Ranked #1
St. John Chrysostom: Practical Guidance on Dealing with Others
St. John Chrysostom: Practical Guidance on Dealing with Others
St. John Chrysostom’s preaching is filled with practical advice on living a Christian life in the world, and in this bro... Read more
12 Jul 2013
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16mins
Ranked #2
St. Basil the Great on Moses’s Words: Be Attentive to Yourself - Part 1
St. Basil the Great on Moses’s Words: Be Attentive to Yourself - Part 1
In the first of a three-part series on St Basil's Homily on the words "Be attentive to yourself," Fr. Matthew examines t... Read more
31 May 2009
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13mins
Ranked #3
Creation and Sacrifice in St. Symeon the New Theologian
Creation and Sacrifice in St. Symeon the New Theologian
Fr Dcn Matthew explores the homilies of St Symeon on man and creation, and in particular the way in which the Christian ... Read more
15 Dec 2008
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20mins
Ranked #4
St. Gregory Palamas on Icons as Tools for the Heart
St. Gregory Palamas on Icons as Tools for the Heart
The New Testament Decalogue of St Gregory Palamas - who is commemorated during this third week in Great Lent - contains ... Read more
16 Mar 2009
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16mins
Ranked #5
St Athanasius: “What was God to do?”
St Athanasius: “What was God to do?”
Why did God become man? This week's reflection explores St Athanasius's consideration of the Son's incarnation as a resp... Read more
21 Dec 2008
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13mins
Ranked #6
Repentance: The Daughter of Hope
Repentance: The Daughter of Hope
In this week’s episode, Archimandrite Irenei explores St. John of the Ladder’s beautiful testimony of repentance as "the... Read more
1 Feb 2013
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13mins
Ranked #7
Shall We Forgive? The Fathers on Forgiveness as the Gateway to Salvation
Shall We Forgive? The Fathers on Forgiveness as the Gateway to Salvation
This week, in anticipation of Forgiveness Sunday, Fr. Dcn. Matthew explores a series of patristic texts that deal with t... Read more
23 Feb 2009
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14mins
Ranked #8
The Heritage of St. Paul in Orthodox Spirituality - Part 1
The Heritage of St. Paul in Orthodox Spirituality - Part 1
Special extended-length broadcast; part 1 of 2. In this first half of a lecture recorded live in commemoration of the "P... Read more
29 Jun 2009
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37mins
Ranked #9
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 t... Read more
18 Oct 2013
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11mins
Ranked #10
Back to Forgiveness
Back to Forgiveness
We look again at the theme of forgiveness in the writings of the Fathers—with an eye particularly toward practical injun... Read more
30 Aug 2013
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19mins
Ranked #11
The Father who Seeth in Secret Shall Reward Thee Openly
The Father who Seeth in Secret Shall Reward Thee Openly
St. John Chrysostom’s 19th homily on St. Matthew’s Gospel account addresses Christ’s promise of open rewards for secret ... Read more
8 Feb 2013
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11mins
Ranked #12
Defeating the Slavery of “Bad Habits”
Defeating the Slavery of “Bad Habits”
Among the greatest struggles in the Christian life are the "little things"—the day-to-day "bad habits" by which we conti... Read more
20 Sep 2013
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13mins
Ranked #13
St. Basil the Great on Moses’s Words: “Be Attentive to Yourself” - Part 3
St. Basil the Great on Moses’s Words: “Be Attentive to Yourself” - Part 3
In the final of our three-part series on St Basil's reflection on Moses's words, Fr Matthew explores the saint's culmina... Read more
14 Jun 2009
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14mins
Ranked #14
The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory the Theologian
The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory the Theologian
Reflections on the poems of St Gregory of Nazianzus, including his poems for morning and evening, of sin and of redempti... Read more
29 Dec 2008
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14mins
Ranked #15
Rising in Repentance
Rising in Repentance
This week, Fr Matthew explores two passages - one by St John of Karpathos, and the other by St Ambrose of Milan - on the... Read more
2 Mar 2009
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17mins
Ranked #16
St John of the Ladder on Seeking a Suitable Way of Life
St John of the Ladder on Seeking a Suitable Way of Life
St. John of the Ladder, whom we normally read during Great Lent, is a Father who offers practical guidance to Christian ... Read more
4 Oct 2013
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12mins
Ranked #17
St Isaac of Syria on the Approach to Spiritual Wisdom
St Isaac of Syria on the Approach to Spiritual Wisdom
How does one attain spiritual wisdom? This week offers reflections grounded in the sayings of St Isaac of Syria, on wisd... Read more
19 Jan 2009
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12mins
Ranked #18
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, Fr. Dcn. Matthew examines three sayings by Abba Poemen ("The Shepherd") of Egypt on the means ... Read more
8 Dec 2009
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13mins
Ranked #19
St. Cyprian on Cain, Abel, and True Self-Sacrifice
St. Cyprian on Cain, Abel, and True Self-Sacrifice
What are we to make of the Genesis account of Cain and Abel? In this broadcast, Archimandrite Irenei examines a portion ... Read more
27 Sep 2013
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15mins
Ranked #20
St. Symeon the New Theologian on the “Impossible Beauty” of the Life in Christ
St. Symeon the New Theologian on the “Impossible Beauty” of the Life in Christ
In this fourth week of the Great Fast, when the Church commemorates the universal adoration of the precious Cross, our b... Read more
23 Mar 2009
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28mins