Best Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides Podcasts (2025)

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Holy Cross Connection, #9: Presv. Kerry Pappas - Becoming One: Weekly Insights to Nurture Your Marriage 55:06

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This week, we are pleased to bring you a new episode of Holy Cross Connection, this time with Presv. Karry Pappas to discuss her latest book, published by Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Becoming One: Weekly Insights to Nurture Your Marriage. Presvytera Kerry is the Coordinator for Seminarian and Clergy Couple Care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of A…

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, # 8: Fr. Patrick Viscuso - Guide for a Church under Islam 58:04

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This week, we are pleased to bring you a new episode of Spiritual Gems from the Holy Cross Bookstore, this time with Fr. Patrick Viscuso. Fr. Patrick has published numerous books with us at Holy Cross Press. His book, A Guide for a Church Under Islam, is Fr. Patrick’s original translation. The twelfth-century document has myriad interesting feature…

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Holy Cross Connection, #8: Fr. Patrick Viscuso and John Margetis - An Introduction to Answers to Liturgical Questions 1:16:25

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Welcome back to Holy Cross Connections! After a long hiatus (thank you for your patience with us), we could not be more excited to roll out a new episode for you all. This week, we have an episode with Fr. Patrick Viscuso and John Margetis, the esteemed editors of Answers to Liturgical Questions by Iōannēs M. Phountoulēs. The Answers to Liturgical …

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, # 7: Bishop Anthony Vrame - Answers to Liturgical Questions 42:45

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It's the episode that you've all been waiting for! Phountoules' Answers to Liturgical Questions is NOW AVAILABLE from the Holy Cross Bookstore. Do you have questions about this series? Tune in to today's episode with His Grace, Bishop Anthony Vrame and hear all about the exciting return of Answers to Liturgical Questions. You can purchase your copi…

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Holy Cross Connection, #7: Jeremy Ingpen - Dialogues With Patriarch Athenagoras 1:07:13

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Title: Season 1, Episode 7. Holy Cross Connection, #67: Jeremy Ignpen - Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras Welcome back to Holy Cross Connections! This week on the podcast, we are delighted to host Jeremy Ingpen, the talented translator of our title Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras. Tune in to hear His Grace Bishop Anthony and Jeremy’s conver…

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Holy Cross Orthodox Press & Bookstore Summer Update 2024 3:27

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Hello everyone! We wanted to give you a quick update regarding our Summer podcast schedule, our summer sale, which starts tomorrow, and upcoming publications from Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Thank you all for your continued support and be sure to keep an eye out for all of our new content coming soon! As Orthodox Christians, we believe that none of …

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #6: Dr. Timothy Patitsas - The Ethics of Beauty, The Opposite of War Is Not Peace: Healing Trauma in the Iliad and in Orthodox Tradition 1:22:33

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You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Spiritual Gems! Join Nicholas today on Spiritual Gems as he talks with renowned author, professor, and researcher Dr. Timothy Patitsas. Together, they discuss his book The Ethics of Beauty, with a focus on the first chapter, entitled “The Opposite Of War Is Not Peace.” Dr. Patitsas has a distinctly uniq…

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Holy Cross Connection, #6: Dr. Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides & Dr. Jenny Haddad Mosher - Find Your Telos 1:13:40

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Christ is Risen! Today on Holy Cross Connection, we are delighted to welcome Doctors Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides and Jenny Haddad Mosher to the podcast for a conversation about their brand-new book, Find Your Telos. Since its publication and release in recent months, Find Your Telos has been in high demand from parishes, youth leaders, and priests arou…

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #5: Fr. Philip Halikias, Pt. 2 - SCOBA Guidelines For Orthodox Christians In Ecumenical Relations 1:11:04

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Holy Cross Connection, #5: Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas - ΙΕΡΟΤΕΛΕΣΤΚΟΝ A Handbook on Orthodox Liturgical Practice 1:20:22

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Christ is Risen! Today on Holy Cross Connection we are delighted to welcome back Fr. Alkiviadis to the podcast. This week, he is joining His Grace Bishop Antonios to discuss his latest publication, ΙΕΡΟΤΕΛΕΣΤΙΚΟΝ: A Handbook on Orthodox Liturgical Practice. Fr. Alkiviadis, a 1956 graduate of Holy Cross, is a Professor Emeritus of Liturgics at Holy …

