What the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Have Done For Our Salvation and Sanctification.
Delivered October 14/27, 1991 by Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

The Seventh Ecumenical Council, convoked by the Empress Irene and met at Nicaea in 787. The council ended almost fifty years of iconoclast persecution and established the veneration of the holy icons as basic to the belief and spirituality of Christ's Church.

A homily by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes

Luke 8:5-15
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

by Archpriest John Moses

On October 13/26, 1957, an outstanding hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Archbishop Gregory (Boriskevich) of Chicago and Detroit reposed in the Lord.

The Lord, allowing a hopeless situation, pre-arranged a miraculous deliverance, which we will now speak about.

A homily by Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov)
Delivered October 24, 2010

Luke 7:11-16
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

The help of the Most Holy Mother of God has been clearly shown numerous times, to individuals and to nations, in peace and in war, in monastic deserts and in densely populated cities.

Hieromartyr Gregory is credited with forging the Christian identity of Armenia through conversion from pagan beliefs.

Luke 6:31-36
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

1917 began the most complex period in the history of the Russian Church. In great measure thanks to St. Tikhon, the Church survived that era.

St Innocent (Veniaminov; 1797-1879), a great missionary, the Apostle of America and Siberia, Metropolitan of Moscow

Excerpt from St. John Chrysostom's Homily on the Conception of St. John the Forerunner

Luke 5:1-11
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

Fr. Alexiy’s special character traits were his sociability, accessibility, and attentiveness to all.

A paper by Phillip C. Lucas, Ph.D. on The Challenge of Sectarian Converts to Ethnic Orthodox Churches in the United States

Holy Trinity Monastery appeals for help in restoring its main building