Fr. Stephen De Young discusses Acts, Chapter 14.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts, Chapter 15.

Fr. Stephen De Young finishes the discussion of Acts 15.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts 16.

Fr. Stephen De Young wraps up his discussion of Acts, Chapter 16.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts 17.

Fr. Stephen continues the discussion on Acts, Chapter 17.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts 18.

Fr. Stephen De Young finishes the discussion of Acts 18.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts, Chapter 19.

Fr. Stephen De Young wraps up his discussion of Acts, Chapter 19.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts 20.

Fr. Stephen De Young wraps up his discussion of Acts, Chapter 20.

Fr. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Acts 21.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses the end of Acts 21 and all of Acts 22.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses Acts 23.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses Acts, Chapter 24.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses Acts 25.

Fr. Stephen De Young leads a discussion of Acts 26.

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses Acts 27.

Fr. Stephen De Young wraps up the discussion of the Acts of the Apostles.

Fr. John looks at traditional Christianity's eucharistic rites in order to see how they served to reorient the world toward the kingdom of heaven.

In this long-delayed episode (due to work on The Age of Nihilism, available at store.ancientfaith.com/the-age-of-nihilism-christendom-from-the-great-war-to-the-culture-wars), Father John presents the historical origins of liberalism as a modern secular ideology. Atheistic philosophers like Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill provided the philosophical basis for hope in a secular "kingdom of posterity."

Fr. John Strickland continues his account of the rise of secular ideology with a presentation on the Russian intelligentsia and the case of Karl Marx.

Fr. John Strickland concludes his account of the origins of modern political ideology with the rise of nationalism, a force that not only proved to be a counterfeit to traditional Christianity, but the cause of one of utopian Christendom's greatest tragedies.

Acts 8:18-25; John 6:35-39.

Acts 8:26-39; John 6:40-44.

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Recently I have come across an anti-Orthodox polemic which rejects our veneration of icons on the grounds that venerating an image painted on a board of Christ, His Mother, or His saints is contrary to the practice of the apostles and of the earliest Church. The objection is stated with some sophistication, and is not the usual fundamentalist reference to the Mosaic Law’s proscription of carved statues used in worship (e.g. Exodus 20:4f). This more sophisticated objection acknowledges that there were indeed images of Christ, His Mother, and His saints used in the early Church such as can be found in the funerary art of the catacombs and on the walls of churches (such as that of Dura Europos). But, it points out, there is no evidence that these images functioned as anything more than mere decoration. That is, the people did not come up to the wall to kiss the wall art or venerate the images.

Using some recent surgeries in his eye, Fr. Apostolos Hill explains the importance of staying vigilant to the blindness of our soul.

Bobby Maddex interviews Fr. Lawrence Farley, author of the new Conciliar Press book The Acts of the Apostles: Spreading the Word.

Bobby Maddex interviews Alexei Krindatch, the Research Coordinator for the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America, about new survey data he just published under the title "Five Interesting Facts About Orthodox Church Geography and Demography in the United States." Some of his findings may surprise you!

Among Biblical concepts, one of the central is the covenant. Indeed, covenant is at the absolute center and root of the identity of the people of God. In today’s homily, Fr. Pat considers three aspects of covenant.

The story of Jesus healing the man born blind in John 9 provides the context for Fr. Pat's reflections on epistemology, anthropology, and history.

Through the power of the Holy Spirit, the grace of God comes into the soul and transforms it. Fr. Pat gives three major examples of the Holy Spirit’s transformation of our instinctual human capacities.

Ananias and Sapphira's blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

The book of Acts teaches us about the name of Jesus as spoken to God, as spoken to our fellow men, and as spoken to demons.

Throughout the Paschal season, the Church reads from the Acts of the Apostles, a history book, in place of the Epistles during the Divine Liturgy. In this homily for Pascha, Fr. Pat asks, "What does the resurrection of Christ mean to human history?" (7:57)

Fr. Pat's homily from Forgiveness Vespers 2012.

See what happens when we are within the Apostolic Tradition! Aeneas raised from his bed, Tabitha from her death bed, the Paralysed man of 38 years raised to his feet. Christ is risen!

In this episode, I talk to Susie Bulloch, who runs Hey Grill, Hey, which started as a wildly successful food blog (to the tune of a million dollars or more a year in revenue). Then she did something that I absolutely love: she used her online business to kickstart a physical products company. Her sauces […]

(Google blog post)

Sergey Brin is telling employees to stop making old products and start improving new ones. "For example, said Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, Google plans to combine its spreadsheet, calendar and word-processing programs into one suite of Web-based applications."

Head coach Warren Gatland says he is happy to field the pressure of questions on his future after guiding Wales to a 10th successive international defeat.

Deputy Kirsten Morel informed the States about the company's decision on Tuesday.

Policy and Resources will review infrastructure projects after deputies rejected income tax plans.

Civic leaders led tributes in scores of ceremonies to mark the occasion across north-west England.