Father Tom discusses the American fixation with “spiritualities,” or sets of rituals and practices inspired by vague and underdeveloped understandings of the divine. What can we do to ground our pious practices in the fullness of the Orthodox faith, the life of the Church, and the concrete revelation of God in Jesus Christ?

In this Q&A talk, Fr. Tom discusses the intrinsic link between the liturgical and intellectual aspects of the Orthodox Faith and its expression in pious works, highlighting our collective responsibility to manifest the love of God in the world.

Fr. Tom unpacks almsgiving as an expression of divine mercy, the essential attribute of God Himself. As beings made in His image, we are called to embody that same mercy. In this episode, discover why this call is not peripheral but central to our salvation.

November 24, 1996.

October 13, 1996.

1991. In this lecture, Fr. Thomas Hopko surveys the various philosophical, theological, and historical arguments surrounding the ordination of women in the Orthodox Church.

Year unknown. Session one of a lecture series on the centrality, meaning, and history of the Divine Liturgy and its relationship to Scripture in the life of the Church.

Year unknown.

A homily from an unknown year. Fr. Tom's homily on being "called" by Christ, the Christian vocation, and taking up one's cross.

Year unknown. Fr. Tom's homily on the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council and Jesus' prayer for the unity of believers in the Garden from the Gospel of John.