20110517 Uploading Minds, Bin Laden, and Death

Christ is Risen!  Indeed He is Risen!It is such a joy to be back in the OrthoAnalytika studio (which, by the way has moved again... this time into a dedicated man-cave in the attic).  Today, we are testing a new format: I have created a new podcast … [Continue reading]

Homily – Confession and Creation

Confession and CreationActs of the Apostles: 9:32-42St. John 5:1-15This Sunday (the Sunday of the Paralytic), I began a series of homilies designed to help prepare the First Confession class for their "Second Baptism."  In this homily, I talk about … [Continue reading]

Homily – Serving a Corpse… or a Living God?

Sunday of the Holy MyrrhbearersSt. Mark 15:43-16:8Going to the Tomb – in ignorance and faith IntroductionJoseph – a leader of the Jews and secret disciple of Jesus - asked the authorities for the body.  He took it down from the cross, anointed it … [Continue reading]

Homily – Seeking a Sign (St. Thomas Sunday)

St. Thomas Sunday, 2011: Homily  (St. John 20: 19-31; Acts 5: 12-20) Thomas and the Need for SignsBy this time, the resurrected Christ had already appeared to several of the apostles.  Last Sunday, we heard how Christ came in to the locked house of … [Continue reading]

20110429 Pawlo’s Greatest Hits

Click Here to Listen/DownloadAll Pawlo, All the TimeIn this episode, I prolong my break from discussing things like nephilim, singularities, and the immortality of the soul in order to do what sitcoms do during writer's strike:  a best-of/flashback … [Continue reading]

20110420 Sounds of Lent and Holy Week

Shownotes for 20110420.Click here to listen to the podcast!This show departs from the usual format.  It presents some of the sounds of Lent and Holy Week as they were voiced at St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Woonsocket this year.  Homilies … [Continue reading]

Homily – Don’t Define God (Palm Sunday)

Philippians 4: 4-9St. John 12: 1-18For the Jews two thousand years ago, today was the culmination of their wait: the Messiah had come to save them:  “Hosanna in the Highest!  Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord – the King of Israel!”It is … [Continue reading]

Course on Orthodoxy, Death, and Eternal Life

Orthodoxy and Eternal LifeAdult EducationSt. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchSchedule:  ·   Introduction: What is Life?  Death?  Why do we die?·   What happens next?  Orthodoxy (and the world) on the “Afterlife”·   The Psalms and Songs of the … [Continue reading]

Homily – Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt

Hebrews 9:11-14 St. Mark 10:32-45Almost done with Lent – has it worked?One more week of Great Lent.  Almost through reading Genesis.  Almost done with fasting.  Almost done with all the extra services and all the extra prostrations.  But are we … [Continue reading]

Homily – The Sunday of the Ladder

Hebrews 6:13-20St. Mark 9:17-31The Challenge: take the Gospel Seriously Saint John of the Ladder: challenges us to take the Gospel seriously.   As such, it continues last week’s message: Deny Yourself, pick up your cross, and follow Christ.  Why? … [Continue reading]