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Sermons from the clergy of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas, TX. Learn more about us at holytrinitydallas.org.
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Kontakion
O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you Triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, from all kinds of perils free me, so that unto you I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Prayer of St. Ephraim
O Lord and Master of my life, do not permit the spirit of laziness and meddling, the lust for power and idle talk to come into me.
Instead, grant me, your servant, the spirit of prudence, humility, patience and love.
Yes, Lord and King, give me the power to see my own faults and not to judge my brother. For you are blessed unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Mark 9:17-31
At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Mark 7:31-37
At that time, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well: he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Kontakion
O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you Triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, from all kinds of perils free me, so that unto you I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sticheron
Those who do virtuous deeds in secret, and anticipate spiritual rewards for them, do not advertise them publicly. On the contrary, they store them within their hearts; and He who sees what is done in secret gives us our wages for our self-control. So let us fast, but not with downcast faces; rather, praying in the inner rooms of our souls, let us unceasingly cry aloud, "Our Father, who art in heaven, we pray You, lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Prayer of St. Ephraim
O Lord and Master of my life, do not permit the spirit of laziness and meddling, the lust for power and idle talk to come into me.
Instead, grant me, your servant, the spirit of prudence, humility, patience and love.
Yes, Lord and King, give me the power to see my own faults and not to judge my brother. For you are blessed unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Mark 8:34-38; 9:1
The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sticheron
Rejoice, life-bearing Cross of the Lord, you are the Church's comely Garden of Paradise, the tree of incorruption, which has produced fruit for us, which is the eternal glory we receive. Through you the arrays and hosts of the demons are kept away; through you the armies of the Angels rejoice with us, as we celebrate with believers throughout the world. Weapon invincible to all, unbreakable battlement, you are the boast of the clergy, you are the triumph of Emperors. We pray you will grant us to arrive at Christ's Passion and Resurrection.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Kontakion
O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you Triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, from all kinds of perils free me, so that unto you I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.