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From the Thebaid of Egypt to the deserts of Palestine and Syria, from the monasteries and caves of Mount Athos, to the vast wilderness of northern Russia. This series explores and celebrates the wondrous lives of Saints in the Orthodox Christian church.

Short and insightful educational videos detailing the rich history and meaning behind Orthodox Christian icons.

A collection of lectures and talks from Trisagion Films on the Orthodox faith and tradition.

A collection of stories from the fascinating and inspiring lives of the Saints.

We all have questions about our faith. Questions demand answers. The more we know about Orthodoxy, the more we come closer to understanding our role in the universe—our relationship to God. Join Fr. Ted as he explores the Orthodox tradition through the eyes of those who seek to understand it.

The official Orthodox Health podcast hosted by Dr. Michael Christian.

Through two stories from the Egyptian desert, this episode reflects on earthly treasure, humility, charity, and spiritual discernment. In the lives of Abba Pambo, St. Melania, and Abba John the Persian, we are reminded that true treasure is not found in praise or possessions, but in a heart centered on Christ.

Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener to America was born as Vasily Ivanovich Belavin on January 19, 1865 into the family of Ioann Belavin, a rural priest of the Toropetz district of the Pskov diocese. His childhood and adolescence were spent in the village in direct contact with peasants and their labor. From his early years he displayed a particular religious disposition, love for the Church as well as rare meekness and humility.

Saint Simeon the Stylite was born in the Cappadocian village of Sisan of Christian parents, Sisotian and Martha. At thirteen years of age he began to tend his father’s flock of sheep. He devoted himself attentively and with love to this, his first obedience.

Saint Peter of Athos, a Greek by birth, served as a soldier in the imperial armies and he lived at Constantinople. In the year 667, during a war with the Syrians, Saint Peter was taken captive and locked up in a fortress in the city of Samara on the Euphrates River.

Saint John of Rila, the great spiritual ascetic of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and Heavenly Protector of the Bulgarian nation, was born in the year 876 in the village of Skrino in the Sredets district [now Sofia].

Saint Herman of Alaska, America’s first canonized saint, was an Orthodox Christian monk of holy life who lived in Valaam Monastery in Russia. In 1794, along with nine other monastics he was sent to Alaska to evangelize the natives there. In time St. Herman would become the sole survivor of the original missionaries. Throughout his long life he cared for the natives of the Kodiak area, nursing them in their illnesses, educating them, and defending them from the abuse of the Russian fur-traders. By his meekness and firm faith he won the love and respect of all who came to know him, and inspired many to follow Christ. Eventually settling on nearby Spruce Island, he lived a mostly eremitic life, while also establishing an orphanage for the children of parents who had died during epidemics.

Saint Daniel the Stylite was born in the village of Bethara, near the city of Samosata in Mesopotamia. His mother Martha was childless for a long while and in her prayers she vowed that if she had a child, she would dedicate him to the Lord. Her prayers were heard, and Martha soon gave birth to a son, who was without a name until he was five years of age.

Saint Kevin (Coemgen) was born in Leinster in the early decades of the sixth century, the age of Saints Columba (June 9), Columbanus of Luxeuil (November 21), Comgall of Bangor (May 10), Finnian of Clonard (December 12), Kieran of Clonmacnoise (September 9), and many other great saints.This holy ascetic belonged to a noble family which had included several Kings of Leinster. He himself, however, was a model of humility and self-denial.

The Holy Virgin Martyr Anysia lived in the city of Thessalonica during the reign of the the co-Emperor Maximian (286-305). Upon the death of her parents, who had raised her in Christian piety, Saint Anysia sold everything she owned, distributing her riches to the poor, and she began to lead a strict life of fasting, vigil, and prayer.

Our Holy Father Nicholas, emulator of the Apostles and ardent imitator of the Lord Jesus Christ, appears as a living pillar of the Church, zealous in defense of the faith and a model of pastoral solicitude for holy bishops. Through his countless miracles on behalf of the poor, the abandoned, of those suffering injustice and of all who call upon his fatherly protection, he has to this day shown himself “a good steward of the manifold grace of God” (I Peter 4:10).

Saint Bessarion, Wonderworker of Egypt was an Egyptian. He was baptized while still in his youth, and he led a strict life, striving to preserve the grace given him during Baptism. Seeking to become more closely acquainted with the monastic life, he journeyed to the holy places. He was in Jerusalem, he visited Saint Gerasimus (March 4) in the Jordanian wilderness, he viewed other desert monasteries, and assimilated all the rules of monastic life.

At St. Antony's Orthodox Church, Paul comes before God with prayers for the people he loves, seeking comfort amid fear, doubt, and suffering. As he prepares to leave, an extraordinary encounter unfolds: the Saints depicted in the church's holy icons begin to speak with him. Drawing from their own lives and trials, they offer wisdom, encouragement, andtestimony to God's enduring mercy. What begins as a bewildering experience gradually becomes a profound spiritual dialogue. As Paul moves from confusion to boldness and finally to humility, he is invited into a deeper understanding of prayer, communion with the Saints, and trust in God's providence. A Cup and Bread is a contemplative exploration of faith, intercession, and the living witness of the Church.

