St. Ignatius of Antioch Orthodox Christian Church

10/03/2026

Below is a link to Metropolitan SABA’s fourth part of his teaching series titled ‘The Cross in Our Life.’ Links to parts 1, 2, and 3 can be found at the bottom of the page.

"The cross of spiritual struggle is, preeminently, a cross of purification, cleansing, growth, and maturity. The human person does not mature except through trials," Metropolitan Saba writes.

09/25/2026

Below is a link to Metropolitan SABA’s weekly teaching. This weeks teaching is titled, ‘The Cross in Our Life Part 3’

"Why does a person experience pleasure as a cross? Is pleasure not a sensation of delight and exhilaration, both of which are joyful? Because reality shows us that every indulgence in pleasure is followed by pain and sorrow," Metropolitan Saba writes.

09/18/2026

Below is a link to His Eminence Metropolitan SABA’s weekly teaching titled ‘The Cross in Our Life.’ This is the second part of the teaching, a link to part one is at the end of the article.

https://www.antiochian.org/regulararticle/2937

06/19/2026

Below is a link to Metropolitan SABA’s weekly teaching. This week’s teaching is part 2 on The Faithful and Secularism.

"When the Church, in her ministry, does not make room for the hesychastic life—or what is today called spirituality—and directs nearly all her concern and energy toward action, she becomes secularized," Metropolitan Saba writes.

06/12/2026

Below is a link to Metropolitan SABA’s weekly teaching. This week’s teaching is part 1 of a teaching on secularism.

"There is nothing sacred in secularism. Man no longer lives in the anticipation and realization of eternity—or, more precisely, in the experience of it, even as a murmur, here and now," Metropolitan Saba writes.

06/05/2026

Below is a link to Metropolitan Saba’s weekly teaching. This week’s teaching is on the use of social media.

"Do not read what does not benefit you on these platforms. Do not waste your precious time following what is useless. Remain vigilant lest you become emotionally agitated and wound others," Metropolitan Saba writes.

03/30/2026

Below is the dates and times of each of our services for Holy Week. You are welcome to join us as we walk with Christ to Golgatha, and celebrate His victory over death.

02/13/2026

Don’t forget, tonight at 6 PM begins our Pre-Lenten Retreat with Fr. John Reimann.

02/07/2026

Below is a link to His Eminence Metropolitan Saba’s weekly teaching titled ‘The Fathers of the Church’

"The Fathers were not extreme in either direction, but gave each side its due, teaching that virtue lies in the middle ground between two extremes," Metropolitan Saba writes.

02/06/2026

As a reminder, we are a week away from our Pre-Lenten Retreat. We will start with Vespers at 6 PM on the night of Feb. 13th. After Vespers there will be a dinner, and Fr. John will give his opening remarks. Then the retreat will continue on the 14th with the Divine Liturgy starting at 9 AM and a brunch to follow.