Best Christian Orthodox Podcasts (2024)

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The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin, and those with her (295-296)

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She was the daughter of Gavinius, a Christian priest in Rome, and the niece of Pope Gaius. The Emperor Diocletian's adopted son Maximian wished to marry Susanna, but she had no desire to marry any one, least of all a pagan. The patricians Claudia and Maxima were sent to Susanna by the Emperor to present Maximian's suit; but instead she turned both …

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Holy Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, and others with them (258)

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"This Saint, who was born in Spain, was the Archdeacon of the Church of Rome, caring for the sacred vessels of the Church and distributing money to the needy. About the year 257, a harsh persecution was raised up against the Christians by Valerian. Pope Sixtus, who was from Athens, was commanded to worship the idols, and refused; before his martyrd…

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Reflection | The Unbelief of Gen Z 18:21

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Father Josiah Trenham Downloda the new "Patristic Nectar" App on all platforms! To make a tax-deductible donation, text “PNP” to 53-555. Watch our accompanying YouTube videos at youtube.com/patristicnectarfilms *NEW BOOK* "Enduring Love: Laying Christian Foundations for Marriage" at your preferred bookseller: Explore merchandise at patristic-nectar…

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Apostle Matthias (1st c.)

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He was numbered among the Seventy. Then, when Judas who betrayed Christ had taken his own life, the disciples (120 men and women) convened to choose one who would take his place among the Twelve. They nominated two, Joseph (called Barsabas or Justus) and Matthias, then cast lots. The lot fell to Matthais, who henceforth was numbered among the Twelv…

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St Gregory of Sinai (Mt Athos) (1346)

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One of the great ascetics, hesychasts and spiritual teachers of the Church, he did much to restore the knowledge and practice of Orthodox hesychasm. He became a monk at Mt Sinai. He traveled to Mt Athos to learn more of Orthodox spiritual prayer and contemplation, but found that these were almost lost even on the Holy Mountain. The only true, holy …

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Homily | The Destiny of the Christian - Holy Transfiguration 2024 22:01

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The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and begun in 2010. There are more than 600 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical c…

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Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) and two disciples

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"Born a pagan in Persia in the time of the Emperor Constantine, he came to know the Christian faith as a young man, forsook his paganism and received baptism. He was so enchanted with the true Faith that he left all worldly things and became a monk in a monastery near the town of Nisibis. He lived among the brethren for some time, then withdrew int…

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Interview | Family and Evangelization 1:25:06

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Father Josiah Trenham To make a tax-deductible donation, text “PNP” to 53-555. Watch our accompanying YouTube videos at youtube.com/patristicnectarfilms *NEW BOOK* "Enduring Love: Laying Christian Foundations for Marriage" at your preferred bookseller: Explore merchandise at patristic-nectar.mybigcommerce.com. Visit www.youtube.com/@PatristicNectar…

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The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ

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Read the account of Christ's holy Transfiguration (Metamorphosis in Greek) in Matthew ch. 17, Mark ch. 9, and Luke ch. 9. Appearing clothed in Light on Mt Tabor, the Savior fulfilled his promise to His disciples that "there are some standing here who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom" (Mt 16:28). Christ's Tra…

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Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory

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In her own lifetime she was a wonderworker through her holy prayers. She brought her husband back from idolatry to Christian faith; he later became bishop of Nazianzus. Her son Gregory's profound and devout writings bespeak the Christian upbringing she gave him. By her prayers she once saved St Gregory from perishing in a storm. She was a deaconess…

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Holy Seven Youths (the "Seven Sleepers") of Ephesus (250 & 5th c.)

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During a persecution of Christians under the Emperor Decius, these seven Christian youths hid themselves in a cave outside Ephesus. When they were discovered, their persecutors sealed them in the cave to die; but God instead sent them a miraculous, life-preserving sleep. There they rested for about two hundred years. In the time of the Emperor Theo…

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Reflection | God Willing! 8:40

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Father Josiah Trenham To make a tax-deductible donation, text “PNP” to 53-555. Watch our accompanying YouTube videos at youtube.com/patristicnectarfilms *NEW BOOK* "Enduring Love: Laying Christian Foundations for Marriage" at your preferred bookseller: Explore merchandise at patristic-nectar.mybigcommerce.com. Visit www.youtube.com/@PatristicNectar…

