k Reflections on the Dormition of the Theotokos By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-08-08T21:57:29+00:00 Chaplain Sarah and Fr. Adrian reflect upon the significance of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (August 15) for those who are keeping vigil for a loved one. You can watch Chaplain Sarah deliver her sermon on the "Icon of the Dormition" at St. Mary Orthodox Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts by clicking here. Full Article
k OCAMPR 2018: I Walk the Line - The Chaplains Resistant and Compliant Presence By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-20T23:22:56+00:00 Dr. Adrian Budica, ThM, ACPE, BCC, Director of Field Education, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood NY, and Sara Byrne-Martelli, MDiv, DMin candidate, BCC, Chaplain, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Video presentation available here. Full Article
k Mental Health: An Interview with Beryl Knudsen By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-08-10T04:20:05+00:00 Fr. Adrian Budica interviews Beryl Knudsen, a chaplain at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut and a graduate from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. Full Article
k Interview with Hieromonk Serafim (Mendoza Segundo) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2013-03-27T15:32:31+00:00 Aquí le ofrecemos algo mas para compartir en Glorificando a Dios. Comenzaremos con esta primera de lo que esperamos sean más entrevistas ocasionales en el futuro para compartir algo más sobre los acontecimientos de la Iglesia Ortodoxa en América Latina. Esta entrevista es con el Hieromonje Serafín (Mendoza Segundo) en México sobre la Iglesia Ortodoxa y su trabajo misionero en esa región. As an additional offering to Glorifying God, we will begin with this first of many occasional interviews so that we can share something more about the accomplishments of the Orthodox Church in Latin America. The following interview is with Hieromonk Serafim (Mendoza Segundo) in Mexico about the Orthodox Church and his missionary work in that region. Full Article
k From General Hospital to the Hospital of Souls: Interview with Jonathan Jackson By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-05T03:14:56+00:00 Four-time Emmy award-winner Jonathan Jackson, star of General Hospital and Tuck Everlasting, talks with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick about his journey into Orthodox Christianity, his family, how he lives his faith as a Hollywood actor, music and writing, on this special episode of Roads From Emmaus. Full Article
k As Unknown, and Yet Well Known: Introducing the Orthodox Church in American Culture By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-05T03:23:46+00:00 Fr. Andrew gave this talk at Cornell University on February 14, 2012. Full Article
k 26th Sunday after Pentecost (Prophet Habakkuk) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T02:56:16+00:00 On this Sunday remembering the Prophet Habakkuk, Fr. Andrew reminds us that only God is God. Full Article
k Sermon Mar. 10, 2013 (Knowing God at the Last Judgment) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:26:24+00:00 On this Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. Andrew asks if we are engaged in the true Christian Life. Full Article
k Sermon Mar. 17, 2013 (Forgiveness Sunday / St. Patrick's Day) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:27:44+00:00 On this Sunday of Forgiveness, Fr. Andrew discusses the Forgiving Spirit of St. Patrick. Full Article
k Sermon Apr. 7, 2013 (Asceticism: How to Take Up the Cross) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T20:13:36+00:00 On this Sunday of the Cross, Fr. Andrew discusses what it really means to 'Take Up the Cross'. Full Article
k Faith and Works (Sermon July 28, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:42:13+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that there is no opposition between faith and good works in the writings of St. Paul. Full Article
k The Nativity of the Theotokos (Sermon Sept. 8, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:53:53+00:00 Fr. Andrew exhorts us to hear Mary's call to draw near to her holy Son. Full Article
k The Unlikely Servants of God (Sermon Nov. 10, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:44:10+00:00 Bringing together the life of St. Theodora (the wife of the Emperor St. Justinian) with the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Fr. Andrew looks at how God likes to use those who are least likely. Full Article
k Keeping Our Children (and Ourselves) in Church for Life (Sermon Apr. 13, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:46:14+00:00 On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew shows how what sociologists have observed about how both kids and adults stay in church long-term is built into the Orthodox tradition. Full Article
k Awakening to the Resurrection (Sermon Apr. 27, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:48:16+00:00 On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew reflects on the awakening of Christ from the dead and what it means for us to awaken to the resurrection. Full Article
k A Faith that is More Than Thinking and Feeling (Sermon Oct. 12, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:18:12+00:00 With the coincidence of the commemorations of the Seventh Ecumenical Council and Symeon the New Theologian, Fr. Andrew reflects on how these two feasts together reveal a crucial component of spiritual life. Full Article
