Orthodox Engagement

About Orthodox Engagement

Not to Condemn the World, But to Save It

Publisher

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Oct 2020

Latest episode

24 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 50 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Orthodox Christianity: Root and Branch (w/ Dr. David Ford)

   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 Orthodox clergy, but also to share his view of the scope of where Orthodox Christianity in America is headed.

2. 

   15 Jan 2026

   NEW FILM: "Moses the Black" (w/ Yelena Popovic)

   Filmmaker Yelena Popovic joins Fr. Andrew to discuss her new film "Moses the Black," a story of redemption set in the gang violence of Chicago, intersecting with the life of the great fourth-century saint. She is also the writer and director of the acclaimed "Man of God," the story of St. Nektarios of Aegina. The conversation covers everything from the Chicago setting to the R-rated elements to the ancient and modern inspiration for the film. The film opens Jan. 30, 2026. Get advance tickets here: https://hubs.la/Q03Znnjy0

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   16 Dec 2025

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

   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 reorientation of sacred art from the Renaissance onward, is it possible for Christians in the West to engage in the project of re-enchantment? What does the Orthodox Church have to say in this conversation?

Inside a recent episode

Orthodox Christianity: Root and Branch (w/ Dr. David Ford)

Published 24 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What does Chrysostom say about a man and a woman? The... He has many reasons for marriage that he talks about, but he ends up saying the greatest reason for marriage is that it gives, in all of human experience, existence, it gives the greatest opportunity for two people, man and a woman, to be profoundly in love, serving each other, Sounds like a very modern thing to say. Tremendously being knit together, sharing... everything really, right, in life, the procreation of children, what could be more unimaginably glorious, right, than that, and the way the Lord designs our complementary anatomy, right, the reproductive system, so astonishing, so glorious, and this is the way he has provided for new immortal souls to come into being. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,555,553

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

78 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

30 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

93

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