369 - Fr Josiah Trenham - Orthodoxy in America

I sat down with Fr. Josiah Trenham, archpriest at St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California, and founder and director of Patristic Nectar Publications. With over 30 years of experience as a priest in America, Fr. Josiah has a wealth of knowledge about the state of Orthodoxy in the West and the challenges converts face. We discuss various aspects of Orthodox and contemporary life: beauty, money, politics, sexuality, the youth, psychedelics, artificial intelligence, and more. Enjoy.<br /><br />Support Fr. Josiah’s work at Patristic Nectar Publications: https://patristicnectar.org/<br /> @PatristicNectarFilms  <br /><br />Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/nSlZMeYD-PE<br /><br />==============Timestamps==============<br />00:00 - Coming up<br />01:07 - Intro music<br />01:32 - Introduction<br />03:06 - The state of Orthodoxy in America<br />11:09 - What happened?<br />18:07 - Change and the conversion of young men<br />24:00 - Prioritizing beauty<br />35:31 - Balancing the budget<br />38:37 - Orthobros<br />42:41 - Bear yourself<br />50:16 - The ancient pagan world vs modern secular world<br />55:15 - Psychedelics<br />59:34 - The future is religious<br />01:01:15 - Artificial intelligence<br />01:07:38 - Intuition about what's coming<br /><br />💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com<br />🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau <br />🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br />🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br /><br />📱 SOCIAL MEDIA  <br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld <br />Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan <br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau<br /><br />Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ <br />My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.<br />