Podcasts

Below are podcasts from St. Vladimir's Seminary faculty and staff.

Date Episode Podcast Description
April 4, 2011 Recommended Reading from Fr. Tom Hopko

Many listeners have asked about Fr. Tom's favorite books. In today's episode he identifies them and tells us why. The list includes:

The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
The Arena - Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov
The Art of Prayer - St. Theophan the Recluse
St. Silouan the Athonite
We Shall See Him As He Is - Elder Sophrony
His Life is Mine - Archimandrite Sophrony
Christ, Our Way and Our Life - Archimandrite Zachariah
The Hidden Man of the Heart
Remember Thy First Love - Archimandrite Zachariah
The Complete Fenelon
Atheist Delusion - David Bentley Hart
The Abolition of Man - CS Lewis

March 31, 2011 How Should Orthodox Relate to Other Christians?

If we believe that the Orthodox Church is the True Church, how are we to relate to those in other faith traditions or even non Christians? Fr. Tom takes us to the Church Fathers for answers.

March 29, 2011 Eucharistic Living

This is the fourth of four Lenten meditations delivered by Archpriest Chad Hatfield at the seminary's annual Pure Week retreat.

March 22, 2011 Extending the Kingdom

This is the third of four Lenten meditations delivered by Archpriest Chad Hatfield at the seminary's annual Pure Week retreat.

March 15, 2011 Life in the Kingdom

This is the second of four Lenten meditations delivered by Archpriest Chad Hatfield at the seminary's annual Pure Week retreat.

March 8, 2011 Conversion of the Heart

This is the first of four Lenten meditations delivered by Archpriest Chad Hatfield at the seminary's annual Pure Week retreat.

March 7, 2011 The One True Church

What do the Orthodox mean, when in the Creed we confess, "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church"? As we approach the Sunday of Orthodoxy, this is a good time to explore that question with Fr. Thomas Hopko.

March 1, 2011 Honorary Doctorate for Metropolitan Krystof

St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary confers an honorary doctorate on Metropolitan Krystof, primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, at an Academic Convocation (February 28, 2011).

February 26, 2011 Recommended Reading for Lent

As Great Lent approaches, Fr. Tom Hopko provides helpful reading recommendations both from scripture and from other books. A very helpful book to read during this season is Fr. Tom's own The Lenten Spring

February 24, 2011 Bishops - Part 7: Martyrs, Monks, and Holy Bishops

In this next episode of the series on Bishops, Fr. Tom reflects on 4th century Bishops, Monks, Martyrs, and Saints.