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	Welcome to The Light Of The East with Father Thomas Loya. This unique program reveals how the riches of the Eastern Catholic Churches - their liturgies, spirituality and relevancy - are a gift to the whole Church and to today's world.

This Week on The Light Of The East #451: The Descent of the Holy Spirit

May 14, 2013 - It's the colors of red and green, the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and also upon us and the whole Church.

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Last Week on The Light Of The East #450: A Jam-Packed Liturgical Week

May 7, 2013 - The Resurrection of Our Lord... The Ascension of Our Lord... the Fathers of the Ecumenical Council and a jam-packed liturgical week for the calendars both old and new.

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The Light Of The East #449: The Relevancy of Eastern Spirituality

April 30, 2013 - We look at the relevancy of Eastern Christian Spirituality with special guest, Father Peter Galadza of the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies.

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The Light Of The East #448: The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

April 23, 2013 - The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman where Jesus gives living water to her at the well. The Eparchy of Parma gives living water for the New Evangelization.

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The Light Of The East #447: The Message of the Resurrection

April 16, 2013 - The message of the Resurrection is given by Christ to the paralytic and by a seminarian to a small Byzantine Catholic parish.

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The Light Of The East #446: Ointment Bearing Women

April 9, 2013 - It's Ladies Day at Light of the East, the Sunday of the Ointment Bearing Women, and the secret phrase that Pope Francis used for the Orthodox Churches.

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The Light Of The East #445: Thomas Sunday

April 2, 2013 - A Sunday of St. Thomas...a Sunday of gathering...a homecoming from Washington to Bradislava, Slovakia to the Middle East, with special guest Father Charles Khachan, MLM.

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The Light Of The East #444: We Begin to Look at the Newly Elected Bishop of Rome

March 26, 2013 - We begin to look at the newly elected Bishop of Rome and the implications of this for the Eastern Orthodox Churches with special guest Father James Dutko

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The Light Of The East #443: Great Week

March 19, 2013 - It is the Great Week, the Week of the Bridegroom in which we follow Jesus Christ to Calvary...His suffering, His death and His resurrection.

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The Light Of The East #442: The Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt and the Saturday of Lazarus

March 12, 2013 - We begin with Acathiste Saturday, the Sunday of Mary of Egypt and end the Lenten season with the Saturday of Lazarus.

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The Light Of The East #441: St. Andrew of Crete

March 5, 2013 - We journey through the entire Bible with the help of the great ascetic, St. Andrew of Crete.

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The Light Of The East #440: We Bow Before the Life-Giving Cross

February 26, 2013 - This is the day we bow before the life-giving cross. Come, let us all venerate it resplendent in the light of the Resurrection.

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The Light Of The East #439: Pope Benedict XVI and the Eastern Churches

February 19, 2013 - We talk about why the Eastern Churches are grateful and will miss the papacy of Benedict XVI... his sense of liturgy, his scholastic honesty and his respect for the East.

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The Light Of The East #438: The First Sunday of...

February 12, 2013 - It is the first Sunday of Lent. It is also the first Sunday of Orthodoxy, the first Sunday of the Holy Images, and the first Sunday of the True Faith.

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The Light Of The East #437: Cheesefaire/Forgiveness Sunday

February 5, 2013 - Lent begins with the Sunday of Forgiveness. But first, we need to set a story straight and forgive.

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The Light Of The East #436: The Confluence of Two Great Liturgical Seasons

January 29, 2013 - We stand in the middle of the confluence of two great liturgical seasons: the Incarnation and the season of the Great Fast.

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The Light Of The East #435: Be Formed Through Distance Learning

January 22, 2013 - Be formed through distance learning, but be formed in Eastern Christianity at your own convenience through learning from Ukrainian Catholic University.

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The Light Of The East #434: The Year of Faith

January 15, 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a Year of Faith which will focus on the parish level and on liturgy, especially on the Eucharist. We will see the implications for the Eastern Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #433: The Eastern Desert Fathers

January 8, 2013 - We transition from the time of the Great Incarnation and Epiphany to the time of the Great Fast into the death and resurrection of Our Lord through the stories and wisdom of the desert fathers of the Eastern Church.