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Holy Myrrh-bearer Salome

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She was the mother of the Apostles James and John, the wife of Zebedee, and the daughter of Joseph the Betrothed, who was a widower when he became betrothed to the Mother of God. She was a disciple of the Lord and one of the Myrrh-bearing women who first brought tidings of the Resurrection to the world.…

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Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome (257), and those with him

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As Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257, he battled the Novatian heresy. By his prayers he once healed Lucilla, the daughter of the Roman tribune Nemesius; for this both father and daughter were baptized into Christ. Saint Stephen and twelve of his priests were beheaded during a celebration of the Liturgy, during the reign of Valerian.…

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St Nicholas, enlightener of Japan (1912)

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Born in Russia in 1836, he became one of the great Orthodox missionaries of modern times. As a boy, he resolved to become a missionary in the far East. With the counsel and blessing of Bishop Innocent of Siberia and Alaska, he went to Japan in 1861 and joined a small Russian mission there. Though the mission's official purpose was to minister to th…

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Homily | The Spiritual Father 28:07

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The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and begun in 2010. There are more than 600 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical c…

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Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th c.)

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"Saint Eudocimus was from Cappadocia, the son of pious and most illustrious parents, patricians in rank. He especially cultivated chastity and mercy, the one by never meeting the gaze of a woman, the other by cheerfully providing the needs of the poor. When he was made military commander of Cappadocia, he continued in his righteous ways, showing me…

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Reflection | Olympic Blasphemy 21:03

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Father Josiah Trenham responding to the Olympic's opening ceremony. To make a tax-deductible donation, text “PNP” to 53-555. Watch our YouTube videos at youtube.com/patristicnectarfilmsBy Father Josiah Trenham

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Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania

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She was the daughter of Scanderbeg, Albania's national hero. She married Stefan, Prince of Serbia, a kinsman of Scanderbeg who sought refuge in his court. Stefan, a gentle, God-fearing man, had been blinded by the Turkish Sultan. Princess Angelina, loving him despite his loss of his vision and his worldly kingdom, married him with her father's bles…

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Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

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She was a maiden from Antioch who lived (perhaps as a slave) in the house of Sabina, wife of a Senator. When Seraphima brought the senator's wife to faith in Christ, the governor summoned Seraphima before him. When she held firm in her faith, he cast her into prison and send several young men to her cell by night to defile her. When they arrived, s…

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St Irene, Abbess of the Convent of Chrysovalantou (912)

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"Saint Irene, who was from Cappadocia, flourished in the ninth century. Because of her great beauty and virtue, she was brought to Constantinople as a prospective bride for the young Emperor Michael (8422-867); however, as St Joannicius the Great foretold, it was God's will that she assume the monastic habit instead. She shone forth in great asceti…

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Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon (305)

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He was born in Nicomedia; his father was a pagan, his mother a Christian. Through her he was taught the Christian Faith and baptized by St Hermolaus (July 26). He became a physician, and practiced his art with compassion and generosity, healing many more through his prayers as by his medicines. His parents had named him Pantoleon ("in all things a …

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Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve (140)

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She was born near Rome to pious parents. Since she was born on a Friday, she was named Paraskeve (Friday in Greek; literally "preparation" or "preparedness" because Friday was the Biblical Day of Preparation for the Sabbath). From early childhood she studied the scriptures, consecrated herself to a monastic life, and brought many to faith in Christ…

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St Olympias the Deaconess (408)

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She was born to a noble family in Constantinople: her father Anysius Secundus was a senator. She was betrothed to a nobleman who died before they could be wed; resisting all advice to take another husband, Olympias devoted herself entirely to God, giving her large inheritance to the Church and to the poor. She served as a deaconess, first under the…

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Martyr Christina of Tyre (200)

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She was from Tyre in Syria, the daughter of a pagan named Urban. She is a miraculous example of one brought to faith in Christ without any human intervention. When she was about eleven years old, her father, seeing her great beauty and wanting to protect her from men until she was grown, made her live alone on the top floor of a fine house, with sl…

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Hieromartyr Athenogenes, bishop of Sebaste, and his ten disciples (311)

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"In the time of Diocletian, a fierce persecutor of Christians called Philomarchus came to Sebaste. He arrested and killed many Christians in the town. When he saw Athenogenes and his disciples, he told the elder to sacrifice to the idols, that they should not perish as had the other Christians. Athenogenes replied: 'O Torturer, those whom you descr…

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Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta (304)

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"Holy Julitta was of noble birth. She was widowed young, and left with a newborn child, Cyricus. She lived in Iconium, a city of Lycaonia, and was a very devout Christian. She had her son baptised immediately after his birth and, when he was three years old, instructed him in the Faith and taught him to pray insofar as a child of that age is capabl…

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Apostle Aquila of the Seventy, and St Priscilla (1st c.)

