About this episode

Father Evan addresses questions about prayer, spousal discernment, the meaning of hymns, and the responsibility for Eve's decision in the Garden of Eden.

Father Evan answers your questions on praying with a humble disposition, how to appropriately look for a spouse at church while also discerning monastic vocations, what exactly the Church is expressing in hymns that say Christ "trampled down death by death," and who is ultimately responsible for Eve's decision to partake of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in this week's episode of Orthodoxy Live!

People in this episode

Host: Father Evan

Topics covered

• prayer
• humility
• spousal discernment
• monastic vocations
• hymns
• theology
• Genesis

Keywords

• prayer
• humility
• spouse
• monastic
• hymns
• Christ
• Eve
• Tree of Knowledge

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