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The Light Of The East #432: Theophany

January 1, 2013 - Splendid was the previous feast of the Lord's Nativity, but even more splendid is the Lord's Theophany: the Epiphany, the Lord's Baptism.

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The Light Of The East #431: It's a Triple Header

December 25, 2012 - It's a triple header to end the year: St. Basil the Great, the relatives of the Lord, and the Circumcision of Our Lord on the 8th day.

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The Light Of The East #430: Byzantine Catholic Christmas Memories

December 18, 2012 - From mushroom soup to honey and garlic, Christmas trees, caroling and theology. It's Christmas memories in the Byzantine Catholic Church and how they form us as a person. (Music by Annunciation Byzantine Parish Choir)

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The Light Of The East #429: St. Nicholas

December 11, 2012 - On the 2nd Sunday before Christmas, we look back at significant saints from the Bible and Church history such as Saint Nicholas (Father Joseph Marquis), who is our special guest.

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#428: A Report on Eastern Christianity

December 4, 2012 - A report on Eastern Christianity around the world and also a guide to shopping for Eastern Christian style, with special guest, Jack Figel.

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#427: Father Peter Galadza

November 27, 2012 - St Nicholas brings a special gift to Annunciation Parish and to Father Loya personally in the person of Father Peter Galadza, Professor at the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies.

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#426: The Maronite Church

November 20, 2012 - The Maronite Church, an Eastern Church, unique in character and origin, plus more Eastern tips on how to prepare for Christmas.

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The Light Of The East #425: Byzantine Catholic churches, where are you?

November 13, 2012 - We answer the question, "Byzantine Catholic churches, where are you?" as we hear from a pastor in Texas.

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The Light Of The East #424: An Eastern Monk

November 6, 2012 - We talk to Father Steven Muth who was once a monk on the holy, mysterious, magnificent center of Eastern monasticism, Mount Athos.

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The Light Of The East #423: Unwrapping John's Gospel

October 30, 2012 - We look at the duties of a Byzantine Catholic deacon who helps us unwrap John's Gospel in an adult Bible study during the Phillip's Fast, which you can attend on-line with special guest, Fr. Deacon Michael S. Lee, STL.

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The Light Of The East #422: Eastern Churches in the Middle East

October 23, 2012 - We begin a series of presentations of the Hoiy Father's Apostolic Exhortation to the Eastern Churches in the Middle East called Ecclesia in Medio Oriente.

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The Light Of The East #421: More Salient Points

October 16, 2012 - Do you see your parish as a spouse or as a concubine? Are you fishing for men or sun bathing? More salient points from the Encounter of the Eastern Catholic Churches.

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The Light Of The East #420: The Soul of Eastern Christianity

October 9, 2012 - We touch base with the soul of Eastern Christianity on the Sunday of the Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council.

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The Light Of The East #419: The Role of the Laity

October 2, 2012 - From the Midwestern Eastern Encounter, we talk about the role of the Laity in the Eastern Catholic Churches: liturgists, defenders of the faith, workers of mercy and spiritual guides.

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The Light Of The East #418: Things Are Happening

September 25, 2012 - Things are happening in the Eastern Catholic world: texting the Trinity, the encounter of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the pamphlet Theosis and Eastern Christian Publications. With special guest, Jack Fiegel.

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The Light Of The East #417: School Is Back In Session

September 18, 2012 - You'll learn what it means to be an Eastern Catholic, how big their churches are, and the difference between an Eastern Catholic and a Roman Catholic.

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The Light Of The East #416: Four Themes In the Exultation of the Cross

September 11, 2012 - “We bow to your cross O Lord, and praise Your Holy Resurrection.” The four themes contained in the Byzantine Catholic Church's celebration of the Exultation of the Holy Cross.

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The Light Of The East #415: The Exultation of the Cross

September 4, 2012 - Father Loya and Katie Gulas walk us through the Feast of the Exultation of the Cross.

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The Light Of The East #414: Feast Days of the Mother of God

August 28, 2012 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas immerse us in the Feast Days of the Mother of God, along with the prayers and chants of the Byzantine Catholic Church.

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#413: Difference Between Latin and Eastern Rites

August 21, 2012 - We attempt to put an ocean into a thimble to answer the question, "What is the difference between the Latin and the Eastern rite Catholic Churches?"

