Courses
Abortion.
In the Name of Choice. Since January of last year, the Antiochian Department of Missions & Evangelism has been making a new documentary about abortion. The documentary is now available for free on YouTube. The nine-episode series is about women who feel trapped or forced into abortion and those who are responding with help. Watch the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-kNZLm1VGuoh8-fQ_cJfWCF-AicmPnES
Resource 1. Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion Resource
Resource 2. Zoe for Life Resource
Resource 3. The Justice Foundation’s “Center Against Forced Abortions”
Resource 4. Operation OutCry
Resource 5. Heartbeat International Resource
Resource 6. Your Parish Priest
Becoming An Orthodox Christian.
Resource 1. Jordan Peterson on Orthodox Christianity https://youtu.be/ClGKmklPHns (The first 3:15) | Jonathan Pageau – Jordan Peterson and Orthodoxy https://youtu.be/CjisvNngxmU | Jordan Peterson on Orthodox Christianity | Compilation https://youtu.be/2G3MsDh2ci8 |
Resource 2. Father Stephen Freeman – Why Did You Become Orthodox? https://youtu.be/8FDfIApLAN8 | Father Stephen Freeman – How Has Your Outlook Changed Since Becoming Orthodox? https://youtu.be/tXybLJcDqHY | Father Stephen Freeman – Orthodoxy 101: For Enquirers https://youtu.be/XezBHcYO8kE | Father Stephen Freeman – What Advice Would You Give to the Newly Orthodox? https://youtu.be/F1LEggzzwus
Resource 3. Rod Dreher – Why Did You Become Orthodox? https://youtu.be/WY0i8utE3XI
Resource 4. Father Peter Heers – On Becoming Orthodox & Going Deeper https://youtu.be/aGyNOcJc-UM
Resource 5. Father Gregory Mathewes Green – Advice for Enquirers and Recent Converts to Orthodox Christianity https://youtu.be/54NiPF_Q8ws
Resource 6. Father Gregory Mathewes-Green – Why Did You Become Orthodox? https://youtu.be/j4caVAK5CZA
Resource 7. Frederica Mathewes-Green: Why Did You Become Orthodox? https://youtu.be/T7Y4R_Jh8wQ
Resource 8. Dr. Edith Humphrey – Why Did You Become Orthodox? (From the Salvation Army to the Orthodox Church.) https://youtu.be/aP4RgoVpo1k
Resource 9. 2018 – Bible Answer Man Hank Hanegraaff about his conversion to Orthodoxy https://youtu.be/qOsDK_BIeF8
Resource 10. How Orthodoxy Saved Me From Myself with Frederica Mathewes-Green (podcast) https://youtu.be/RtkTbK2CVmM
Resource 11. Father Moses Berry – On Not Trusting Oneself https://youtu.be/hTar1V04xiY
Resource 12. The Shocking Truth about Christian Orthodoxy – John Behr https://youtu.be/Gy-gCEWh5-4
Commemoration of Those Who Have Fallen Asleep.
Parish Newsletter https://conta.cc/34TYpEY
Fasting.
Dr. David Bradshaw – The Cappadocian Fathers as Founders of Byzantine Thought https://youtu.be/RRLWyTKA6gs
Fear of Death.
Resource 1. Why You Shouldn’t Fear Death—Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us (Hank Unplugged Podcast) https://youtu.be/d1vuFCb56_0 | Reference texts. Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us and What We Can Do About It|Why Did God Let That Child Die?
Resource 2.Facing Up to Death || John Behr https://youtu.be/tNLx1olpWOQ
Resource 3. Fr. John Behr – Death – The Final Frontier https://youtu.be/Oqv7luPo9Ws
Iconography
Resource 1. ICONS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION https://russianicons.wordpress.com/
Resource 2. Icons Explained: Christ Pantocrator (Mt. Sinai) https://youtu.be/v0dVnUJkT2A
Resource 3. Pantocrator, a description of the Sinai Christ Icon https://youtu.be/gfMbRRFc30k
Resource 4. Christ Pantocrator compared to the Shroud of Turin https://youtu.be/60pqKi30T-o
Resource 5. Georgian Master Iconographer: Amiran Goglidze https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/georgian-master-iconographer-amiran-goglidze/
Resource 6. Georgian Wonder https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/georgianwonder/
Ideology and Christianity.
Resource 1. “I’m a Christian and a Marxist” | Jordan B Peterson https://youtu.be/fvmn1wLglak
Resource 2. Is Neo-Marxism on the rise? | Jordan B Peterson https://youtu.be/G7e_BaXU3mA
Resource 3. Hitler’s Rise to Power | Jordan B Peterson https://youtu.be/K-w5pHGEDHE
Literature.
Resource 1. The Gulag Archipelago 50th Anniversary Edition (text) with Forward by Jordan Peterson.
