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A Word from the Holy Fathers
Reflections on Orthodoxy in its Patristic and Monastic Heritage - The "A Word from the Holy Fathers" Podcast offers a weekly reflection on the writings of the Church Fathers, their significa...
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20 of 76 episodesBack to Forgiveness
We look again at the theme of forgiveness in the writings of the Fathers—with an eye particularly toward practical injunctions on forg...
Do You Truly Believe in the Resurrection of Christ?
In this week’s broadcast, Fr. Irenei examines a text by St. Cyril of Jerusalem, which prompts the Christian to ask the question, "Do I truly...
Creation and Sacrifice in St. Symeon the New Theologian
Fr Dcn Matthew explores the homilies of St Symeon on man and creation, and in particular the way in which the Christian response to ecologic...
St. Cyprian on Cain, Abel, and True Self-Sacrifice
What are we to make of the Genesis account of Cain and Abel? In this broadcast, Archimandrite Irenei examines a portion of St Cyprian of Car...
Defeating the Slavery of “Bad Habits”
Among the greatest struggles in the Christian life are the "little things"—the day-to-day "bad habits" by which we continually fall, and whi...
Shall We Forgive? The Fathers on Forgiveness as the Gateway to Salvation
This week, in anticipation of Forgiveness Sunday, Archimandrite Irenei explores a series of patristic texts that deal with the imperative of...
St. John Chrysostom on the Charity of Fasting
In this week's broadcast, Fr. Dcn. Matthew offers a reflection on a selection of sayings of St John Chrysostom on the pastoral nature of fas...
St Athanasius: “What was God to do?”
Why did God become man? This week's reflection explores St Athanasius's consideration of the Son's incarnation as a response to his probing...
“God Is There, Where the Understanding Does Not Reach”
In this episode, Archimandrite Irenei returns to the Life of Moses by St Gregory of Nyssa, and examines a key passage in which the Saint com...
Rising in Repentance
This week, Archimandrite Irenei explores two passages - one by St. John of Karpathos and the other by St. Ambrose of Milan - on the nature o...
All to No Purpose Have I Left My True Home
The second of the pre-Lenten Sundays draws our attention to the Prodigal Son and his departure—and return—to his father’s house. In this wee...
Not Like Other Men . . .
As the pre-Lenten weeks of the Triodion begin, this week’s broadcast explores the themes of the Fathers’ liturgical heritage, taking from th...
St. Irenaeus: The Church Which Has Been Handed Down to Us
Father Irenei examines two passages from St. Irenaeus of Lyons, which speak of receiving the truth of "the Church that has been handed down...
The Father who Seeth in Secret Shall Reward Thee Openly
St. John Chrysostom’s 19th homily on St. Matthew’s Gospel account addresses Christ’s promise of open rewards for secret acts—but what does t...
Repentance: The Daughter of Hope
In this week’s episode, Archimandrite Irenei explores St. John of the Ladder’s beautiful testimony of repentance as "the daughter of hope an...
In the Clash of Destructive Errors, the Truth of the Church Stands Revealed
Focusing on a text by St. Hilary of Poitiers, Fr. Irenei explores the Saint’s conviction that the multitude of heresies and errors surroundi...
St. John Chrysostom on the Wonder of the Nativity, Part 2
In the second part of his reflection on St. John Chrysostom’s famed Nativity Homily, Fr. Irenei examines the concluding segments of the serm...
St. John Chrysostom on the Wonder of the Nativity, Part 1
Beginning a two-part reflection on the famous Nativity Homily of St. John Chrysostom, this week Archimandrite Irenei examines sections of th...
St Mark the Ascetic: Taking Up the Cross With Joy
This week, Archimandrite Irenei examines a text by St. Mark the Ascetic in which the Christian is enjoined to "give himself entirely to the...
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