ca Dn. Perry Hamalis and the Upcoming OCAMPR Conference By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-09-22T04:45:06+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dn. Perry Hamalis, the Cecelia Schneller Mueller Professor of Religion at North Central College and one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming annual conference of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion, or OCAMPR. For more information about the conference and to register, please click here. Full Article
ca Dr. Donald Jenkins, Vice President of OCAMPR By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-09-22T04:49:20+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Donald Jenkins, Clinical Professor in the Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center, in San Antonio, TX, and one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming annual conference of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion, or OCAMPR. For more information about the conference and to register, please click here. Full Article
ca St. Raphael School and Schole Academy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-01T22:38:46+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Joelle Hodge, the principal of St. Raphael School and Schole Academy, about a new partnership between St. Raphael School and Ancient Faith Radio that will result in a webinar speaker series. Full Article
ca St. Macrina Orthodox Academy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-02-12T23:47:18+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Mat. Elizabeth Philo and Fr. Matthew Harrington, two of the individuals behind the St. Macrina Orthodox Academy, located in the Tri-Cities area of Washington state. Full Article
ca OCAMPR Conference 2020 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-10-23T14:20:42+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Philip Mamalakis and Dean Theophilos about the upcoming OCAMPR 2020 Conference. This year's virtual conference on Friday, November 6th and Saturday, November 7th is titled "Christ, The Measure of Wellness: Healing Mind, Body, and Soul”. Anyone is welcome to attend this conference and hear theological, medical, and psychological perspectives on mental health from amazing speakers such as His Grace Bishop Maxim (Vasiljević) of Los Angeles and Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Dr. Georgette Constantinou, Ph.D., and Dr. Dan N. Cotoman, MD. Attendees also can participate in breakout groups, networking opportunities, and more! Learn more and register at OCAMPR's website! Full Article
ca The Orthodox Christian Fellowship Now Campaign By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-12-13T03:36:23+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews a handful of OCF students and alumni about the importance and reach of Orthodox Christian Fellowship. In part, the students discuss the OCF Now Campaign. Help OCF reach $25,000 by August 4, and this amount will be matched! Find out more here. Full Article
ca Classical Learning Resource Center (CLRC) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-12-13T03:37:58+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Anne Van Fossen and Bryan Smith. Anne is the chief academic officer of the Classical Learning Resource Center, or CLRC, and Bryan is the school’s Chief Operations Officer. The CLRC is offering a 10% discount off any CLRC Christian Studies class for AFR listeners for the next two weeks. The coupon code is AFRDiscount10. Full Article
ca Pittsburgh Theological Seminary's Eastern Christian Doctor of Ministry Cohort By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-04-28T16:49:42+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. John Burgess, a professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, about the graduate school's Eastern Christian Doctor of Ministry Cohort, a new academic offering presented in partnership with Antiochian House of Studies. Full Article
ca Classical Learning Resource Center (CLRC) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-08-29T18:34:16+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Anne Van Fossen, the Chief Academic Officer of The Classical Learning Resource Center. Together they discuss some exciting new developments at the CLRC, including a new online academy! Full Article
ca Anne Van Fossen, Chief Academic Officer of the CLRC By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-07-05T15:01:55+00:00 Bobby Maddex interview with Ann Van Fossen, the Chief Academic Officer for the Classical Learning Resourse Centre, also known as the CLRC, as well as, two of her teachers at the centre; John Bassett and Michelle Wib Band. To learn more about the CLRC please go to; clrconline.com. email @ info@clrconline.com Also the CLRC is offering a discount code until August 3,2023 which is AFR10 Full Article
ca 2023 Suprasl World Orthodox Youth Gathering: Event Recap and Interview By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-10-12T05:00:01+00:00 Bobby Maddex speaks with Dn. Joseph Matusiak, Ellie Bernasol, Ilmari Hayrynen, and Gabi Moussa about their experience at the 2023 Suprasl World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth event, held in Poland. To donate to this project please visit http://suprasl.org http://www.suprasl.org http://www.facebook.org/suprasl2022 http://www.instagram.com/suprasl_wfoy OR reach out to Dn. Joseph Matusiak @ jmatusiak@suprasl2022.org Full Article
