Author: Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Very Rev. Archpriest Andrew Stephen Damick is Chief Content Officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, former pastor (2009-2020) of St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and author of Arise, O God, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Bearing God and An Introduction to God. He is also host of the Orthodox Engagement, Amon Sûl, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and Roads from Emmaus podcasts on Ancient Faith Radio, co-host with Fr. Stephen De Young of The Lord of Spirits podcast, co-host with Michael Landsman of The Areopagus podcast, and he is a frequent speaker at lectures and retreats both in parishes and in other settings. You can follow him on Facebook</a, Telegram and Instagram.

The Present and Future of Orthodox Christian Media

September 20, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick 5

We have every right to feel that we may be at the beginning of a golden age of Orthodox content creation in the English language. But at the very same time that a renaissance of Orthodox content creation is happening, expanding into new platforms and providing insight and challenges for new fields of human life, there are marginal, extreme forces seeking to pierce into the middle.

The Lamp of the Body

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

If we sit depressed and are anxious over all the things that depress us, that anger us, that cause us to despair, then we become more like those thoughts. But if we orient our spiritual sight toward what is holy and good, then the evil thoughts being suggested by the demons will have no place in us to take root and grow.

A Historic Day for Life

June 24, 2022June 25, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

With the declaration by the Supreme Court today that there is no constitutional right to abortion, this is a historic day here in America.

Justice is Coming

May 29, 2022May 27, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Justice is indeed coming, the very justice of God. This justice will wipe away every shred of demonic rule and influence from creation and set everything right. The cries for justice of those who have been crushed beneath the heels of the powerful and the violent have been heard by God, and they will be vindicated.

Sin, Holiness and Human Nature

May 15, 2022May 13, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Christian life is not easy, but it actually is simple. When we clearly understand what sin and holiness are, then our choice to turn away from sin and be holy becomes clear, too.

No, the Paschal date difference is not about Passover (and other Orthodox urban legends)

April 17, 2022May 10, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Orthodox Christians should find their identity in Christ and in the saving dogmas proclaimed about Him universally in Orthodox tradition. How we calculate Pascha (which was not set by the Apostles) is not one of those things.

The Martyrs’ Blood Against the Demon Hordes: A Reflection on the Akolouthia of the Three Martyrs of Vilnius

April 14, 2022April 13, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Scriptures and all the liturgical services of the Orthodox Church include the theme of spiritual warfare, but it is particularly prominent in the liturgical services for the martyred saints.

Is There a Triumph of Orthodoxy?

March 13, 2022March 11, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Ten years ago, I was present at a sermon on the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy given by the late Fr. Thomas Hopko, three years before he died. The title he gave the sermon was “What Triumph of Orthodoxy?” And he said that there never really was such a thing.

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