Class - Intro to Ecclesiology
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Today Fr. Anthony offers a class on ecclesiology, focusing on the various clerical ranks and their purpose. Enjoy the show!
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Homily - The Cross as Mystery
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Homily from the Great Lenten Sunday of the Cross (Hebrews 4:14-5:6; Mark 8:34-9:1). Fr. Anthony offers a meditation on ways that we can take up our cross and follow Christ. Enjoy the show!
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The Way of Ascetics - Chapters Twenty and Twenty-One
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Fr. Anthony continues taking us through Tito Coliander's Way of Ascetics (SVS Press), covering chapter twenty, "On Fasting" and twenty-one, "One the Avoidance of Extravagance." It's also an opportunity to hear what happens when a teacher runs out of both energy and intellect. Enjoy the show!
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Homily - Cultivate Peace (St. Gregory Palamas)
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Hebrews (1:10-2:3) and Mark. (2:1-12). The Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas. Fr. Anthony offers a reflection on the need for quiet (and for holy friends). Enjoy the show!
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Class - Redeeming the Time
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Today, Fr. Anthony continues introducing the class to the basics of Orthodoxy, talking about the cycles of worship and how they redeem the time. Enjoy the show!
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Way of Ascetics - Chapter Nineteen
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Fr. Anthony continues taking us through Tito Coliander's Way of Ascetics (SVS Press), covering chapter nineteen; "On the Bodily and Mental Accompaniments of Prayer." Enjoy the show!
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Class - On Faith and the Orthodox Faith
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In today's class, Fr. Anthony talks about faith and about the essential theology that Orthodox Christians need to commit themselves to. Enjoy the show!
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Homily - Triumph of Icons (and a warning)
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John 1: 43-51. Today Fr. Anthony demonstrates the challenge of pollen and sudafed-affected thinking, offering a meditation on the ease of doing theology wrong (as the iconoclasts did), the importance of finding a source we can trust (e.g. the Church and its Divine Liturgy), and of letting the Church's way of discerning become our way. Enjoy the show.
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Way of Ascetics - Chapter Eighteen
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This evening, Fr. Anthony continues taking us through Tito Coriander's Way of Ascetics (SVS Press), focusing on chapter eighteen "On Prayer." Enjoy the show!
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Class - On Orthodox Architecture
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In today's class, Father Anthony introduces us to the basics of Orthodox Architecture, using Christ the Savior (Anderson SC) as an example. Enjoy the show!
info_outlineEphesians 5:8-19; Luke 14:16-24. Fr. Anthony offers a meditation on "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee." He encourages us to let go of the stories of ourselves and the arch of history informed by the evil days, spend time in silent awe at God's feet, and then allow Him to give our stories not just new words, but grace. Enjoy the show!