Articles for category: Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis

Our Compassionate Father

Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis invites you to turn your gaze to our God, to contemplate the kind of God we have. (Sunday of the Prodigal Son/Compassionate Father).

February 14, 2025 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Holy Scripture, Sermons

STRIVE FIRST FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis comments on the context of the Parable of the Foolish Rich man, and encourages us to strive not for the ephemeral, but the eternal.

November 15, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Holy Scripture, Sermons

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

In this divine parable, the Lord offers us a view of our everyday reality from the prism of eternity according to the eternal truths of the Christian faith.

November 2, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Holy Scripture, Sermons

THE CENTURION: AN OUTSIDER WHO MADE IT IN

If we Orthodox Christians, the New Israel, turn our backs to God, He will fill His heavenly mansions with the innocent from heresy, schism and false belief.

July 21, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Sermons, What we believe

Dogma and tough love of the Holy Fathers

Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis contrasts the love of the Holy Fathers that anathematises with the love of those who preach it without keeping the dogmas (truths).

June 15, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Church feasts, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Sermons, The Church

CHRIST IS RISEN!!

We don’t have a dead leader of our faith, but one who is alive and more than that is Life itself. Christ gives us life; life abundant; everlasting life…

May 2, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Church feasts, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Sermons

24 SIGNS OF PRIDE, AND HOW TO ACQUIRE HUMILITY

Guided by St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, we present some signs of Pride to reflect upon, in order to help us eradicate it from our heart, and thus acquire humility.

April 26, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Spiritual life

BISHOPS AND THEIR PARAPHERNALIA

In this excerpt from “The Heavenly Banquet”, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis says bishops should shed their vain paraphernalia, and that the laity would welcome it.

March 8, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, The Church

Newtown: Seeking Answers

Why do we blame our heavenly Father for the evils of the world? There is an answer to the “why”, but the answer only applies to believing Christians.

February 20, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, What we believe

The “Inaudible prayers” should be read out loud

What sense does it make for the laity to say “Amen” to prayers not heard? This article is taken from The Heavenly Banquet: Understanding the Divine Liturgy.

February 1, 2024 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Divine Liturgy, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis