pe Caring for People with Dementia By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-02T02:30:29+00:00 Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli interviews Chaplain Sarah Jabbour from Beacon Hospice on the topic of "Caring for People with Dementia." Full Article
pe Grief and Loss: Types of Losses - 1 (Part 5) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-31T16:45:03+00:00 Chaplain Sarah and Fr. Adrian help us understand the first three of the Six Major Types of Losses, as described in the book "All our Losses, All our Griefs" by Kenneth R. Mitchell and Herbert Anderson, that we and others experience in life. Full Article
pe Grief and Loss: Types of Losses - 2 (Part 6) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-31T17:25:51+00:00 Chaplain Sarah and Fr. Adrian continue their discussion of the Six Major Types of Losses, as described in the book "All our Losses, All our Griefs" by Kenneth R. Mitchell and Herbert Anderson, by reflecting on types four through six. Full Article
pe Pediatric Chaplaincy: Interview with Chaplain Elizabeth Hawkins - Part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-02-22T05:43:19+00:00 Fr. Adrian Budica interviews Pediatric Chaplain, Elizabeth Hawkins, BCC. Elizabeth is a Board Certified Chaplain and endorsed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. (Part 1 of 2) Full Article
pe Pediatric Chaplaincy: Interview with Chaplain Elizabeth Hawkins - Part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-03-13T03:45:54+00:00 Fr. Adrian Budica continues his interview with Pediatric Chaplain, Elizabeth Hawkins, BCC. Elizabeth is a Board Certified Chaplain and endorsed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. (Part 2 of 2) Full Article
pe You Can Be God's Helper By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-07-03T03:28:57+00:00 Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli shares an essay she wrote on the topic of why bad things happen to good people. Full Article
pe Reflections on CPE: Interview with Fr Andrew Honoré By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-19T22:38:25+00:00 Fr. Adrian interviews Fr. Andrew Honoré on the topic of abandonment and his experiences in CPE. Full Article
pe A Peculiar People: Orthodox Christian Identity in a Hostile World - Part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-05T03:04:27+00:00 How should our lives differ from the world as Orthodox Christians? Fr. Andrew challenges us to embrace our faith amidst a growingly hostile environment. Full Article
pe A Peculiar People: Orthodox Christian Identity in a Hostile World - Part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-05T03:05:29+00:00 In part 2, Fr. Andrew focuses on the importance of worship as Christians. Full Article
pe Sermon June 3, 2012 (Sunday of Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:05:27+00:00 On this Sunday of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew tells us that when we have a crisis of creativity, we should seek out the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Full Article
pe Sermon June 17, 2012 (Second Sunday After Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:07:57+00:00 On this Second Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew reminds us that is is not how good you are that matters, but how repentant you are. Full Article
pe Sermon July 1, 2012 (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:11:18+00:00 On the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew explains what it means when Orthodox Christians say, "We are being saved." Full Article
pe Sermon July 29, 2012 (8th Sunday after Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:16:35+00:00 On this 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew reminds us of the deep worth of the human person. Full Article
pe Sermon Aug. 12, 2012 (10th Sunday after Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:19:17+00:00 On this the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Father Andrew tells us that St. Paul calls the Leaders of the Church "Fools for Christ's Sake." Full Article
pe Sermon Aug. 19, 2012 (11th Sunday after Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:21:01+00:00 On this the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew asks, how can we ask God for forgiveness and not receive it? Full Article
pe Sermon Aug. 26 (12th Sunday after Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:23:57+00:00 On this the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew tells the stories of two rich young men, stories with two very different outcomes. Full Article
pe Sermon Sept. 30, 2012 (17th Sunday after Pentecost) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-06T03:30:13+00:00 On this 17th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew speaks to us about what it means to be a Temple of the Holy God. Full Article
pe 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
pe Sermon Jan. 20, 2013 (The Ten Lepers) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-08-07T03:09:41+00:00 On this Sunday of the Ten Lepers, Fr. Andrew asks, what is our response to the Blessings of God. Full Article
pe Sermon Apr. 21, 2013 (The Springtime of Repentance: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T21:23:27+00:00 On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew discusses what it really means to Repent. Full Article
pe Christ has not left us!: Pentecost and the Incarnation (Sermon June 23, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:35:43+00:00 On this Sunday of Pentecost we are reminded that with the coming of the Holy Spirit, we are assured that Christ has not left us. Full Article
pe The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Sermon Aug. 4, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:43:29+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells the story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and how they affirmed the glory of the truth of the resurrection. Full Article
pe The Pentecostal Fountain (Sermon June 8, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:56:09+00:00 On this Sunday of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew discusses Jesus' prediction of the coming of the Holy Spirit as a fountain of living water that springs up within the believer. Full Article
pe The Dormition Fast: Waiting with Hope (Sermon Aug. 10, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:04:32+00:00 On this Sunday before the Feast of the Dormition, Fr. Andrew reflects on the imminent passing of his own mother and what it teaches in the light of the Dormition of the Theotokos. Full Article
pe Peace on Earth (Sermon Nov. 23, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:07:52+00:00 Discussing St. Paul's saying 'Christ is our peace' from Ephesians 2, Fr. Andrew talks about the true nature of the peace that was inaugurated by the birth of Jesus. Full Article
