Commander Shepherd
The strangest and most mysterious of the texts in the ancient Christian collection known as the Apostolic Fathers is the Shepherd of Hermas....
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The Lord of Spirits
The Seen and Unseen World in Orthodox Christian Tradition - The modern world does not acknowledge but is nevertheless haunted by spirits - angels, demons and saints. Fathers Andrew Stephen D...
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20 of 143 episodesPantheon and Pandemonium XXI: Asynchronous Q&A June 2026
The Podfathers reach down into the audio mailbag to answer your questions. You never quite know what people are willing to say into voicemai...
The Gods of Gerizim
When the Assyrians carried off the 10 northern Israelite tribes, they imported pagans into Samaria. What is the nature of the religion these...
Let Me Acts You Something
What happened to the Apostles after the events of Acts? Traditions regarding them are preserved in apocryphal texts from the early Church, b...
From Abel to Zechariah
Martyrdom runs throughout the whole Scriptures, memorably referenced by Christ in His phrase "from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechari...
He Suffered and Was Buried
What is going on with the Gospel accounts of the passion of Jesus? Why do the Gospel writers describe it as they do? Join us for a close loo...
What Must I Do to Be Saved?
Is "salvation" a technical term in Christianity? How is it used in the Bible? And what does it mean to be faithful to the calling of salvati...
Pantheon and Pandemonium XX: Live Q&A March 2026
"If you were ever turned away for being too off-topic, this is your moment. The lines are open. Jam them up with your calls. No question is...
Pantheon and Pandemonium XIX: Asynchronous Q&A Feb 2026
The voicemail is full. Doom. Doom. Doom. The system is down. Join the Podfathers for a pre-recorded SpeakPipepalooza.
East End Boys, West End Girls
Why is the Western theology of salvation, both Catholic and Protestant, different from Orthodoxy? Where did the Latin "treasury of merit" co...
Stole Something? Kill a Goat!
Old Testament sacrifices were offered for sins, but was it only accidental ones? What happens if you sin on purpose? Does Jesus' sacrifice c...
Bring Out Your Dead
What do you do with a dead human body? The ancient world had strong opinions about this, and they showed up not only in their cemeteries and...
Yesterday, Today & Forever
Icons of God in the Old Testament depict Jesus. The Hymn of Kassiani includes "I will kiss Thy feet whose tread, when it fell on the ears of...
When the Morning Stars Sang
Mankind has looked to the heavens with fascination since pre-history, always charting the stars and sometimes worshiping them. But what is t...
Magical Mystery Tour
Christianity has been called a “mystery” religion. There are some who say that it is simply one of many mystery cults that existed in the an...
No, Virginia, Christmas Isn’t About Mithras
In 1954, deep under the streets of London, a mysterious 3rd c. temple was unearthed, but it was not as hoped a Christian church. It was a Mi...
Pananthropon & Pandemonium II: Live, In-Person Q&A
In this live-recorded, in-person Q&A session, Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andrew respond to questions and comments from the attendees at the Lord of...
The Other Messiah in the Bible
Some say that the Persians had their own Messiah, and some even say that this is where Israel got the idea. Cyrus the Great, founder of the...
Ye Wrote an Opera?
Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian empire, most powerful man in the world, was brought low by divine madness. Who was this king w...
Soon the Water Will Come
The ancients told tales of the inundation of the world with water -- the Great Flood. How do these stories compare with the story told in Ge...