In this lecture, Fr Anthony further explores the role of beauty in music and iconography especially as it relates to the culture or “spirit” of a people. He reviews the following articles: https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/the-idea-of-canonicity-in-orthodox-liturgical-art/   https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/the-recovery-of-the-arts/   Enjoy the show!   Check out this episode!

Revelation, Session Three Christ the Savior, Anderson SC Fr. Anthony Perkins We also went over: https://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/orthodoxy/articles/tremors_of_doub Sources: The translation of the Apocalypse is from the Orthodox Study Bible. Lawrence R. Farley, The Apocalypse of St. John: A Revelation of Love and Power, The Orthodox Bible Study Companion (Chesterton, IN: Ancient Faith Publishing, 2011), Bishop Averky, […]

In today’s homily, Fr. Anthony reflects on our tendency to fear. He encourages us to remember that we are safe, and to not be anxious about anything but our sin. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!

St. Luke 5:1-11. In today’s homily, Fr Anthony stresses the importance of building in God’s name.  Using marriage as an example, he speaks on how we must strive to have Christ as the foundation for all we do; and we must build marriages that produce joy, not just endure to the end. He reminds us […]

In this lecture, Fr Anthony reviews Nobel Prize Winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s acceptance speech. He shares how this concept of beauty fits into the Orthodox world and briefly touches on how today’s culture has undermined the traditional values rooted in beauty, truth and goodness. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!

Revelation, Session Two Christ the Savior, Anderson SC Fr. Anthony Perkins Sources: The translation of the Apocalypse is from the Orthodox Study Bible. Lawrence R. Farley, The Apocalypse of St. John: A Revelation of Love and Power, The Orthodox Bible Study Companion (Chesterton, IN: Ancient Faith Publishing, 2011), Bishop Averky, The Epistles and the Apocalypse […]

(Galatians 2:16-20) Fr. Anthony kept close to his notes this week so as to avoid last week’s “hostage situation.” He addressed the temptation to recreate the Old Testament Law using The Way of Orthodoxy. This would be similar to the Judaizing and Babelizing temptation he warned against last week. Enjoy the show! Check out this […]

Sources:  Andrew of Ceasarea: Commentary on the Apocalypse Bishop Averky, The Epistles and the Apocalypse, Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament (Volume III) Fr. Lawrence R. Farley. The Apocalypse of St. John; A Revelation of Love and Power St. Bede.  Explanation of the Apocalypse; Letter of Bede to Eusebius Fr. Thomas Hopko: […]

Galatians 6:11-18. In today’s episode, Fr. Anthony jokes that this homily might get him fired. He drew on St. John Chrysostom’s homily on these verses to make the case that what Circumcision is to Judaizing, Nationalism is to Babel. Both the Jewish law AND the division of people into nations have lost their justification thanks […]

In this episode, we are taken through a teaching liturgy in its full length. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!