On this, the greatest of all Feast Days, Fr. Thomas explains what we, as Orthodox Christians, know for certain about Jesus Christ.

Fr. Tom received a number of emails about his talks on reading the Bible and the various translations. Several listeners asked about the scandalous nature of the Old Testament with stories of murder, slaughter, multiple wives, concubines, etc. So today, Fr. Tom begins a short series of talks to deal with this subject.

What are we to make of the moral behavior of many of the heroes of the Old Testament like David, Solomon, Abraham, Lot, and others? Fr. Tom helps us deal with these figures in the proper way and according to God's ultimate plan.

Is it possible to really see Christ and God as they are? Did the Disciples have an advantage over us because they lived with Christ? Fr. Tom explores these questions in light of the resurrection!

Fr.Tom asks us to heed the scriptures and use our words carefully. Specifically he identifies several terms that are often incorrectly used in Orthodoxy today.

Recently Fr. Thomas Hopko visited and spoke at the well known and evangelical based Wheaton College. While he appreciated and was honored by the opportunity, it caused him to reflect on the evangelical movement from an Orthodox Christian perspective. His thoughts will be of value to Orthodox and Evangelicals alike.

After listening to an AFR Commentary by Fr. Lawrence Farley and a sermon by Fr. Andrew Damick, Fr. Thomas offers some additional and personal thoughts on the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. We also encourage you to listen to the comments by Fr. Tom Soroka.

Fr. Tom now turns his attention to the late 12th to early 14th centuries to talk about the Church in Serbia and Bulgaria and their relationship with Constantinople.

As we approach the mid-point of Great Lent, Fr. Tom reflects on the purpose of this season in the Church year.

Get to know Pres. Jeannie as she tells us about her background and what you can expect to hear in her new podcast.

Today, Jeannie begins a short series on the resurrection of Christ.

Part 2 of Dr. Constantinou's series on the resurrection of Christ.

Part 3 of Jeannie's series on the resurrection of Christ.

Here is the next episode in the series on the resurrection of Christ.

Part 5 of Pres. Jeannie's study on the resurrection of Christ.

Jeannie continues her helpful and fascinating series on the resurrection of Christ.

This is the final lesson in the resurrection series. Next week Jeannie begins a brand new series called "Introduction to the Bible," and you won't want to miss it.

In her continuing series entitled Introduction to the Bible, Jeannie looks at the Septuagint and the influence of Greek thought and culture.

Jennie takes a break from her Intro to the Bible series this week to answer a question that has come to her from our listeners on more than one occasion.

In her final look at the Church Fathers and their interpretation of the Scriptures, Jeannie looks at St. Ambrose.

Dr. Constantinou continues her discussion of the Passover and its relationship to the Christian Passover.

Dr. Constantinou takes a moment to answer listener questions about Leviticus.

Dr. Constantinou searches the Scriptures and the words of the Fathers to find out what it means and what we should do when a priest's corruption is revealed.

Dr. Constantinou concludes her series of special lessons by praising the good, hard working clergy who serve our the Church.

Dr. Jeannie Constantinou turns to chapter two of the Book of Daniel in which we find the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar.

If you follow me on Twitter, then you know I sometimes complain about the current state of the industry – most notably centered around what passes for research and discussion these days. It feels like people want to be handed the fish – with little interest in learning how the person with the fish caught…

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Sometimes an AdSense unit won't display an ad to a user for whatever reason. When an AdSense unit doesn't show an ad, it leaves an odd amount of space within the content, and reduces my ability to monetize those pages – and I find that unacceptable. This used to be a much more significant problem,…

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This past weekend Google sent out a round of manual penalty notices citing “unnatural outbound links” – later confirmed to be targeting sites publishing compensated content and reviews where the blogger is linking out to the brand or site that compensated them. If your site received the notice, you'll find some advice for fixing your…

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Google Search Console (GSC) can be a helpful tool – providing you use it. This guide isn't meant for advanced users nor is it a comprehensive dive into every feature GSC has. I'm not looking to overwhelm you. Instead, we're going to go over eight simple GSC features that can provide you with actionable tasks…

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If you've looked into search engine optimization as a promotional technique for your website, you have likely come across the advice to make your website secure (having an https:// appear in front of your URLs instead of http://). Google has been very vocal in pushing for all websites to make the move to being secure,…

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Adult converts to Orthodoxy all have stories about their journey to the Faith. These stories are often populated with Non-Orthodox "seed planters." Fr Joseph, speaking at St Luke Church/Abilene, mentions a few such helpers.

Fr. John was down in Texas, in Midland at Midfast, speaking about the Cross at Holy Cross Church and what it means to deny one's self.

At St Simeon Mission/Santa Clarita, California, Fr John delivers a teaching sermon on the season of Pascha and how it relates, every Sunday, to baptism -- for the newly illumined and all who are baptized into Christ. Christ is Risen!

When it comes to church work: some do, some don't. The same can be said of every stage of our life in Christ. Here's Fr John mission planting in the Pacific Northwest.

Fr. Joseph has some announcements to make; mainly, if you see him walking on water . . . well, that's where you come in.

Fr. Finley, with reference to potential “mass conversions,” explains what we must do to prepare.

If the Lord will accept us at "the eleventh hour" -- why all the prayer, fasting, and alms giving? Fr Joseph speaks at an ecumenical gathering about how the Orthodox work out their salvation.

Speaking at St John Chrysostom Mission/Lakewood, Colorado -- Fr Joseph speaks on Receptivity, God's Will, and how susceptible we are to sin.

Speaking at St John Chrysostom Mission/Lakewood, Colorado -- where Father Seraphim and Matushka Masha Gisetti also operate the St Ephraim Center, which offers addiction and mental health treatment -- Fr Joseph attempts to answer a question about children and gadget addiction.

Fr Joseph asks parishioner Jeff Anderson why he finds the Samaritan Woman, St Photini, so special. (Talk about a "come to Jesus" moment!)

The blind man stumbled toward the water bearing spit and the clay -- only to return whole! But at first Celedonius could only see darkness, shadows. Fr Joseph preaches at St Joseph/Houston on the final Sunday of Pascha.

"Without evangelism, the Church is just a secret club for those who like that sort of thing." Fr Joseph quotes Fr. Michael Keiser, who fell asleep in the Lord on the Feast of the Dormition. May his memory be eternal—and may we all be teachable!

Our circumstances of late have revealed all sorts of warts and ailments, weaknesses, doubts, and fears. What's the best we can do these days? Fr Joseph answers.

For those of you who are new to the Orthodox Church—or were‚—what say ye about that daunting second visit? Good experience, not-so-good experience? Fr Joseph shares some comments from parishioners and invites yours.

Would you like to see more movies about Orthodox saints? Well, stay tuned! Yelena Popovic, the writer, director, and producer of the movie "Man of God" and her husband, Alexandros Potter sat down with Fr Joseph to talk about the forthcoming "Moses the Black" movie and their new venture, SimeonFaith, which will produce and distribute other Orthodox Christian films. Listen till the end for your role in this apostolic work! A teaser for the forthcoming "Moses the Black" can be found at SimeonFaith.com.

In this 32nd episode of the series, Fr.Tom gets to the very opening statement in the Divine Liturgy: "Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen."

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of All Saints.

Fr. John shares his homily on Romans 9.

Fr. John shares his homily on the Ninth Commandment.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 110.