How to Be an Orthodox Christian - Almsgiving: How to Be Like God [EP. 5]

About this sermon

In this episode, Dcn Seraphim takes up the third great discipline of the Sermon on the Mount and shows why the Orthodox Church understands almsgiving not as an optional extra but as the practice by which we become like the God who gives Himself away. Drawing on Christ's teaching in Matthew 6 and 25, the Book of Tobit, the parable of the Widow's Mite, and the writings of Sts. Basil, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom, and Clement of Alexandria, he traces almsgiving back to its roots in the very nature of the Trinity. He then turns to the practical questions: tithing, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, parish stewardship, and how the whole Divine Liturgy forms us as a school of giving. Find the show notes HERE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WENS_5xjgyLnr5kJQPTiK3qqYTgi5Hd6/view?usp=sharing 👉 Want more podcasts, daily devotional, and Scripture teachings? Download our app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ancient-faith-radio-app/id542980935 or here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ancientfaithministries.ancientfaithradio.prod&pli=1 Follow Ancient Faith on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/ancientfaithministries/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ancientfaithministries Find Books and Other Resources from Ancient Faith: https://store.ancientfaith.com/ Support Ancient Faith Ministries: https://www.ancientfaith.com/support/ About us: Ancient Faith Ministries exists to carry out the Great Commission of Jesus Christ through accessible and excellently-crafted publications and creative media that educate, edify, and evangelize, leading to a living experience of God through His Holy Orthodox Church. Ancient Faith Ministries operates with the blessing of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. #orthodoxchurch #easternorthodox #orthodoxy #ancientfaith #christianity