Fr. Barnabas opens the lines on this episode for calls, chat room questions, and emails on matters of Faith, Fasting, and the Theotokos.

Fr. Moses Berry joins Fr. Barnabas to discuss his journey to Orthodoxy as the great grandson of a slave. What does Orthodox Christianity offer to the African American today? Learn more about Fr. Moses and a documentary film being produced called Hard Promise to Keep.

Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith joins Fr. Barnabas on this last show of 2015 to discuss the alarming societal attitudes toward the value of a human life.

Fr. Barnabas welcomes his guest Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou as they discuss the communion of the saints, relics, weeping icons, and how saints are identified.

Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith joins Fr. Barnabas to discuss the growing problem of Euthanasia in our society.

How do we as Orthodox parents keep our children in the Church throughout their lives? It all begins with involving them in the life of the Church from birth onward—in the parish and also at home. Fr. Barnabas welcomes Elissa Bjeletich and Caleb Shoemaker, authors of "Blueprints for the Little Church."

Joining Fr. Barnabas is Fr. Chrisophe Lepoutre fielding questions from callers, Facebook, email, and the Chat Room about the Orthodox approach to healing addictions.

As we near the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, we reflect on the significance of the incarnation.

Fr. Barnabas Powell and Fr. Nicholas Louh discuss the recent loss of both of their fathers. The topic is "Our Heavenly Father and our Earthly Fathers." Listen at the end when an announcement is made about a new live call-in program on AFR called Healthy Minds Healthy Souls featuring Fr. Nicholas and his wife Dr. (Presvytera) Roxanne Louh - a Clinical Psychologist in Jacksonville, FL. It begins January 24 at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central.

Learn about the popular Journey to Fulness video series as Fr. Barnabas talks with priests and lay workers about how they are using the series in their parishes.

Fr. Barnabas welcomes Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick to talk about his revised and updated book Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy. They take calls including one from a Mormon and one from an African American Orthodox Christian looking for outreach to that community.

Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou joins Fr. Barnabas to talk about the Reformation and its effects on the Christian Church.

Fr. Barnabas welcomes artist Jonathan Pageau to talk about symbolism, art, and Orthodoxy. Jonathan writes for the Orthodox Arts Journal.

Fr. Barnabas is joined by Orthodox Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith and Bobby Schindler, brother of Terry Schiavo.

Fr. Barnabas welcomes Fr. Josiah Trenham, author of Rock and Sand, as they discuss the Protestant Reformation 500 years later.

What if there was another Fr. Barnabas Powell in the Orthodox Church? Well, guess what. There is and he has an interesting story!

Joining Fr. Barnabas Powell is Fr. Peter Jon Gillquist, Greg Gillquist, and Ginny Nieuwsma as they discuss the book dictated by Fr. Peter Gillquist of blessed memory just a couple of months before his repose. Memories of His Mercy was published in cooperation with the Gillquist family with help from editor Ginny Nieuwsma.

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick is the author of Bearing God: The Life and Works of St. Ignatius of Antioch He and Fr. Barnabas Powell discuss this Saint from the very early years of the Christian Church.

Fr. Barnabas Powell welcomes the Executive Director of FOCUS North America Seraphim Danckaert to talk about the theology of caring for the poor and how it relates to our salvation.

Fr. Barnabas Powell interviews Frederica and Fr. Gregory Mathewes-Green after they recently transitioned from full time parish ministry to "retirement." Of course, they remain as active as ever in continued outreach.

Father Barnabas Powell interviews John Sitilides, the Washington D.C.-based geopolitical strategist and professional corporate speaker, in a far-reaching conversation to explore and assess the complexities facing the Orthodox Church and its internal administrative challenges in addressing in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the hierarchical tensions between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Moscow Patriarchate, Turkey's repression of Orthodox and other religious minorities, the Syria civil war, the Israeli-Palestinian divide, radical Islamism in the Balkans, the plight of Egypt’s Coptic community, and the stunning rise of Orthodox Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa.

Our guests are Leah Libresco and Elissa Bjeletich. Leah is on the first segment discussing building authentic Christian community and her recent book Building the Benedict Option, and Elissa will be talking about preparing for the Nativity fast.

How should our parish communities live out the fullness of our Orthodox Faith by including and making a space for those who need a space in our worship that acknowledges their worth and our need to be a spiritual home for everyone? Fr. Barnabas talks with Summer Kinard, an author, a singer, and the mother of five autistic children. Then be sure to listen for a very special announcement from Fr. Barnabas in the second half of the show.

On this episode, Fr. Barnabas welcomes Fr. Lawrence Farley, author of the Bible Study Companion series and teacher on the Coffee Cup Commentaries. They discuss demons, demonology, and Halloween.

Fr. Barnabas returns to his program with an interview with Hank Hanegraaff, the president and Chairman of the Christian Research Institute and the author of Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who has clashed with Republican leaders in the House and served as a lightning rod against Democrats, to serve as attorney general in his incoming administration.

Nine days after settling a strike that cost the company billions, airplane manufacturer Boeing announced that it plans to cut 10% of its workforce and will start sending out layoff notices this week.

The $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to billionaire Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because Philadelphia's top prosecutor failed to show that it was an illegal lottery, a judge said in a new opinion.

Crouch through the small metal door and walk down the dark tunnel, and even before you step into the abandoned air raid shelter, the air reverberates with pounding techno beats. Young Chinese holding booze and cigarettes shake and sway in a red-lit passageway, below a big screen rolling through quotations from Chairman Mao.

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he will nominate Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for Secretary of State.

Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like "much wow," has been racing higher in value since Donald Trump won the presidential election last week. It got another bump after Trump named Tesla's Elon Musk as one of the heads of a new "Department of Government Efficiency," which is not a government agency but does have the acronym DOGE.

A group of White supremacist demonstrators protested a performance of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Howell, Michigan, by waving Nazi flags across the street from the venue.

Several Republican lawmakers want Congress to strip the security clearances of dozens of former U.S. intelligence officials who worked against President-elect Donald Trump in 2020 by asserting that information in the laptop of Hunter Biden was likely Russian disinformation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won a unanimous closed-door vote for his first, full term as Speaker, despite rumblings of a possible rebellion against him, after he received a full-throated endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.

The FBI said Wednesday it is offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information about the suspect behind recent ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington state.

A House hearing on Wednesday focused on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) featured testimonies from several witnesses who made allegations about the U.S. government's involvement with UFOs and possible alien technologies.

President-elect Donald Trump's decision to name Army veteran and outspoken Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth as his choice to lead the Pentagon and the 1.3 million active duty men and women in uniform was a surprise to supporters and opponents alike, raising immediate questions over whether Mr. Trump's often-rocky relations with the military brass in his first term will be repeated in his second.

How to keep stray radiation from "shorting" superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it.

September marked 30 years of "The Magic School Bus" television series. Led by the eccentric Ms. Frizzle, the show sparked a sense of wonder with every adventure -- from transporting children inside the human body to the outer reaches of space. But the television series wouldn't have been possible without its best-selling source material.

Glass windows are an invisible killer, resulting in billions of bird deaths in the U.S. each year. To prevent collisions on campus. Binghamton University, State University of New York has installed bird-safe windows.

In the lab of Minna Roh-Johnson, PhD, great science and great mentorship are inextricable. Now, up to $250,000 in federal funding from the National Cancer Institute has made that philosophy concrete by advancing cancer research and building scientific community.

FASEB Journals announce the launch of a new article type, Research Letters, designed to offer scientists a fast, focused platform for sharing significant research findings.

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