The Gift of the Nile
Vespers. The text is Exodus 2:1-10. All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Saturday, July 1, 2023. To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.
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Vespers. The text is Exodus 2:1-10. All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Saturday, July 1, 2023. To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.
All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Fr. Pat gave a series of four talks on The Psalms as Christian Prayers. This is the first lecture. Link to handout below. Handouts: (will open in a new tab) The Psalms as Christian Prayers #1 To see audio options, . . . Read more
Fr. Pat compares an event from the life of Xerxes as told by Herodotus in Book 7 of The Histories to a similar event in the lives of Paul and his companions as told by Luke in Acts 16:1-12. All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Vespers. . . . Read more
All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Sunday, April 2, 2023. Adult Sunday School. A link to the handout is below. Handouts: (will open in a new tab) The Lenten Gospel Lectionary To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.
All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Sunday, February 19, 2023. Adult Sunday School. Biblical Economics. An ongoing series. Link to handout below. Handouts: (will open in a new tab) Biblical Economics 20 To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.
All Saints Orthodox Church, Chicago, IL, Sunday, February 5, 2023. Adult Sunday School. Biblical Economics. An ongoing series. Link to handout below. Handouts: (will open in a new tab) Biblical Economics 19 To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of the audio player.
The 9th chapter of the Gospel of Mark opens with the account of the Transfiguration, then is immediately followed by the the story of Jesus healing a boy possessed by an unclean spirit, a spirit which Jesus’ disciples were unable to cast out. Fr. Pat makes three observations about faith . . . Read more
Melchizedek, the first person in Holy Scripture called to be a priest, a gentile living nearly a thousand years before the sons of Aaron served in the temple of Solomon, provides for us a prefiguration of Christ, whose roles as our King and our Priest are inseparable. Fr. Pat preached . . . Read more
Translated strictly, the Greek name of the Feast we call the Annunciation is The Evangelizing of the Theotokos. In other words, when the Church seeks to identify the significance of this feast day, she places her emphasis less on the objective fact of the Incarnation than on the subjective experience . . . Read more
Both Saint Paul and Faust, the man who sells his soul to the devil, have something to say about faith, hope, and patience. Fr. Pat considers the great divide between these two men. Fr. Pat preached this homily on the second Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2008. To see audio . . . Read more