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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 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Behold, the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night, and blessed is that servant whom He shall find watching; and again unworthy is he whom He shall find heedless. Beware, therefore, O my soul, lest thou be overcome with sleep, lest thou be given up to death, and be shut out from the Kingdom. But rouse thyself and cry: Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O God, through the Mother of God, have mercy on us.
-Troparion of the Bridegroom Service
Thy bridal chamber, O my Saviour, do I behold all adorned, and a garment I have not that I may enter therein. Illumine the garment of my soul, O Giver of Light, and save me.
-Exapostelarion of the Bridegroom Service
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
John 12:1-18
Note: There were a couple minor audio glitches in this recording (around the 0:50 and 3:45 marks), but we believe Father Peter's message comes through clearly nonetheless. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him), said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said, "Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."
When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros also to death, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it; as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
To confirm the general resurrection before Your Passion, You resurrected Lazarus from the dead, O Christ our God. Therefore imitating the children, carrying the symbols of victory, we cry out to You the Victor over death: "Hosanna in the highest! Blessed are You, the One, who comes in the name of the Lord."
-Apolytikion from Vespers for the eve of Palm Sunday
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints..."
-St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (6:17-18)
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
"On my own I am not the Church, but together with you. All together we are the Church. All are incorporated in the Church. We are all one and Christ is the head. …The important thing is for us to enter into the Church – to unite ourselves with our fellow men, with the joys and sorrows of each and everyone, to feel that they are our own, to pray for everyone, to have care for their salvation, to forget about ourselves, to do everything for them just as Christ did for us. In the Church we become one with each unfortunate, suffering and sinful soul. No one should wish to be saved alone without all others being saved."
-St. Porphyrios, Wounded by Love
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Mark 10:32-45
At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
"You cut out the wild pursuits of your soul and the passions of the flesh with the sword of abstinence and self-control. You drowned out the images of immorality with the stillness of ascetic discipline. And you watered the entire desert with the river of your tears, and you produced for us the fruits of repentance. Therefore, O devout Saint Mary, we celebrate your memory."
-From the Service of Great Vespers for the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
"O Champion General, we your faithful inscribe to you the prize of victory as gratitude for being rescued from calamity, O Theotokos. But since you have invincible power, free us from all kinds of perils so that we may cry out to you: Rejoice, O Bride unwedded."
-Kontakion to the Theotokos
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
"Lord of the Powers, be with us; for other helper have we not, in tribulations but you. Lord of the Powers, have mercy on us."
-Troparion from the Great Compline Service
"O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you. Do not turn your face away from me; and whenever I am afflicted, incline your ear to me."
-From Psalm 102, which is read in the Great Compline Service.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
"Wishing to grant remission of ancient obligations, He Who cancels the debts of all people came Himself as a stranger and dwelt among those who were from His divine grace estranged; and tearing up the bond of sin, He hears from everyone: Alleluia."
From the Salutations to the Theotokos for the Fourth Friday of Great Lent.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.