ca Interview with St. Raphael & Schole Academies By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2024-01-24T06:00:01+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Joylynn Blake, director at St. Raphael School and Presbytera Maria Koulianos,SRS Principal Tutoring Center CSLD Manager. To learn more about the St. Raphael and Schole Academies please visit ; https://raphaelschool.org and https://scholeacademy.com Full Article
ca Hagia Sophia Orthodox Classical Academy Interview By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2024-03-07T06:00:01+00:00 Bobby Maddex, Director of Digital Media for Ancient Faith Ministries interviews Zachary Waltz, the headmaster of Hagia Sophia Orthodox Classical Academy located in Indianapolis, Indiana. As well as Fr. David Wey, the rector of the Academy. Please visit https://www.hagiasophiaclassical.com for more information about the academy Full Article
ca Interview with Dr. John Burgess of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2024-03-13T05:00:01+00:00 Bobby Maddex, the Director of Digital Media for Ancient Faith Ministries, interviews Dr. John Burgess, the James Henry Snowden, professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Full Article
ca Interview with Fr. Patrick Viscuso, President of the Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2024-03-20T05:00:01+00:00 Bobby Maddox, the Director of Digital Media for Ancient Faith Ministries, interviews Fr.Patrick Viscuso, the president of the brand new Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America. Pleae visit www.oclsna.org to learn more about the Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America Full Article
ca The Orthodox Church in Africa By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2024-06-28T05:00:01+00:00 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. Full Article
ca Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-08-07T19:27:09+00:00 Fr. David Bozeman, Fr. James Bozeman, and Fr. Christopher Foley discuss their experience as members of the band Luxury and introduce the new documentary about that experience. The entire band suffered through an accident in the early Nineties that led to their conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy. Here is the trailer for the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y4jIPn96Ig. Full Article
ca The Orthodox Deaconess: Examining the Call for Restoration By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2024-02-01T18:52:43+00:00 The story of the Orthodox Deaconess is largely unknown today. When did they exist, and what was their function? In recent decades, there has been a call for restoring the female diaconate, causing no small debate between Orthodox proponents and opponents. In the first special edition of Ancient Faith Today Live, Fr. Tom Soroka and John Maddex take a deep dive into the topic with a full-length audio documentary, which will feature scholarly experts from both sides of the issue and reflect upon the views shared and what we can conclude about the Church’s wisdom on this issue today. Full Article
ca Jesus Calls the Disciples . . . and Us By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-09T21:37:46+00:00 Fr. Pat examines the story of Christ calling his first disciples under three aspects. Full Article
ca Three Provocative Questions By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:24:51+00:00 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Full Article
ca Biblical Worship By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-30T04:43:04+00:00 Fr. Pat explores three essential components of Biblical worship: the sanctuary itself, the bread, and the lamp stand. Full Article
ca The Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-07-02T05:15:46+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the Council of Nicaea, which gave us the Creed in the year 325. Full Article
ca The Call to a Generous Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-27T05:40:33+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the parable of the servant and the debt he owed to the king. Full Article
ca An Autobiographical Parable By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-06T03:59:07+00:00 In the parable of the Vineyard and the Vinedressers, Jesus is not giving a moral teaching, as might be expected, but rather is presenting His own story about His relationship to God and to the people of Israel. Fr. Pat discusses this. Full Article
ca And We Share Her Vocation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-09-11T03:27:45+00:00 On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Fr. Pat offers reflections about the Mother of Our Lord: her presence in the early church, earliest references to her in the Scriptures, and about the Marian quality of the people of God. Full Article
ca Captivating our Hearts to Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-01T17:27:50+00:00 Father Pat looks at what we can learn about prayer from the story of the Syrophoenician woman found in Matthew 15. This is part one of a two-part series. Full Article
ca Practical Rules for How to Live the Life in Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-06T03:56:29+00:00 Fr. Pat expounds upon Paul’s exhortations in Romans 12:6-14. Full Article