Resource 2. The Master And Margarita (by Mikhail Bulgakov) (English) All chapters in one audio file
Resource 3. The Grand Inquisitor – John Gielgud https://youtu.be/om6HcUUa8DI
Resource 4. Diving Into Dante’s Divine Comedy https://youtu.be/0R2N5v4sN9A
Living Your Orthodox Faith.
Resource 1. Hieromonk Gabriel – Greatest Temptation for Orthodox Christians https://youtu.be/yk4N45ED45E
Resource 2. Dr. David Bradshaw – Orthodoxy & Politics https://youtu.be/fr98ksNClCk
Resource 3. Dr. David Bradshaw – Orthodoxy & Philosophy https://youtu.be/5BG2W1W8LPE
Resource 4. Dr. Edith Humphrey – C. S. Lewis and Orthodoxy https://youtu.be/p-_PzEbNFIE
Resource 5. The Power of Holy Beauty https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/orthodoxbridge/the-power-of-holy-beauty/
Resource 6. An Orthodox sermon on isolation and loneliness in the modern world https://youtu.be/seG4H4vttzg
Prayer.
Resource 1. Orthodox Christian Teachings: On Prayer. https://youtu.be/-Hu71TsjTEM
Resource 2. Metropolitan KALLISTOS Ware – What is Prayer? Orthodox Christian Lecture https://youtu.be/AqTLTUxMGbQ (lecture begins at 5:46)
Resource 3. Morning & Evening Prayers : Read in Monotone out of the Jordanville Prayerbook#1/2 https://youtu.be/z6fo5EnsoNU
Resource 4. The Psalter. http://www.synaxis.info/psalter/5_english/c_psalms/kjvsept.pdf
Resource 5. I Have Believed: Christ and the Psalms https://youtu.be/vECuSYOIZxs
Resource 6. The Psalms and Our Salvation with Father Patrick Reardon https://youtu.be/FwGBKd6h76E
Resource 7. “Why the Cross?” Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon (English) https://youtu.be/qwNXGF9upjc
Resource 8. Prayer in Our Daily Life. Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg) https://youtu.be/fiKbvWkezPI
Psychological Self-Reflection.
Resource 1. You Will Never Look At Life The Same | Jordan Peterson https://youtu.be/r-oNXuLDIfU
Resource 2. How To Know Yourself | Jordan Peterson https://youtu.be/1gdHZ3wDiZc
Resource 3. Fears of the Modern World. Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg) https://youtu.be/C-SvCcP59VM
Resource 4. The Inner Man // Father Zaharia Zaharou – A Spiritual Quest https://youtu.be/0p0qwhDPOjw
Saints
Resource 1. St. Alexander of Munich: A Modern Confessor in the Face of Tyranny https://youtu.be/fJVijyyGZig
Resource 2. St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All-Russia https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2016/04/07/101016-repose-of-saint-tikhon-patriarch-of-moscow-enlightener-of-north | https://www.oca.org/fs/st-tikhon-of-moscow | https://orthodoxhistory.org/2015/04/20/who-was-st-tikhon/ | https://orthochristian.com/86631.html | https://orthochristian.com/88587.html
Resource 3. Seeking Perfection in the World of Art: The Artistic Path of Father Sophrony | Orthodox Arts Journal | Christable Helena Anderson | January 3, 2019 https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/seeking-perfection-in-the-world-of-art-the-artistic-path-of-father-sophrony/
Resource 4. ‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony | Orthodox Arts Journal | Christable Helena Anderson | September 3, 2020 https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/being-the-art-and-life-of-father-sophrony/
Resource 5. St. Moses the Ethiopian of Scete https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/08/28/102414-venerable-moses-the-ethiopian-of-scete
Spirituality.
Resource 1. The Garden of Eden as Cosmic Structure – St-Ephrem the Syrian https://youtu.be/RXGdaJFIB8M
Resource 2. Christmas as The Anchor of Reality https://youtu.be/bsbbn_nKUKQ
Resource 3. Divine Patterns in The Life of Moses https://youtu.be/-drIcL5bkpk
The Holy Mysteries.
Introduction.
Resource 1. Theosis and the Sacraments. https://youtu.be/d1GKFVoiX0c
Resource 2. Kallistos Ware: Salvation & Theosis https://youtu.be/FbnWQY-We9k
The Holy Mystery of Baptism.
Resource 1. What is the Orthodox Perspective on Original Sin? https://youtu.be/SRgPKrD31fU
Resource 2. St. Augustine & Original Sin https://www.oca.org/questions/teaching/st.-augustine-original-sin
Resource 3. The Condition of Sin According to the Orthodox Church https://youtu.be/zDOghjRnhvE
Resource 4. Baptism https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/baptism
Resource 5. Baptism https://youtu.be/n94iRABWnOY
The Holy Mystery of Chrismation.
Resource 1. Chrismation https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/chrismation
Resource 2. Chrismation https://youtu.be/KH9jVynj2S0
The Holy Mystery of The Eucharist.
