mi The Pen is Mightier than the Sword By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-04T05:32:53+00:00 Dr. Reynolds talks about the strength and endurance of Christian beauty. Full Article
mi The Middle Way By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-05-15T17:06:17+00:00 Dr. John Mark Reynolds discusses the importance of finding balance in the church. Full Article
mi Interview with Bishop Thomas about Families By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-04-09T14:03:58+00:00 Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks with Bishop Thomas about struggles that families are facing. Full Article
mi Interview with Miray Katrib, part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-06-07T14:44:11+00:00 Dr. John Mark Reynolds speaks with teacher Miray Katrib about languages, growing up in Lebanon and Miami, and staying in the Faith. Full Article
mi Interview with Miray Katrib, part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-06-14T00:15:58+00:00 Dr. John Mark Reynolds speaks with teacher Miray Katrib about coming to the St. Constantine School, and the importance of language learning. Full Article
mi Mistborn Trilogy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-08-31T18:35:19+00:00 Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks about Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. Full Article
mi Mainstreaming Animal Personhood By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-01T03:53:33+00:00 Should animals have the same rights of "personhood" as humans? Full Article
mi What If There Was Another Polio Epidemic? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-09-06T13:26:50+00:00 To what extent should efforts be made to work for the healing of those with significant illnesses, like polio, rather than letting them die with assistance? Full Article
mi A Homily on the Nativity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-12T18:54:32+00:00 As a Christmas gift to our listeners, the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS) presents a reading of "A Homily on the Nativity" from the book Harp of the Spirit: Poems of St. Ephrem the Syrian, translated by Sebastian Brock and published by IOCS. Full Article
mi Les Miserables By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T02:18:26+00:00 Dr. Rossi reviews the new movie, Les Miserables, and points out the messages that are consistent with the Orthodox faith. Full Article
mi Icons - Windows and Mirrors By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T02:19:38+00:00 Today, Dr. Rossi reflects on icons and the very different perspective of the Orthodox Christian when viewing them. Full Article
mi Gentleness as a Mindset By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T02:36:03+00:00 In an often harsh world, a gentle spirit is a reflection of the life of Christ within us. Full Article
mi Meet Fr. Michael Nasser By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T03:08:44+00:00 Dr. Rossi interviews Fr. Michael Nasser, past Director of Antiochian Village Camp and Project Mexico. Fr. Michael is now priest of Holy Apostles Orthodox Mission in Bowling Green, KY. Full Article
mi Becoming Human By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T03:13:06+00:00 Dr. Rossi reviews the new book by Fr. John Behr: Becoming Human. Full Article
mi Fr. Ted Pisarchuk - Becoming a Better Parishioner By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T03:39:20+00:00 Dr. Rossi interviews the parish priest at St. Justin Martyr Orthodox Church in Jacksonville about parish life, outreach, and evangelism. Full Article
mi Prison Ministry By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T03:49:56+00:00 Today Dr. Rossi talks with Fr. Nick Solak, parish priest and faculty member at St. Vladimir's Seminary about prison ministry and training seminarians for work in prisons. Full Article
mi The Homily By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T03:54:30+00:00 Dr. Rossi interviews Dr. Bruce Beck, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute at Holy Cross Seminary. They talk about the importance of the homily in the Divine Liturgy and how we should prepare ourselves to hear it. Full Article
mi Amish Country By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T03:58:21+00:00 Dr. Rossi gave a retreat in Lancaster, PA, which is the heart of the Amish and Mennonite community. He interviews Fr. Alex Goussetis from Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church about how he is relating to them. Full Article
mi Missions in Mongolia By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-04-04T20:27:56+00:00 Dr. Rossi interviews Christopher and Jennifer Moore, who spent eight months as missionaries in Mongolia. Christopher is a first year student at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Full Article
mi The Blessing of Milo By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-05-17T04:11:23+00:00 Dr. Rossi share his experience with the Orthodox blessing of a child. Full Article
mi Becoming Childlike By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-27T00:17:17+00:00 Dr. Rossi reflects upon an interaction that he had with his granddaughter and Jesus' call to become like a little child. Full Article
mi Family Systems By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-03-10T22:05:20+00:00 Dr. Rossi once again interviews Fr. Sean Levine, a graduate of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and now chaplain in the United States Army, regarding Family Systems Theory and how it applies to our healing the growth. Full Article
mi Homiletics By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T21:42:47+00:00 Dr. Rossi interviews Fr. Sergius Halvorsen on the place of the homily in the life of the average parishioner. The Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen is the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Full Article
mi Project Uganda: An Interview with Seminarian Dn. Simon Menya By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T21:47:38+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi interviews seminarian Dn. Simon Menya on his vision for ministry in his home country called "Project Uganda." Dn. Simon is a student at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Full Article
mi A Seminarian's Letter By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T21:51:29+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi shares a letter that he received from a former seminarian about the lessons that he learned and how he is sharing those insights through his ministry today. Full Article
mi Miracles By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T21:59:39+00:00 Dr. Rossi reflects on the purpose and meaning of miracles in the mystery of God's plan, and calls us to become more aware of the miracles that we experience everyday. Full Article
