This is part of the talk Fr. Anthony gave for the UOL Retreat in Philadelphia, PA on 1 April 2023.  The theme was “Be Still and Know.”  This excerpt followed Natalie Bilynsky’s excellent review of mindfulness, an account of its popularity and results, and what separates it from Orthodoxy.  In this portion of his talk, […]

Today Fr. Anthony offers a class on ecclesiology, focusing on the various clerical ranks and their purpose.  Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!

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! Check out this episode!

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! Check out this episode!

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! Check out this episode!

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! Check out this episode!

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! Check out this episode!

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.  […]

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! Check out this episode!

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! Check out this episode!