Christ the Saviour Church

In this homily, we reflect on Christ’s miraculous feeding of the five thousand as a revelation of His abundant love and the Church’s calling to hospitality. Fr. Anthony explores how, through grace, even our limited offerings are multiplied to nourish the world, revealing a Kingdom where scarcity has no place.  Enjoy the show!

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MATTHEW 14:14-22

At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and h…

This recording of the Divine Liturgy (Christ the Saviour, Anderson SC) starts with the Great Doxology.  The homily and reception of communion were cut from the recording.  The sound quality isn’t great – it was done with a phone sitting on an analoy off to the side.  Of course, worship is always better in person; join us when you can!  orthodoxanderson.org

This recording of the Divine Liturgy (Chri…

Title: Seeing Suffering Brightly: Faith, Discipline, and the Light of Christ

Matthew 7:27-35; The Two Blind Men
In this homily, Fr. Anthony shares Metropolitan Saba’s teaching from the 2025 Convention that true spiritual vision begins not in denial of suffering, but in faithful endurance of it, transforming evil through thanksgiving and trust in God. Drawing on real martyrdom and lived faith in pl…

Everything is Awesome!
James 5:10-20; St. Matthew 9:1-8
(Riffing on St. Peter Chrysologus)

Over the last few homilies, I have tried to share an approach to living that looks for the good, and the beautiful, and the true in all things so that we might have joy in them and nurture them towards greater glory.  Today, I am going to continue this lesson by applying it to scripture.  Of course, in t…

The Sunday for the Fourth Ecumenical Council
Titus 3:8-15; Matthew 5:14-19

Note: the recording includes a few seconds when Fr. Anthony’s mind went apophatic and he forgot a critical detail.  Real life is like that sometimes!  

First Council: Nicea in 325 (vs. Arius)

“And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, Very …

In this homily on St Matthew 8:5-13 (the faith of the Centurian), given on the Sunday after the Feast of American Independence (7/6/2025), Fr. Anthony continues to remind us of our calling to order creation, focusing on the evangelic method that looks for the good in something and working to make it better.  Christ did not focus on the faults of the Centurian, but on what was good in Him so that i…

This homily was given at an outdoor chapel up in the mountains at Camp St. Thekla on the 27th of June, 2026.  The recorder was a few feet away from Fr. Anthony, so the recording has a chorus of insects as background noise.  In the homily, Fr. Anthony describes our calling to identify and nurture the good in creation (to include that in our souls!) towards perfection.  Enjoy the show!

This homily wa…