k Justification and the Works of the Law (Sermon Nov. 2, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:01:46+00:00 Reflecting on St. Paul's discussion of justification in Gal. 2:16-20, Fr. Andrew describes the difference between the faith and works of the Law of Moses and the faith and works of righteousness in Christ. Full Article
k Taking the Light Ahead: Lessons from Missionary Saints of the Orthodox Church By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T17:53:41+00:00 A talk given at the Orthodox Homeschooling Conference (Apr. 23-26) at the Antiochian Village. Full Article
k Why Did God Make Him Blind? (Sermon May 17, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T17:58:49+00:00 On this Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew discusses how all things are a gift from God meant for salvation—even blindness. Full Article
k Pentecost is the Re-Creation of Mankind (Sermon May 31, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T18:04:31+00:00 On this Great Feast of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew discusses how the sending forth of the Spirit re-creates us, all mankind and the whole cosmos. Full Article
k Walking in the Spirit of God (Sermon July 5, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T18:14:00+00:00 Addressing the 'fruit of the Spirit' in Galatians 5, Fr. Andrew discusses how St. Ambrose interprets this passage to say something about who God is and what spiritual life therefore means. Full Article
k You Bleed Just to Know You're Alive (Sermon Sept. 13, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-30T03:23:42+00:00 On this Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross, Fr. Andrew discusses the 'virtual' worlds we live in and how we seek life in the midst of fakeness. Full Article
k Walking with Luke on the Road to Emmaus (Sermon Oct. 18, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-27T02:29:21+00:00 On this feast of the Apostle Luke, Fr. Andrew highlights his encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus and what that means for our own spiritual lives. Full Article
k Tithing: The Sacrifice That Gets Us Unstuck (Sermon Oct. 25, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-01T03:13:33+00:00 In the context of the Gospel of the healing of the Gadarene Demoniac Legion, Fr. Andrew talks about tithing in terms of sacrifice, which gets us 'unstuck' from what possesses us. Full Article
k Oneness in the Church: The Key to Generosity and Good Works (Sermon Nov. 22, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-28T17:57:21+00:00 Using the words of St. Paul in Ephesians 4:1-7, Fr. Andrew discusses how our oneness in Christ leads us to greater love and generosity. Full Article
k Awake, O Sleeper! Dream Logic and the Spiritual Life (Sermon Nov. 29, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:39:47+00:00 Fr. Andrew uses St. Paul's language of sin as spiritual sleep to talk about how our lives are distorted in this 'sleep' and what it's like when we 'awake.' Full Article
k Who is God? (Part 8 of 8): God is Our King (Sermon Apr. 24, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-05-17T03:39:25+00:00 On Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew discusses Jesus' entry into Jerusalem in terms of the Roman 'triumph' ceremony and shows how we can participate in the victory of Jesus our King. Full Article
k How Death Unlocks Life (Sermon May 15, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-05-17T03:41:37+00:00 On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew describes how death and other major life transitions present the opportunity to remake our lives, with the loosening up of previously locked relationships and ways of thinking. Full Article
k Christian Unity: It Would Take a Miracle! (Sermon Aug. 14, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T01:09:26+00:00 Discussing Paul's admonition in 1 Cor. 1 that Christians all be of the same mind, Fr. Andrew comments on how unity is possible. Full Article
k Heaven is Like Good Company (Sermon Dec. 11, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-01-01T04:48:26+00:00 Fr. Andrew discusses one image of Heaven—a table of companionship. Full Article
k Loving God When It Makes No Sense (Sermon Jan. 29, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-13T20:12:13+00:00 Fr. Andrew uses the example of the persistence of the Canaanite Woman to show what humility and love for God look like. Full Article
k Christianity is Historical and Therefore Makes Demands (Sermon May 14, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:08:54+00:00 Using Jesus' observation to the Samaritan woman at the well that 'salvation is from the Jews,' Fr. Andrew discusses the historical particularity of the Christian faith. Full Article
k Is Faith Like in the Bible Even Possible? (Sermon July 2, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-04T04:53:50+00:00 Using the example of the centurion, who believes that Jesus will heal his servant with just a word, Fr. Andrew asks if that kind of faith is even possible in our own age. Full Article
k The Prophet-Priest Ezekiel (Sermon July 23, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-04T04:56:56+00:00 On the feast of the Prophet Ezekiel, Fr. Andrew gives an overview of his life and discusses some images from his book of prophecy. Full Article
k The Age of Taking Church for Granted is Over (Sept. 24, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-07T23:50:17+00:00 Fr. Andrew talks about the religious and irreligious space we now inhabit and draws on the writings of a saint of celebrated on the day, Silouan the Athonite, for a way forward. (Spoiler alert: Our age is more like the apostles' age.) Full Article