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #4: Bishop Anthony - The Priest 1:16:05

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Christ is Risen! We are pleased to bring you the fourth episode of Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore. This week, host and Operations Manager of our Bookstore and Press, Nick Botsolis, sat down with the Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, His Grace Bishop Anthony of Synada, to discuss The Priest by Metropolitan Michael of Corinth publi…

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Holy Cross Connection, #4: Bishop Maxim - Wonder As The Beginning of Faith 1:17:53

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We are pleased to bring you our fourth episode of Holy Cross Connection with Bishop Anthony (Vrame). The topic for today is Holy Cross Press title Wonder as the Beginning of Faith, with its author, the esteemed Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic. Join them for a delightful conversation about Bishop Maxim’s series of theological and pastoral observations of a …

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Spiritual Gems Form The Holy Cross Bookstore, #3: Dr. Bruce Beck - The New Testament An Orthodox Perspective 1:02:07

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Happy Wednesday, listeners! Today, join Nicholas for another episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore. His conversation is with HCHC’s beloved Dr. Bruce Beck regarding The New Testament: An Orthodox Perspective. Dr. Beck is the Assistant Professor of New Testament at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and the Director of En…

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Holy Cross Connection, #3: Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas - Great Week And Pascha 1:31:42

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This Wednesday brings you our third episode of Holy Cross Connection. Join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Bishop-Elect Antonios Vrame, in his discussion with Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas on his book Great Week and Pascha. Fr. Calivas’ book is a comprehensive guide for the services of Holy Week and Pascha, including liturgical practic…

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #2: Fr. Philip Halikias - SCOBA Guidelines For Orthodox Christians In Ecumenical Relations 50:28

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Happy Wednesday, listeners! Join us today for our second episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore. Today, Nicholas Botsolis, our podcast host and Bookstore Operations Manager, talks with Fr. Philip Halikias. To continue with the theme of last week’s Holy Cross Connections episode (which you can listen to here), they’ll be talking abo…

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Holy Cross Connection, #2: Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos - Introduction To Orthodox Canon Law 1:28:44

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This week on Holy Cross Connection, join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Bishop Elect Antonios (Vrame), and esteemed guest, Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos. Together they will be discussing Dr. Patsavos’ latest book Introduction to Orthodox Canon Law, published by Holy Cross Press. Introduction to Canon Law is an essential text for studen…

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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #1: Fr. George Parsenios - The Theology of Saint Paul Apostle to the Nations 55:17

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This week we are pleased to present the first episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore. Join Nicholas Botsolis, our podcast host and Bookstore Operations Manager, for our inaugural episode, as he talks with our first guest, Fr. George Parsenios. Together they will be discussing The Theology of Saint Paul Apostle to the Nations. This …

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Holy Cross Connection, #1: Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis - Unto The Healing of Soul and Body 51:49

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This week on Holy Cross Connection, join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Fr. Tony Vrame, and HCOP Author, Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, in discussing his new book, Unto the Healing of Soul and Body: Encouragement for Restoration and Reconciliation in a Broken World. Fr. Stavros’ work focuses on the great need for healing in the mo…

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Mindset of a Servant Leader

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Mark Moraitakis, Senior Director of Customer Foresight at Chick-fil-A, presents a leadership workshop at Hellenic College Holy Cross on developing the heart of a servant leader.By CrossRoad

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Understanding the Other: Part Five

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HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the world from an Orthodox scholarly perspective.…

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Understanding the Other: Part Four

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HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the world from an Orthodox scholarly perspective.…

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Understanding the Other: Part Three

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HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the world from an Orthodox scholarly perspective.…

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Understanding the Other: Part Two

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HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the world from an Orthodox scholarly perspective.…

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Understanding the Other: Part One

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HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the world from an Orthodox scholarly perspective.Speakers:Dr…

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Alumni Retreat Panel Presentation 2013

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We are pleased to share this panel presentation from our 2013 CrossRoad alumni retreat. Thanks to the generosity of an Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 grant for CrossRoad outreach, the OVM was able to offer a new retreat for post-college CrossRoad alumni—alumni who are now in the workforce and wrestling with questions around vocation, profession,…

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The Restoration of Humanity in Christ

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Fr. Eugen Pentiuc connects the creation narrative with the reality of the incarnation.By CrossRoad

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The Three Steps of Fashioning Humanity

