Episode Seven in The Lives of the Saints – Second Series is focused on the life of the first Christian monastic, St. Anthony of Egypt, whose Feast Day is Jan. 17th. Curiously, the same printing house which produces all the AIC Bookstore Publications for us, CreateSpace.com, a division of Amazon, recently published a paperback edition of St. Athanasius’ biography of Anthony, The Life of St. Anthony. Readers will notice that I have used the modern, Western Church spelling “Anthony.”
The episode includes a Coptic icon, probably from around the 9th C. of St. Anthony and St. Paul the Hermit, two 16th C. paintings of the Temptation of Anthony, a 17th C. painting of St. Anthony and the Blessed Virgin Mary, a modern photograph of the Monastery of St. Anthony, and the 15th C. oil on panel by Piero di Cosimo, which is on exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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The next episode in the series, to be posted on or before January 25th, celebrates the life and contributions to the Church of St. Gregory Nazianzen (also called Gregory Nazianzus), one of the most important contributors to the Christian understanding of the Holy Trinity.
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For Christmas Eve, a modern version of the evocative traditional English style of carols and lessons can be watched using the link below. It picks up where the Great “O” Antiphons ended with a series of prayers and responses for Christmas Eve:
One of the best programs the AIC has created is the series devoted to key theme words for each of the days from Christmas Day to Epiphany Eve. Below are the links for Dec. 25th through December 31st. Next week I will post the remaining links. The series has nothing whatsoever to do with the silly song of the same name.
publications (counting the St. Chrysostom Hymnal in 2 volumes), I’m able to turn my attention to work on the video series on The Nicene Creed. (For the full bookstore catalogue, visit our Virtual Bookstore: https://www.amazon.com/author/ronald-e-shibley).
Episode Two (of two) in The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase is now available in both video and podcast forms. The focus in Episode Two is on the fourth, fifth and sixth petitions; the Doxology (in St. Matthew’s version); and a general summary of the series. The discussion of the Doxology includes a presentation on the two most likely ways the Doxology found its way into St. Matthew’s Gospel. The illustrations include art from the 9th through the early 21st Centuries. The episode runs just over 21 minutes. 
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