Paradise and Utopia
Fr. John Strickland, and Ancient Faith Ministries
Reflections on the Rise and Fall of Christendom
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The Flowering of Christian Architecture I
Fr. John explores traditional Christian temple or church architecture and locates the principle of heavenly orientation at work.
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The Theme of Paradise in Byzantine Icons
Fr. John explores specific examples of icons and the way in which they manifested early Christendom's experience of the kingdom of heaven.
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The Evangelical Character of Byzantine Iconography
Fr. John introduces the principle of heavenly orientation and then explores actual forms of art, beginning with iconography.
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The Production of Byzantine Liturgical Art in Contrast to Modern Secular Art
Fr. John discusses the ways in which iconography was defined and produced in Byzantine Christendom.
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The Triumph of Orthodoxy and the Triumph of Christian Art
Fr. John explores the triumph of Orthodoxy in the year 843 and the way in which it enables the art of Christendom to express the deepest conviction about man's relationship with God and the possibility of communion with Him.
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The Spiritual Transformation of Society II: Marriage
Fr. John explores marriage within the life of early Christendom.
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The Spiritual Transformation of Society I: Monasticism
Fr. John explores what exactly monasticim was in the days of St. Macarius.
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Saint Macarius and the Married Women
Fr. John tells the story of when St. Macarius journeyed from the desert to the city to meet two laywomen who were superior to him in their spirituality.
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A Pilgrimage to Paradise: Egeria and the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem
Fr. John discusses the design, history, and importance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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The Byzantine Liturgy and the Roman Mass as Acts of Cosmic Reorientation
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.
