights, Ohio, as part of that church’s 100th . . . Read more

The Measure of Grace

Fr. Pat gave this homily at All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, on Sunday, January 10, 2016. To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.

Will and Intellect: Introduction to Voluntarism

On Tuesday, September 12, 2006, the future Pope Benedict XVI (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) gave a lecture at the University of Regensburg entitled Faith, Reason and the University; Memories and Reflections. In that lecture, the Pope quoted Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos from a 1391 “dialogue with a Persian.” The quote . . . Read more