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#412: Reflections on the Dormition

August 14, 2012 - Daughter of the Father, Mother of the Son, Bride of the Spirit. Reflections of the Glorious Mysteries on the Dormition of the Mother of God with special guest, Katrina Zeno.

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The Light Of The East #411: Which Translation Do you Prefer?

August 7, 2012 - Which translation do you prefer: the translation of the relics of St. Theodocious, the translation of the Mother of God, body and soul into heaven; or the translation of the Icon of Our Lord not made with human hands?

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The Light Of The East #410: The Feast of the Transfiguration

July 31, 2012 - We celebrate the feast of Our Lord's Glorious Transfiguration and the real story of the religious and political issues in Syria and the rest of the Middle East with special guest Juliana Taimoorazy of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council.

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The Light Of The East #409: Byzanteen Youth Rally 2012

July 24, 2012 - On the shores of the Pacific Ocean, we behold the setting sun, the evening light of the Byzanteen Youth Rally 2012 in San Diego.

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The Light Of The East #408: We Review Letters From Listeners

July 17, 2012 - We review letters from listeners and the basic rythmn of life.

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The Light Of The East #407: God-mantled Fathers

July 10, 2012 - We honor today those mystical trumpets of the Spirit as we look at the God-mantled Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils and how their actions affect us today.

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The Light Of The East #406: The Persecuted Eastern Churches

July 3, 2012 - As our awareness grows to the threats to our religious liberty in America, we also direct our attention and our prayers to persecuted Eastern Churches whose freedom may yet be in greater peril.

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The Light Of The East #405: It Takes A Family To Raise A Village

June 26, 2012 - Our special guest is Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse from the Ruth Institute who invites the Eastern Churches to help her share that it takes a family to raise a village.

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The Light Of The East #404: The Sound of Persecuted Catholics

June 19, 2012 - The sound of music, dancing in the street, laughter and fellowship. It's the sound of persecuted Catholics, protesting and standing up for religious freedom.

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Last Week on The Light Of The East #403: Texting the Trinity

June 12, 2012 - Learning to pray unceasingly through new forms of media and communications. Our special guest is Jack Figel of Eastern Christian Publications.

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The Light Of The East #402: Always Something to Perfect

June 5, 2012 - In a good marriage, there is always something to perfect, to work out between husband and wife. So too, there are things to work out between the two lungs of the Church, East and West.

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The Light Of The East #401: The Sunday of All Saints

May 29, 2012 - It's the Sunday of All Saints in the Byzantine Catholic Church with Father Thomas Loya and Katie Gulas

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The Light Of The East #400: The Holy Spirit Descends

May 22, 2012 - The Holy Spirit descends upon the Apostles and also the Church, and in a very special way upon Light of the East as we celebrate our 400th program.

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The Light Of The East #399: May and June

May 15, 2012 - May and June are the months for weddings and ordinations. We will put the two together in the person of married priests in the Byzantine Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #398: Who Is This Who Comes From Edom?

May 8, 2012 - The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ!

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The Light Of The East #397: A New Archbishop

May 1, 2012 - The Byzantine Catholic Church of the Ruthenian jurisdiction in America has a new Archbishop and on that occasion we received a visit from bishops, priests and seminarians from Slovakia.

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The Light Of The East #396: The Sunday of the Paralytic

April 24, 2012 - "He threw away the burden of his sickness and carried the weight of his bed." It is the Sunday of the Paralytic in the Byzantine Catholic Liturgical Calendar during the Pascal season.

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Last Week on The Light Of The East #395: The Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women

April 17, 2012 - "Oh women, be the heralds of good news and tell what you saw!" Today is Lady's Day on Light of the East!

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The Light Of The East #394: The Meeting Point of East and West

April 10, 2012 - O marvelous wonder! How a lack of faith gave birth to a certainty of faith. It is the Sunday of St. Thomas and Divine Mercy Sunday... the meeting point of East and West.

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The Light Of The East #393: The Resurrection!

April 3, 2012 - Let God arise! Let His enemies be scattered! And let those who hate Him be scattered from before His face! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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The Light Of The East #392: Great and Holy Week

March 27, 2012 - It is Great and Holy Week! Behold the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night. And, blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching.

