Hunger for Righteousness Podcast Series

Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! Being in Community, Phoebe Farag Mikhail's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Today’s short episode is about St. Anastasia the martyr - a fitting saint for this week, since her name means “Resurrection.” This is such an inspiring story for anyone who feels trapped...

The Hunger for Righteousness Podcast and the Being in Community Newsletter are listener and reader supported publications. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. On today’s podcast episode, I share a lesser known story about a saint named Abba Macarius the Alexandrian (the priest) — not to be confused with the other Abba Macarius the Alexandrian (t...

Dear listeners, First, congratulations to George , Sandra Mansour , and Catherine M for winning the book giveaways from my Great Lent book list! Your books will be in the mail soon. Happy Feast of the Annunciation to all my friends who celebrated yesterday! In honor of the Feast, today’s episode is about St. Mary, the Mother of God, who loves every one of us, including the poor, who works wonders,...

Dear listeners, Today’s podcast is about two saints who loved the poor, and also about true friendship. Listen in to learn more! Let’s just say it had something to do with silver table settings like this one: Here are the references I consulted for this episode: Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus. Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium. https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/9_17.html?lang= Saint John, Bisho...

To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Today’s Episode of the Hunger for Righteousness Podcast is about one of my new favorite saints, St. Theodora. I enjoyed learning about her so much that I read two books about her and consulted two more, in addition to reading a few articles and other sources. Theodora’s rise to power in the 6th century from humb...

Dear listeners, On today’s episode of the Hunger for Righteousness podcast, I share the story of St. Peter the Worshipper, whose commemoration we just celebrated last week in the Coptic Orthodox Church. Here are the sources I used for St. Peter the Worshipper: Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium: https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/5_25.html?lang=en Orthodox Church in America: https://www.oca.org/saint...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Hunger for Righteousness podcast series! I’m excited to share our theme for this year: Saints Who Love the Poor. Each week, God willing, I’ll be sharing the story of a saint who is most well known for their love and care for the poor and marginalized. Through their stories, we will learn the meaning of this verse: “More than a mighty shield and better than a strong spear...

Dear listeners, We are near the end of the Lent season. Next week begins Holy Week, and the last leg of our journey towards the Resurrection. On this Hunger for Righteousness podcast episode with my friend, writing buddy, and trauma-informed coach Nicole M. Roccas , we had an enlightening conversation on what it means to have experienced trauma and go through Holy Week. Nicole provides practical i...

Dear listeners, Today’s very special podcast guest on the Hunger for Righteousness podcast is Manal Moussa, the executive director of Leaving the Jar , a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting global human trafficking through rescue, recovery, rehabilitation and education. If you are wondering what human trafficking has to do with Hunger for Righteousness, be sure to read chapter 7 in the bo...

Dear listeners, Due to circumstances beyond my control, last week I could not post a podcast episode. Never fear, however, this week’s episode is rich enough (and long enough) to count for TWO. So, Episode 7 is now Episode 6 and 7. My guest on the Hunger for Righteousness podcast is author, artist and creator Michael El-Gamal, the mastermind behind Creative Orthodox . It was an enormous pleasure t...

Dear listeners, On Monday, February 17th, 2025, I had the honor of doing my first in-person book event for Hunger for Righteousness at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York, an event in collaboration with Axia Women . On today’s podcast episode, I’m sharing the recording of that event for you. Fittingly for this week’s theme, we focused on forgiveness , as Coptic Orthodox, Ethio...

Dear listeners, Reminder! Get your Hunger for Righteousness reading calendar here . Jennifer Brady and I had an eye-opening conversation about food insecurity, food pantries and soup kitchens on this fourth episode of the Hunger for Righteousness podcast series. Jennifer is the executive director of Oasis: A Haven for Women and Children in Paterson, New Jersey. Oasis started off as the only soup k...

Dear listeners, For most Oriental Orthodox Christians, today marks the Passover of Jonah, the feast day after a strict three day fast that heralds the coming of Great Lent. To discuss this on the podcast is my special guest Fr. Sujit Thomas of the Indian Orthodox Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Fr. Sujit and I met in college at our Orthodox Christian Fellowship on campus. He took a whole group o...

Dear listeners, Welcome to the second episode of the Hunger for Righteousness podcast series! This episode is a bit longer, but we had SO MUCH FUN. This is definitely one episode you might want to watch instead of listen to, because Mary Jasmin Yostos shares some of her amazing photographs on the video. However, I am also going to put the Instagram links of those same photos in this post, so if yo...

Dear listeners, Welcome to the first episode of my Lenten podcast series based on Hunger for Righteousness ! Since Lent is a fast practiced by many Christian denominations, I couldn’t think of a better person to kick off this series than author Traci Rhoades . Traci is well known on the internet for her holy curiosity and her ability to facilitate respectful and meaningful conversations about all...