Join Fr Emmanuel for the first interview of the Anagenesis series.

This week Fr meets with Pavlos, a professor of taxation law, to learn more about his journey to the Orthodox Church and the impact it has had on himself, his family and his studies.

The heart has senses, just as the body has senses. Fr Emmanuel explores St Isaac’s writings on the senses, and how they lose spiritual focus when immersed in the cares of the world.

In this episode, Fr Emmanuel explores the many themes that are covered in St Isaac’s Homily 18 and 19. These include turning pride into humility, the spiritual state of peace, three stages of the soul and much more.

In this episode, Fr Emmanuel discusses what it means to forget ourselves and to ‘go out of’ ourselves, relating it to St Isaac’s teachings on the spiritual state of ecstasy – a deep, inner joy of the Lord.

In this episode, Fr Emmanuel breaks down St Isaac’s writings on zeal into 7 points, then explores St Diadochos’ definitions of spiritual concepts including faith, love, humility, freedom from anger and total transformation.

In this episode, Fr Emmanuel explores St Isaac the Syrian’s works about the realm of temptation, guarding the secrets of our inner spiritual life and how the kingdom of heaven is taken by force.

In this Homily, Fr Emmanuel continues to explore the practical and spiritual advice given by St Isaac the Syrian. The practical advice covered in this episode includes instruction on how we should walk, sit and laugh, as well as, how we should compose ourselves when entering another person’s space. This then is linked to the state of our spiritual lives.

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 17 – “The rule for Beginners; Discretion is greater than all the other virtues”. In this Homily, Fr Emmanuel explores the practical advice given by St Isaac the Syrian, and how to apply it to our everyday lives.

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 16 – Part 2 – “Prayer for the Soul”

Fr. Emmanuel reflects on the sublime wisdom contained in the ‘Ascetical Homilies’ of St. Isaac the Syrian. In this ongoing series, specific themes, instructions and insights on the life of prayer and stillness are examined in detail.

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 16 – “You are the Temple of God”

Fr. Emmanuel reflects on the sublime wisdom contained in the ‘Ascetical Homilies’ of St. Isaac the Syrian. In this ongoing series, specific themes, instructions and insights on the life of prayer and stillness are examined in detail.