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The Light Of The East #391: The Annunciation

March 20, 2012 - “Let no unclean hand touch the living tabernacle of God. But let the lips of the faithful sing endlessly with joy to the Mother of God, the greeting of the angel, ‘Rejoice, O Woman, full of grace, the Lord is with you!’”

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The Light Of The East #390: St. John Climacus

March 13, 2012 - Father Loya talks about St John Climacus who said, "You cannot pass a day devotedly unless you think of it as your last."

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The Light Of The East #389: The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

March 6, 2012 - Get ready, for now the powers of Heaven are serving with us invisibly. For behold, the King of Glory enters, the mystical sacrifice already accomplished.

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The Light Of The East #388: The Psycho-Physical Genius of the Eastern Churches

February 28, 2012 - The Lenten season witnesses to the psycho-physical genius of the Eastern Churches. We will explain this with the help of the 14th century Byzantine mystic, St. Gregory Palamas.

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The Light Of The East #387: Sunday of the Holy Images

February 21, 2012 - On this 1st Sunday of Lent in the Byzantine Catholic Liturgical Calendar, the Sunday of the Holy Images, we see how icons can provide two answers to the white martyrdom that the Church in America is currently enduring.

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The Light Of The East #386: The Bright Sadness

February 14, 2012 - We enter the season of the Great Fast, the season of the bright Bright Sadness in the Byzantine liturgical calendar and we look at the fundamental building blocks of the fast: prayer, fasting and charity.

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The Light Of The East #385: Our Most Sacred and Cherished Freedom

February 7, 2012 - The approaching penitential season of prayer, fasting and charity takes on a special urgency for the sake of our nations's most sacred and cherished freedom.

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The Light Of The East #384: Prayer in the Eastern Churches

January 31, 2012 - We encounter Our Lord Jesus Christ in the prayer of the Byzantine Catholic Church and say, “Now you may dismiss your servant, O Lord, according to your word and peace.” With special guests, Jack Figel and Katie Gulas.

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The Light Of The East #383: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

January 24, 2012 - Special guest Jason Renken joins Father Loya to talk about the unity of the churches.

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The Light Of The East #382: The Year of Faith

January 17, 2012 - Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a Year of Faith which will focus on the parish level and on liturgy, especially on the Eucharist. We will see the implications for the Eastern Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #381: The Desert Fathers

January 10, 2012 - We transition from the time of the Great Incarnation and Epiphany to the time of the Great Fast into the death and resurrection of Our Lord through the stories and wisdom of the desert fathers of the Eastern Church

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The Light Of The East #380: Theophany

January 3, 2012 - We immerse ourselves in the manifestation of the Holy Trinity at the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the waters of the Jordan River.

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The Light Of The East #379: East and West

December 27, 2011 - Father Loya is joined by special guest Abbot Nicholas of Holy Resurrection Monastery to talk about Eastern Liturgy, the changes in the Latin Mass and the complementary gifts of the Church East and West.

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The Light Of The East #378: The Nativity

December 20, 2011 - Christ is born and Father Loya revels in that with chants and prayers from the Eastern Churches.

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The Light Of The East #377: Light and Darkness From the Land of the Bible

December 13, 2011 - Juliana Taimoorazy joins Father Loya to talk about a renewed persecution of Christians in northern Iraq.

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The Light Of The East #376: The Byzantine Deacon

December 6, 2011 - Father Loya's guest this week is his own brother, Deacon Gregory Loya, talking about the role of deacons.

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The Light Of The East #375: Monasticism in the Eastern Churches

November 29, 2011 - Father Loya talks about the monastic life in the East.

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The Light Of The East #374: The Renewal of Higher Education in the East

November 22, 2011 - Father Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv joins Father Loya.

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The Light Of The East #373: The Feast of the Presentation of Mary

November 15, 2011 - The Eastern rites have already entered a fasting period preparing for Christmas, and the Feast of the Presentation of Mary falls in the midst of it.

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The Light Of The East #372: The Season of St. Philip's Fast

November 8, 2011 - The Eastern Churches begin their preparations for Christmas with a season of fasting starting on the Feast of St. Philip.

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The Light Of The East #371: The Coptic Church

November 1, 2011 - The Copts in Egypt are undergoing tough times. Father Loya talks about the Coptic Church and the persecution they are currently enduring.

