http://radio.myocn.net/podcast/CRTL/On_Air/crtl021316wv.mp3 Listen Now.Love. This gift of God is expressed in joy, patience, service… But our modern society has also distorted it, devalued it to a feeling for objects or to be expressed inappropriately towards people. Listen as Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, of St. John Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, FL, speaks Read more…
Searching for an African Church history outside of slavery, our first guest found Orthodoxy in his study of the ancient church fathers after seeing Coptic iconography. Listen as our guest host, Bryce Buffenbarger speaks with former Baptist pastor, John R. Gresham. You can visit his blog Desert Fathers Dispatch; The Read more…
http://radio.myocn.net/podcast/CRTL/On_Air/crtl040216wv.mp3 In this episode of Come Receive the Light we have two interviews. First, Fr. Chris speaks with Dr. Timothy G. Patitsas, Assistant Professor of Ethics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology about the Orthodox understanding of death and the proper way to lay a body to rest Read more…
http://radio.myocn.net/podcast/CRTL/On_Air/crtl031916wv.mp3 “Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.” ― Johann Sebastian Bach In this edition of Come Receive the Light, we have an Orthodox music pairing; sacred with folk. Listen as Fr. Chris speaks with Dr. Vladimir Morosan whose company Read more…
http://radio.myocn.net/podcast/CRTL/On_Air/crtl022716wv.mp3 What does it mean to be Palestinian? Presvytera Nadia Abuelezam Minucci has set out with her friends and family to find out by sharing people’s stories through a new podcast, simply titled, Palestinians Podcast. With four episodes under their belt, Presvytera Nadia took a break from her busy schedule to speak Read more…
Cancel your plans for February 14! As many of us prepare to celebrate Valentine’s day, I thought it would be nice to explore a little bit of the day’s history. As we might expect from our experience with Christmas, the celebration of this secularized holiday bears very little resemblance to Read more…
Our feature conversation is an archived recording with Michael Stanley Dukakis. He shares his personal thoughts on maintaining a healthy family dynamic and moral stability for those wishing to dedicate themselves to public service. Fr. Chris and he discuss roles of family and character that lead the way Read more…
In celebration of the Three Hierarchs, we went back into our archives to find a conversation between Fr. Chris Metropulos, currently the President of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and Fr. Deacon Irenaios Anderson, Associate Dean of Academics and Instructor of Old Testament for Saint Herman Read more…
Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? Have you traveled to a holy place with the purpose of venerating it, or in order visit historical or sacred sites? Fr. Ilya Gotlinsky speaks with Bryce Buffenbarger on the value and blessings of taking pilgrimages. There is a spiritual renewal that Read more…
Children love the saints and reading about the saints in books by Potamitis Publishing. Dionysios Potamitis is the owner of Potamitis Publishing, a family publishing house that is dedicated to dogmatically correct, beautifully illustrated and intriguing books for Orthodox Children around the Globe. But he isn’t a businessman, he Read more…
September 11, 2001 is a formational day in modern American history. It is a day on which seemingly everything changed. For those in my generation, it is our “I remember where I was when…” moment. We beheld a new type of violence on that day – a violence which Read more…