Way of Ascetics – Chapter Nineteen

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!

Homily – Triumph of Icons (and a warning)

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.  […]

Class – On Faith and the Orthodox Faith

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!

Way of Ascetics – Chapter Eighteen

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!

Homily – Fall, Forgiveness, and Kingdom

St. Matthew 6: 14-21.  The Sunday of the Expulsion from Paradise, Forgiveness, and Cheesefare.  Today Fr. Anthony talks about the need for forgiveness in our fallen world, how we often get it wrong, and what happens when we get it right.  Not a bad day, glory to God.  Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!

Class – On Orthodox Architecture

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! Check out this episode!

Way of Ascetics – Chapter Seventeen

Today Fr. Anthony continues leading us through Tito Coliander’s “Way of Ascetics” (St. Vladimir Seminary Press), covering chapter seventeen, “On Prayer.”  Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!

Class – On the Sacraments

Christ the Savior parish in Anderson SC is blessed with an increasing number of inquirers and catechumens.  This class on sacramental theology and the sacraments is the introductory class to the series, Introduction to Orthodoxy.  Enjoy the show!  Check out this episode!

Homily – More Here Than Judgment

1 Corinthians 8:8-13; 9:1-2 (On Fasting) ; Matthew 25:31-46 (On the Judgment).  After describing the pastoral implications of the epistle lesson on fasting, Fr. Anthony describes what the parable of the last judgment tells us about Christ.  Enjoy the show!     Check out this episode!

Homily – Be Like the Father!

In this homily on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Fr. Anthony warns about the danger of moving to a foreign spiritual land and encourages us to me like the Father in our instinct for love.  Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!