Orthodixie

AFR founder John Maddex announced this week, “It is a joy to introduce our second streaming station at Ancient Faith Radio called Ancient Faith Talk. Our survey results this past fall revealed a common thread of thought from our listeners, ‘Please give us a second station to house all of the wonderful podcasts and keep your first station primarily music.’ So starting on Saturday, January 19, you will have Ancient Faith Music, Ancient Faith Talk, and Ancient Faith Podcasts (for download).”

On Ancient Faith Talk, each hour of the day will feature several of our podcasts, interviews and lectures. Since the lengths of our features vary, some hours will have less talk than others but each hour will have ample and substantive programming with the hour filled out with English language music and readings.

Ancient Faith Music will then be preserved to showcase the wonderful music of the Church interspersed with short inspirational quotes from the Fathers, the Psalms and liturgical verses. The collection of podcasts for free download at your convenience also continues to grow. Our 18 unique features will be joined by at least a half dozen more in the next couple of months. Be looking for new and regular podcasts from people like Father Thomas Hopko, Father Michael Oleska, Father John Hainsworth, Father Hans Jacobse, and more.

Visit Ancient Faith Radio to discover Ancient Faith Music and Ancient Faith Talk!

The above News Release was stolen from the newly designed Antiochian Webpage …

An Orthodox twist on Allen Sherman’s famous 60’s song parody, “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” …

Hello Jiddo, hello Yaya.
Here I am at Camp for Martyrs.
Camp is very entertaining,
Today they say we’ll even study icon painting.

I share my bunk with Joseph Spivy.
He snores just like my Amou and my Tye-tee.
Next you see me, I’ll be thinner …
Because they serve lentils and rice each night for dinner.

All the counselors hate the waiters,
I swear the girls are instigators,
And the Priest he wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from …

The Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.
Pic from Camp St Raphael, 2006.

Where the flesh is one, one is the spirit too. Together they pray, together prostrate themselves, together perform their fasts; mutually teaching, mutually exhorting, mutually sustaining. Equally are they both found in the Church of God; equally at the banquet of God; equally in straights; in persecutions, in refreshments. Neither hides from the other; neither shuns the other; neither is troublesome to the other; the sick is visited, the indigent relieved, with freedom. Alms are given without danger of torment; sacrifices without scruple; daily diligence without impediment; there is no stealthy singing, no trembling greeting, no mute benediction. Between the two echo psalms and hymns; and they mutually challenge each other which shall better chant to their Lord. Such things when Christ sees and hears, He joys. To these He sends His own peace. Where two are, there withal is He Himself. Where He is, there the evil one is not.

— Tertullian (2nd – 3rd c.)

Thanks to FWD from Fr Josiah Trenham.

Pic stolen from the website of St Elizabeth the New Martyr.

Ancient Faith Radio Will Discuss Orthodox Unity in North America with Charles Ajalat on this Week’s Illumined Heart …

Chesterton, IN—The Illumined Heart—a program of Ancient Faith Radio—invites listeners to tune in this weekend for a compelling discussion with attorney Charles Ajalat entitled Toward an American Orthodox Church: questions of unity.

In this interview Mr. Ajalat will share his insights into the unique conundrum of Orthodoxy in America—that is, multiple jurisdictions who share the same doctrine, worship, canons, and spiritual life, but who are administratively separate. Mr. Ajalat will show how such division of resources and multiplication of leadership run counter to historical precedent, canon law, and—most importantly—present a flawed and confusing picture of Orthodoxy to those around us. Possible scenarios for what jurisdictional unity might look like and how to achieve it will be discussed, as well as the role of SCOBA. The interview will also explore the idea of “diaspora,” and whether or not this is a helpful, or indeed valid, characterization of Orthodox Christians in America.

Mr. Ajalat is a powerful voice for Orthodox unity with a great deal of pan-Orthodox leadership experience. Currently chancellor and board member of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of America, he was also the architect of the historic Ligonier Meeting of Orthodox bishops in 1994—the first meeting of all twenty-nine bishops in North America. He also founded the highly effective pan-Orthodox charitable organization International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), where he also served as chairman. An attorney by profession, Mr. Ajalat is founder of a Los Angeles law firm specializing in tax and litigation matters, and a graduate of Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles.

This interview will be available as a podcast on the Ancient Faith Radio website on Saturday, January 19, 2008. To listen, visit Ancient Faith Radio and follow the link to The Illumined Heart under Podcasts. This program will also air three separate times this weekend on streaming radio. Visit the website for schedule details.