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Bobby Maddex interviews Fr. David Barr, pastor of St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church in Austin, Texas, and the author of the St. Romanos Chanting Course. This coming June 24th, Fr. David will be conducting a four-day Beginning Byzantine Chant Workshop at the Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center.
John Maddex talks with Dn. Peter Bolukos, registrar of the St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Theology. For more information call (201) 569–0095.
Recently, a group of five Antiochian Bishops traveled to Damascus to meet with His Beatitude Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East about a February 24th decision of the Holy Synod of Antioch affecting the status of the bishops in North America. Following that meeting, Matthew Namee, host of the new podcast American Orthodox History, spent some time talking with His Grace Bishop Basil of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, part of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in America. You can also read a report from His Grace Bishop Antoun on the Antiochian web site HERE.
John talks with Paul Karos, speaker at an upcoming Orthodox Men's Retreat at Antiochian Village June 26-28, 2009. To register, call 724-238-3677, ext. 425.
From April 30th through May 3rd, the thirteenth Western European Orthodox Congress took place in France. Six hundred and fifty Orthodox individuals attended the event, representing all jurisdictions and several European countries. The conference theme was “Creation: Placed Again into Our Hands,” and one of the plenary speakers was our own Peter Bouteneff, host of Sweeter Than Honey. Here is his speech, titled "Adam: Where Are You?"
Bobby Maddex interviews Protopsaltis John Michael Boyer, the director of the Byzantine Chant Workshop – St. John Koukouzelis Institute for Liturgical Arts, which will be held June 14th through June 20th in Dunlap, California.
John Maddex talks with Amal Morcos of IOCC about the continued relief efforts happening now 3 years after Katrina. Volunteers are needed for this summer. At the close of the interview, listen for an on the scene report.