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He, along with his wife Priscilla, is mentioned in the book of Acts and in St Paul's Epistle to the Romans. He and his wife were Jews who moved to Corinth when the Emperor Claudius expelled all Jews from Italy. They were working as tentmakers in Corinth when they met and worked with St Paul, also a tentmaker by trade, who brought them to faith in C…

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Saint Julian, Bishop of Cenomanis (Le Mans) (1st c.)

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He was made bishop by the Apostle Peter and sent to Gaul as a missionary. Some believe that he was Simon the Leper, whom the Lord healed, later named Julian in Baptism. In Gaul, despite great difficulty and privation, he converted many to faith in Christ and worked many miracles — healing the sick, driving out demons, and even raising the dead. In …

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Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilarius (2nd c.)

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Proclus was the uncle of Hilarius; both were from Kallippi in Asia during the reign of Trajan. When Proclus was brought to be tried as a Christian, the judge asked him 'Of what race are you?' Proclus answered 'I am of the race of Christ, and my hope is in my God.' When the judge threatened to torture him, he said 'When you are afraid to transgress …

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Interview | Eschatology and Icons with Jonathan Pageau 4:06

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Father Josiah Trenham and Jonathan Pageau To make a tax-deductible donation, text “PNP” to 53-555. Watch our YouTube videos at youtube.com/patristicnectarfilmsBy Father Josiah Trenham

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Reflection | 12 Purposes for Pain 26:32

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Father Josiah Trenham To make a tax-deductible donation, text “PNP” to 53-555. Watch our YouTube videos at youtube.com/patristicnectarfilmsBy Father Josiah Trenham

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Blessed Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, princess of Russia, in holy baptism called Helen (969)

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"Saint Olga, renowned for her wisdom and sobriety, in her youth became the wife of Igor, Great Prince of Kiev, who ruled during the tenth century. After her husband's death, she herself ruled capably, and was finally moved to accept the Faith of Christ. She travelled to Constantinople to receive Holy Baptism. The Emperor, seeing her outward beauty …

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St Anthony of the Kiev Caves (1073)

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He is honored as the founder of Orthodox monastic life in Russia. He was born in Chernigov province and tonsured at the Monastery of Esphigmenou on the Holy Mountain. His abbot sent him from Mt Athos to Kiev to establish the monastic life there in 1013, during the last years of Prince Vladimir's holy reign. He lived there as a hermit, slowly drawin…

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Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.)

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He was born in Antioch during the years that Christ walked in the flesh in Palestine. His parents, hearing of Christ's miracles and teaching, journeyed to Jerusalem, bringing their young son Pancratius. There all three of them saw and listened to Jesus Himself, and met the disciple Peter as well. After the Ascension, Pancratius and his parents were…

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Homily | Faith In A Crucible of Pain - 2nd Sunday After Pentecost St. Matt 4 27:29

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The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and begun in 2010. There are more than 600 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical c…

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Appearance of the "Kazan" icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579)

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"In Kazan, in 1579, the nine-year old Matrona, whose parents' home had burned down in a fire, had a dream in which she beheld an icon of the Theotokos and heard a voice commanding her to recover this icon from the ashes of the ruined house. The icon was found wrapped in an old piece of cloth under the stove, where it may have been hidden during the…

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Holy Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia (289)

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Dorotheos and Eusebia, a devout, aging Christian couple who lived in Anatolia, had no children. After many years, their fervent prayers for a child were answered, and they were blessed with a daughter, whom they named Kyriake ('Sunday' in Greek) because she was born on the Lord's day. The child grew up beautiful in body and soul and, though she had…

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Holy Martyrs Marinus and Martha, and those with them (269)

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Marinus and Martha were wealthy Persians; but they sold all their goods and traveled to Rome with their sons Audifax, Habakkuk, Valentine, and Cyrinus, in order to venerate the holy relics of the apostles and martyrs. When the Emperor Claudius asked them why they had come so far, at such cost, to seek the dead in Rome, they answered 'We are servant…

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