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The Light Of The East #370: The New Roman Missal Translation

October 25, 2011 - The English-speaking portion of the Latin rite is getting a new translation of the Mass and Father Loya explains the meaning behind the changes.

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The Light Of The East #369: Updates

October 18, 2011 - The Church in the East is undergoing tough times, especially in Egypt. We hear about an attack on Coptic Christians and about some advances in ecumenism.

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The Light Of The East #368: Catholicism in Ukraine -- Part 2

October 11, 2011 - Father Loya continues his interview of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev, the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #367: Catholicism in Ukraine -- Part 1

October 4, 2011 - The Church in Ukraine takes a different shape than in the rest of the world. Father Loya interviews Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev, the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #366: Father Loya Takes Us to Class

September 27, 2011 - So are you wondering what all this Eastern stuff is about? Father Loya takes us to class to give us the basics.

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The Light Of The East #365: Three Saints and a Feast

September 20, 2011 - Ever heard of St. Euphrosyna? Now you get a chance to hear about her, two other saints and a Marian feast day.

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The Light Of The East #364: Chant in the Eastern Churches

September 13, 2011 - Father Loya looks at the music of Eastern Churches.

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The Light of The East #363: The Eastern Churches and the New Evangelization

September 6, 2011 - Father Loya speaks with Abbot Nicholas of Holy Resurrection Monastery about the New Evangelization.

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The Light Of The East #362: Dare We Hope for Unity?

August 30, 2011 - Our friend Jack Figel reports on the Orientale Lumen conference recently held and what hope there is for possible unity between Catholics and Orthodox.

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The Light Of The East #361: Who Are We?

August 23, 2011 - Just who exactly are Eastern Catholics? Muslims? A cult? Father Loya explains.

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The Light Of The East #360: Ukrainian Catholics

August 16, 2011 - Father Loya speaks with two special guests in his studio about the uniqueness of Ukrainian Catholics.

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The Light Of The East #359: The Feasts of the Transfiguration and the Dormition

August 9, 2011 - This week, Father Loya talks about two major feasts in the Eastern churches - the Transfiguration of the Lord and the Dormition (Assumption) of Mary.

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The Light Of The East #358: A Conversation with Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius

August 2, 2011 - This week, Father Loya sits down for a conversation with Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius, bishop for the newly erected Syro-Malabar Exarchate in the U.S.

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The Light Of The East #357: The Divine Liturgy

July 26, 2011 - "So why don't I get anything out of going to the Liturgy?" Maybe it's becaue you're asking the wrong question.

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The Light Of The East #356: Evangelization in the East

July 19, 2011 - It's Veggie Tales and pirates, knights and ladies, superheros and door to door visitations. It's evangelization in the Eastern lung of the Church!

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The Light Of The East #355: Summer Feasts in the East

July 12, 2011 - We celebrate the Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils in the Byzantine Liturgical Calendar, the Feast of Elijah and the custom of blessing vehicles. With Father Loya and Katie Gulas.

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The Light Of The East #354: Eastern and Latin Relations in the U.S.

July 5, 2011 - Father Loya gives a lesson on Byzantine, Latin and Orthodox relations in the U.S., including the role of Archbishop John Ireland, pictured here. He also gives the Orthodox response to same-sex "marriage" and the response of the Eparch of Parma.

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The Light Of The East #353: An Eastern Perspective on The Dallas Charter

June 28, 2011 - With the accusations against John Corapi, Father Loya looks for an Eastern perspective on the Dallas Charter and accusations against priests.

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The Light Of The East #352: The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

June 21, 2011 - Learning to breathe with both lungs of the Church with the examples of Saints Peter and Paul.

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The Light Of The East #351: The Feast of All Saints

June 14, 2011 - What's your goal in life? How about becoming a saint? The Sunday after Pentecost is the Feast of All Saints in the Eastern churches.

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The Light Of The East #350: The Feast of Pentecost

June 7, 2011 - Father Loya reflects on the meaning of Pentecost and the life-giving aspect of the Holy Spirit.

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The Light Of The East #349: The Ascension and The Creed

May 31, 2011 - Father Loya reflects on the meaning of Ascension Thursday, 40 days after Easter, and samples recordings of the Creed.

