Patristic Nectar Films

Fr. Patrick Reardon is the long-time pastor of All Saints Orthodox Church in Chicago, Ill, and an erudite priest-scholar who has published numerous articles and books, and serves as senior editor of Touchstone Magazine. In this interview with Father Josiah Trenham, the two discuss the practical application of the Psalms in the daily prayer and life of an Orthodox Christian. Visit our website to find a new series of lectures by Fr. Patrick entitled Prayer and Salvation. In this series of theological reflections Fr. Pat makes evident his penetrating insight into the text of Holy Scripture, and presents significant practical guidance on how to pray the Scriptures and live the life of faith unto salvation.

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Baptisms and Chrismations in the Parish of St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church in Riverside CA.

In this interview, Father Josiah Trenham sits down with Robert Spencer, the Director of Jihad Watch and New York Times Bestselling author of fifteen books. Mr. Spencer is a key figure in the Counter-jihad movement in the United States.

Father Josiah Trenham speaks at the World Congress of Families X on May 15th 2016, in Tbilisi Georgia.

With the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and through the agency of the St. Maximos the Greek Institute for the Research, Preservation and Promotion of Spiritual and Cultural Traditions in Greece, Father Maximos (Simonopetrides) delivered this lecture in Athens during the 1st International Conference on Digital Media and Orthodox Pastoral Care, May 7-9, 2015.

An interview with pro-life warrior James "Jim" W. Sedlak, M.S. Jim is vice president of the American Life League, and a recognized expert on Planned Parenthood. He sits down with Fr. Josiah Trenham to discuss how to fight back against Planned Parenthood. American Life League (ALL) is the oldest grassroots Catholic pro-life education organization in the United States. Committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. ALL builds a culture of life and stands up for every innocent human being whose life is threatened by what Pope Saint John Paul II called “the culture of death.” For more information on the American Life League, visit their website at www.ALL.org.

The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, chancellor and CEO of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, gave remarks during "The Natural Family" plenary panel at World Congress of Families IX in Salt Lake City, Oct. 28, 2015.

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In part 2 of his interview with Fr. Josiah Trenham, Kevin Allen gets specific on some of the modern day expressions of Reformed teaching and how it differs from the Orthodox Church. Fr. Josiah authored the book Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Theology.

Monk Maximos (Constas), Athonite, patrologist, and former Harvard Professor, is interviewed about the life and teachings of his patron saint: St. Maximos the Confessor. St. Maximos Confessor lived and taught in the 7th century, and his contribution to the promotion of Holy Orthodoxy is virtually unmatched. Fr. Maximos, the premier Maximos scholar in the contemporary Orthodox world, has recently completed the first-ever complete English translation of St. Maximos' Ambigua. The Ambigua, an effort by St. Maximos to interpret some 70 difficult passages in the writing of St. Gregory the Theologian, is perhaps the most difficult patristic text to translate and interpret. The Ambigua is published by Harvard University Press, and is available for less than $30 a volume.

Dr. Wesley Hill has been a conscientious Christian believer since childhood, and has violently struggled at the same time with persistent and re-orientation resistant same-sex erotic attraction. From the depths of this cross-bearing, Dr. Hill offers his reflections on Christian faithfulness and homosexuality. In the midst of the atrocious onslaught of homosexual propaganda in the West, and the Christian reaction against such, it is particularly valuable to hear from faithful and articulate Christians who are afflicted with the objective disorder of same-sex erotic attraction yet have not allowed such attraction to dethrone Jesus Christ in their lives. Link to Dr. Wesley Hill's book Washed and Waiting.

A Conversation on Same Sex "Marriage" with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco Father Josiah interviews Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, one of America's most articulate champions of marriage and most persuasive opponent of so-called "Same-Sex Marriage." In this 30+ minute interview Archbishop Cordileone thoroughly goes on the record to explain the genesis of the movement for "Same-Sex Marriage" and exposes why the quest for redefining marriage is so destructive to the health and well-being of marriage and American society.

Fr. Josiah interviews Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) about the Philokalia