Protecting Veil https://protectingveil.com An Eastern Orthodox Christian Media Company Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://protectingveil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/favicon.ico Protecting Veil https://protectingveil.com 32 32 You Are Not A Machine (Big Announcement!) https://protectingveil.com/you-are-not-a-machine-big-announcement/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:42:46 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2660 For decades I have been animated by the question: in what ways does modern life affect the spiritual life of modern people, and what can we do about it? My doctoral dissertation (The Theological Anthropology and Cosmology of C.S. Lewis: An Orthodox Christian Evaluation) was inspired by this question, for in order to properly answer...

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]]> Religion As An Illness? | Orthodox Christian Wisdom Newsletter https://protectingveil.com/religion-as-an-illness-orthodox-christian-wisdom-newsletter/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:45:56 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2649 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “The Christian needs to avoid sickly spirituality, as much the feeling of superiority for one’s virtue as the feeling of inferiority for one’s sinfulness. To have a complex is one thing, to be humble is quite another. Melancholy is one thing, repentance something else.” ~ St. Porphyrios, Precious Vessels of the Holy...

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]]> How Do We Fix Problems in the Orthodox Church? https://protectingveil.com/how-do-we-fix-problems-in-the-orthodox-church/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:43:29 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2647 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “God appointed the salvation of the world to His Son and not to us…. We must first look at our soul and if we can, let’s help five or six people around us.” ~ Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos), Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit 🎥 Latest Video: Advice for Beginners – Archbishop Mark...

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]]> How Do We Follow The Orthodox Fathers? https://protectingveil.com/how-do-we-follow-the-orthodox-fathers/ Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:05:20 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2641 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “God appointed the salvation of the world to His Son and not to us…. We must first look at our soul and if we can, let’s help five or six people around us.” ~ Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos), Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit 🎥 Latest Video: Gentleness as a Mindset (+ “Vocation?”)...

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]]> What Should Orthodox Christian Evangelism Look Like? https://protectingveil.com/what-should-orthodox-christian-evangelism-look-like/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:04:52 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2639 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “I do nothing but sow the seeds of monasticism and of mission, though without a strategy. I pray that God will reveal the appropriate farmer to scientifically cultivate whatever I have sown, as I don’t have knowledge of the art of spiritual cultivation. I see that God has now chosen Patmos as...

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]]> The Christian Life is Not Depressing! https://protectingveil.com/the-christian-life-is-not-depressing/ Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:16:11 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2637 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “The Christian needs to avoid sickly spirituality, as much the feeling of superiority for one’s virtue as the feeling of inferiority for one’s sinfulness. To have a complex is one thing, to be humble is quite another. Melancholy is one thing, repentance something else.” ~ St. Porphyrios, Precious Vessels of the Holy...

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]]> Where Can We Be Saved? https://protectingveil.com/where-can-we-be-saved/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:54:27 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2635 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “We are not sanctified by the place in which we live, but by the way we live. We may be on the Holy Mountain but, in our thoughts, be in the world. Or we may be here [in the world] in body, but noetically on the Holy Mountain. If someone is a...

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]]> The Key to Happiness? https://protectingveil.com/the-key-to-happiness/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:00:50 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2624 Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “Continue to walk the path you are walking. Do not think that the cassock and the holy habit save a person. No, first come the good works of God, humility, obedience, love, charity.” ~ St. George of Drama, Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit 🎥 Latest Video: Misconceptions Regarding the Clergy-Laity Relationship?...

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]]> Fr. John Behr – The Heart of Orthodoxy, Pt. 2 https://protectingveil.com/fr-john-behr-the-heart-of-orthodoxy-pt-2/ https://protectingveil.com/fr-john-behr-the-heart-of-orthodoxy-pt-2/#respond Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:40:50 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2234 🤠 PARTNER: https://social.protectingveil.com/support This is the fifth episode from my interview with Father John Behr, who is Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen. He previously taught at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, where he served as Dean from 2007-17; he is also the Metropolitan Kallistos Chair of Orthodox Theology at the Vrije Universiteit of...