Resource 1. The Holy Eucharist https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/holy-eucharist
Resource 2. FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY – Meditation on the Orthodox Divine Liturgy https://youtu.be/hm2qSeiTCfI
The Holy Mystery of Repentance.
Resource 1. CONFESSION: The Path to Renewal of the Heart https://youtu.be/iDXQz02KX9c
Resource 2. A Transfigured Life through Repentance and Grace https://youtu.be/CLOQqzDrNlE
Resource 3. Rising in Repentance https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/holyfathers/rising_in_repentance1
Resource 4. Repentance: The Daughter of Hope https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/holyfathers/repentance_the_daughter_of_hope
Resource 5. Back to Forgiveness https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/holyfathers/back_to_forgiveness
Resource 6. The Sacrament of Confession https://youtu.be/MVm0r3kR_r4
Resource 7. Repentance https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/penance
The Holy Mystery of Holy Unction.
Resource 1. Holy Unction https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/holy-unction
The Holy Mystery of Matrimony.
Resource 1. Matrimony https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/marriage
The Holy Mystery of Holy Orders.
Resource 1. Ordination https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/holy-orders
Resource 2. The Orthodox Priest & the Love of God https://youtu.be/6XXwgjnThfE
The Great Schism.
The Great Schism https://conta.cc/3jtuA28
The Island.
The Island (Russian movie with English subtitles) https://youtu.be/Wz-vegualMg.
The Jesus Prayer.
Resource 1. Frederica Mathewes-Green on the Jesus Prayer https://youtu.be/lSsv9_9bOy4
Resource 2. Kallistos Ware: The Jesus Prayer & Hesychasm (1/2) https://youtu.be/y-EnYXZQ7-s
Resource 3. Kallistos Ware: The Jesus Prayer & Hesychasm (2/2) https://youtu.be/cu0OJWjZzhE
Resource 4. Jesus Prayer – Иисусова молитва https://youtu.be/AHP4Z84a_WY
Resource 5. Kallistos Ware: The Jesus Prayer & Hesychasm (1/2) https://youtu.be/y-EnYXZQ7-s
Resource 6. Kallistos Ware: The Jesus Prayer & Hesychasm (2/2) https://youtu.be/cu0OJWjZzhE
Resource 7. The Jesus Prayer with Bishop Simon Barrington-Ward (Please watch it through its ending). https://youtu.be/PxttrnyBC40
Resource 8. Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer https://youtu.be/pPpyVWbEzEA (A nearly two-hour documentary.)
Resource 9. Russian Orthodox Chant: Молитва Иисусова/The Jesus Prayer https://youtu.be/C7-VLJxLEV4
Theology.
Resource 1. Kallistos Ware: Salvation & Theosis https://youtu.be/FbnWQY-We9k
Resource 2. Kallistos Ware: God, Scripture & The Philokalia https://youtu.be/GlkDtLvMe6w
Resource 3. Kallistos Ware: Experiencing God and The Advance on the Path https://youtu.be/EzJvhWrA3k4
Resource 4. Kallistos Ware: Mystical Theology https://youtu.be/KzQVKVJkx-s
Resource 5. Kallistos Ware: Beginnings https://youtu.be/Gx31c5d42Xs
Resource 6. The Cappadocian Fathers as Founders of Byzantine Thought | Dr. David Bradshaw https://youtu.be/RRLWyTKA6gs
Resource 7. “What is Salvation?” | Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon https://youtu.be/o2LzFp7cFPQ
Resource 8. “Why the Cross?” | Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon https://youtu.be/qwNXGF9upjc
Resource 9. The Psalms and Our Salvation | Father Patrick Reardon https://youtu.be/FwGBKd6h76E
Resource 10. How Are We Sanctified? | Fr Patrick Henry Reardon https://youtu.be/ZttccOufEI0
Resource 11. Fr. Patrick Reardon on the Truth, Goodness, and Beauty of the Resurrection of Christ https://youtu.be/NqYbYH9Xw-E
Resource 12. The Word “Atonement” https://youtu.be/d41Z29wZs-M
Resource 13. Radio Interview: Ancient Faith Radio | Dr. Humphrey on her recent book Scripture and Tradition: What the Bible REALLY Says. https://www.pts.edu/UserFiles/Media/Audio/edith_humphrey_05112014.mp3
Resource 14. A Lamp for Today: Understanding the Old Testament With Jesus and the Apostles | Dr. Edith Humphrey https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lampfortoday
Resource 15. Horologion Text (Word Format) https://saintjonah.org/horologion-texts-in-word-format/
Resource 16. The ONLINE Reader Service Horologion https://saintjonah.org/orthodox-liturgical-texts-and-resources/horologion/
Resource 17. Services From the Book of Needs (Word Format) https://saintjonah.org/services-from-the-book-of-needs-in-word-format/