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Interview with Fr. Gregory Jensen on Psychology, Part One

Steve interviews Fr. Gregory Jensen, an Orthodox priest and psychologist. Fr. Gregory discusses the place of clinical psychology within Orthodox spirituality, particularly as it relates to pastoral care and confession.




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Interview with Fr. Gregory Jensen on Psychology, Part Two

The second hour of an interview with Fr. Gregory Jensen on the use of psychology and the Orthodox spiritual life.




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Icons and the Theology of Light, the Orthodox View of Salvation - Part 1




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Icons and the Theology of Light, the Orthodox View of Salvation - Part 2




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How To Be a Sinner: Author Interview

In this concluding episode in the How to Be a Sinner series, Dn. Michael Hyatt interviews the author, Dr. Peter Bouteneff.




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Love Wins: An Orthodox View of Salvation

In response to Rob Bell's controversial book Love Wins, Steve ventures into the world of video and gives a short summary of the difference between the mainstream Protestant view of salvation and an Orthodox view. Listen to the short audio introduction below, then watch the video.




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Crisis of Confidence: A Book Review

I have just finished reading Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity, by my friend Carl R. Trueman. Dr. Trueman is professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College, and a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (which, despite the title, has no connection with our own Eastern Orthodox Church).




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The Cross as Viewed from the East

Fr. Apostolos Hill deconstructed the soteriological heresy of the Penal Substitutionary Atonement of Anselm of Canterbury and an explanation of how the Orthodox Church understands and applies the Cross of Christ and its efficacy for our salvation.




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The View from Eternity

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel asks "What was Christ waiting for when he delayed coming to see Lazarus? What is Christ waiting for when He does not answer our prayers immediately?"




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Interview with Dr. Holly Ordway

Dr. John Mark speaks with his colleague Holly Ordway about her journey to Christianity. Her book is Not God's Type: An Atheist Academic Lays Down Her Arms.




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Interview with Bishop Thomas about Families

Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks with Bishop Thomas about struggles that families are facing.




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Interview with Miray Katrib, part 1

Dr. John Mark Reynolds speaks with teacher Miray Katrib about languages, growing up in Lebanon and Miami, and staying in the Faith.




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Interview with Miray Katrib, part 2

Dr. John Mark Reynolds speaks with teacher Miray Katrib about coming to the St. Constantine School, and the importance of language learning.




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Interview with Megan Mueller

Dr. John Mark Reynolds interviews Megan Mueller, talking about gratitude as well as how we spend our time and remember those who have passed away.




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Interview with Fr. Alexander Atty - Part 2

Many of you heard and appreciated part 1 of Dr. Rossi's interview with Fr. Alexander Atty recorded shortly before his falling asleep in the Lord. But there was also a part 2 and we present that today as a very touching tribute to Fr. Alexander. May his memory be eternal.




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Interview with Fr. Paul Lazor

Dr. Rossi interviews Fr. Paul Lazor, the former Dean of Students at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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Clergy Peer Learning Groups: An Interview with Fr. Nicholas Solak

Dr. Rossi interviews Fr. Nicholas Solak, parish priest of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Stroudsburg, PA, on the topic of Clergy Peer Learning Groups in the life of a priest.




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Apologetics: Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

Dr. Rossi interviews Fr. Sergius Halvorsen on the topic of apologetics.




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Identity: Interview with Fr. Raymond Browne

Dr. Rossi, interviews Fr. Raymond Browne, Rector of St. Mark's Orthodox Church (OCA) in Wrightstown, PA, on the topic of identity.




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An Interview with John Maddex

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews John Maddex, Co-Founder and President of Ancient Faith Ministries, about his coming into the Orthodox Church, the founding of AFM and what he has learned along the way.




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An Interview with Fr. Joshua Trant

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Fr. Joshua Trant, parish priest of St. Matthew the Apostle Mission in Baton Rouge, LA.




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Narrative: Interview with Fr. John Shimchick

Dr. Albert Rossi discusses the role of "narrative" in the life of Orthodox Christians with Fr. John Shimchick. Fr. John is the rector of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross (OCA) in Medford, NJ. The video interview by Fr. John with Dr. Rossi that is reference in this podcast can be found here.




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How to Be a Sinner: An Interview with Dr. Peter Bouteneff

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Peter Bouteneff about his new book titled, How to Become a Sinner, published by St. Vladimir's Press. Dr. Bouteneff is the Director of the Master of Arts Program and Professor of Systematic Theology at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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An Interview with Metropolitan Tikhon

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada about his encounter with a young girl with terminal cancer.




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An Interview with Dr. Gayle Woloschak

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Gayle Woloschak about OCAMPR and her life and faith journey. Dr. Woloschak, professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago and an adjunct professor of Religion and Science at Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, as well as Professor of Bioethics at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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2018 OCAMPR Conference: Interview with Dr. Philip Mamalakis

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Philip Mamalakis on the 2018 Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion (OCAMPR) Conference titled "Compliance and Resistance: Discerning the Spirit". This year's conference will be held on November 8-10 at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cultural Center in Somerset, New Jersey.




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Bioethics of Gene Editing: Interview with Dr. Gayle Woloschak

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Gayle Woloschak on the topic of bioethics. Dr. Woloschak is a professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago and an adjunct professor of Religion and Science at Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, as well as Professor of Bioethics at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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Apologetics and Evangelization: An Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Fr. Sergius Halvorsen on the topic of "Apologetics and Evangelization: The Dangers of Profiteering." Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen is the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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Icons of God: An Interview with Fr. John Behr

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Fr. John Behr (Director of the Master of Theology Program and the Father Georges Florovsky Distinguished Professorship of Patristics at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY) on a homily he gave on the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas.




