The Lord of Spirits
The Seen and Unseen World in Orthodox Christian Tradition
The modern world doesn’t acknowledge but is nevertheless haunted by spirits—angels, demons and saints.
Orthodox Christian priests Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Fr. Stephen De Young host this live call-in show focused on enchantment in creation, the union of the seen and unseen as made by God and experienced by mankind throughout history.
What is spiritual reality like? How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate everyday life with spiritual presence?
The live edition of this show airs on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 7pm ET / 4pm PT. Tune in at Ancient Faith Radio.
(You can contact the hosts via email or by leaving a voice message.)
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Magical Mystery Tour
Christianity has been called a “mystery” religion. There are some who say that it is simply one of many mystery cults that existed in the ancient Greco-Roman world, such as the Eleusinian, Dionysian, Orphic or Samothracian mysteries. So what were their mysteries really like?
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
No, Virginia, Christmas Isn’t About Mithras
In 1954, deep under the streets of London, a mysterious 3rd c. temple was unearthed, but it was not as hoped a Christian church. It was a Mithraeum, a place of bloody secret rituals practiced by Roman soldiers. Who is their god Mithras? And is he the real Jesus?
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Pananthropon & Pandemonium II: Live, In-Person Q&A
In this live-recorded, in-person Q&A session, Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andrew respond to questions and comments from the attendees at the Lord of Spirits Conference, hosted Oct. 2-5 at the Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The Other Messiah in the Bible
Some say that the Persians had their own Messiah, and some even say that this is where Israel got the idea. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, once ruled much of the ancient world. But was he God's anointed?
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Ye Wrote an Opera?
Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian empire, most powerful man in the world, was brought low by divine madness. Who was this king who lived in the shadow of Etemenanki, whose visions were revealed by a prophet, and whose apex in pop culture is as a wealthy zucchini?
Contributors
Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Fr. Stephen De Young