ca The Vigilant Care of the Soul By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-06T04:04:51+00:00 A certain mindset of vigilance is an essential part of the transmission of the Gospel. We do not simply hand on the Gospel, but we hand on that sense of vigilance and care that is essential to its reception. Fr. Pat Reardon compares Biblical vigilance with that of other traditions. Full Article
ca The Moral Education of Josiah By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-06T20:59:46+00:00 Fr. Pat looks at three stages and three sources of Josiah's moral instruction. Full Article
ca The Education of Timothy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-06T21:06:46+00:00 Timothy’s mother and grandmother not only raised him in the faith, but they instructed him in the study of sacred grammar. Fr. Pat suggests three blessings that came to young Timothy through this study, which pertain to all of us, not just those raising children. Full Article
ca The Catholic, Apostolic Church By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-06T21:41:49+00:00 What sorts of things do we mean when we profess that the Church is catholic and apostolic? Why are these words so important that they are explicitly mentioned in the creed? Fr. Pat explores these questions. Full Article
ca Justification: Ongoing, Internal, and Shared By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-06T22:00:10+00:00 Preaching from Galatians 2:16-20, Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon reflects upon justification through faith. Full Article
ca Man's Capacity For Light By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-02-14T18:52:13+00:00 On the Sunday after the Theophany, Fr. Pat preaches from Matthew 4:12-17. Full Article
ca The Cave, the Calendar, and the Curriculum By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-12-29T16:35:06+00:00 The Christian faith is based on an event that took place in a specific place at a specific time in history; God instructs us through history, and we are to be learners. Fr. Pat gave this homily on Christmas Eve several years ago. Full Article
ca The Event of the Incarnation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-01-07T12:43:27+00:00 Strictly speaking, the Orthodox Church does not celebrate doctrines, it celebrates events. On this homily given on the Sunday before Theophany, Fr Pat considers the event of Jesus's Incarnation. Full Article
ca Catching Up With Joseph By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-07-02T03:58:43+00:00 Fr. Pat looks at the life and character of Joseph the Betrothed: a model of God, and another David. Full Article
ca The Mystery of the Incarnation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-09-14T21:43:54+00:00 Fr. Pat argues that the doctrine of the Incarnation must dominate anthropology. Full Article
ca Dedicated Lives (The Presentation of the Theotokos) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-04T17:43:34+00:00 Fr. Pat contrasts the childhood dedication and life of Mary with that of Hannibal. Full Article
ca The Dialectical Structure of History (Romans 10:1-10) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-04T18:00:06+00:00 Every summer, my brothers and sisters, in either late June or early July we listen to the first ten verses of Romans 10. This text appears near the middle of Paul's analysis of the dialectical structure of history, which is the subject of Romans 9-11. Full Article
ca Justification By Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-05T22:43:37+00:00 Full Article
ca Lent-Preparing Catechumens By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-05T22:47:26+00:00 Full Article
ca Passion and Justification By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-05T23:08:40+00:00 Full Article
ca Priority, Obedience and the Physical Nature of Salvation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-05T23:26:03+00:00 Full Article
ca The Significance of the Apostles By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-05T23:41:45+00:00 Full Article
ca Sanctification of Time By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-08T17:20:58+00:00 Full Article
ca Three Psychological Vices By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-26T22:06:49+00:00 Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon warns us about three things which impede our ability to walk worthy of the vocation with which we have been called. Full Article
ca A Paradigm For the Christian Calling By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-12-22T05:03:46+00:00 The calling of the first four apostles gives us a model of the calling each of us receives from Christ. Fr. Pat looks at three qualities of this calling. Full Article
ca Man's Metaphysical Homesickness By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-02-24T03:22:57+00:00 Fr. Pat preaches on the story of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15. Full Article
ca The God of Cash Value By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-04-06T16:59:54+00:00 Is the god we’re worshipping actually the God of the Bible? Or are we worshiping the benevolent, optimistic, political, social, economic god of contemporary American culture? Because the worship of a false god is worse than the worship of no god. Full Article