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Orthodox Talks — 98 episodes

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Who Should We Listen to Regarding Contraceptives and the Avoidance of Having Children?

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Talk 83: The Importance of Reading the Lives of Saints when Dealing with the Heresies of Ecumenism and Covidism - Part 2

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Talk 82: The Importance of Reading the Lives of Saints when Dealing with the Heresies of Ecumenism and Covidism - Part 1

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Talk 81: How to Overcome Doubt or Unbelief When Reading the Lives of the Saints

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Talk 80: Is the Veneration of Saints and Belief in Their Prayers Essential?

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Talk 79: Why Are the Lives of Saints Considered the Encyclopedia of Orthodoxy?

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Talk 78: Why Do the Demons Tremble When We Read the Lives of the Saints?

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Talk 77: How Can Clergy and Monasteries Help Parents Who Have Problems with their Young and Adult Children?

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Talk 76: Speak Less to Your Children, and More to God About Your Children!

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Talk 75: To Praise or Not to Praise Children: What Should Parents Do?

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Talk 74: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 5

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Talk 73: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 4

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Talk 72: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 3

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Talk 71: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 2

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Talk 70: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 1

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Talk 69: Married Couples: Do Not Deprive One Another so That Satan May Not Tempt You Because of Your Lack of Self-control

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Talk 68: How Refraining From Marital Relations Can be Both Beneficial and Harmful

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Talk 67: Does Christianity Repress Women, Especially in Marriage?

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Talk 66: "Wives, Submit to Your Husbands, for the Husband is the Head of the Wife": From God or From Man?

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Talk 65: Feminism's War on Men, Marriage, Family and Even Women

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Talk 64: Why Are There So Many Sexual Problems in Orthodox Marriages?

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Talk 63: Sexual Relations in an Orthodox Marriage

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Talk 62: Adultery: Which is Better, Divorce or Forgiveness?

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Talk 61: Physical, Mental and Spiritual Illness: Orthodoxy vs. New Age Healing

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Talk 60: Exposing Psychics, Clairvoyants, Mediums, Fortune-tellers and Astrologers in the Light of Orthodoxy

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Talk 59: Magic and Demonic Influence - Part 2

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Talk 58: Magic and Demonic Influence - Part 1

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Talk 57: Pray, and Exert Every Effort to Prevent a Divorce!

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Talk 56: What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate

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Talk 55: Married Life: A Journey Through Joys and Sorrows

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Talk 54: The Saints and Elders on Married Life

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Talk 53: The Teachings and Writings of Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker

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Talk 52: The Relics, Miracles and Canonization of Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker

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Talk 51: The Life of Saint Nektarios, Part 3: His Final Years and Blessed Repose

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Talk 50: The Life of Saint Nektarios, Part 2: His Trials and Persecutions

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Talk 49: The Life of Saint Nektarios, Part 1: His Upbringing and Development

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Talk 48: Blessed Are the Merciful, For They Shall Obtain Mercy!

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Talk 47: The Aerial Toll-houses: Myth or Reality?

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Talk 46: The Aerial Toll-houses: Fearful yet Hopeful

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Talk 45: Are We Leading a Balanced Spiritual Life?

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Talk 44: What is the Aim of Our Christian Life?

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Talk 43: Examining the Pharisee Within Us

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Talk 42: Type 2 Deception: Striving for Exalted Spiritual Feelings

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Talk 41: Type 1 Deception: Striving for a High Spiritual State

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Talk 40: Advice on Prayer: Does it Have to Be So Complicated?

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Talk 39: Why Do Many Orthodox Christians Refuse or Do Not Know How to Pray?

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Talk 38: Pride and Vainglory: A Spiritual Cancer

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Talk 37: What is the True Purpose of Signs and Miracles?

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Talk 36: Unless You See Signs and Wonders You Will Not Believe!

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Talk 35: Seeking Signs and Miracles: Beneficial or Harmful?

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Talk 34: What Do We Need to Know to Understand the Deceptions of Our Times?

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Talk 33: And No Wonder, for Even Satan Disguises Himself as an Angel of Light

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Talk 32: O Child, You Have Massacred The Demon!

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Talk 31: Does Christianity Really Cause Guilt, Depression and Despair?

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Talk 30: Did You Know That the Souls in Hades are in Urgent Need of Help?

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Talk 29: If Only the Saints are Saved, What Happens to the Faithful Who Die Struggling With Sins and Passions?

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Talk 28: Do the Dead Need Our Help or Do We Need Theirs?

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Talk 27: How Does One Overcome Coldness and Deadness in the Spiritual Life?

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Talk 26: Holy Communion Without Spiritual Struggle: A Heresy in Our Times

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Talk 25: Why Logic and Reason in Spiritual Matters Can Lead to a Loss of Grace

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Talk 24: Elders vs. Religious Intellectuals: Whom to Follow?

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Talk 23: Mental, Physical and Spiritual Disasters: The Lack of Discernment

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Talk 22: An Elder's Advice to Parents on Children

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Talk 21: Encounters with a Clairvoyant Elder

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Talk 20: Elder Porphyrios of Greece as Spiritual Father

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Talk 19: The Life of Elder Porphyrios of Greece

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Talk 18: More Counsels of Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

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Talk 17: Counsels of Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

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Talk 16: Encounters with Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

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Talk 15: The Life of Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

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Talk 14: Are We Seeking Salvation or Are We Deceiving Ourselves and Others?

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Talk 13: Marriage: Agony or Blessedness?

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Talk 12: Whom to Marry and Whom Not to Marry

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Talk 11: Better to Marry Than to Burn with Passion

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Talk 10: The Struggle of Saint Xenia the Fool-for-Christ for Her Unrepentant Departed Husband

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Talk 09: The Sexual Revolution: Are We Better Off?

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Talk 08: Let’s Not Forget About Spiritual Abuse

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Talk 07: Sorcery: Fact or Fiction?

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Talk 06: Can Ignorance be an Excuse at the Last Judgment?

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Talk 05: Are We Confessing Our Faith or Our Ego?

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Talk 04: Is the Desire for Martyrdom a Sign of Madness, Evil, or Love?

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Talk 03: Can We Be Called Orthodox Christians Without Reading the Lives of the Saints?

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Talk 02: The Truth About Death and Dying

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Talk 01: Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences

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Sermon 14: Fasting - Abstinence From Food But What About Abstinence From Sin?

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Sermon 13: On Spiritual Deadness

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Sermon 12: The Power of Holy Unction

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Sermon 11: Ignorance Causes Spiritual Death

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Sermon 10: Holy Protection

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Sermon 09: Do We Really Know Our Faith?

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Sermon 08: Saint Xenia the Fool-for-Christ

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Sermon 07: Are We Fighting Our Ego?

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Sermon 06: Are We Fasting in the Correct Way?

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Sermon 05: Zeal that Comes From Pride

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Sermon 04: On Spiritual Hunger

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Sermon 03: Do We Think About Our Soul?

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Sermon 02: Without Humility and Repentance There is No Salvation

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Sermon 01: The Healing of Physical, Mental and Spiritual Sicknesses