ap Advice from an Iconographer By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-11-29T03:55:20+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony interviews iconographer Lynette Hull of the Prosopon School (prosoponschool.org). She shares her thoughts on what happens when parishes compromise on icon composition and style, how missions should prioritize their collection of icons, and why it is important that priests immerse themselves in the production (and not just the study and veneration) of icons. She also shows considerable restraint as she works around Fr. Anthony's (attempts at) humor. Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap On the Priesthood. Chapter One - The Deception By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-10-15T01:25:51+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony reads the first chapter of St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood. The translation is by Rev. W. R. W. Stephens, M.A., (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume IX, edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., LL.D.), lightly edited to take out some of the archaicisms. Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap On the Priesthood. Chapter Three - On the Power and Temptations of the Priesthood By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-10-29T13:37:33+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony reads the third chapter of St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood. The translation is by Rev. W. R. W. Stephens, M.A., (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume IX, edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., LL.D.), lightly edited to take out some of the archaicisms (Fr. Anthony's mispronunciations are a bonus!). Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap On the Priesthood. Chapter Four - On the Dangers of Unworthy Ordination By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-11-02T21:07:39+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony reads the fourth chapter of St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood. The translation is by Rev. W. R. W. Stephens, M.A., (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume IX, edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., LL.D.), lightly edited to take out some of the archaicisms (the mispronunciations are all Fr. Anthony, though!). Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap On the Priesthood. Chapter Five - On Preaching and Indifference to Public Opinion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-09T09:16:31+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony reads the fifth chapter of St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood. The translation is by Rev. W. R. W. Stephens, M.A., (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume IX, edited by Philip Schaffer, D.D., LL.D.), lightly edited to take out some of the archaicisms (and maybe add a modern word or two). Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap On the Priesthood. Chapter Six - On Caring for the Flock By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-10T05:55:14+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony reads the sixth and final chapter of St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood. The translation is by Rev. W. R. W. Stephens, M.A., (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume IX, edited by Philip Schaffer, D.D., LL.D.), lightly edited to take out some of the archaicisms. Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap On the Priesthood. Chapter Two - On the Qualities of a Good Pastor By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-11T18:00:16+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony reads the second chapter of St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood. The translation is by Rev. W. R. W. Stephens, M.A., (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume IX, edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., LL.D.), lightly edited to take out some of the archaicisms (the mispronunciations are all Fr. Anthony, though!). Enjoy the show! Full Article
ap The Apostles Fast: Articulating the Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-30T02:09:11+00:00 How will we help our children find a respectful and good way to offer Orthodoxy to this world? Elissa emphasizes the importance of being able to articulate the Orthodox faith in emulation of the twelve Holy Apostles. Full Article
ap Welcome to Chapter Two - Catching Up By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-06-04T17:30:19+00:00 Elissa updates the Raising Saints audience on some new projects they might find interesting, and establishes a new plan for the future of Raising Saints. Full Article
ap The Rapture By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-29T02:35:31+00:00 "What enraptures us today determines how we will experience the rapture of the last day no matter when or how that takes place." Full Article
ap When Apples Are Sometimes Oranges By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-02T04:18:12+00:00 "One of my big confusions during the first few years of my journey as an Orthodox Christian was caused by an assumption I had that words used by different Orthodox spiritual writers would refer to the same thing. It took me a few years and abundant consternation to finally figure out that, ... sometimes words take on slightly different meanings in one context than they have in another. Figuring this out the hard way cost me several years of headache wondering why apples sometimes looked more like oranges." Full Article
ap Happy Ignorance with Peace By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-03T04:02:53+00:00 One of the greatest frustrations in my spiritual life has been caused by a passion for certainty. You might call it a need to know, a need to know what God is doing in my life, a need to have some explanation for or feeling for why my life is the way it is right now. When I don’t know—or when I don’t have some explanation that I can tell myself is the reason why things are happening to me and around me the way they are happening—if I don’t have something I can say to myself that gives reason and explanation to the pain and apparent arbitrariness of my experience, then because I don’t know, I have a great deal of inner turmoil. And it often happens that the inner turmoil of not knowing—or not thinking that I know—why things are the way they are or what God is doing in my life and in the lives of those around me through the painful, unfair and unbearable circumstances I or we are experiencing, the pain of this not knowing is more tormenting than the actual suffering I experience from the circumstance. Full Article
ap St. Isaac's Warning Applied to Advice From Holy Elders By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-03T04:45:18+00:00 In Homily 42, St. Isaac the Syrian makes an interesting statement about spiritual guidance. He says, “Do not seek advice from a man who does not lead a life similar to your own, even if he be very wise.” St. Isaac goes on, “Confide your thoughts to a man who, though he lack learning, has experience in things, rather than to a learned philosopher who speaks on the basis of speculations, having no actual experience.” For St. Isaac, and many Orthodox spiritual writers, both ancient and modern, it is very important to seek advice from those who have actually lived and experienced the things that you are seeking advice about. Full Article
ap Disappointment With Church Leaders By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-04T04:29:20+00:00 It seems the future of the Church, the future of the next Great and Holy Council (or the continuation of the one that has already begun) depends mostly on us, the people: the moms and dads, the brothers and sisters, the laity in general and the married priests and simple monastics. We’re the one’s whose holiness or lack thereof determines the holiness of tomorrow’s generation of leaders in the Church. Full Article
