Young Penitent

Fr. Emmanuel is the rector of St. Katherine Orthodox Chapel in Stowe, Vermont. This beautiful chapel was the first purpose-built Orthodox Church in Vermont. Vermont is known to be one of the least religious state's in the nation, and today we are going to hear the story of how this parish came to be. Some of the questions which will be covered is how the local population received the building of t...

Belief in conspiracy theories has become common, with at least half of all Americans believing in conspiracies of one form or another. In a sense the conspiracy worldview has been normalized, presented as an alternative to the mainstream worldview. But are we really accomplishing anything by giving our attention to conspiracies, or is it just a distraction? Nick Hinton spent many years in the cons...

Cyprian is a man who has his fingers on the pulse. I have been following his account on X closely as of late, where he has been highlighting the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence. He has been commenting on AI for a number of years and some of his ideas about it have become mainstream views in the Orthosphere. One of his ideas is that AI is a demonic influence. More recently Cyprian ha...

It's incredible that I haven't done a stream on this topic before, given my love of monasticism. Today we will give a brief rundown of how one goes about setting up a visit (pilgrimage) to a monastery. Then we will talk about what to do when you arrive, how to act, and how to dress during your stay. Many people are hesitant to pay a visit to a monastery, but this practice is an integral as...

We will begin our livestream by checking in on the crypto markets and reviewing the GENIUS Act which just passed the House. We will also have a brief discussion on the "True Orthodox" phenomenon, among various other schismatic groups, and why you should not be a part of them. Finally we will have a check in on how my journey with attempting to use the ketogenic diet as a treatment for my...

Yianni is an Orthodox seminarian and the CEO of GLOBAL ORTHODOXY LLC. and THE ORTHOCHAT NPO. He is also host of The Orthochat, a podcast which delivers interviews with clergy. The Orthochat is spreading it's wings with a broad reach on various social media platforms, including YouTube, X, Telegram, and now Discord. Their Discord server which recently opened will serve as a dating portal for th...

YouTube has a new Orthodox livestream channel with a very entertaining host going by the name of MrWesford. Today we will meet MrWesford, learn about him and his channel, and hopefully get around to the topic of Bitcoin basics. How do you get started with Bitcoin? Where do you buy it? How do you store it? Hopefully we can provide people who are wondering about this topic with some answers.

In an unscheduled live-stream we begin with a discussion on living soberly. We then move on to various other topics including my upcoming pilgrimage to England, drama in the Orthosphere, and my best argument against Catholicism.

Today we are highlighting an artist who goes by the name The Real Lazar. He has quite a talent as a poet, whether he is working his craft as a rapper or in spoken word. He also happens to be a friend of mine who I met through my online activity. Lazarus links:https://thereallazar.com/https://www.instagram.com/the.real.lazarhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/33GPmHrqpRP3CMIN4Bpz31https://cash.app/$The...

Buck Johnson is the host and humble narrator of the Counterflow podcast. He began his journey as a podcaster with the Death to Tyrants Podcast which was focused on libertarian politics, but with his conversion his podcast made a transition to being more focused on Orthodoxy. In our conversation today we will be discussing what exactly libertarianism is, and why there seems to be a phenomenon of li...

Today we interview Reader Matthew Kowasic. He has had a colorful journey of faith which has taken him through seminary, to a stint on the Holy Mountain of Athos, and into the presence of Saint Paisios, as well as Fr. Roman Braga (who many revere as a Saint). He also spent some time in Hinduism before being rescued in a miraculous fashion, God making himself clearly manifest with the message "...

Robert is an Orthodox Christian who has been diagnosed with the same mental illness as I have, which is Schizo-affective disorder. While I have been living with this illness for decades, Robert has only recently begun the battle of living with a mental illness. Both of us have already found similar coping mechanisms for healing from mental illness, such as using metabolic therapies (the ketogenic...

Cornelius Christian is an associate professor of economics at Brock University in Ontario Canada. In todays episode we will be discussing the current events in the world economy, and try to understand the changes that have been happening with the Trump administration which has been leveraging tariffs as a political and economic tool. Beyond that we will discuss some of the research that Cornelius...

This is a recording of my guest appearance on the Val Orthodox YouTube channel from 4/5/25.

Peter is a new member of the congregation at my parish. He recently was released from prison, where he was baptized in January. In prison he converted from Satanism to Orthodox Christianity, and he is here to tell the story. You can follow Peter on Snapchat at: PetraKrestaOrthodox Christian Prison Ministry: https://theocpm.org/

In today's stream we will be interviewing Matthew Pierce from the YouTube channel Schizophrenia Help. Matthew has been living with schizophrenia for 10 years and has done extensive research into various treatments that can help in recovering from this life shattering illness. We will talk about some of the treatments he has looked into, including lifestyle changes, supplements, and prescriptio...

I met Val at the recent St. John Brotherhood retreat on Vashon Island. He makes educational content on YouTube and Instagram, with a focus on refuting heresies in Islam. He is of Ukrainian descent and spent some time recently volunteering in Ukrain. In today's interview we will meet Val and hear the story of his volunteer work in Ukraine.

Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov is a priest in the Russian Church Abroad who is currently serving as a chaplain in upstate New York. His blog "Phroneo" explores the subject of fasting in detail, among other subjects. You can sign up for a free subscription by clicking this link: https://sergeisveshnikov.substack.com/?r=du166&utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

Impromptu livestream call in show on 2.17.25.

Today we welcome back to the channel David Treebeard to discuss Making America Healthy Again. We had David on once before to talk about his Pemmican company Steadfast Provisions. Then his business was just starting out but now his company has become established and he is ready to take it to the next level by opening a production facility so that his business can scale. We will discuss these develo...

Much to everybody's surprise Donald Trump launched his own memecoin during the Presidential crypto ball which was held last Friday in DC. The next day Melania launched a memecoin. Both coins surged to billion dollar valuation almost immediately. We will discuss these events in tonights stream, as well as the ethical implications of these actions and what they mean for cryptocurrency.

We will be reacting to recent statements from the ROCOR Synod regarding Brother Nathanael Kapner. Brother Nathanael announced that he would be leaving ROCOR after the statement was issued. We will be reacting to the statements from the Synod and from BN. I will open up a space on X during the stream so that viewers can call in and express their views.

Went live for an AMA on YouTube and began a twitter space, which was simulcast to YouTube. No agenda, just talked about whatever came up. Reviewed my upcoming partnership with the beard oil company Byzantine Beard.

Mano Elia is the man behind the Study of Stuff Podcast, the hot new Orthodox channel on YouTube. He is also spearheading an initiative called the Bored No More Network, an effort to bring together Orthodox content creators with the goal of vanquishing boredom (or, in other words, to put an end to idleness). This is a noble and lofty goal, and I fully support the idea behind it. We live in an atomi...

An Expose on Brother Nathanael I interviewed Brother Nathanael a number of times on this channel. In my interviews with him I tried to get to know him as a person. Since he has extensive knowledge and understanding about the bible I tried to get him to talk about those subjects, instead of his usual fare, which is politics. My personal interactions with him off camera (and sometimes on camera) wer...