St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 54 – Part 2 – “Angelic Manifestation in Saintly Souls”
Father Emmanuel continues with Homily 54. "What is our relationship with what is Holy and Angelic?"
Jul 04, 2025•58 min
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St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 54 – “On Prayer: To Enjoy the Love of God and to Be in Communion With Him”
Learn how prayer is the recollection of God based on St Isaac's teachings. "Prayer is the flower of gentleness and the freedom from anger"
Jun 27, 2025•59 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 53 – “By Faith, Knowledge is Abolished”
Fr Emmanuel discusses St Isaac's 53rd Homily.
Jun 20, 2025•51 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 52 – Part 2 – “The Power is the Comforter Himself”
Fr Emmanuel continues exploring St Isaac's 52nd Homily.
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 52 – “Worldly Knowledge Is Opposed to the Simplicity of Faith”
Fr Emmanuel explores St Isaac's teachings on the 3 kinds of knowledge.
May 30, 2025•58 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – Part 7 – “Love God, Love Him, Love Him”
Fr Emmanuel continues with St Isaac's 51st homily, focusing on patience and peace.
May 23, 2025•54 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – Part 6 – “Discernment Is the Salt of Every Virtue”
Fr Emmanuel continues with St Isaac's 51st homily, focusing on discernment.
May 16, 2025•58 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – Part 5 – “Not Faith From Instruction but Faith From Knowledge”
Fr Emmanuel continues with St Isaac's 51st homily, focusing on themes of catechism and hope.
May 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – Part 4 – “No Man Is Humble if He Is Not Peaceful”
Fr Emmanuel continues with St Isaac's 51st homily, and uses the term of "Spiritual Reductionism" to describe points that St Isaac teaches.
May 02, 2025•56 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – Part 3 – “Be a Friend to All but in Your Mind Remain Alone”
Fr Emmanuel continues with St Isaac's 51st homily.
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – Part 2 – “Mercy and Justice Is Like a Man Who Worships God and the Idols”
Fr Emmanuel discusses how mercy does not equal justice.
Apr 04, 2025•56 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 51 – “A Stranger to Peace Is a Stranger to Joy”
Fr Emmanuel explores themes of zeal and the three stages of spiritual life
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 2 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 50 – “This Poor Man Cried, and the Lord Heard Him”
Fr Emmanuel focuses on St Isaac's 50th homily that opens up about prayer and being confronted by darkness.
Mar 20, 2025•57 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 49 – Part 2 – “The Power of God Overshadows Us and Enters Us”
Fr Emmanuel discusses how important it is to not overload the mind with the noise of thoughts.
Mar 14, 2025•58 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 49 – “The Angelic Movement Awakened in Us”
Fr Emmanuel discusses St Isaac's 49th homily and explores what Theoria is.
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 1 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 48 – Part 6 – “The Silent Deed Has More Power to Reform”
Fr Emmanuel explores the silent deed.
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Anagenesis Interview – Blake Finds His Name
Fr Emmanuel interviews Blake who was recently baptised as Phanourios, who found his faith during his final high school years.
Feb 26, 2025•19 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 48 – Part 5 – “Life in God Is the Downfall of the Senses”
Fr Emmanuel discusses why we need both spiritual order and discipline.
Feb 21, 2025•51 min
Anagenesis Interview – A Year 12 Student – New To Orthodoxy
Fr Emmanuel interviews Markos, a student who found the true Church.
Feb 15, 2025•24 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 48 – Part 4 – “The Heart That Receives The Heavenly Seed Is Changed”
Fr Emmanuel continues to explore St Isaac's wisdom-filled 48th homily, as well as introducing teachings from St Niketas Stethatos about the 3 modes of living.
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 1 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 48 – Part 3 – “Our Love for God, if Genuine, Is Never Extinguished”
Fr Emmanuel explores why our reasoning needs to have order, and looks at St Isaac's analogy of the sea, the sailor and the monk.
Feb 06, 2025•55 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 48 – Part 2 – “God Chastises with Love For Our Correction”
Fr Emmanuel discusses how our relationship with God is important for our relationship with others.
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 48 – “Humility Is to Know the Extent of One’s Weakness”
Fr Emmanuel explores what happens when our mind takes flight and leaves the heart behind.
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 4 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 47 – “The Natural Man and The Spiritual Man”
Fr Emmanuel explores the difference between natural knowledge and spiritual knowledge.
Dec 12, 2024•47 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 46 – “Paradise Is the Love of God”
Fr Emmanuel discusses how we are in confused and conflicted states until we find the love of God.
Dec 06, 2024•43 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 45 – “The Human Condition is Weak”
Fr Emmanuel answers questions including "What is the importance of simplicity?" and "How do we deal with uncomfortable social situations?" while referring to St Isaac's 45th Homily.
Nov 29, 2024•57 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 44 – Part 2 – “We Cannot Be With God and Men”
Fr Emmanuel continues exploring stillness and silence based on St Isaac's 44th homily.
Nov 21, 2024•59 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 44 – “Stillness and Silence to Be With God”
Fr Emmanuel discusses stillness and silence based on St Isaac's 44th homily.
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 43 – “Spiritual Discipline – The Awestruck Wonder of God”
What is spiritual discipline? Fr Emmanuel discusses the difference between patience and faintheartedness.
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min
St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 42 – Part 2 – “These Are the Trials of the Soul”
Fr Emmanuel explores St Isaac's teachings on the trials of the soul, answering the question: Does God first gift us the power to address a trial, or do we experience a trial first to then be rewarded with a gift?
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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