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Homily on St. Gregory the Theologian by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion on October 4, 2022

Homily on the reading of the Second Sunday of Abib, Matthew 18.

Homily on the Second Sunday of the Joyful Fifty Days - "I AM the Bread of Life"

Holy and Divine Liturgy on the Second Sunday of Kiahk 2021 by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

Prayed at St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church in Anaheim on December 3, 2021

Fr. Moses reflects on some perhaps forgotten aspects of the Nativity Fast, which is known in the West as "Advent."

Bright Saturday: Psalm 151 (Anok Pe Pigouji) by Andrew Ibrahim by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

In the gospel reading we just heard, the gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast (Lent), the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, we hear the Samaritan woman telling our Lord Jesus Christ that the well is deep. Her words here are a prophecy concerning the depth and beauty of her story. This is a fantastic story that we could speak about for days on end. It is truly a deep well of living water.

In this 54th installment of the Orthodox Bible Study from St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church, Fr. Moses begins Genesis 32 with the Holy Patriarch Jacob having just made a covenant with his father-in-law, Laban, and now meeting angels of God and even wrestling with a "Man"... If you haven't caught up with our Orthodox Bible Study, please check out our playlist with all the current videos.

Our Lord teaches us how we should begin this journey: “But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Mt 6:6). This is the beginning of our journey of the Great Lent. We must go into our secret rooms–or our closets as some translations say–and pray earnestly to our Father in heaven.

Fr. Moses' Homily for the Third Sunday of Meshir (2021)

Why did the Lord choose Jonah in light of his disobedience? A reflection for the Fast of Jonah/the Ninevites 2021.

Tonight, with God’s grace, we are going to begin at Genesis 29:31 and continue studying the life of the Holy Patriarch Jacob who is now newly married not only to one, but two wives...

Homily on the Parable of the Sower (Lk 8:4-15) by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion (Sunday, November 15, 2020)

Our Savior entered a city in southern Galilee called Nain with His disciples and a great multitude. At this point, we see a stark contrast: on the one hand, a great crowd is entering the city joyfully with our Lord Jesus Christ, the Life of the World, at its center; on the other hand, another great crowd is leaving the city with sadness and mourning with a dead man at its center. What does it mean?

There was a certain monk who was negligent in his life, not paying any attention to his soul. Instead, like so many people, he lived day by day for the cares of this world...

Now, if we could summarize this reading with one word, it would undoubtedly be “Woe,” W-O-E. This word is a type of exclamation that oftentimes expresses sadness, pain, or even a curse in the Old and New Testaments...

Nicodemus visits our Lord at night, not during the daytime...

When faced with a divided nation and various problems throughout the Church, what are we to do?

One day, our Lord Jesus Christ stood by the lake of Gennesaret, which is at the west of the Sea of Galilee, and saw two boats standing by the lake. Outside these boats, the fishermen were cleaning their nets. They had worked all night to catch fish, but had caught nothing, and now, it was morning, and all they could do was clean their nets. Our Savior, seeing this sad scene before Him, entered one of the boats, the boat belonging to Simon Peter, and spoke to the multitudes from the boat. When He finished, our Lord told Peter, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Lk 5:4). Even though it was an illogical request, Peter trusted and obeyed the Lord and we all know what happened next. they caught such a great number of fish that they had to call in other fishing boats to help them carry it all. After this great miracle, Peter fell down at our Lord’s feet and said, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” (Lk 5:8). In response, our Lord told him, “Do not be afraid. From now on you