pe Your Own Personal Jesus: Christmas and Paul (Sermon Dec. 28, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:15:42+00:00 On this Sunday after the Nativity of Christ, Fr. Andrew talks about Paul's personal sense of Christ in himself. Full Article
pe The Gospel Message: The Heart of the Orthodox Christian By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T17:50:03+00:00 A talk given at the Orthodox Homeschooling Conference (Apr. 23-26) at the Antiochian Village. Full Article
pe 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
pe 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
pe Preparation and Expectation (Sermon Dec. 13, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:43:35+00:00 On this Sunday of the Forefathers and the feast of St. Herman of Alaska, Fr. Andrew talks about their preparation before us and how we also can prepare for the Nativity and for the fulfillment of all man's hopes. Full Article
pe Spending Our Spiritual Currency (Sermon Feb. 7, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-18T03:35:48+00:00 Discussing the Parable of the Talents, Fr. Andrew speaks on what it means for us to have spiritual currency and how we ought to spend it. Full Article
pe Who is God? (Part 6 of 8): God is Our Hope (Sermon April 10, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-05-17T03:36:17+00:00 On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew's sixth meditation asking 'Who is God?' focuses on God as our hope. Full Article
pe Preaching the Gospel ‘That Our Joy May Be Fulfilled' (Sermon May 8, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-05-17T03:40:35+00:00 On this double feast of Thomas Sunday and of the Apostle John, Fr. Andrew discusses one reason why we bring the good news of the Gospel to the world. Full Article
pe Where is the Power of Pentecost? (Sermon June 19, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T01:06:09+00:00 On the great feast of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew asks why we do not see the unity and power in the Church that was seen in the time of the first Christians. Full Article
pe Our Mission is to the Person in Front of Us (Sermon Oct. 30, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-11-30T02:02:37+00:00 Discussing the Gospel of the rich man and Lazarus, Fr. Andrew points out the rich man's sin—he ignored the person in front of him. Full Article
pe When God Appears (Sermon Jan. 8, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-13T20:08:23+00:00 On this Sunday after Theophany, Fr. Andrew discusses what it means for God to appear to us personally and how we make that invitation. Full Article
pe Lent and Priesthood #8: The Priesthood of Hope (Sermon Mar. 26, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T19:23:49+00:00 On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Fr. Andrew discusses the link St. Paul makes in Hebrews 6:18-20 between hope and the priesthood of Christ. Full Article
pe The Descent of God in Fire: Pentecost and the Exodus (Sermon June 4, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-06T21:27:52+00:00 With the great feast of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew discusses it as a fulfillment of the Old Testament Exodus from Egypt. Full Article
pe Holiness How-To: Imitate our Gospel Parents (Sermon Aug. 13, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-31T18:13:08+00:00 Using Paul's exhortation to the Corinthians to imitate him as their father in the Gospel, Fr. Andrew expands this outward to discuss the role of spiritual fathers and mothers in our lives. Full Article
pe God Has Visited His People (Oct. 8, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:44:45+00:00 With the raising of the son of the widow of Nain, Jesus gives people an experience of God who are not used to seeing God. Fr. Andrew further comments on how we see God even in our difficult modern world. Full Article
pe 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
pe The Prodigal's Prayer and Repentance: A Single Movement (Feb. 4, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:15:13+00:00 Reflecting on his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Athos, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick connects some of the wisdom he heard there with the parable of the Prodigal Son and what that means for our own prayer and repentance. Full Article
pe Pentecost: Christ Has Not Left Us (May 27, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:38:12+00:00 Far from being a substitution at Pentecost, swapping Christ with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit makes Christ present to us for ever. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick meditates on this and related themes. Full Article
pe 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
pe A Star of Hope (Sept. 29, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:44:39+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick asks: Is it any wonder that, since the shaping of the world into order from formlessness and void in Genesis was begun with a light shining in the darkness, that the coming of Christ into this broken world of chaos and horror would also be begun with a star shining in the darkness? Full Article
pe What Would Happen If God Just Showed Up? (Nov. 3, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:51:37+00:00 Sometimes, we wish God would just show up so that He would remove all our doubts and we could believe in Him without question. But what are we really asking for? What would happen? Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses this question in light of the Gospel of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Full Article
pe Exorcism is Central to the Gospel By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:56:39+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick points out that the woman bent over by a 'spirit of infirmity' was under demonic attack and addresses the place of angels and demons in the life of the Christian, insisting that exorcism is actually a key component of the gospel. Full Article
pe Being Lay People for Christ - Jason Catanese By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-02-28T13:31:42+00:00 How can we fully realize our Christian calling without being priests? Jason Catanese, a recent graduate and a schoolteacher in Phoenix, AZ, returns to College Conference East to reflect on how Christ’s light shines in his life. Full Article
pe What Happens to Babies When They Die? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-10-18T16:09:11+00:00 Join Andja and Fr. Brendan as they share their experiences with death and discuss what happens to unbaptized babies when they die. Full Article
pe Pentecostalism By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-02-11T20:05:48+00:00 Fr. Brendan and Caroline Mellekas discuss Pentecostalism and speaking in tongues. Full Article