Light Of The East

Hosanna in the Highest! Flowers, palm branches and joy - a moment of Triumph is provided by our Lord to sustain our hope and faithfulness in the days of despair and betrayal lie ahead.

LIGHTEAST703 - St. Mary of Egypt and Fr. Zozimus

On Friday March 23rd, a fitting movie, Paul, Apostle of Christ will hit theaters across America and Eric Groth of ODB Films will be here to tell us all about it.

Why do we adorn, wear and venerate Crosses, once an instrument of suffering and capital punishment? It is because through this instrument God gives us salvation and assures victory over evil.

At one time an oppressed Church that had to go underground. Our special guest will tell us how this same Church is now vibrant and growing.

Silence, God's uncreated energies, the Divine Light and coming to know God by Unknowing were taught by a 14th century saint and which are relevant for our own time, especially during Lent.

By the Waters of Babylon we weep as did the Israelites of the Bible. For the Byzantine Church the season of Lent has begun, our immersion into the Biblical experience.

We pass the liturgical baton with the help of our friend Nepsis. He is not a person but something that can help us become a person that partakes in the Divine nature.

God Himself took on flesh and submitted Himself to His own laws. What other response can we have except that of the Elder Simeon: "Now you may dismiss your servant, O Lord."

LIGHTEAST695 - Christs Incarnation Death and Resurrection

St. Anthony of the Desert said, "The great work of man is to always take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath." A fitting meditation as we look toward Lent.

Although the event of the Nativity of Christ has past, the Incarnational reality continues to unfold and it is through the Church that we do not just celebrate but actually experience this reality.

The great act of love and humiliation that our Lord took on by being born in a cave in Bethlehem will continue with submission to circumcision on the eighth day.

All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.

The Liturgical life of the Church and the evnets and people of the Bible transcend time and always remain relevant. This is especially the case during the two Sundays before Christmas.

While the Eastern and Western expressions of the Church have their own respective identities, there are point of convergence between them. One such place is the event and icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Enroute to our Lord's Nativity we pass by the Feast of St. Nicholas and the Feast of the Conception of the Mother Of God in the womb of St. Anne, also known as the Immaculate Conception.

In the place where the Prince of Peace was born there is little peace and much persecution of the followers of the Prince of Peace. Our special guest will be: Juliana Taimoorazy of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council.

The 40 Days leading up to the celebration of our Lord are both days of expectation and repentance. Signposts along the way help us to live between joy and repentance.

The raging of the sea, the raging of nations, fire in the sky, just some of the warnings of the end times. Are the end times really near? The answer is both yes and we don't know. RE-BROADCAST.