Come Receive The Light Radio Program Schedule for December
The Orthodox Christian Network [OCN] has released the December 2008 schedule for Come Receive the Light Radio.
Come Receive the Light, the only nationally syndicated Orthodox Christian radio broadcast, is a weekly program that features interviews with noted Orthodox Christian clergy, theologians, and lay leaders on theological, spiritual, pastoral, and modern social issues. Heard on the radio in more than 100 cities in the United States and the Bahamas, this unique weekly broadcast offers the ancient, Christ-centered message of Orthodox Christianity to the modern world. You can listen to past programs on demand and find many other online resources to deepen your faith at http://www.myocn.net.
The Come Receive The Light Radio Program Schedule for December is as follows.
Dec. 5
Guest: Fr. Alexander Goussetis & Metropolitan Nicholas of Amissos
Topics: Far Eastern Religions & St. Nicholas
Fr. Alexander Goussetis, author of “Encountering World Religions: An Orthodox Christian Perspective,” with the third installment of our series on World Religions and how they compare to Orthoox Christianity. This week, Fr. Alexander discusses Confucianism and Taoism. Also, Metropolitan Nicholas of Amissos, the Bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Diocese of the U.S.A, talks about the life and witness of the real Santa Claus: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Dec. 12 Guest: Fr. Michael Oleksa
Topics: St. Herman of Alaska & Orthodox Missions in America
Fr. Michael Oleksa, who has written extensively on topics related to missiology and Orthodoxy in the United States, talks with Fr. Chris about the Orthodox approach to missions and how Orthodox Christians should relate to American culture. Also, Fr. Chris speaks to a Canadian youth group about why they find inspiration in the story of St. Peter the Aleut, a young Native American who was martyred for the Orthodox Faith.
Dec. 19 Guest: Fr. Philip LeMasters
Topic: Ecology
Fr. Philip LeMasters, author of “The Goodness of God’s Creation,” talks with Fr. Chris about mankind’s spiritual mandate to care for God’s creation.
Dec. 26 Guests: Fr. Stephen Ritter & Fr. Demetrios Tonias
Topics: Mary & St. Stephen the First Martyr
On the day after Christmas, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life of Mary, the Mother of God. Fr. Stephen Ritter discusses what Scripture and Chiristian Tradition tell us about the Christ Child’s mother. Also, Fr. Demetrios Tonias speaks about the life and witness of another great saint celebrated soon after Christmas: St. Stephen the Protomartyr.
The Orthodox Christian Network is an agency of the Standing Conference of Canonical Bishops in the Americas [SCOBA].