Ancient Faith Ministries

Sep 5, 2017 • 42 min

Fr. Alex offers excerpts and reflections from the book Wounded by Love, specifically the wisdom relating to parenting and child-rearing.

Sep 1, 2017 • 25 min

Fr. Philip reflects on the Eucharistic context of the pastoral response to contemporary challenges in marriage, family, and sexuality.

Aug 30, 2017 • 31 min

Ken Liu is an attorney with Gammon and Grange as well as the Christian Legal Society. He tells us about an upcoming gathering of Orthodox Attorneys and issues an invitation to come to the gathering in conjunction with the 2017 Christian Legal Society Conference.

Aug 30, 2017 • 59 min

Fr. Noah Bushelli is the Chairman of the Department of Home Schooling at the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America and the priest at St. Philip Orthodox Church in Souderton, PA. Learn about home schooling in the Orthodox Church as well as the three regional conferences on homeschooling coming later this year and next.

Aug 23, 2017 • 52 min

Fr. Alex interviews Rev. Dr. Dimitrios Moraitis, author and speaker on the subject of addiction. He offers both secular and Church resources for those struggling with addictions, as well as support for family members.

Aug 7, 2017 • 40 min

Fr. Alex talks with Dr. Thomas Miller (Hospice Physician) on questions and issues for families to consider while caring for their elderly parents.

Aug 2, 2017 • 17 min

Bobby Maddex interviews Daniel Silver, Co-Chair of Doxacon, the Orthodox conference on science fiction and fantasy.

Aug 1, 2017 • 32 min

Bobby Maddex interviews Peter Schweitzer, a board member of the new Most Holy Theotokos Rescuer of the Perishing Orthodox assisted-living facility, located in Clearwater, Florida.

Jul 31, 2017 • 3h 22m

Following up on the April 30 episode, Bill continues to explore ways to encourage our youth and emerging adults to be faithful to the Church.In the last segment, he is joined by Steven Christoforou for some very practical insight.

Jul 24, 2017 • 45 min

Fr. Alex interviews Presvytera Kerry Pappas (a Licensed Family and Marriage Therapist) on the importance of forgiveness and renewal in marriage.

Jul 10, 2017 • 38 min

Fr. Alex talks with psychologist Dr. George Stavros about the theological, psychological, and practical dimensions of parenting styles and how we guide our children.

Jul 10, 2017 • 1h 5m

For 2017-2018's final OCF podcast, outgoing Student Leadership Board members, Chairman Emma Solak and Media Student Leader Daniel Bein, reflect on their time in college, thinking about how to live as Orthodox Christians on college campuses and what it means to be alive in Jesus Christ.

Jul 4, 2017 • 2h 17m

Fr. Cyprian Sas of All Saints (GOA) in Peoria, IL, leads College Conference Midwest's final session on the process of salvation, discussing how other faiths might view salvation and how we might speak to those faiths.

Jul 2, 2017 • 35 min

Bobby Maddex interviews Steven Christoforou, the director of the GOA’s Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, the co-host of the AFR podcast Pop Culture Coffee Hour, and the erstwhile host of the popular Orthodox video podcast Be the Bee.

Jul 2, 2017 • 42 min

Bobby Maddex interviews Christine Mangala Frost, a guest lecturer and research associate at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, about her new book The Human Icon: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Orthodox Christian Beliefs.

Jun 27, 2017 • 42 min

Regardless of our children’s ages, appointed time for family prayer is a great opportunity to worship God as we deepen connections with our children. Learn—and expand upon—traditional practices of prayer in the home.

Jun 4, 2017 • 3h 3m

St. Vladimir's Seminary's 75th Commencement, held May 20, 2017, included several distinguishing moments: granting degrees to 16 graduates in three academic programs; remarks to graduates by His Beatitude the Most Blessed Tikhon, of the Orthodox Church in America; the commencement address by His Grace the Right Reverend John of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America; the appointment of Archpriest John Behr to the newly established “Father Georges Florovsky Distinguished Professorship of Patristics"; and the bestowal of the St. Macrina Award upon Archpriest Chad Hatfield, Seminary President.

Jun 4, 2017 • 36 min

Bobby Maddex interviews Rita Madden, the author of Food, Faith, and Fasting: A Sacred Journey to Better Health, and the host of the AFR podcast of the same name. The two of them talk about a series of workshops that Rita has been hosting all over the country on Orthodoxy and nutrition.

Jun 4, 2017 • 1h

Bobby Maddex interviews Kyranna Mamalakis, Alexandra Mamalakis, and Regina Vasilopoulos of the Unfading Rose Byzantine Youth Choir. He also speaks with Sotiris and Georgia Vasilopoulos, who are the directors of the choir. The six discuss the new Unfading Rose CD Hymns to the Mother of God.

Jun 4, 2017 • 47 min

We talk with Coptic monk Fr. Anastasi Saint Antony about the Christians in Egypt who are being martyred for their faith in Christ. Find out more about the Coptic Church by visiting the Diocese of Los Angeles web site. The charity Fr. Anastasi mentioned is the Santa Verena Charity.