Person to Person: Recent Episodes
Paul Karos, Dr. Harry Boosalis, and Ancient Faith Radio
A podcast dedicated to exploring contemporary Orthodox spiritual issues in the context of everyday life.
In our fourth and final episode in our series on love, we continue to discuss how to love our enemies. Yes, it actually takes more than just not disliking them anymore. We also touch on the complex issue on how to show Godly love to the people that are not healthy for our lives.
It's part three of our discussion on St. Silouan's teachings about love! How do we know that we truly care about our neighbors? How can prayer connect you to Christ's love, and how does that love connect us to the love of others? We also begin to cover a particularly difficult topic - how to love our enemies.
It's part three of our discussion on St. Silouan's teachings about love! How do we know that we truly care about our neighbors? How can prayer connect you to Christ's love, and how does that love connect us to the love of others? We also begin to cover a particularly difficult topic - how to love our enemies.
On this episode of Person to Person, we're continuing our conversation on love. We all know love is important, but today we argue that the act of practicing love is essential to living out our humanity. We also give advice on how to actually practice love in different areas of our life.
Today, we cover a new topic: love! Why is love so fundamental to both our lives as human beings and as Christians? How does the Trinity represent pure love? Join us as we talk about how to love our neighbors and why we do it!
Part three of our series on humility, where we set our focus on the battle against pride. When we put ourselves above others, we risk distancing ourselves from God. It is only by emptying ourselves to help others that we can fill ourselves with the light of Christ.
Our conversation on humility continues. It is vital that we set aside our expectations, see the best in the people around us, and set our focus externally. Today, we'll talk about true happiness. Can we find true joy through celebrating only our achievements? Or should we spend more time recognizing others?
Our discussion on St. Silouan's teachings continue with a discussion on humility. Humility is the fundamental tool in the fight against pride, but also essential to accepting God's grace. Today we'll discuss the importance of humility, and some techniques on how to cultivate it in your own life.
He was born in Constantinople around 758, of pious parents: his father had been exiled under Constantine Copronymus for his steadfast veneration of the holy icons. Nikephoros served in the imperial palace as a secretary, but later renounced worldly success to struggle in monastic life near Constantinople. He built and administered a monastery which soon became filled with monks; but he himself never took the monastic habit, feeling himself unworthy. Though a layman, he took part in the Seventh Ecumenical Council at the request of the Emperor and Patriarch because of his remarkable knowledge of Holy Scripture. Much against his will, he was made Patriarch of Constantinople at the death of Patriarch Tarasios. He was made a monk, then elevated through all the priestly orders in a few days, then enthroned at St Sophia in 806. A few years later, the Emperor Leo the Armenian took the throne. Patriarch Nikephoros, as was customary, sent him a Confession of the Orthodox Faith to sign. Leo put off signing the document until his coronation, then revealed himself to be an Iconoclast heretic. The Patriarch tried quietly to bring him back to the Orthodox faith, but to no avail. When the Emperor, in his turn, tried to make the holy Nikephoros bow to iconoclasm, the Patriarch clearly and publicly upheld the veneration of the holy Icons. For this he was deposed and driven into exile at the Monastery of St Theodore, which he himself had founded. Here he reposed, having served for nine years as Patriarch, and thirteen years in exile and privation.
We take a look at the strategies used by the demons and the devil to ensnare us. But as we try to combat the enemy, we must know that we are not alone! We also talk about the importance of having a spiritual father and their role in our spiritual lives.
This episode focuses on one of our modern day saints, St. Silouan the Athonite. We will be learning his story and discussing his teachings surrounding life in the modern age. It can be easier to connect with the "modern" saints because they experienced many of the things we do every single day.
The final episode in the Angel and Demons series. In the previous two episodes we learned about ourselves as humans and how we relate to and interact with the angels. In this final episode we dive into the topic of demons. What are demons and where did they come from? How do they affect our lives? What is evil? These questions and more are explored in the final episode of the Angels and Demons series.
The second episode in the Angels and Demons series! Continuing the exploration of the unseen we world we look into questions such as who are the angels and what are their roles? Who are they to us humans? What does it mean to be human?
In this episode, we begin a new three-part series where we explore the unseen world around us. What beings make up this spiritual world? Who are they, and what impact do they have on our spiritual lives? How does society view the spiritual world and why? What makes us as human beings unique in comparison to the spiritual beings?
The final episode in the Human Body series! In this episode we explore whether the body, like the soul, can become sanctified. Why has the Church held on to the bones of our Saints? What does the veneration of our Saint’s relics teach us about the sanctification of our own bodies?
Part 2 of the Human Body series. How does the soul affect the body, and the body impact the soul? What is our body's role in prayer?
Part 1 of the Human Body series. Over the next few episodes we will explore how the Orthodox Church teaches us to view our bodies compared to what we are taught by contemporary society. Why is the body so integral to spiritual life and how do we use our bodies to glorify God?
Part 1 of the Human Body series. Over the next few episodes we will explore how the Orthodox Church teaches us to view our bodies compared to what we are taught by contemporary society. Why is the body so integral to spiritual life and how do we use our bodies to glorify God?
The final episode in the Passions and Virtues series. What does it mean to be wounded and how are we healed?
In this episode, we will discuss the importance of purifying our hearts from passions and acquiring spiritual virtues. We will look to the scriptures and the Church fathers to practically see how we can weed out our passions and allow God to grow the virtues of our soul.
What is a virtue? What is a passion? How does the church define these things, and when can passion can lead us into sin? Dive into these topics and more in the second episode of Person to Person!
What is freedom, why are we free, what are we being freed from, and what are we being freed for? It’s all discussed here in the debut episode of Person to Person.