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The Light Of The East #348: Churches Without Their Own Bishops

May 24, 2011 - This week, Father Loya looks at Eastern churches that don't have their own bishops, in this case, the Russian Byzantine Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #347: May is Lady's Month

May 17, 2011 - In the West, May is the month of Mary. In the East, it is Lady's Month, where weakness triumphed over manly strength, for tenderness finds favor with God.

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The Light Of The East #346: Blessed John Paul The Great

May 10, 2011 - Father Loya takes you to the Eternal City for the beatification of John Paul The Great!

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The Light Of The East #345: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

May 3, 2011 - The Third Sunday in Easter is known as the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in the Byzantine tradition.

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The Light Of The East #344: St. Thomas Sunday

April 26, 2011 - The Second Sunday in Easter is known as "St. Thomas Sunday" in the Byzantine tradition.

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The Light Of The East #343: Christ Is Risen! Indeed, He Is Risen!

April 19, 2011 - The entire Church celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord.

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The Light Of The East #342: A New Patriarch for the Ukrainians

April 12, 2011 - Patriarch Sviatosla is elected to lead the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #341: A Great Conference and St. Mary of Egypt

April 5, 2011 - Check out the Orientale Lumen conference and learn about St. Mary of Egypt.

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The Light Of The East #340: The Eucharist

March 29, 2011 - In the Fourth Sunday of Lent, we look especially at the Eucharist.

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The Light Of The East #339: The Cross

March 22, 2011 - In the Third Sunday of Lent, we look at the centrality of the Cross.

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The Light Of The East #338: The Annunciation

March 15, 2011 - The Solemnity of the Annunciation is celebrated on the 25th.

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The Light Of The East #337: The Great Fast Continues

March 8, 2011 - The 40 days of Lent are on. Are you still ready to get real?

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The Light Of The East #336: The Great Fast Begins

March 1, 2011 - The 40 days of Lent begin. Are you ready to get real?

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The Light Of The East #335: Waiting For Leaders

February 22, 2011 - The Ukrainian and Ruthenian Catholic Churches are waiting for new leaders. Father Loya explains the significance they have to ecumenical relations.

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The Light Of The East #334: An Update on Christians in the Middle East and Byzantine Funerals Explained

February 15, 2011 - Father Loya gets an update on Christians in the Middle East from Juilianna Taimoorazi and tells us about Byzantine funerals.

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The Light Of The East #333: Monasticism in the Eastern Church

February 8, 2011 - Father Loya explains the history of Western monasticism in the Eastern churches.

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The Light Of The East #332: Unifying the Catholic and Orthodox Churches

February 1, 2011 - Father Loya responds to a YouTube statement about why certain Eastern Churches returned to unity with the Pope of Rome.

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The Light Of The East #331: Iconography and the Feast of the Presentation

January 25, 2011 - Father Loya answers a prisoner's question on iconography and talks about the Feast of the Presentation, which is marked on February 2.

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The Light Of The East #330: Christian-Muslim Relations on the Ground

January 18, 2011 - A week after a bomb went off in Alexandria, Egypt, targeting a Coptic Orthodox church, Muslims acted as human shields so their Coptic neighbors could celebrate Christmas in peace. This week, Father Loya talks about grassroots Christian/Muslim relations.

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The Light Of The East #329: The Copts in Egypt

January 11, 2011 - On January 1st, a bomb went off in Alexandria, Egypt, targeting a Coptic Orthodox church. This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas talk about the Copts, their beliefs and why they are important in the history of Christianity.

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The Light Of The East #328: The Suffering In Iraq

January 4, 2011 - This week, Father Loya and special guest Juliana Taimoorazy talk about Nineveh. "The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, 'Set out to the great city of Nineveh and announce to it the message that I will tell you,'" and what it means to Iraqi Christians today.

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The Light of the East #327: A New Year!

December 28, 2010 - This week, it's a new year and we have much to be thankful for, starting with YOU, our listeners!

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The Light Of The East #326: Christ is born!

December 21, 2010 - This week, Father Loya celebrates the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and gives a nod to some of the supporting cast!

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The Light Of The East #325: He is coming...

December 14, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas discuss the sights and sounds of Advent.

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The Light Of The East #324: The Holidays

December 7, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas look at the Holy Family and our own families. Plus, some helpful tips to handle those "touchy" family issues over the holidays.

