The Arena
Father Josiah Trenham
Sunday Homilies and Theological Reflections with Fr. Josiah Trenham - Weekly homilies and theological reflections recorded from the amvon of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California. This podcast is sponsored by Patristic Nectar Publications, a publisher specializing in resources for Orthodox catechesis. We thank you for allowing us to be a part of your spiritual quest, and we hope that your listening experience is an edifying one.
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Nov 7, 2014 • 22min
Interview with Bishop Gregory, Primate of Carpatho-Russian Church
AFR podcaster Fr. Josiah Trenham serves as a member of the Secretariat of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America. He was commissioned by that body to conduct interviews with each of the Hierarchs in the Assembly of Bishops.
Nov 4, 2014 • 21min
Heaven is for Real
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Oct 28, 2014 • 28min
The Lord of the Demons
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Oct 21, 2014 • 32min
Understanding the Times
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Oct 13, 2014 • 24min
Icons Speak! 7th Ecumenical Council
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Oct 7, 2014 • 14min
Only Half a Christian
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Sep 29, 2014 • 24min
Launch Out Into the Deep and Cast Your Nets
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Sep 18, 2014 • 22min
The Joy and Hope of the Cross
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Sep 18, 2014 • 59min
Lecture 1: The Desert Fathers as Paradigms of Christian Living
The Desert Fathers hold a foundational place in the Church's understanding of the authentic Christian life. The Desert Fathers and Mothers are the world's "true evangelicals"...those whose lives were completely formed by the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. The contours of their lives demonstrate the freedom that Jesus Christ gives to His followers who take Him at His word and submit all to His cause. In the recesses of the Egyptian desert these saints possessed life, and that abundantly. From the Gospel explosion, which was St. Antony's life written by St. Athanasios the Great, through several hundred years of Saints populating the deserts of Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and even Persia, Gaul, Britain and Ireland the Desert Fathers have provided a touchstone by which all future generations are able to measure Christian virtue. The principles of spiritual life expressed in their lives and sayings continue to inspire devotion to the Holy Trinity today. These five lectures are offered as an introduction to the lives and teachings of the Desert Saints, and with the hope that they will inspire further study in The Evergetinos.
Sep 13, 2014 • 14min
9/11: A Remembrance
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