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St. Innocent Orthodox Church in Macon Georgia. Weekly sermons and classes.

St. Innocent Orthodox Church


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Blinded by Self, Healed by Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 12:53


    Send us a textOn the Sunday of the Blindman whom Jesus healed, we contemplate the things that blind us spiritually and what is needed to recover our sight. May the Lord illumine our souls!Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Encountering Christ, and Spreading the word

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 16:17


    Send us a textOn the Sunday of the Samaritan Women, we contemplate what it means to encounter Christ and how this encounter is a pivotal point in our lives and leads us to spread the Gospel. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Caring for the Body of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 13:49


    Send us a textOn the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, we contemplate those who literally cared for Christ's body, and how we can care for and serve the Body of Christ, as members of His Church. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    No more phony Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 15:59


    Send us a textJesus appeared to all the disciples and revealed himself as risen. Their experience, and each successive generation's experience, has been passed to us.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    His Kingdom is not of this world

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 11:30


    Send us a textIt is the Triumphal Entry—not of an earthly king, but of the King of Glory. The crowds shout “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” They wave palms, symbols of victory, not yet knowing what kind of victory Christ will bring. They expect liberation from Rome—but Christ has come to liberate all humanity from sin, death, and the power of the devil. His throne will be the Cross. His crown, of thorns. His victory was won not by the sword, but by suffering love.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Transformation takes time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 12:50


    Send us a textIt takes time to overcome our habitual sins and to grow in Christ. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Temptations while climbing the Ladder

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 10:55


    Send us a textSt. John of the Ladder provides a beautiful metaphor for Christian spiritual life. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Learning not to trust yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 62:55


    Send us a text “He who trusts himself is led astray by the enemy." “Do not trust yourself until you die. Relying on oneself is a burden and a deceitful trap.” St. John of the LadderWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Life in Christ is not meant to be academic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 10:28


    Send us a textMany approach the Orthodox faith academically, reading, listening, and researching the Church's teachings and practices. This is fine as long as the weightier matter of prayerfulness and living faithfully is not neglected. Our priority should be to know God rather than learn things about God. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Cultivating a culture of reverence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 12:56


    Send us a textThe church services foster a culture of reverence that we should internalize and carry with us as we navigate the world.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Broken people do broken things, forgive them

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 14:15


    Send us a textAs fallen human beings, we all need forgiveness; as Christians, we are all called to forgive as we are forgiven. Don't be surprised that broken people do broken things. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Heaven and Hell are now

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 10:58


    Send us a textWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    God's endless mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 11:30


    Send us a textWe can be motivated by fear, but in the parable of the Prodigal Son, our Lord beautifully paints an image of God's intense love for us. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    "By your patience possess your souls"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 12:01


    Send us a textJesus tells us that persecution will come and that people will try to deceive us but that in the end, "not a hair of your head shall be lost." Our part is to be faithful and patient and to possess our souls.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Growing in Christ, The reason to become Orthodox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 13:01


    Send us a textAs the Orthodox Church in America grows, there are many reasons people find the Church. All these reasons must be transformed into love for Christ because all earthly reasons will falter. "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection."#love #macongeorgia #ancientfaith #christ #orthodoxchurch #conversationWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    The attitude of repentance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 8:36


    Send us a textChristians are challenged to cultivate an attitude of repentance in their lives.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    God is faithful

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 9:56


    Send us a textWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    How would you excuse yourself?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 11:03


    Send us a textJesus shares the parable of the great banquet with the presumptuous Pharisees. We can also reflect on our own excuses for not accepting God's invitation.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Transcendent Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 9:04


    Send us a textWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Legalism and Minimalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 11:04


    Send us a textThe Christian faith is about more than following a list of do's and don'ts.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Where do you get your value?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 9:11


    Send us a textSo many of us get our sense of self-worth through the material world, which always slips through our fingers as we cascade toward death. Our Lord invites us to find ourselves in Him, the God/Man who is outside of the corruptibility of this world. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Becoming Generous with Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 11:41


    Send us a textIt takes work to want to be like our Lord, generous with himself, and merciful.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Becoming Sane

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 13:39


    Send us a textAs Christians, we want our Lord to deliver us from all passionate and demonic influences so we can be sane.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Weak Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 10:35


    Send us a textGod's power is manifested in and amongst human weakness. Christians are weak that they may be reliant on God's strength. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Remember Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 10:58


    Send us a textWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Cultivating our Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 13:59


    Send us a textChristians are challenged to always cultivate their hearts to be receptive to God and His Kingdom. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Mental Health and the Orthodox Spirituality: Part 3 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 98:59


    Send us a textDn. Paisios Hamman gives an introductory class on Mental Health and Orthodox Spirituality.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Orthodox Evangelism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 16:44


    Send us a textSt. Innocent, pray to God for us!Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Be like God, be merciful

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 9:15


    Send us a textWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Launch out into the deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 10:58


    Send us a textChristians have a high calling to strive to know God. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Offering Ourselves in Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 13:42


    Send us a textOur Lord tells us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him. This command can be perceived as negative, but it is really a call to prioritize our pursuit of the Kingdom of Heaven and is meant to be motivated by our love of Christ. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Mental Health and the Orthodox Spirituality: Part 2 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 75:00


    Send us a textDn. Paisios Hamman gives an introductory class on Mental Health and Orthodox Spirituality.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Sanctifying time: The Nativity of the Theotokos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 11:44


    Send us a textWebsite @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    My yoke is easy and My burden is light

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 10:52


    Send us a textVirtue seem to thee an irksome thing, consider that vice is more irksome. And this very thing He was intimating, in that He said not first, “Take my yoke upon you,” but before that, “Come, ye that labor and are heavy laden;” implying that sin too hath labor, and a burden that is heavy and hard to bear.[1][1] John Chrysostom. (1888). Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople on the Gospel according to St. Matthew. In P. Schaff (Ed.), & G. Prevost & M. B. Riddle (Trans.), Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of Saint Matthew (Vol. 10, p. 253). Christian Literature Company.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Even our failures are useful

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 11:09


    Send us a Text Message.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Mental Health and the Orthodox Spirituality: Part 1 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 87:59


    Send us a Text Message.Dn. Paisios Hamman gives an introductory class on Mental Health and Orthodox Spirituality.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Working with God

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 12:36


    Send us a Text Message.Synergy: we offer what we can, and God blesses and multiplies our offering. Nothing is offered without us, and nothing is multiplied without God.Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Simplicity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 11:56


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Jesus forgiving sin, healing the body

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 12:48


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Thank God!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 9:14


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    What is a Prophet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 13:17


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Our Lord is near

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 8:44


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Diversity of Sanctity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 11:21


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    How does Pentecost relate to the Gospel?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 14:33


    The Holy Spirit guides, convicts us of sin, and empowers us to live the high calling of the Christian life. One cannot become Christ-like without the grace and power of the Holy Spirit. Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Discovering your Why?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 13:26


    Fr. Dn. Paisios, our summer intern, gives his first sermon at St. Innocent!Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Conversations with God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 13:23


    What are we motivated by?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 11:27


    Types of Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 12:37


    Blessed is He who brings Joy and Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 7:37


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    Lenten Mini-Retreat with Fr. Seraphim Aldea

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 63:04


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

    How did God see St. Mary?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 13:10


    Website @ https://www.st-innocent.orgInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/st.innocentchurch/Facebook @ https://fb.me/SaintInnocentMaconGeorgia Help Support St. Innocent Orthodox Church @ https://onrealm.org/siocmacon/-/form/give/now

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