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- Why Do You Trouble Yourselves in Vain – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Spiritual Change: I Am Not the Person I Used to Be — Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Do You Want to See God? This Is What You Need to Do — Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Blessed Simplicity vs. The Complicated Simpletons – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Open Your Spiritual Eyes – Sermon by Bishop Benedict
- Do You Want Proof? Go to the Cemetery — Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius of America
- The Uninitiated & Gracelessness in Orthodoxy – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- This Is How You Can Personally Get To Know a Saint – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Peter, Thomas, and Judas: Who Do You Identify With? Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Raising a Human Being: A Practical Guide – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- When the Cross has no Power – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Going to the Desert to Get Fed: Sermon delivered by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- Don’t Quit Yet: God Is Still Working With You. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- This Is How to Attain Peace – Sermon by His Eminence, Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Feast of the Apostles – Sermon delivered by Bishop Maximus
- On Saint John of San Francisco – Sermon delivered by His Eminence, Bishop Auxentios
- This Proves Christianity Is Not of This World – Sermon delivered by Metropolitan Demetrius
- I Am Back: Let’s Honor Saint John Together – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- This Is What “Eye of the Soul” Means – Sermon by Father Joachim
- Sermon on Pentecost by Bishop Benedict
- Sermon Delivered on Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
- If You Don’t Believe and Cooperate, You Will Not See Mighty Works
- A Saint Who Heals Spiritual Blindness – Sermon delivered by Father Theologos
- If You Want to Discover Your Spiritual Eyes, Watch This – Sermon delivered byMetropolitan Demetrius
- IGNORANCE: “Why Have Ye Forgotten My Words – Sermon delivered byMetropolitan Demetrius
- Cliff, Stuart, and Protestants need Pascha and the Body of Christ – Sermon delivered byMetropolitan Demetrius
- Christ Is Risen! Truly He Is Risen! Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Not Mere Symbols and Not Just a Bunch of People, but the Body of Christ!
- Homily on Holy Wednesday by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Homily on Holy Tuesday by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Homily on Holy Monday by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Eve of Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday 2025
- Holy Week Is Here: The Reality of the Death of St. Lazarus, and How We’ve Been Duped. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- You Really Need to Hear This Before Great Lent Starts
- Let Me Introduce You to a Saint of the West Who Has Been Forgotten – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- In One Week, Saint Clair Has Been Busy Working Wonders; and on the Solution for Broken People
- The World Thinks This Is Foolishness, but the Wisdom of God Always Prevails – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Media Is Programming You While the Church Is Deprogramming You – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Chaos and Delusion everywhere, but Christ has a treasure for us which is beyond any description – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Sectarians – Answers from Metropolitan Demetrius and Father Leonidas Pittos
- Saint Hieronymos of Aegina, Zeal Not According to Knowledge, GOC – Metropolitan Demetrius
- What Path Forward for Our Struggle? Lessons from the Russian Church Abroad. By Father Steven Allen.
- It’s Simple. Find Peace & Truth In Orthodox Tradition – Metropolitan Moses
- The GOC in Church History – Fr. Leonidas Pittos
- How Do I Deal With Feast Day Temptations? Metropolitan Demetrius Answers.
- Living as a Traditional Orthodox Christian, Father Kleanthis
- Video Presentation of Family/Youth Conference in Astoria
- I’m an “Old-Calendarist”, You’re Not. I Didn’t Change, You Did. Sermon delivered by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- I Don’t Want to Pick up My Cross – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Atheist, The Cross, and Saint Chrysostom – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Best Method to Fight the Beast – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Patriarch Is a Heretic, but If You Don’t Commemorate Him, You’re a Schismatic – Phooey!
- You Have One Life to Live. Don’t Goof It Up … Search! Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Prophet of the End Times, the Blasphemous Olympics, and Reverence for the Holy – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- He Must Increase but My Ego Must Decrease! Sermon by Metropolitan Demetri
- Orthodoxy Is the Only Remedy – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Have You Ever Thought That You Might Go to Hell? – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- New World Order, Conspiracy Theories, and the Solution – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The life of St. James the Ascetic
- A Great Saint of Our Times; Holy Elder John, the New Almsgiver
- Zacchaeus, The Signs of Demonic Influence, and Self-Pity
- Saint Xenia & Contemporary Fools for Christ – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Martyrdom Then, Martyrdom Now – Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- Feast of the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius, 2023
- FEAST DAY OF OUR MONASTERY 2025
- The Reality of the Supernatural; GOOD Vs. EVIL – Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- Your Murmuring Is Not Against Me, It’s Against God. Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius.
