Monachos.net is pleased to announce that, in partnership with Ancient Faith Radio, a new series of weekly internet broadcasts has been launched on 1st December 2008. Called A Word From the Holy Fathers, after the section of the Monachos.net web site of the same name, this weekly 'podcast' offers a reflection on a specific writing from the Fathers of the Church, with a brief summary of its history, meaning, and application for today.
You can listen to the audio trailer for the new series:
The entire broadcasts are made available here on Monachos.net, below, and also on AncientFaithRadio.com. As podcasts, they are also available through a number of outlets - the Apple iTunes music store (free podcasting area), Google feeds, and elsewhere. Internet broadcasts can be listened to on-line, or downloaded for listening as convenient in your iPod or other digital music player.
We hope these new Word From the Holy Fathers broadcasts will prove a useful addition to the work of this web site.
The fathers on the Nativity of Christ
Monday, 05 January 2009 00:00
In our broadcast for the Feast of the Nativity, we hear the words of the Fathers and the liturgical hymns of the Church on the mystery that brings the Son humanly into the world for the life and redemption of His creature.
St Athanasius: 'What was God to do?'
Monday, 22 December 2008 21:18
Why did God become man? This broadcast explores St Athanasius’ consideration of the Son’s incarnation as a response to his probing refrain, in the face of man’s sin: ‘What was God to do?’
The Theotokos and the Archangel in St Jacob of Serug
Monday, 08 December 2008 09:59
This week's broadcast examines a homily on the Mother of God by St Jacob of Serug, which compares her dialogue with the Archangel Gabriel to the dialogue between Eve and the Serpent in Eden, revealing the nature of vigilance and engagement that ought to mark out the life of Christian people.
Themes for initial broadcasts
Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:38
Details are available on the subjects and themes to be covered in the first weeks of the Word from the Holy Fathers broadcasts.
The theologial poetry of St Gregory the Theologian
Monday, 29 December 2008 23:37
Reflections on the theological poetry of St Gregory of Nazianzus, including his poems for morning and evening, of sin and of redemption; with a comparison to the hopeful proclamation of the funeral songs of the Church.
Creation and sacrifice in St Symeon the New Theologian
Monday, 15 December 2008 00:00
This broadcast explores the homilies of St Symeon on man and creation, and in particular the way in which the Christian response to ecological concerns resides in the theology of sacrifice and the participation in divine Communion—including brief remarks from a recent talk by Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia.
First broadcast: St Irenaeus on a Christ of Every Age
Monday, 01 December 2008 09:59
On 18th November / 1st December 2008, the first broadcast of A Word from the Holy Fathers has aired as a joint production of Monachos.net and Ancient Faith Radio. Entitled 'St Irenaeus on a Christ of Every Age', this first broadcast explores St Irenaeus of Lyon's famous passage on Christ passing through all ages of human life.
