The Forgotten Way

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Stability is More Than a Place 08.08.2026 11:25 ↓

Perpetual availability can pull us out of real stability.   

Friday Faith Formation 21 - Jesus Christ Son of Man part 13 07.08.2026 13:23 ↓

Catechism pp. 45-46 Disputes on Purity and Impurity 

Elder Arsenie Episode 100 - Living a Christian Life part 25 06.08.2026 7:52 ↓

A thousand-fold bless is the one who loves despite being slandered. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 99 - Living a Christian Life part 24 05.08.2026 4:55 ↓

Sacrifice yourself for all those who seek resurrection.

Elder Arsenie Episode 98 - Living a Christian Life part 23 04.08.2026 5:54 ↓

We humans can attain anything beautiful on earth. Any bad thought no matter how vicious can be rejected and burned by your yearning for salvation. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 97 - Living a Christian Life part 22 03.08.2026 8:38 ↓

If you know there is eternity and don't do anything to mend your ways, you deserve to be locked in a mental institution. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 96 - Living a Christian Life part 21 02.08.2026 4:53 ↓

Christ said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." If there is no way there is no movement, if there is no truth there is no knowledge, and if there is no life there is no living.

Saturday Afternoon at St. John Skete- The Illusion of Comfort and Control 01.08.2026 9:30 ↓

We are at peace when we give up the idea of comfort and accept the circumstances, we find ourselves in with gratitude. 

Friday Faith Formation 20 - Jesus Christ Son of Man part 12 31.07.2026 12:49 ↓

Catechism pp. 43-45 Law of Moses and Disputes on the Sabbath 

Elder Arsenie Episode 95 - Living a Christian Life part 20 30.07.2026 5:40 ↓

Well, this heart does not just beat to keep the body alive, but to enable us to feel that we have to be continually in God's presence. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 94 - Living a Christian Life part 19 29.07.2026 6:04 ↓

I recommend a state of continuous presence, which has no obstacles, which has no historical or political moment. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 93 - Living a Christian Life part 18 28.07.2026 4:10 ↓

Support yourself with your own wings and the joy kindled in your heart will not cease.

Elder Arsenie Episode 92 - Living a Christian Life part 17 27.07.2026 9:30 ↓

The more love you showed yesterday, the more beautiful and resplendent you will be today.

Elder Arsenie Episode 91 - Living a Christian Life part 16 26.07.2026 7:12 ↓

I recommend watchfulness, I do not recommend ascetism, I exhort them to be continually present, in an opposition to sin and the passions.

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- The Pillar of Repentance 25.07.2026 19:59 ↓

Christ's first Gospel commandment was to repent. St. Isaac teaches us this life has been given to us for repentance. So how does this pillar of the spiritual life form our domestic monasteries? 

Friday Faith Formation 19 - Jesus Christ Son of Man part 11 25.07.2026 17:11 ↓

Catechism pp. 42-43 Jesus' Opponents

Elder Arsenie Episode 90 - Living a Christian Life part 15 23.07.2026 7:09 ↓

Father what counsel do you give first to Christians who desire to grow in the spiritual life? Elder Arsenie replied, "A state of true joy..."

Elder Arsenie Episode 89 - Living a Christian Life part 14 22.07.2026 5:47 ↓

Don't be careless! Don't let the hand stretched out to you remain empty when it asks from you or when it gives to you. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 88 - Living a Christian Life part 13 21.07.2026 8:11 ↓

Beggers are biblical figures. You've passed by your so easily. The savior cannot forget you when you gives alms. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 87 - Living a Christian Life part 12 20.07.2026 7:23 ↓

Besides you can't be sure that the one you're helping is not Christ. He stretches his hand to you, and you don't know. 

St. George Men's Group at St. Nicholas Parish: The Sacred or The Secular? 19.07.2026 20:53 ↓

Glory to Jesus Christ. Welcome to the Forgotten Way's recording of the St. George Men's Group at St. Nicholas in Barberton, where parish men gather to discuss the role of sacred chant versus contemporary worship music and its place in family and parish prayer. Samuel, a young presenter, shares research comparing sacred and contemporary Christian music, and the group reflects on how music affects s...

Elder Arsenie Episode 86 - Living a Christian Life part 11 19.07.2026 7:50 ↓

What is the relation of our heart to those suffering around us? 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Smog on the Soul 18.07.2026 14:19 ↓

Why are we more attentive to the dangers that threaten our body than to the ones that threaten our soul? 

Friday Faith Formation- Friday Faith Formation 18 - Jesus Christ Son of Man part 10 17.07.2026 17:38 ↓

Catechism pp. 40-42 The Kingdom of Heaven 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Bitter Medicine 11.07.2026 14:44 ↓

"There is nothing more tragic in all the world than wasted pain." Venerable Fulton Sheen