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A desperate man looks over the edge into the abyss. A noir short film of redemption.

What man can resist?

Wisdom from St Justin Popovich

Psalm 139

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

How a survivor of abuse found redemption at the Church of Saint Theodora with the 17 trees. This is her story.

The great Frank Capra on why he left Hollywood for good.

Fr Pavlos Stratigeas discusses Angels, Demons, and UFOs.

The video in this program was recorded on the Feast Day of the Prophet Elias the Thesbite, as it was celebrated at the Cathedral of St Markella in Astoria, NY. The program uses footage that was recorded on July 20/August 2, 1992. It includes a few small portions from the Divine Liturgy and the entire sermon offered by Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas. This program is in Greek, with English subtitles.

A Short Poem by Vasso Dimitropoluos as read by the author.

The Life of Cosmas of Aitolia - the Holy, Glorious and Right-Victorious New Hiero-Martyr and Equal to the Apostles

Fr Steven Allen wrote an essay titled, "Rendering Unto Caesar" of which this program is an adaptation. The essay discusses what it means to live as an Orthodox Christian and somehow also to be American. This discussion is useful not only for those living in the United States, of course, because “American” ideas about society and government have come to influence the whole world in one way or another. The essay asks the reader to ponder a specific moral question and its application to life in the United States and other nations that have adopted republican government inspired by the American example: What does it mean, in general, to obey the civil authority, as commanded by the Old and New Testaments and the Tradition of the Church? What does it mean, in particular, to those under a republican constitutional authority as opposed to a monarchy? The original essay can be found here: PART 1: http://orthodoxtruth.org/uncategorized/orthodox-survival-course-class-72-orthodoxy-in-america-rendering-unto-caesar-part-i/ PART 2: http://orthodoxtruth.org/?s=Rendering+Unto+Caesar

Vocals: Demetra Basourakos Lyrics: My mother told me Someday I would buy Galleys with good oars Sails to distant shores Stand up on the prow Noble barque I steer Steady course to the haven Hew many foe-men Hew many foe-men We are all familiar with the fierce pagan warriors that burst out of Scandinavia during the eighth century, the fierce pagan warriors, worshippers of northern gods such as Odin and Thor, burners of coastal settlements, taking men and women as slaves, trashing Christian monasteries, and sacrificing victims in the terrible rite of the ‘Blood Eagle’. However, lesser-known fact about these infamous pillagers is that the majority converted to Christianity in the centuries that followed. The raids of these pagan warriors spread terror from Ireland to Russia, from France to North Africa, in the ninth and tenth centuries. They were the first Europeans to settle, albeit unsuccessfully, in North America. In most of these places their northern beliefs were noted by those who suffered their attacks. Christian contemporaries of the Viking raids in the British Isles often simply referred to them as “the pagans” and “the heathens”. Islamic writers, who recorded their attacks on Muslim Spain, described them as “fire-worshippers and pagans” and stated, “may Allah curse them”. So, the image of Vikings as marauding pagans was well established – then as now. So we examine their settlements in Britain, Ireland, Normandy, Russia, the Northern and Western Isles, Iceland, Greenland and even North America. In most of these places, conversion to Christianity occurred within one generation. In England, the children of Vikings who had martyred King Edmund of East Anglia minted coins celebrating Saint Edmund; in Ireland, Christian Scandinavians fought on both sides at the battle of Clontarf in 1014; in the East, they rapidly converted to Orthodox Christianity and founded the first Russian state, based in Kiev; in Normandy, they became enthusiastic supporters of the heretical Frankish 'Papist' Church. It took longer to happen in Iceland, but even there it had occurred by the year 1000. In conclusion, Before the Vikings left the world stage, they had a great influence on Orthodox Christianity. The first prince of what would become the Russian civilization, was Saint Vladimir of Kievan-Rus. At the center of Christendom, the Imperial, God-protected City of Constantinople-New Rome, the elite Varangian Guard (the personal security of the Roman Emperor) was always composed of Vikings. The most famous captain of the Varangian Guard was King Harold Hardrada who died in 1066 in England.

It's JUST a scamdemic ...

Anti-Ecclesiastical Sergianism, having long ago incorporated within itself a worldly spirit, unscrupulousness, deception, and a pathological servility towards the powerful of this world, continues to betray the Church, now no longer for fear of reprisals from atheistic rulers, but for the sake of self-serving and secularist motives and under the cloak of supposed canonicity, still peddling the freedom of the Church in exchange for gaining the friendship of the powerful of this world, with all of the concomitant material benefits and, to be sure, prestigious social status. https://www.ecclesiagoc.gr/images/stories/pdfs/Common_Ecclesiology-Apodosis_FinalEN.pdf

St Ignatios Brianchaninov on "This Apostasy"

A quote from St Theophan the Recluse on those who with respect to the Church are good for nothing.

St Gregory of Nyssa Quote

This program presents the recitation of a poem by Manuel Philes (1275–1345 Μανουήλ Φιλής), who was a poet at the Court of the Roman Emperor in Constantinople. Philes was the author of poems on a great variety of subjects. The poem presented here is a monologue of a Monk Athanasios speaking to the Holy Mother of God, the Theotokos. This program is in GREEK.

An introduction to the series "The New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke".

The short holy life and martyrdom of Saint Eleni of Sinope.

As explained by Fr Pavlos Stratigeas. This program is in Greek, but has English subtitles.

The life of Timothy - the Holy New Martyr of Esphigmenou

The life and martyrdom of Saint Argyrios of Epanome, the village near Thessaloniki. Opening theme music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au Other music by Jamie Sieber

The Life of St Angelis - the Holy New Martyr of Constantinople, the Goldsmith. Music by Jamie Sieber and by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au