ap Abbot Chapman Prays in the Rain By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-15T04:40:07+00:00 Spiritual Letters is a collection of letters written in the early part of the twentieth century by a Roman Catholic priest—and I highly recommend it to English speaking Orthodox Christians who want to be encouraged in prayer. Full Article
ap Marriage and Baptism By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-01-14T17:40:00+00:00 If we do not work on that relationship, if we do not nurture longing for God, if we do not take the time to nurture our inner life, then we also grow apart from God. We are still baptized, still joined to Christ, but growing apart we become bored with God, our longing wanders to more exciting possibilities; and if we are not careful, God become a stranger, even an enemy to us. And this, perhaps, is what hell is like: to be joined to God, yet be bored with Him; to go to your own wedding, despising your fiance; to spend eternity knowing that you ignored for a lifetime the God who loves you so much that he allows you even to ignore His love. Full Article
ap Luke Chapter 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-01-17T15:25:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins his study of the Gospel of Luke with chapter 1, verse 1. Full Article
ap Luke Chapter 1, continued By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-01-23T14:12:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues the study of Luke, at chapter 1, verse 39. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapters 1 and 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-01-30T16:41:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes Luke, Chapter 1, and begins Chapter 2. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-06T07:27:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues through Luke 2. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 2, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-13T16:13:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion of Luke 2. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 3 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-20T15:26:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the study of Luke 3. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 3, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-27T14:21:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion of Luke 3. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 4 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-06T16:46:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the study of Luke, Chapter 4. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 4, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-13T11:34:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes the study of Luke, Chapter 4. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 5 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-20T13:29:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the study of Luke 5. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 5, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-27T14:23:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion of Luke 5. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 6 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-04-03T15:04:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the study of Luke 6. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 6, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-04-10T14:13:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion of Luke 6. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 7 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-04-17T14:18:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the discussion of Luke 7. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 7, continued By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-04-24T14:58:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues the study of Luke 7. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 7, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-05-01T13:29:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion of Luke 7. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 8 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-05-08T13:30:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the discussion of Luke 8. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 8, continued By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-05-15T14:22:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues his discussion of Luke 8. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 8, conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-05-22T13:40:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion of Luke 8. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 9 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-05-29T14:00:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins the discussion on Luke, chapter 9. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 9, continued By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-05T14:36:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues discussing Luke, Chapter 9. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapters 9 and 10 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-12T14:37:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen wraps up the discussion on Luke, Chapter 9, and begins discussing Chapter 10 Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 10, continued By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-19T14:38:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues his discussion of Luke, chapter 10. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 10, Conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-26T15:50:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen finishes his discussion on Luke, Chapter 10 Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 11 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-03T14:23:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins a discussion of Luke 11, including the Lord's Prayer. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 11, continued By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-10T15:58:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen continues the discussion of Luke 11. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapters 11 and 12 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-17T14:20:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes the discussion of Luke 11 and begins Luke 12. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 12, Conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-24T14:45:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes the discussion of Luke 12. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 13 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-31T11:29:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins discussing Luke 13. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapters 13 and 14 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-14T16:52:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes chapter 13 and begins discussing chapter 14. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 14 and 15 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-21T15:15:00+00:00 Fr Stephen wraps up Luke 14 and discusses Luke 15. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapters 15 and 16 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-28T14:51:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes discussing chapter 15, and begins Luke, chapter 16. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 16, Conclusion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-09-04T15:37:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen concludes the study of Luke 16. Full Article
ap Luke, Chapter 17 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-09-11T13:27:00+00:00 Fr. Stephen begins discussing Luke, Chapter 17 Full Article