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Orthodox Engagement

by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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    In his final semester before retirement as a full-time professor at St. Tikhon's Seminary, Dr. David Ford sits down in-person with Fr. Andrew to draw the arc of not only his 37-year career of teaching Church History, forming generations of…

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  • Re-enchantment in Church Art and Architecture (w/ Fr. Lucas Christensen)

    December 16, 2025

    Fr. Lucas Christensen, a scholar focused on the liturgical arts, joins Fr. Andrew to discuss the enchantment of church art and architecture in the grand sweep of Christian history. In the wake of Reformation iconoclasm and the…

  • Orthodox Christianity, Art, and Sacred Space in Norway - Fr. Theodor & Mat. Hanne Svane

    December 4, 2025

    Was there such a thing as Norse Orthodox Christianity? And how does that connect with the Orthodox Church in modern Norway? Fr. Andrew is joined by Norwegian Orthodox priest Fr. Theodor Svane and his wife, iconographer and doctoral student…

  • American Orthodoxy in 2040

    October 14, 2025

    The Orthodox Studies Institute's Matthew Namee and Dcn. Seraphim Rohlin join Fr. Andrew to talk about statistical trends in Orthodox Christianity in America and speculate about how they might play out in the coming decades.

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  • Tikhon of Moscow: American, Russian & Lithuanian Saint - Scott Kenworthy

    September 15, 2025

    Dr. Scott Kenworthy joins Fr. Andrew to discuss the beloved saint Tikhon (Bellavin) of Moscow, touching on his time in Russia, the United States, and in Lithuania. Dr. Kenworthy is author of the new book 'The People's Patriarch: Tikhon…

  • Do You Want to Be a Priest? with Metr. Saba

    September 3, 2025

    His Eminence, Metropolitan Saba of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America joins Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick to talk about the Orthodox priesthood and the kind of men he's looking for to serve in his parishes. Join us…

  • Rivers of Grace - Holy Cross Monastery (Wayne, WV)

    April 30, 2025

    In this never before released recording from 2017, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick interviews Abbot Seraphim (Schema-Archimandrite Panteleimon) and Hierodeacon Makary of Holy Cross Monastery (ROCOR) in Wayne, West Virginia, asking the question…

  • Pageau: The Monsters and the Cynics

    December 27, 2024

    In his 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," J. R. R. Tolkien refuted the prevailing Beowulf scholarship of his day, which disdained the poem for its focus on monsters. He had this to say about the Old English epic: “I…

  • 6 Million American Orthodox? The Real Story - Matthew Namee

    December 5, 2024

    There are memes and headlines going around tracking a change from 700,000 American Orthodox Christians in 2020 to 6 million in 2024. With the convert surge going on, this sounds... plausible? Matthew Namee joins Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick…

  • The Untold Story of Early Christian Women - Anysia Metrakos

    September 16, 2024

    What exactly is the traditional role of women in the Orthodox Church? This question can be controversial, and attempts to answer it by referencing early Christianity are often short on solid scholarship in service to the Church. The…

  • The Orthodox Convert Surge: Hard Facts - Matthew Namee

    September 10, 2024

    In one of his YouTube videos, Fr. Andrew discussed a pile of anecdotal evidence that there is an Orthodox convert surge. But is it real? Does it show up in real data? And is it true that there is a big spike in young men converting? Does…

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