Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church

This time around, we discuss the state of dialogue between different understandings of Christianity and how it relates to our context in the post-Christian West. Father Mark gives an overview of his experiences as a Navy Chaplain, and talks about how that informs his ideas on how to talk to other kinds of Christians. Click here (Facebook's being funny about the link) https://youtu.be/vRuA30Asqzg

How does the fragmentation of communication and society described in the ancient Biblical story of the Tower of Babel relate to the story of the Gospel? How do masked statues of the saints at a South Philly church represent the logical end of individualism? Tune in to this week's Catechumens Depart and find out! Thanks as always for watching!

This week on Catechumens Depart, Father Mark and Eric continue their discussion of the importance of Christianity in today's world. This episode focuses on developing a proper Christian understanding of personhood vis-a-vis the popular understanding of the human as a consuming individual. The guys dig into the accompanying topic of responsibility vs. rights, and how that plays out culturally. Thanks as always for joining us!

This week on Catechumens Depart, Father Mark and Eric discuss how focusing on our faith can help prevent the destructive idolatry that can be made of "good causes." What we put first is of supreme importance! Thanks as always for watching.

This week, in an episode of Catechumens Depart that's much punctuated by dog visits, Father Mark and Eric talk about how to live as faithful Christians in a Post-Christian society. They touch on some parallels and differences between the U.S. and pre-revolutionary Russia, how deep involvement with the local Church is the best foundation, and discuss briefly the need for an increase of monasticism to bolster the American Church. There's something goofy with the preview image not loading this week, but the below link should take you right to the episode. Thanks for watching!

This week on Catechumens Depart, Father Mark and Eric continue their discussion of the Christian story, and how it remains important to us even in our current post-Christian context. What is the Gospel, exactly? What did Jesus accomplish by coming, ministering, dying, and rising again? How can we enter into the story more deeply, and why should we want to? Thanks as always for watching!