mi The Power of a Soft Smile By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T22:57:05+00:00 Dr. Rossi speaks about the power of a soft smile on our heart and mind. Full Article
mi The Homily and the Hearer: Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T23:01:01+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi has a follow up interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen on the topic of "The Homily and the Hearer." Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen is the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Full Article
mi Becoming a Healing Presence in Dark Times By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-07-14T15:31:41+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi reflects on how we can be a healing presence during these dark times in our world. Full Article
mi Overcoming Impulse Through Relaxation and Prayer: An Interview with Fr. Alexis Trader By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-10-10T17:55:35+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Fr. Alexis Trader, author of Ancient Christian Wisdom, on the topic of overcoming impulsivity and the desire to control the world around us. Full Article
mi An Inch Wide and a Mile Deep By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-11-28T17:24:41+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi turns the well known phrase, "A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep," around in order to help us see our need to deeper into our true self in Christ. Full Article
mi Reframing - Part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-11-29T21:26:34+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi reflects on the topic of reframing our thinking based on his reading of the book Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica. (Part 1 of 2) Full Article
mi Reframing - Part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-12-01T03:22:09+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi continues his discussion on the reframing of our thoughts based on his reading of the book Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica. (Part 2 of 2) Full Article
mi Becoming Like Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-05-26T15:49:16+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi shares his thoughts on what it means to become like a child in order to inherit the Kingdom of God. Full Article
mi Keep Your Mind in Hell and Despair Not - Part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-04-01T13:26:13+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi continues his reflections on the profound statement by St. Silouan the Athonite, "Keep your mind in hell and despair not." Full Article
mi Keep Your Mind in Hell and Despair Not - Part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-04-01T13:26:28+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi reflects on the profound statement by St. Silouan the Athonite, "Keep your mind in hell and despair not." Full Article
mi Our Distractions Determine Our Lives By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-05-18T01:55:25+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi reflects the impact that our distracted minds and hearts have on our lives and the lives of others. Full Article
mi Male Converts and Female Saints: Strong Women in Orthodoxy and in My Family By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-24T20:28:08+00:00 Fr. Philip LeMasters marvels at how central the balance of the masculine and the feminine is to our Orthodox faith and spiritual life. Full Article
mi Lenten Homily By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-24T20:32:16+00:00 Fr. John Parker is the Chair of the Dept. of Evangelization for the Orthodox Church in America. He wrote this homily to begin Lent based on the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom. Full Article
mi The Jesus Seminar and Gospel Accuracy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-24T20:58:07+00:00 Fr. Lawrence Farley critically examines the hermeneutic of suspicion that marks modern liberal biblical scholarship. Full Article
mi Demonizing Dichotomies or a Rainbow Flag By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-24T21:19:04+00:00 Fr. Lawrence Farley warns us that we can neither demonize the world nor accept all that it offers. Full Article
mi Contemporary Challenges in Marriage, Family, and Sexuality. By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-09-01T02:21:59+00:00 Fr. Philip reflects on the Eucharistic context of the pastoral response to contemporary challenges in marriage, family, and sexuality. Full Article
mi Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-02-28T21:14:42+00:00 Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 1 of Full Article
mi Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-02-28T21:21:32+00:00 Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 2 of 4. Full Article
mi Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 3 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-02-28T21:22:40+00:00 Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 3 of 4. Full Article
mi Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 4 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-02-28T21:22:56+00:00 Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 4 of a 4 part series Full Article
mi The Coming of the Lord - St. Leo the Great By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-13T17:16:19+00:00 Fr. Matthew examines a sermon by St. Leo of Rome, normally read in the season of Pascha, yet which sheds great light on the coming of the Lord, and the pastoral message to be gleaned from the intense theological disputes about Christ's natures that raged in the early Church. Full Article
mi The Coming of the Lord - St. Leo the Great By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-13T17:16:40+00:00 Archimandrite Irenei examines a sermon by St. Leo of Rome, normally read in the season of Pascha, yet which sheds great light on the coming of the Lord, and the pastoral message to be gleaned from the intense theological disputes about Christ’s natures that raged in the early Church. Full Article
mi The River of Jordan Streaming from my Eyes By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-13T17:54:17+00:00 This week, Fr. Irenei reflects on one of the "Steps" from St John Klimakos’s Ladder to Paradise, in which the saint considers the life of the Christian and the judgement of others. Have we begun to live the life of repentance? Or does our judgement of our neighbor reveal that we have yet to grasp the true nature of our sin, and make a true beginning of abandoning it in Christ? Full Article
mi Mindset of a Servant Leader By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:33:27+00:00 Mark Moraitakis, Senior Director of Customer Foresight at Chick-fil-A, presents a leadership workshop at Hellenic College Holy Cross on developing the heart of a servant leader. Full Article