His Eminence, Saba (Isper), Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of all North America, and Successor of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn

I'll be in San Diego in just a few weeks! This is open to ALL (though hosted by a men's group).

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW9wK1iB1f2XAlJezQYkQSenYE9gn_k9rDAm99cF8KpsMggg/viewform

Pray for the people of the Pacific Rim as they face the threat of tsunami.

NEW EPISODE: Clickbait for Christ: Apologetics and the Internet

LISTEN: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/areopagus/clickbait-for-christ/

The Areopagites discuss the wild world of Christian apologetics on the Internet, comparing and contrasting it with historical apologetics from the early Church.

#Areopagus #AreopagusPodcast #Apologetics #Internet

I'll be back in the Dallas area and giving a retreat tomorrow!

Update: Registration is now closed!

https://www.nativitymonastery.com/event-info/retreat-father-andrew-stephen-damick

Today is my 5th anniversary of working as Chief Content Officer of Ancient Faith Ministries.

I am grateful to God for the blessing and privilege of doing this work while yet remaining in priestly ministry (though not as pastoral staff at a parish).

Communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important thing in my ministry, and I thank God that I get to do that.

I'm grateful for my excellent and professional co-workers at AFM, spread across 13 U.S. states and representing numerous Orthodox traditions and jurisdictions, as well as our hundreds of content contributors from many places in the world, and of course for all of you who listen, read, and watch, who as far as I can tell are from just about everywhere.

Glory to God for all things!

This was made by one of the young men who came to Ancient Faith's Lampstand Institute as his project there:

https://youtu.be/HKpVLtXBqIU?si=FD0TNnQxQHqm8HBB

I can tell from some of the reactions that a few folks didn't watch the video, which is about a samurai who converted to Orthodox Christianity under St. Nicholas of Japan and became a priest -- Fr. Paul Sawabe, the first Japanese Orthodox priest.

THE OTHER AMERICAN ORTHODOX SAINTS

by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

For Orthodox Christians, what do Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania have in common? They all have major relics of Orthodox saints that American Orthodox Christians largely don’t seem to know about.

There are currently seven major shrines of canonized Orthodox saints commonly known about in the United States and housed at Orthodox churches. But what most Orthodox Christians in America likely don’t know is that there are at least twelve other Orthodox saints whose major relics are also present in America. And the reason they probably don’t know about them is that they are in Roman Catholic churches.

Just to be clear here, I am not talking about the many thousands (probably millions) of relic particles that exist all over the United States, nor even of various bones or large fragments one can find. I am speaking of either whole skeletons or significant body parts like a skull or hand, the kind of relic that is traditionally enshrined and made a place of pilgrimage.

Until recently, I had no idea about this myself, but while I was having dinner recently with two of the monks from Holy Cross Monastery (Wayne, West Virginia), one of them told me about an American Orthodox saint no one seemed to know about. He told me that her full relics were in Ohio. I couldn’t believe it! So that started me down the research path. And I couldn’t believe what I discovered. Since it’s so astonishing, I’m sharing it here with you.

FULL ARTICLE: https://www.orthodoxhistory.org/2025/08/07/the-other-american-orthodox-saints-a-pilgrims-guide/

Going live soon!

https://www.youtube.com/live/lE0e_R0qIck

Thanks to comments in various places, I have added 8 more saints!

This is just a reminder that this is one of the greatest songs ever written.

https://youtu.be/Mf9Rw-zPMf0?si=LPRtHEYskz-s1j4G

Today I met rock musician Lacey Sturm, lead singer of Flyleaf.

She is an Orthodox Christian and happened to be visiting the parish where I substituted this morning.

This Thursday night, we dive into one of the great wars of the ancient Fourth Age — The Seven Against Thebes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/2nrSoPSrNlU

A photo of our conspiracy.

I am very happy to announce the publication of the Romanian translation of "The Lord of Spirits" by Editura Doxologia!

Mă bucur enorm să anunț publicarea traducerii în limba românească a cărții „Domnul Duhurilor” de către Editura Doxologia!

Get your copy here / Cumpără cartea: https://edituradoxologia.ro/domnul-duhurilor-lumea-nevazuta-si-razboiul-duhovnicesc-impotriva-falsilor-dumnezei

We have moved episodes of the YouTube adaptation of our Lithuania pilgrimage documentary - The Wolf and the Cross - to a new YouTube channel that will be focused on Orthodox pilgrimage -- The Orthodox Pilgrim:

https://www.youtube.com/@theorthodoxpilgrim

The next episode of the series will be published exclusively on this channel, so subscribe to watch that as well as future content on pilgrimages to Orthodox Holy Sites!

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For the original audio-only version of the documentary, W&C remains on its own feed. You can also find The Orthodox Pilgrim as an audio-only podcast, as well, by searching in your favorite podcast app.

God willing, Ep. 6 of W&C will be available in the audio feed soon.