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The Light Of The East #323: The Immaculate Conception

November 30, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas discuss the the Immaculate Conception. What does it mean to be conceived without original sin?

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The Light Of The East #322: A Sign

November 23, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas will answer your questions about why we make the sign of the cross as we do in the Byzantine Catholic Church. Also, we have a vicarious visit with Cardinal Lubormyr Husar.

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The Light Of The East #321: Genocide in the Middle East

November 16, 2010 - This week, Father Loya talks with special guest Juliana Taimoorazy of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council as she brings us news of a campaign of genocide against Assyrian Eastern Catholics in the land of the Bible.

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Light Of The East #320: The Blessed Mother

November 9, 2010 - This week, Father Loya talk with his special guest Father Joseph Marquis about Icons of the Blessed Mother.

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The Light Of The East #319: On Retreat

November 2, 2010 - This week, Father Loya is on retreat, and has a sit down with Father Joseph Marquis, a Byzantine Catholic.

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The Light Of The East #318: The Evangelizer

October 26, 2010 - This week, Father Loya along with Katie Gulas talk with "Evangelizer," pastoral associate and spiritual advisor Mark Kurowski about naughty words especially one beginning with the letter "E."

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The Light Of The East #317: Pope Benedict and Eastern Canon Law

October 19, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas discuss Pope Benedict XVI's instructions to Eastern Canon Lawyers to conserve interdisciplinary patrimony and to nourish their own tradition, a treasure to the whole Church. rite.

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The Light Of The East #316: Making The Switch?

October 12, 2010 - This week, Father Loya answers a listener who is wondering about what's involved in switching from the Latin to the Eastern rite.

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The Light Of The East #315: Praying An Icon

October 5, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas talk to us about how to pray an Icon.

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The Light Of The East #314: Evening Prayers

September 28, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas takes us through the Evening Prayers of the Byzantine Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #313: St. Thomas and the Syro-Malancar Church

September 21, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Gulas discuss the founding of the Syro-Malancar Church by the Apostle St. Thomas, its history in India, and its progress in the United States.

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The Light Of The East #312: Father Robert Taft

September 14, 2010 - This week, Father Thomas Loya, along with Katie Goulas, discuss the great scholar Father Robert Taft, and explore the differences between the Eastern and Latin rites of the Catholic Church,

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The Light Of The East #311: The Exultation of the Cross

September 7, 2010 - This week, Father Loya along with Katie Goulas walk us through the Byzantine Catholic Feast of the Exultation of the Cross.

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The Light Of The East #310: The Feast of the Mother of God

August 31, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas immerse us in the Feast Days of the Mother of God, along with the prayers and chants of the Byzantine Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #309: The Beheading of John The Baptist

August 24, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas discuss the Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist and invite you to vist an Eastern Rite Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #308: Two Feasts!

August 17, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas discuss two great feasts: The Feast of Our Lord's Transfiguration and the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God.

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The Light Of The East #307: Jeff Gardner, CEO of CRI

August 10, 2010 - This week, Father Loya sits down with Jeff Gardner of CRI to talk about Istanbul and the possibility of a ecumenical jihad.
So Jack, how did it go?

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The Light Of The East #306: Orientale Lumen Conferences - How did it go?

August 3, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas sit down with Jack Fugel to discuss the Orientale Lumen Conferences of 2010.
So Jack, how did it go?

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The Light Of The East #305: I Do!

July 27, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas discuss the meaning of marriage vows in the Byzantine Catholic rite as our series on Marriage continues.

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The Light Of The East #304: It's time for Ephesians 5:22 again.

July 20, 2010 - This week, Father Loya and Katie Goulas discuss the real meaning of the scripture passage, "Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as if to the Lord..." as our series on Marriage continues.

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The Light Of The East #303: You Got Questions, We got Answers!

July 13, 2010 - This week, Father Loya, Katie Goulas, and a Byzantine Catholic Seminarian answer frequently asked questions about the Byzantine Catholic Church.

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The Light Of The East #302: Marriage: Now and Forever, Part Two

July 6, 2010 - This week, Father Loya continues his discussion of marriage in the Byzantine Catholic Rite.

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The Light Of The East #301: Marriage: Now and Forever

June 29, 2010 - This week, Father Loya discusses the National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage and Marriage in the Byzantine Catholic Rite.
Also, Katie Goulas points the up a stealth Catholic film, The Blues Brothers.

