St. Peter Fort Myers Podcast

About St. Peter Fort Myers Podcast

Father Johannes "Hans" Jacobse is the priest of St. Peter the Apostle Antiochian Orthodox Church in Fort Myers, Florida. His preaching begins with one conviction: the Orthodox Church holds the most complete understanding of what it is to be human. Every age answers the question of man, and most answers leave something out. Man is a consumer, a product of economic forces, a self to be expressed. Fr. Hans teaches that the Church knows him as he actually is: made in the image of God, fallen, and restored in Christ, the second Adam, to become fully human. This is an account of man's very being, not only of his behavior. It is why the Orthodox faith reaches the heart and does not stop at moral instruction. Each week he takes the Scripture appointed for the day and shows what it reveals about the structure of reality and the shape of the human person. He speaks of what went wrong, what repentance heals, and what a life looks like when it is rightly ordered toward God. Truth is not something we invent. It is received, and we are invited to live inside it. A native of Holland, Fr. Hans came to the Orthodox Church by way of Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address. He studied at St. Vladimir's Seminary, founded the American Orthodox Institute, and has spent decades writing on faith and culture. He also founded the St. Paisios Brotherhood, which forms men for marriage, fatherhood, and a life in the Church that has no room for secrecy or isolation. These homilies are plain and direct. They are for anyone, man or woman, who wants to know what it means to be truly human and where that life is found. St. Peter the Apostle Orthodox Church – Fort Myers, Florida https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com

Publisher

St. Peter the Apostle Orthodox Church

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Sept 2024

Latest episode

8 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

69 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Nov 2026

   Don’t Get Lost in Your Mind: Doubt and the Archangels

   On the Synaxis of the Archangels, Fr. Hans Jacobse speaks to those struggling with doubt. Faith in God is not a matter of logical propositions. God is experienced, and Orthodoxy is an experiential faith that comes through purifying the heart. If you want to see God, work on yourself: strive against the sin that is defeating you, and God will reveal Himself. Skepticism makes doubt an easy chair. Faith is volitional. You have to pick up the broom and start sweeping. Fr. Hans then turns to Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. He explains that the Divine Liturgy joins the worship of the angels in heaven, and that every Christian has a guardian angel. Drawing on a hymn from Orthros, he teaches how to call on the Archangel Michael against the fiery darts of the enemy, and how to swat away tempting thoughts the way St. Paisios taught. He closes with the story of a woman in Mississippi who was healed through the prayers of St. Nektarios of Aegina. Date: 2026-11-08 - Divine Liturgy Commemoration: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers Epistle: Hebrews 2:2–10 Gospel: Luke 8:41–56 Produced by St. Peter the Apostle Orthodox Church, Fort Myers, Florida. https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/podcasts/homilies-of-father-hans/ (https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/podcasts/homilies-of-father-hans/)

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   7 Nov 2026

   An Angel on a Logging Road: The Synaxis of the Archangels

   On the eve of the Synaxis of the Archangels, Fr. Hans Jacobse speaks about Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and all the bodiless powers. They are ministering spirits sent to help us. The word angelos means messenger, which is why angels, and even St. John the Baptist, are shown with wings in icons. They are also warriors and protectors. Fr. Hans explains why Michael and Gabriel always stand on the iconostasis at St. Peter the Apostle Antiochian Orthodox Church. He then tells about a night on a remote Oregon logging road, before he became Orthodox. He was chasing a troubled young friend and lost the trail. He prayed, and an older man on a Vespa appeared out of nowhere and told him exactly where not to look. Was it an angel? Fr. Hans believes so. He closes by reminding us that each of us is given a guardian angel at baptism, who may be with us even now. Date: 2026-11-07 - Vespers Commemoration: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers (celebrated Sunday, November 8, 2026) Epistle: Hebrews 2:2–10 Gospel: Luke 10:16–21 Produced by St. Peter the Apostle Orthodox Church, Fort Myers, Florida. https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/podcasts/homilies-of-father-hans/ (https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/podcasts/homilies-of-father-hans/)

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   7 Nov 2026

   St. Raphael of Brooklyn: How Orthodoxy Took Root in America

   On the feast of St. Raphael of Brooklyn, Fr. Hans tells the story of the missionary bishop who came to New York in 1895 to shepherd the scattered Arab Orthodox immigrants of North America. Travelling by rail to some 30 cities, St. Raphael served the Divine Liturgy in homes, baptized, married and heard confessions, and twice refused higher office rather than leave his American flock. Fr. Hans explains why America has Greek, Russian, Serbian and Antiochian churches, how the immigrant parishes preserved the faith while the country secularized, and how the conversion of 2,000 Evangelicals brought Orthodoxy into American awareness. Now a second great wave has come: 18,000 baptisms on a single Holy Saturday and parishes with 300 catechumens. The Church must raise up deacons and priests to meet it. At his death, St. Raphael's mission had 30 parishes and 25,000 faithful, the work of one man. He was kind and merciful to others and strict with himself, a gentle father who won his people's love by first loving them. Date: 2026-11-07 - Divine Liturgy Commemorations: St. Raphael of Brooklyn; the 33 Martyrs of Melitene; St. Lazarus the Wonderworker of Mt. Galesion Epistle: Hebrews 7:26–8:2 Gospel: John 10:9–16 Produced by St. Peter the Apostle Orthodox Church, Fort Myers, Florida. https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/podcasts/homilies-of-father-hans/ (https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/podcasts/homilies-of-father-hans/)

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5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

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Engagement

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