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Project Uganda: An Interview with Seminarian Dn. Simon Menya

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews seminarian Dn. Simon Menya on his vision for ministry in his home country called "Project Uganda." Dn. Simon is a student at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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Music as Therapy: An Interview with Dr. Carla Thomas

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Carla Thomas, M.D., Trustee of St. Vladimir's Seminary, on the topic of using music as a healing therapy. Dr. Thomas is a Family Practice physician, Board Member of Orthodox Prison Ministry, member of the Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black and parishioner at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Anniston, Alabama (OCA).




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Polarization: An Interview with Bishop Paul (OCA)

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews The Right Reverend Paul, Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest in the Orthodox Church in America, on the present condition of polarization within the Church and the United States.




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Risen Christians: An Interview with Fr. Alexander Rentel

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews the Very Rev. Dr. Alexander Rentel, the new Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America. Fr. Alexander recently gave a homily in the chapel of St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary on the topic of the paschal light of Christ at work in risen Christians.




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Interview with Dr. Grant S. White: Liturgy and the Search for Meaning

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Grant S. White, Assistant Professor of Liturgical Theology at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, on the topic of the Liturgy and a person's search for meaning in turbulent times.




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The Homily and the Hearer: Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

Dr. Albert Rossi has a follow up interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen on the topic of "The Homily and the Hearer." Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen is the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.




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Borders and Frontiers: An Interview with Rev. Dr. Anthony G. Roeber

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Rev. Dr. Anthony G. Roeber, Professor of Church History at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, on the topic of "Boundaries and Frontiers Within the Church."




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OCAMPR 2019: An Interview with Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli, co-host of the AFR podcast "A Wounded Healer," on the upcoming OCAMPR conference. OCAMPR stands for The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion.




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Transparency and Accountability: An Interview with Fr. Nikodhim

Dr. Albert Rossi has a conversation with Fr. Nikodhim, pastor of St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in Queens, New York, on the topic of transparency and accountability in the development of trust of others in dangerous situations.




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An Interview with an Orthodox Physician who Works in a NYC Hospital

Dr. Albert Rossi interview Dr. Alexis Vien, an Orthodox physician who has been working in a New York City hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Overcoming Impulse Through Relaxation and Prayer: An Interview with Fr. Alexis Trader

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Fr. Alexis Trader, author of Ancient Christian Wisdom, on the topic of overcoming impulsivity and the desire to control the world around us.




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Interview with Nico Bezzerides

Dr. Rossi interviews Nico Bezzerides, a student at Dartmouth who has taken the fall semester off to do missionary work in Gulu, Uganda, with Fr. Simon Menya.




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Interview with Archbishop JOB

OCA Bishop of the Midwest Diocese




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Drogo's View

Bobby Maddex interviews Nick Papas, an Orthodox iconographer and artist living in Houston, Texas, who will be exhibiting on February 15 a dozen non-liturgical paintings of the post-schism Western saint known as Drogo the Ugly.




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Saint Veronica: An Eastern Orthodox Historical Overview and Liturgical Service

Bobby Maddex interviews Veronica Hughes about her new book Saint Veronica: An Eastern Orthodox Historical Overview and Liturgical Service.




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Faith Amid Plague: Interview with Metropolitan Joseph

Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America joins Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick to talk tough ministry questions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. How do a bishop and his clergy struggle to minister in these conditions? What about new technology? How do we relate to government? Also joined by Fr. Thomas Zain and Fr. Nicholas Belcher, His Eminence addresses head-on the pain and difficulty we're all facing, covering practical matters as well as bigger theological and spiritual questions, collected directly from concerned listeners. This in-depth interview wraps up with questions on his time with St. Paisios, communing the non-Orthodox, and the future of monasticism in his archdiocese.




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Dn. Paul Zaharas from IOCC Interview

Bobby Maddex, the Director of Digital Media from Ancient Faith Ministries interviews Dn Paul Zaharas from IOCC, who has been leading the USA Country Program since 2020. Dn. Paul shares details regarding the type of service work IOCC does and relates the history of the IOCC organization.




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Interview with Julia Pawelko

Bobby Maddex, the Director of Digital Media for Ancient Faith Ministries interviews Julia Pawelko, founder of Orthodox Christian Counseling and Consulting. If you would like to contact Julia you can at eaglealb@gmail.com or contact her by phone @ 347-502-8482




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Interview Fr. John Manuel

Bobby Maddex, the Director of Digital Media of Ancient Faith Ministries, interviews Fr. John Manuel, Greek Orthodox priest and author of the book, Fable Hood Trilogy; What I learned as a Child published by City Bear Press. Available for purchase on Amazon or at citybearpress.com




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2023 Suprasl World Orthodox Youth Gathering: Event Recap and Interview

Bobby Maddex speaks with Dn. Joseph Matusiak, Ellie Bernasol, Ilmari Hayrynen, and Gabi Moussa about their experience at the 2023 Suprasl World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth event, held in Poland. To donate to this project please visit http://suprasl.org http://www.suprasl.org http://www.facebook.org/suprasl2022 http://www.instagram.com/suprasl_wfoy OR reach out to Dn. Joseph Matusiak @ jmatusiak@suprasl2022.org




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Interview with St. Raphael & Schole Academies

Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Joylynn Blake, director at St. Raphael School and Presbytera Maria Koulianos,SRS Principal Tutoring Center CSLD Manager. To learn more about the St. Raphael and Schole Academies please visit ; https://raphaelschool.org and https://scholeacademy.com