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The Light Of The East #300: Blessed Repose: A Tribute to Archbishop Basil Schott

June 22, 2010 - This week, Father Loya pay tribute to the life and works of Metropolitan Archbishop Basil Schott.

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The Light Of The East #299:Peter and Paul, West and East

June 15, 2010 - This week, Father Loya prepares us for the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul with an explanation of the fast and some good old house cleaning.

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The Light Of The East #298: Crucified: Our Christian Brothers and Sisters in Iraq and the Middle East

June 08, 2010 - This week, Father Loya sits down with Juliana Taimoorazy of the Iraqi Christian Relief to talk about Christians in Iraq.

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The Light Of The East #297: Welcome Carpatho-Rusyn! All Souls Remembered

June 01, 2010 - This week, Father Loya sits down with Ron Pike and Charlotte Conjelko of the Carpatho-Rusyn Scoiety.

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The Light Of The East #296: All Souls Remembered

May 25, 2010 - This week, Father Loya discusses the Saints in the run-up to All Souls Day. Special guest Katie Goulas rounds out the show.

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The Light Of The East #295: Orientale Lumen Conferences

May 18, 2010 - This week, Father Loya talks with an exciting guest, Jack Figel, who invites us to the Orientale Lumen Conferences whose goal is to pave the way for uniting the Church - East and West.

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The Light Of The East #294: Sweet Sounds From Heaven

May 11, 2010 - This week, Father Loya sits down with Father Milos Vesin and his parish choir.

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The Light Of The East #293: The Ecumenical East

May 4, 2010 - This week, Father explains ecumenism - Eastern style.

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The Light Of The East #292:The Abuse Scandal

April 27, 2010 - This week, Father takes an Eastern look at the priest abuse scandal.

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The Light Of The East #291: Look To The East

April 20, 2010 - This week, Father explains why, if we hope to find our liturgical home, we should look East.

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The Light Of The East #290: Myrrhbearing Women

April 13, 2010 - This week, Father Loya looks at the Myrrhbearing Women.

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The Light Of The East #288: Doubting Thomas

April 6, 2010 - This week, Father Loya describes how a lack of faith gave birth to a certainty of faith when St. Thomas uttered the most important words in all of the Scriptures.

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The Light Of The East #287: Sacred Chant

March 30, 2010 - This week, Father Loya Father Loya talks about sacred chant and ordination to the minor orders in the Eastern lung of the Catholic Church. Special guest, Timothy Woods.

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The Light Of The East #286: Welcome Father Richard Plishka!

March 23, 2010 - Welcome to the fifth week of Lent. This week, Father Loya sits down with newly ordained priest, Father Richard Plishka.

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The Light Of The East #285: Our Brothers and Sisters in Iraq

March 15, 2010 - Welcome to the fourth week of Lent. This week, Father Loya sits down with Juliana Taimoorazy of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council to talk about Christians in Iraq.

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The Light Of The East #284: Prayer Rope

March 9, 2010 - This week, Father Loya explains the prayer rope and the Jesus Prayer.

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The Light Of The East #283: The Bright Sadness of Lent

March 2, 2010 - This week, Father Loya continues our journey into the bright sadness of Lent, immersing ourselves in the mystery of repentance. Also, we hear from special guest, Katie Goulas, who is blogging about the ascetical and spiritual disciplines of the Lenten season.

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The Light Of The East #282: Thelogical Anthropology

February 23, 2010 - This week, Father Loya looks at the different views of the human person as seen in the East and the West.

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The Light Of The East #281: Married?

February 16, 2010 - This week, Father Loya looks at the issue of married priesthood in the Eastern Catholic Churches: how it works, its origins and history and where it will be in the future.

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The Light Of The East #280: A Focus On "The Voice."

February 12, 2010 - This week, Father Loya talks about the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Exhibit at the Eparchy of Parma near Cleveland, and discusses Eastern Catholic Lent

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The Light Of The East #279: Praying An Icon

February 9, 2010 - This week, Father discusses how icons are prayed and not really painted.

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The Light Of The East #278: Last Week - A Voice In The Wilderness

February 2, 2010 - This week, Father discusses the talent and legacy of Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

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