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Using the Genesis Creation narrative, Fr. Eugen Pentiuc guides the CrossRoad students through the relationship between God and humanity and between man and woman.By CrossRoad

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The Christian Bible: Unity in Diversity

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Fr. Eugen Pentiuc examines the use of metaphor and the importance of maintaining a sense of wonder.By CrossRoad

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Scripture and Tradition

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Fr. Eugen Pentiuc explores the intimate relationship between scripture and tradition. He emphasizes the centrality of the biblical text.By CrossRoad

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The Orthodox Faith Through Icons

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Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas explores the Icon as a visual, graphic Gospel and teacher of the Faith.By CrossRoad

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The Holy Mysteries of the Sacraments

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Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses the sacraments of Marriage and Baptism.By CrossRoad

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The Teachings of the Orthodox Faith Through the Liturgy

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Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses preparation for Baptism and its theology. He finishes with an exploration of the Anaphora of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil.By CrossRoad

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Early Church History Through the Liturgy

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Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses church life in the first century, the celebration of the Lord’s Day, the development of the parish, and church history through the lens of martyrdom and architectural setting.By CrossRoad

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Putting It All Together: The Church and the Sacraments

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In his fourth and final lecture, Dr. Demetrios Katos discusses questions such as: In what way might the Eucharist or baptism be a mystery and what does it reveal about God? What are some ways in which we become aware of the Church being more than simply our local community? Finally, what does it mean to be a truly sacramental Church?…

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The Challenges of Faith, or How Theology Should Be Done

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In his third lecture, Dr. Demetrios Katos addresses the ways in which theology is scientific, why we should never say “mere symbol” in Orthodox thought, what we mean by essence and energies, what we mean by a personal God, and how the Bible and other sources are used in theology.By CrossRoad

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Trinity and Christology

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Dr. Demetrios Katos discusses why the study of the Bible and theology are so important, why we bother with arcane and abstruse doctrines of the Trinity, and why we should care about our belief that Jesus is fully God and fully man.By CrossRoad

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Human Nature

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In this first of four lectures, Dr. Demetrios Katos, Dean of Hellenic College, addresses such questions as: Why should we develop language like body, soul, spirit, and heart? How are they useful? How might they be dangerous?By CrossRoad

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Jesus Christ as Great High Priest, Lamb of God, King of God's Kingdom, and Suffering Servant

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Fr. Thomas Hopko discusses He who offers and is offered on our behalf to God the Father on the Cross as the perfect sacrifice that saves us from our sins and transgressions and puts us right with God.By CrossRoad

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Jesus as Teacher, Prophet, Word, and Wisdom of God

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This is the second in Fr. Thomas Hopko's series of three lectures for CrossRoad. Fr. Tom discusses the Lord as the Messiah who saves us from ignorance, foolishness, and insanity.By CrossRoad

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Who Do You Say That I Am?

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This is the first in Fr. Thomas Hopko's series of three lectures for CrossRoad. Fr. Tom discusses the person and works of Christ according to the four Gospels.By CrossRoad

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The Jesus Prayer

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Michael Tishel, the new director of the CrossRoad program at Hellenic College, presents Dr. George Stavros on the Jesus Prayer. Dr. Stavros heads up the Counseling, Psychology, and Religion doctoral programs at the Boston University School of Theology. Here he speaks at a parish retreat at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Weston, Massachusett…

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Bishop Savas of Troas

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In this episode of Down the Road, Dr. Ann Bezzerides and Daniel Belonick talk with His Grace Bishop Savas of Troas, Director of the Office of Church and Society for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, about his vocational journey.By CrossRoad

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Daily Scripture Reading: Part Two

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Daniel Belonick continues his discussion with Fr. Theodore Stylianopoulos about daily scripture reading, this time focusing on how to approach passages that are difficult to understand.By CrossRoad

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Daily Scripture Reading: Part One

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In this episode, former CrossRoad assistant director Daniel Belonick discusses reading and understanding scripture with CrossRoad professor Fr. Theodore Stylianopoulos.By CrossRoad

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Facebook

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In this episode of Down the Road, CrossRoad Director Mary Long discusses Facebook, personhood, and community with CrossRoad alumnus Jonathan Resmini.By CrossRoad

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Love

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In this introductory episode, CrossRoad professor Fr. Thomas Hopko discusses two questions: (1) Who is the God that is calling us?; and (2) What is the definition of love?By CrossRoad