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A Word from the Holy Fathers

A Word from the Holy Fathers

64 episodes

"A Word from the Holy Fathers" Podcast offers a weekly reflection on the writings of the Church Fathers, their significance, and their insights for the life of Orthodox Christians in every age.

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All to No Purpose Have I Left My True Home

Published: March 1, 2013, 7:13 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds

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Not Like Other Men . . .

Published: Feb. 23, 2013, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 34 seconds

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St. Irenaeus: The Church Which Has Been Handed Down to Us

Published: Feb. 15, 2013, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds

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The Father who Seeth in Secret Shall Reward Thee Openly

Published: Feb. 8, 2013, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 1 second

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Repentance: The Daughter of Hope

Published: Feb. 1, 2013, 4:38 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 43 seconds

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In the Clash of Destructive Errors, the Truth of the Church Stands Revealed

Published: Jan. 11, 2013, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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St. John Chrysostom on the Wonder of the Nativity, Part 1

Published: Dec. 28, 2012, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds

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St Mark the Ascetic: Taking Up the Cross With Joy

Published: Dec. 21, 2012, 6:39 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds

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The Sacrifice of Human Freedom

Published: Nov. 23, 2012, 8:54 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds

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Do You Truly Believe in the Resurrection of Christ?

Published: Nov. 15, 2012, 9:13 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 35 seconds

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St John of Sinai: Let Us Charge Into the Fight With Joy and Love

Published: Nov. 9, 2012, 5:31 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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From the Angel to St. Anthony: Do This, and You Will Be Saved

Published: Nov. 1, 2012, 6:29 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 14 seconds

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What We Receive is Not our Own: A Testimony of St Macarius the Great

Published: Oct. 26, 2012, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 22 seconds

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St John Chrysostom on the Many Blessings of Calling God Father

Published: Oct. 12, 2012, 8:37 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Did You Not Know That You Stood, Speaking to Him?

Published: Oct. 5, 2012, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

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The River of Jordan Streaming from my Eyes

Published: Sept. 28, 2012, 6:48 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 57 seconds

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A Friend of God, a Brother and Son of Christ

Published: Sept. 21, 2012, 6:14 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 43 seconds

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The Wonder of the Incarnation - St. Gregory the Theologian

Published: Jan. 11, 2010, noon
Duration: 9 minutes 24 seconds

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Glory to God Who Has Shown Himself to Us: St. Ephrem and St. John on the Nativity

Published: Jan. 4, 2010, 3 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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Remembering the Mother of God: St. Cyril on the Theotokos and the Incarnation

Published: Dec. 28, 2009, 3 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds

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The Coming of the Lord - St. Leo the Great

Published: Dec. 21, 2009, 3 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds

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St. Nicholas Cabasilas on the Assurance of the True Body and Blood

Published: Dec. 14, 2009, 3 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 42 seconds

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Abba Poemen the Great: On Softening the Hardest of Hearts

Published: Dec. 8, 2009, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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St. John the Dwarf: A Life of All the Virtues

Published: Dec. 2, 2009, 5:04 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 4 seconds

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St. John Chrysostom on the Charity of Fasting

Published: Nov. 24, 2009, 2:11 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 19 seconds

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St John of the Ladder on Seeking a Suitable Way of Life

Published: Nov. 10, 2009, 1:56 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds

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St. Cyprian on Cain, Abel, and True Self-Sacrifice

Published: Nov. 2, 2009, 3 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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Defeating the Slavery of Bad Habits

Published: Oct. 26, 2009, 3 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds

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The Contours of Christian Love

Published: Oct. 19, 2009, 11 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds

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From the Bone of Adam: St. Irenaeus on the Creation of Eve

Published: Oct. 12, 2009, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

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Back to Forgiveness

Published: Oct. 5, 2009, 2 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 32 seconds

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God Is There, Where the Understanding Does Not Reach

Published: Aug. 9, 2009, 9:41 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds

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St. John Chrysostom: Practical Guidance on Dealing with Others

Published: Aug. 2, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 10 seconds

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St. Nicholas Cabasilas on the Trisagion Hymn

Published: July 26, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 3 seconds

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St. Gregory of Nyssa on Emulating the Fortuitous Birth of Moses

Published: July 19, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 20 seconds

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St. Cyprian on the Community of the Lords Prayer

Published: July 12, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 12 seconds

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The Heritage of St. Paul in Orthodox Spirituality - Part 1

Published: June 29, 2009, 4:47 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds

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St. Basil the Great on Mosess Words: Be Attentive to Yourself - Part 1

Published: May 31, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds

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St. Niketas on the Practice of Orthodox Music

Published: May 24, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds

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The Wonderful and Confessedly Striking Christian Manner of Life

Published: May 19, 2009, 4:46 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 29 seconds

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St. Anthony of Egypt on Sobriety of the Heart

Published: May 10, 2009, 10 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds

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St. Clement of Rome on Living a God-Pleasing Life

Published: May 4, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 40 seconds

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Singing Hymns at the Open Tomb

Published: April 27, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 39 seconds

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The Fathers on Holy Pascha

Published: April 20, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 6 seconds

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Abba Dorotheos on the Sunday of Palms

Published: April 13, 2009, 12:11 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds

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St. Mary of Egypt and the Grace of the Holy Mysteries

Published: April 6, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 24 seconds

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St. John of Sinai on Sorrow that Produces Joy

Published: March 30, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 30 seconds

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St. Symeon the New Theologian on the Impossible Beauty of the Life in Christ

Published: March 23, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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St. Gregory Palamas on Icons as Tools for the Heart

Published: March 16, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 1 second

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St. Anthony the Great: Humility as the Gateway to Theology

Published: March 9, 2009, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds

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Rising in Repentance

Published: March 2, 2009, 3 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 4 seconds

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Shall We Forgive? The Fathers on Forgiveness as the Gateway to Salvation

Published: Feb. 23, 2009, 3 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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St. Hesychius on Illumination

Published: Feb. 12, 2009, 1:17 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 40 seconds

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St. Macarius the Great on Dying to the World

Published: Feb. 9, 2009, 3 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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St Mark the Monk on Living the Life of the Cross

Published: Feb. 2, 2009, 4:07 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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If You Would, You Could Become All Flame

Published: Jan. 26, 2009, 2:26 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 34 seconds

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St Isaac of Syria on the Approach to Spiritual Wisdom

Published: Jan. 19, 2009, 4:40 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 9 seconds

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A Forest Climb for St Athanasius and the Three Monks

Published: Jan. 12, 2009, 1:07 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds

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The Feast of the Incarnation: The Fathers on the Nativity of Christ

Published: Jan. 5, 2009, 4:11 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 1 second

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The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory the Theologian

Published: Dec. 29, 2008, 12:58 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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St Athanasius: What was God to do?

Published: Dec. 21, 2008, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Creation and Sacrifice in St. Symeon the New Theologian

Published: Dec. 15, 2008, 1:04 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 50 seconds

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St Jacob of Serug: The Theotokos and the Archangel

Published: Dec. 8, 2008, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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St Irenaeus on a Christ of every age

Published: Dec. 1, 2008, 8:55 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds

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