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The Arena

Father Josiah Trenham•www.patristicnectar.org
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Sunday Homilies and Theological Reflections with Fr. Josiah Trenham - Weekly homilies and theological reflections recorded from the amvon of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California. This podcast is sponsored by Patristic Nectar Publications, a publisher specializing in resources for Orthodox catechesis. We thank you for allowing us to be a part of your spiritual quest, and we hope that your listening experience is an edifying one.
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Feb 02, 2016•1 hr 7 min

Lecture 1: Job’s Suffering and Patience

Orthodox Christians read the Book of Job each year during Holy Week as they prepare to experience the Saving Passion of Jesus Christ the Lord. The Much-Suffering Prophet Job is a supreme example of the “innocent sufferer” whose intercessions healed men and whose patient endurance of inexplicable suffering was resolved by the unfolding of God’s marvelous providence. In this five lecture series entitled Job: Lessons in Faith, Wisdom and Suffering, Father Josiah surveys all 42 chapters of this belo...

Oct 29, 2015•1 hr 6 min

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Sep 15, 2015•25 min

Apocalypse Soon: An Exposition of the Revelation of St. John

The Revelation of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian completes the New Testament Canon. It is both an end and a beginning, as it unveils to the Church both the cataclysmic conclusion of this falling age, and the ushering in of the New Heavens and New Earth where righteousness dwells forever. The Revelation, or the Apocalypse, as it is traditionally known, is a unique genre of literature among the 27 books of the New Testament known as "apocalyptic." In 22 sacred chapters St. Joh...

Sep 02, 2015•57 min

Lecture 1: The Intense Expectation of Encountering Christ

Saints, Sanctity, and the Life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn Father Maximos (Constas) and Father Josiah Trenham In this series of four lectures Father Maximos (Constas) and Father Josiah Trenham explore the subject of what constitutes a Saint of the Church. In two lectures Father Maximos explores the nature of holiness, and then both Father Maximos and Father Josiah deliver lectures on the particular holiness of St. Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn. Lecture 1: The Intense Expectation of Encountering Chr...

Aug 20, 2015•1 hr 1 min
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