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]]> https://protectingveil.com/fr-john-behr-the-heart-of-orthodoxy-pt-2/feed/ 0 John Heers – What is First Things Foundation? https://protectingveil.com/john-heers-what-is-first-things-foundation/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:44:04 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2141 🤠 PARTNER: https://social.protectingveil.com/support This is the second episode from my interview with Orthodox educator and non-profit founder, John Heers. FTF tagline: “Generating momentum for the poor by assisting local visionaries in their quest for a better life.” 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell: https://social.protectingveil.com/youtube In this episode, John Heers discusses his non-profit aid organization, First...

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]]> Dr. James Skedros – Saints in the Orthodox Church https://protectingveil.com/dr-james-skedros-saints-in-the-orthodox-church/ https://protectingveil.com/dr-james-skedros-saints-in-the-orthodox-church/#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:46:22 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2104 🤠 PARTNER This is the second episode from my interview with Orthodox professor Dr. James C. Skedros, who is Michael G. and Anastasia Cantonis Professor of Byzantine Studies and Professor of Early Christianity at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC). Dr. Skedros has served as Dean of HCHC, taught at the...

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]]> https://protectingveil.com/dr-james-skedros-saints-in-the-orthodox-church/feed/ 0 Hieromonk Chrysostom – The Essence of Orthodox Monasticism https://protectingveil.com/hieromonk-chrysostom-the-essence-of-orthodox-monasticism/ https://protectingveil.com/hieromonk-chrysostom-the-essence-of-orthodox-monasticism/#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:30:39 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2103 🤠 PARTNER This is the first episode from my interview with Orthodox priestmonk and scholar, Hieromonk Chrysostom of Koutloumousiou Monastery on Mount Athos. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell! In this episode, Hieromonk Chrysostom discusses the essence of Orthodox Christian monasticism. 📙 FREE eBOOK on contemporary monastic elders. For more from Hieromonk Chrysostom: The One...

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]]> https://protectingveil.com/hieromonk-chrysostom-the-essence-of-orthodox-monasticism/feed/ 0 Hieromonk Gabriel – Principles for Orthodox Content Creation https://protectingveil.com/hieromonk-gabriel-principles-for-orthodox-content-creation/ https://protectingveil.com/hieromonk-gabriel-principles-for-orthodox-content-creation/#respond Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:57:52 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2096 🤠 PARTNER: http://protectingveil.com/support/ This is the sixth episode from my interview with Orthodox priestmonk and blogger, Hieromonk Gabriel of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell: https://www.youtube.com/c/protectingveil In this episode, Hieromonk Gabriel discusses the traditional Christian approach to social justice. 📙 FREE eBOOK on contemporary monastic elders: https://mailchi.mp/46ae30e9607e/freebook For more...

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]]> https://protectingveil.com/hieromonk-gabriel-principles-for-orthodox-content-creation/feed/ 0 Fr. Patrick Tishel – Orthodox Philosophy of Education, Pt. 5 – Three Pillars of Orthodox Education https://protectingveil.com/fr-patrick-tishel-orthodox-philosophy-of-education-pt-5-three-pillars-of-orthodox-education/ https://protectingveil.com/fr-patrick-tishel-orthodox-philosophy-of-education-pt-5-three-pillars-of-orthodox-education/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2021 05:47:23 +0000 https://protectingveil.com/?p=2083 This is the seventh episode from my interview with Orthodox Archpriest and educator, Fr. Patrick Tishel. Fr. Patrick is one of the founding pastors of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Allston, MA, and an educator who serves as Headmaster of the St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox School, which he co-founded 30 years ago. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE...

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]]> https://protectingveil.com/fr-patrick-tishel-orthodox-philosophy-of-education-pt-5-three-pillars-of-orthodox-education/feed/ 0 Mother Christophora – What Are Some Common Misconceptions About Monasticism? https://protectingveil.com/mother-christophora-what-are-some-common-misconceptions-about-monasticism/ https://protectingveil.com/mother-christophora-what-are-some-common-misconceptions-about-monasticism/#respond Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:09:49 +0000 http://protectingveil.com/?p=1767 Mother Christophora - Misconceptions about monasticism

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