Fr. Gabriel Makarov guides us on a tour of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral; illuminating its origins in the aftermath of the Russian Civil War and its founding by white Russian emigres, their struggles to survive in Australia and the modern flourishing of the parish and Orthodoxy in Australia.

Two Russian Orthodox priests face the ultimate test of faith when war pits Orthodox nations against each other,revealing how the same religion can nurture radically different worldviews. Filmed across Thailand, Armenia, and Russia.

The film is about an amazing person, a talented and selfless teacher, Galina Alakhverdiants, who with her love for beauty saved her students from "the street" in the heyday of acute drug addiction in Nalchik (small town in Southern Russia). Theatre, music, poetry - all this has joyfully filled lives of her teenaged students, who 40 years later still thank their teacher and remember those best times ...

Filmed during the first celebration of his April feast day in 2019, locals and pilgrims share their remembrances of St. Amphilochios (1889-1970), a tireless spiritual father, missionary, and founder of orphanages and monasteries. He was a spiritual son of St Nektarios of Aegina, and spiritual father of St Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love. Metropolitan Kallistos Ware and he were both tonsured at the Monastery of St John the Theologian on Patmos.

"Iraclie Porumbescu, the bearer of light" opens a window into the life of an exceptional soul: priest, writer and father of a great composer. Born in 1823 in Suceviţa, Iraclie Porumbescu rises from the conditions of a rural life, devoted to family and faith, and becomes one of the essential figures of Bukovina in the 19th century. 

September 2023, in the anniversary year of the 140th anniversary of Ciprian Porumbescu's death, 170th anniversary of his birth, and 200th anniversary of the birth of his father, priest Iraclie Porumbescu - a good opportunity for a pilgrimage to Chernivtsi. And we set off, a director (Cristina Chirvasie) and a great-granddaughter (Stanca Scholz-Cionca), in the footsteps of Ciprian, whose intimate diary from 1879, Journal of important events and incidents and other mischief,  has just come out of print. We will search for the remains of Chernivtsi from the time of Franz Joseph, when it was the multiethnic, flourishing capital of the Duchy of Bukovina.

The documentary tells the story of Toma Arnăuţoiu (1921-1959), the cavalry officer who, after being put in reserve for political reasons, became the leader of the anti-communist resistance group from Nucşoara (Argeş County), which operated in the southern Fărăgaş Mountains. He was caught after almost 10 years and executed together with his brother.

Azo, a spirited young Orthodox man in a wheelchair, and his devoted father, Gocha, navigate the challenges of living with disabilities in Georgia while constructing a wheelchair-accessible home.

After being cast out by Abraham and Sarah, Hagar and her son Ishmael are forced into the wilderness with nothing but faith and each other. As thirst, fear, and hopelessness close in, Hagar must fight to protect her son and trust that God has not abandoned them.

Maria saves a man from drowning, just as she was about to take her own life, only to find out that small acts of kindness can come back and change your life.

Unable to cope with the insufferable burden of unrequited love, desperate and love-smitten Alexandros summons up the courage to steal a boat. Yearning to accomplish his Quixotic dream, and meet in person the unattainable object of his desire, instead, Alexandros finds himself stranded in the treacherous blue sea. Now, marooned on a deserted sandy beach, Alexandros finds refuge in a dark and dank cave, where, along with three eccentric outcasts of society, tries to rationalise the constant ups and downs of life and relationships through strange stories of heartbreak, sarcasm, and self-deprecation. However, could true love be hiding in plain sight?

Sorcery is a short documentary exploring the Orthodox Christian perspective on the occult, including practices such as spellcasting and fortune-telling. Through a four-part structure, the film examines why people are drawn to these practices, exposes their deception, and presents the teachings of the Holy Fathers on their spiritual dangers.In contrast, it highlights the true life found in the Divine Liturgy and the Eucharist, offering a clear and sobering call to discernment and a return to the fullness of the Church.

Chrysoula, who died in 1887 at the age of 17, was buried under the floor of her family's home in a small village 100 kilometres from Istanbul. Thirty-seven years later, due to population exchange, Chrysoula's family had to leave her buried under the house floor as they were deported to Northern Greece. A hundred years later, while renovating the floor of this old house, the family of a filmmaker living there discovered Chrysoula's tombstone. This film, directed by Kerem Soyyılmaz, is a story about the finding of the tombstone in 2016, the investigation into the family who owned it, and the search that concluded in Thessaloniki in 2022, told through the experiences of the director and his family. 

A film about the Greek Orthodox mission in the Pacific. Meet the priests, nuns and the children whose lives have been touched and transformed by the vision of the man who had the courage to start everything with nothing but the love of Christ. To see for yourself the power of that faith, love and hope, unlock the incredible story of the Orthodox Pacific Mission. 

Letting in the Light follows Sister Thekla, an iconographer who travelled to Wellington from the Congo in Africa to paint the Pantocrator on the dome of the Evangelismos church in Wellington, New Zealand. 

Keeping the Faith takes you on a nationwide tour, visiting the local Greek Orthodox Churches throughout New Zealand and meeting the people behind them. 

This story begins just outside of the village of Coma, Egypt around the year AD 270, when a man named Anthony leaves the world behind for a life of asceticism in the desert. This account, adapted from the classic book The Life of St. Anthony by St. Athanasius, tells of Anthony’s earliest encounters with the devil and evil spirits.