• The Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord

    Alleluia! Christ is risen! Listen to the Easter sermon from Father Josh Leigeber. Read more

  • Homily for Good Friday

    by Father Jerome Leckband In Nomine + Jesu. Behold, your servants: the chief priests and the scribes, Pontius Pilate and his soldiers, and all those who cried out “Crucify Him”. They do your work. Though you did not nail Jesus to the tree of the cross, you were by nature an enemy of God. Jesus… Read more

  • Homily for Maundy Thursday

    O Lord God, who hast left unto us in a wonderful Sacrament a memorial of Thy Passion, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so use this Sacrament of Thy Body and Blood that the fruits of Thy redemption may continually be manifest in us; Thou, who livest and reignest with the Father, in the… Read more

  • Homily for Palm Sunday

    “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!” (Luke 19:38). Jesus enters into Jerusalem precisely in order to suffer and die on the cross for us and for the sake of acquiring our salvation and life. He came not in order to be served but to serve, in order that through… Read more

  • The new (Lutheran) Bishop of Constantinople!

    Written and translated by Olga Rudaya for The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia On April 6, 2025, the first Lutheran bishop for Turkey, head of the Istanbul Lutheran Church, was consecrated in Adana, Turkey, near Tarsus of Cilicia, the native town of the Apostle Paul. Bishops and pastors from Russia, Finland, Latvia, the… Read more

  • Why I Didn’t Become Catholic or Orthodox–and Found Something Better

    A personal journey from evangelical burnout to the historic liturgy, Gospel-centered teaching, and rich sacramental life of confessional Lutheranism. Read more