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"A Word from the Holy Fathers" Podcast offers a weekly reflection on the writings of the Church Fathers, their significance, and their insights for the life of Orthodox Christians in every age.

A Word from the Holy Fathers Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg) and Ancient Faith Radio

    • Religion & Spirituality

"A Word from the Holy Fathers" Podcast offers a weekly reflection on the writings of the Church Fathers, their significance, and their insights for the life of Orthodox Christians in every age.

    Glory to God Who Has Shown Himself to Us: St. Ephrem and St. John on the Nativity

    Glory to God Who Has Shown Himself to Us: St. Ephrem and St. John on the Nativity

    In a broadcast for the Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of the Lord Jesus Christ, we reflect on two hymns of St. Ephrem the Syrian and a portion of a homily by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco on the glory of the night of Christ’s full revelation.

    • 14 min
    Remembering the Mother of God: St. Cyril on the Theotokos and the Incarnation

    Remembering the Mother of God: St. Cyril on the Theotokos and the Incarnation

    In this season of Christ’s incarnate coming in the flesh, we take a moment to reflect, through the words of St. Cyril of Alexandria, on the role of the Virgin Theotokos in the nativity of the true God, Jesus Christ.

    • 12 min
    The Coming of the Lord - St. Leo the Great

    The Coming of the Lord - St. Leo the Great

    Archimandrite Irenei examines a sermon by St. Leo of Rome, normally read in the season of Pascha, yet which sheds great light on the coming of the Lord, and the pastoral message to be gleaned from the intense theological disputes about Christ’s natures that raged in the early Church.

    • 13 min
    St. Nicholas Cabasilas on the Assurance of the True Body and Blood

    St. Nicholas Cabasilas on the Assurance of the True Body and Blood

    In every age, there is the temptation to doubt the Mysteries of the Church—to question how it is that the faithful should remain secure in believing that Christ makes Himself truly present in Body and Blood at the Holy Table. In this week’s episode, Archimandrite Irenei examines an extended text by Nicholas Cabasilas on the substance of our faith in the Mystical Supper.

    • 12 min
    Abba Poemen the Great: On Softening the Hardest of Hearts

    Abba Poemen the Great: On Softening the Hardest of Hearts

    In this week’s broadcast, Archimandrite Irenei examines three sayings by Abba Poemen ("The Shepherd") of Egypt on the means by which the hardest heart can be softened by the Lord.

    • 14 min
    St. John the Dwarf: A Life of All the Virtues

    St. John the Dwarf: A Life of All the Virtues

    What has a man whose obedience once caused a barren stick to blossom forth a tree in the desert to tell us today about the life of virtue? Is it possible for man today to partake of all the virtues? In this week’s broadcast, Archimandrite Irenei examines two sayings of Fr. John the Short of Egypt on the accessibility of all the virtues through the foundation of the love of neighbor.

    • 11 min

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