Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, Fr. Barnabas Powell shows why modern culture's obsession with hiding from death and failure makes us anxious, fragile, and self-absorbed. By confronting our mortality through the Cross and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, we discover how to face broken relationships, lost dreams, and physical death with unshakable faith and ultimate victory.
Fr. Barnabas Powell is the parish priest at Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene Greek Orthodox Church in Cumming, GA. Follow his homilies on YouTube at Faith Encouraged TV. This sermon was delivered on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, March 15th, 2026.

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