Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate,…

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily…

Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11 In the Old Testament book of Exodus, we read about Moses leading the children from Israel out…

About that time Herod the King laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.  He killed James the brother of John with the…

On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 The Lord’s Prayer is either 53 or 66 words long, depending on whether the ending is…

Thy will be done. Matthew 6:10 The hardest four words to pray as the four we will examine today: Thy will be done. We pray…

Thy Kingdom come. Matthew 6:10 Jesus describes the Kingdom of heaven in many parables and teachings.  In Matthew 13:47-50, we read: “Again, the Kingdom of…

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews,…

Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None…

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum, with His mother and His brothers and disciples; and there they stayed for a few days.  The Passover…