k Walk as Wise (Dec. 3, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:49:02+00:00 In looking at St. Paul's exhortation to 'walk not as unwise, but as wise,' Fr. Andrew talks about what that means and contrasts it with how we usually use our wisdom. Full Article
k Why Repent? What Kingdom? (Jan. 14, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:26:00+00:00 After His baptism, the Lord Jesus begins His preaching: 'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,' and Fr. Andrew unpacks what that means for us. He also gives further comment and talks about his anticipation for going on a very special pilgrimage. Full Article
k Of Exorcisms and Earthquakes (May 13, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:37:25+00:00 What do an exorcism and an earthquake have in common? What about attempted suicide and mud? Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick connects all these together. Full Article
k What Do You Believe In: Reaching for the Transcendent on the Streets of New York By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:51:07+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Steven Christoforou take to the streets of Manhattan and ask people what they believe in. What they hear surprised them and might surprise you, too. Full Article
k The Viking and the Fisherman (July 29, 2018). By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:53:14+00:00 With the feast of St. Olaf of Norway, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses the Gospel of Peter walking on the water and interprets both in the light of St. Paul's teachings on synergy with God. Full Article
k You Can't See Heaven If All You Look at is Earth (Dec. 9, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:05:10+00:00 In Luke 13, Jesus heals a woman bent over for 18 years. Bringing in the commentary of St. Theophylact of Ohrid, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick talks about how this woman is an image of our own souls and how we perceive what is heavenly. Full Article
k The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand, So How Do I Repent? (Jan. 13, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:10:44+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick unpacks the preaching of Christ and John the Forerunner—'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand'—discussing what all of those terms really mean for everyday Christian life. Full Article
k The Equal of Martyrdom: Fr. Nicola Yanney, Holy Man of Nebraska By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:26:59+00:00 In this special documentary, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick goes on pilgrimage to encounter Fr. Nicola Yanney, an early 20th century Orthodox missionary in America and the first priest ordained by St. Raphael of Brooklyn, whose missionary territory included most of the Great Plains. Join Fr. Andrew as he explores the life of this holy man through interviews, research and prayer in Kearney, Nebraska, asking the question: Is Fr. Nicola a saint? Included with this documentary are 9 bonus tracks of extra interviews and other material that was not included in the main documentary. Full Article
k Sin is Exile from the Kingdom (Jan. 19, 2020) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-02-21T17:53:52+00:00 Using the Gospel of the Ten Lepers, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses how leprosy put the lepers outside society, how their healing has a purpose beyond physical health, and how that relates to the Kingdom of God and the immortality of its citizens. Full Article
k Thanksgiving By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2011-03-13T20:56:48+00:00 On today's show we discuss Thanksgiving with Fr. John Hopko and hear what you're thankful for. Theme song, "Burn Out Bright," by Switchfoot, used by permission. Full Article
k Real Break By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2012-08-06T16:42:06+00:00 Timothy interviews students who have attended Real Break, the alternative spring break program offered every year to Orthodox college students. Full Article
k Jonathan Jackson By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2012-12-20T18:10:00+00:00 Tim interviews Emmy Award-winning actor Jonathan Jackson, who will be speaking at this year's West Coast College Conference. Full Article
k College Conference East Keynote Address By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-01-31T20:19:18+00:00 This is the keynote address given by His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa, Primate of the American Carpatho-Russion Orthodox Diocese of the USA and the episcopal overseer of the Orthodox Christian Fellowship, at the 2013 OCF College Conference East at Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Penn. He addressed this year's theme for OCF: "Behold now, what is so good or so pleasant as for brothers to dwell together in unity?" (Psalm 132:1) Full Article
k Fr. Timothy Hojnicki By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-24T15:36:57+00:00 Fr. Timothy Hojnicki speaks at College Conference East, which took place from December 28-31, 2016, at Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Full Article
k Come and See the Living Church with Fr. Timothy Hojnicki By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-07T14:55:56+00:00 Before we begin to talk about the physical buildings, we must first address the living stones. In his keynote address at College Conference East, Fr. Timothy Hojnicki asks what visitors will actually see when they come to an Orthodox parish. Full Article