Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

It's a blessing to be at St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, Tennessee, this weekend to talk about dragons and saints!

Resources on Christian prayers to saints in the centuries prior to the First Council of Nicea (AD 325). https://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/prayers-to-saints-in-the-pre-nicene-era/

St. Irenaeus of Lyons on the virgin birth, from "On the Apostolic Preaching," ch. 32.

WELL WELL WELL. https://youtu.be/OE1l2Glvuaw

I stopped in at the Antiochian Village bookstore today, and Tamalyn asked me to hold my books.

See you in Dublin in November!

When you see a door that looks like this...

The burial site of St. Kevin of Glendalough

This morning I got up early and walked back out to St. Brendan's Well here on Valentia Island in Ireland and filmed a reading of "The Death of Saint Brendan," a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien.

This morning we prayed Sunday services at the east-facing high cross at St. Brendan's Well on Valentia Island.

My sermon from Sunday on how to do Orthodox Christianity the Right Way. https://youtu.be/iY2eqknzI1U

https://symbolicworldsummit.com/ Join me at the Symbolic World Summit Sept. 24-26 in Oxford (UK) for "Paradise Imagined." Just 150 tickets are available.

In my sermon for the feast of St. John Maximovitch, I reflect on the Good Shepherd reading from St. John's Gospel and how it applies to the ways we relate to each other. https://youtu.be/N_77KgqjZcY?si=Kaqfbl_Q-TrJrHgU

At Suceavița Monastery in Romania, this early 16th-century iconography features creation icons beginning with the assigning of angels to the sun and moon. This tradition is not explicit in Scripture but is found in the Orthodox tradition in many places. These photos were sent to me by patristics scholar (and friend) Fr. Joseph Lucas.

At Suceavița Monastery, with early 16th c iconography. Their creation icons begin with the assigning of angels to the sun and moon.

At Suceavița Monastery in Romania, this early 16th-century iconography features creation icons beginning with the assigning of angels to the sun and moon. This tradition is not explicit in Scripture but is found in the Orthodox tradition in many places. These photos were sent to me by patristics scholar (and friend) Fr. Joseph Lucas.

Happy 250th birthday, America. May we all be granted peaceful times to live out our lives in repentance, godliness and joy.

https://symbolicworldsummit.com/ Join me at the Symbolic World Summit Sept. 24-26 in Oxford (UK) for "Paradise Imagined." Just 150 tickets are available.

Tune in for this in just a few hours!

Live on Friday. https://www.youtube.com/live/YxgUzm-5fDs