PODCAST 6 – MAKING THE CAREGIVER DECISION 2 This podcast is available for listening at Ancient Faith Radio http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/christianending/making_the_caregiver_decision_part_two Glory to Jesus Christ, Glory forever. This is Deacon Mark for A Christian Ending. In our last meeting, we started to discuss some of what to expect if you should decide to become a long-term caregiver, […]

PODCAST  5 – Making the Caregiver Decision Part 1 This Podcast is available for listening at Ancient Faith Radio http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/christianending/making_the_caregiver_decision_part_one Glory to Jesus Christ, Glory forever. This is Deacon Mark for A Christian Ending. In earlier podcasts we’ve tried to gain a more patristic understanding of death and the problem of suffering. In our last […]

PODCAST 4 – The Problem of Suffering This Podcast is available for listening at Ancient Faith Radio http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/christianending/the_problem_of_suffering Glory to Jesus Christ, Glory forever. This is Deacon Mark for A Christian Ending. In our previous podcasts we’ve tried to get a better, more patristic understanding of the problem of death.  We talked about the fact […]

PODCAST 3 – UNDERSTANDING DEATH 2 This Podcast is available for listening at Ancient Faith Radio http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/christianending/understanding_death_part_two Glory to Jesus Christ, Glory forever. This is Deacon Mark for A Christian Ending. Christ is Risen from the dead, Trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. As I said in my […]

Here is the text of Deacon Mark’s second podcast on Ancient Faith Radio; Understanding Death Part 1 PODCAST 2 – UNDERSTANDING DEATH 1 This Podcast is available for listening at Ancient Faith Radio http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/christianending/understanding_death_part_one Glory to Jesus Christ, Glory forever. This is Deacon Mark for A Christian Ending. Christ is Risen from the dead, Trampling […]

A Christian Ending Podcast 1 – Cremation This podcast is available for listening at Ancient Faith Radio http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/christianending/cremation Glory to Jesus Christ – Glory forever This is Deacon Mark for A Christian Ending Greetings from the Deep South and the Holy City – Charleston SC The suggestion for this podcast came after my interview with […]

Deacon Mark recently traveled to Greenville, SC to assist the good folks at Saint John of the Ladder Orthodox Church prepare a parishioner for burial. This was the first preparation performed by their fledgling burial guild. We were honored to be able to help them prepare a beloved parishioner for burial. One of the participants […]

A New Magazine Article by Deacon Mark Below is a new article written by Deacon Mark for Alleluia magazine. A Christian Ending to Our Lives,  Burial in the Ancient Christian Tradition by Mark Barna Mother died early one  afternoon in April. She had lived with us for six years, having been bed-ridden for the last […]

Thanks very much to Kevin Allen and all the staff of Ancient Faith Today, the live, call-in show on Ancient Faith Radio, the internet radio network, for their invitation to appear on November 11, 2012. We are big fans of  Ancient Faith Radio and of Kevin. It was a very exciting and challenging experience. Deacon Mark spoke […]

THIS JUST IN…….. We’ve received another book review, and this one is from over seas in Greece. Matushka Constantina Parker is the wife of a deacon (called “matushka” in the Russian tradition), a struggling Orthodox Christian, student of theology and an icon painter. Originally from the Maritimes (Atlantic Canada), she and her husband currently live in Greece […]