- Make Something Negative Something Positive
- Learn From Your Mistakes – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Saint John the Baptist is Great – Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- How Sin and Slander Can Make Someone a Saint – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery Feast Day 2023 Gallery
- The Spiritual Legacy of Persecution – Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- Questions About the GOC to Metropolitan Demetrius – Unity in Orthodoxy
- Questions About the GOC to Metropolitan Demetrius – The Light of ROCOR
- Questions About the GOC to Metropolitan Demetrius
- Grace Follows Temptations – Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- Humble-Talk and Faintheartedness – Message by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Doubting Thomas Is the Searching Thomas – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Joys & Temptations of Pascha – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Feast of the Life-giving Spring, 2023 Gallery
- Crucify the Unreasonable Reasoning – Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Passion of Christ & Our Passions – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Mystical Sacrifice & Theosis: Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- I Can’t Do It Anymore; Despair vs Hope – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Joseph The All-Comely Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Lazarus Saturday: Remove the Stone From Your Heart
- Why Can I Ask My Friends to Pray but Can’t Ask God’s Friends to Pray? Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Pour Out Your Heart to God – Message by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Projects at Saint John’s Monastery
- The Great Delusion and the Beast – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Fight to Find God – A Message by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Devil Taught Me How to Pray – A Message by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery Feast Day 2022
- The Temptation From the Right – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Fullness of the Church is Here – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Well Runs Deep – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Thank God That He Doesn’t Judge The Way We Do
- Sermon Delivered on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- Have the Ears to Hear the Voice of the Word and the Heart to Repent
- Christ Is Born Among Brute Beasts. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- A Christmas Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Pride Blinds Us. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Can We Accept The Grace? Sermon By Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Ordination to the Priesthood of Father Methodius
- Saint Clement of Ohrid: Understand Your Prayers. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Support the Adornment of the Catholicon of Saint John’s Monastery
- Metropolis Updates 2021- Message from Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Devil Can Manipulate Our Thoughts. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- I’m Drowning. Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- A Glimpse Into Life at Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery Video
- Give Ye Them to Eat. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- I Would Love to Be a Martyr. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Saint John’s Monastery – Feast Day Gallery 2021
- The Healing of the Paralytic. A Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Pascha Season 2021 Gallery
- Lazarus Saturday Sermon
- The Beginning of Great Lent, Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- God Is Real And You Find Him In Your Neighbor
- Enjoy the Hospitality of the Master
- Holy Theophany Gallery 2021
- The Font Is on Fire. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Live Streaming Services Schedule
- Schedule for Penitential Three Day Fast- September 10/23 thru 12/25
- The healing of the Blind Man, Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Turn From Delusion, Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Finding Closure in Forgiveness, Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Weapons and Tools of the Orthodox Faith – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Feast of Theophany 2019 Gallery
- The Ordination of Deacon Benedict to the Priesthood
- Feast Day of Saint John
- Face reality and turn from darkness to light
- The Example of the Centurion, Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Ordination of Deacon Joachim to the Priesthood
- The Ordination of Peter Gilstrap to the Diaconate
- Ordination of Monk Demetrius to the Diaconate
- Help my unbelief, a Sermon Delivered by Metropolitan Demetrius, 2018
- First Feast-day of Saint John of San Francisco Monastery
- Journey to Pascha, a sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Sermon on Saint Mary of Egypt
- Foundations have been poured for two new chapels
- Sermon on Saint Gregory Palamas
- Mid-Lenten Encyclical of Metropolitan Demetrius, 2016
- Encyclical of Metropolitan Demetrius for Great Lent 2016
- Sermon on the Prodigal Son
- Myrrh-Streaming Icon of Saint Nicholas visits Saint John’s Monastery
- Renovations have started
- Our move has begun
- Epistle from Metropolitan Demetrius
- Pride Blinds Us. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Saint Clement of Ohrid: Understand Your Prayers. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Ordination to the Priesthood of Father Methodius
- Can We Accept The Grace? Sermon By Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Fullness of the Church is Here – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Christ Is the Light of Monastics, Monastics Are a Light for Men
- The Torments of Hell Are Bitter Regret. Sermon By Metropolitan Demetrius
- Sermon – Saint Demetrius the Myrrh-Streamer
- Ecumenism is a Heresy. Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- That’s Not the Real You. Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius
- When the Cross has no Power – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Tree of Eden & the Tree of the Cross – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- The Fullness of the Church is Here – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
- Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery Feast Day 2022
- Feast of Pentecost for 2025 Saint John of San Francisco monastery ny
- Dormition of the Mother of God Schedule 2025
- Holy Nativity – 2026 Schedule
- Schedule for Theophany 2026
I Am Back: Let’s Honor Saint John Together – Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius
This Is What “Eye of the Soul” Means – Sermon by Father Joachim
Soul-destroying scrolling on the Internet – Sermon by Father Theologos
The Life of Saint Clair the Hermit and Wonderworker
Sermon on Pentecost by Bishop Benedict
Sermon Delivered on Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
A Saint Who Heals Spiritual Blindness – Sermon delivered by Father Theologos