Parental Advisory: This episode may contain some adult themes. Fr. Stephen De Young discusses the ending of Genesis Chapter 38.
Today's Telling the Story is inspired by the gospel for the second Sunday of Matthew, the calling of four disciples, the brothers James and John, and the brothers Peter and Andrew. The title of today's Telling the Story is "Zebedee."
Judith 5-7; Psalms 150, 151; Proverbs 31:26·30; Acts 10:1·23
Judith 1-4; Psalms 149; Proverbs 31:21·25; Acts 9:20·43
Dcn. Nicholas Kotar is back on the podcast to discuss with Fr. Andrew what is probably the funniest of all of Tolkien’s stories, the non-Legendarium tale “Farmer Giles of Ham.” Pull up a chair, grab a big bowl full of Dragon’s Tail, and be prepared for some storytelling joy.
Tobit 12-14; Psalm 148; Proverbs 31:16-20; Acts 9:1-18
Dr. David Ford, professor of Church History at St. Tikhon's Seminary, reads passages from his anthology of selections from the writings of St. John Chrysostom, entitled "Sing to Your Soul."
Join Michael in a discussion about an encounter he had with man with severe facial injuries, and what it caused him to reflect on concerning the face of Christ and the theological understanding of our faces that should guide our daily encounters with everyone.
Christian tradition refers to “the devil” or “the evil one,” but is this one being? What about (the) Satan -- or Samael, Mastema, and Azazel? Join Fr. Andrew and Fr. Stephen as they have a look at the wickedest of the wicked. *PRE-RECORDED EPISODE*
Bobby Maddex conducts an in-studio interview with Fr. Kwame Labi, a Grand Protopresbyter of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Currently he is the Vicar General of the Holy Orthodox Archdiocese of Accra and Rector of the Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral in Accra.
Fr. John Whiteford's sermon from June 23, 2024.
In this first episode of the series, we consider the Readable Books (aka Deuterocanonical, Apocryphal) in general, and how they are esteemed by Orthodox, and then read the poignant prayer of Azariah (Daniel 3:25-36), seeing it in the light of Genesis 15, Psalm 79, Romans 3:4, and Rev 16:7.
Tobit 7-11; Psalm 146, 147; Proverbs 31:10-15; Acts 8:26-40
Learn all about the Gospels and the four evangelists--from who the writers were, to what they were writing about, to how we use those writings today!
Constantinople seemed always an event, either coming, happening, or going. In the years before the Council of Ephesus (431) the city, reeling still from the deposition and exile of St. John Chrysostom, now faced a new challenge with the arrival of an Archbishop, Nestorius, at odds with the life and thought of the most influential elements of the city. This episode we get into the details.