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53:44

Dcn. Mihret's Book Launch in Seattle

POAAS ·

2025/12/19

Mihret Melaku, an Ethiopian Orthodox deacon who went viral defending the apostolic teaching on the eucharist and on baptism, is on a book launch tour for his second book Defending the Ancient Faith: An Orthodox Response to the Knechtle Debate. The first stop was our hometown of Los Angeles. The second stop was Washington D.C. This is a snippet of the third stop in Seattle. The next stop is scheduled for this weekend in Dallas. And after that, Godwilling, Adees Abeba, Ethiopia.h/t OTYG Seattle.Aksum

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12:55

Hate Your Father

POAAS ·

2025/12/06

Here is a guest spot from last Sunday (11/30/25 A.D.) at Abouna Lazarus’ Christ the Good Shepherd Coptic Orthodox Church in the LBC (Long Beach, CA). I was home for the holidays. I hope that you are edified by my words as I was edified by the words of the gospel and the eucharistic liturgy which is its context. Remember me in your holy prayers!Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader and watcher supported review. Free subscribers help it grow by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends,

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22:13

The Martyrs of Arethas

POAAS ·

2025/11/01

My top piece here at ARB is my book review of Saints of Ethiopia by Scriptorium Press. This video is a reading of Chapters 7, 8, and 9, with the most minimal commentary short of no commentary. I hope you enjoy the reading, buy and read the whole book, and share this scary and spooky story with others.For this post, comments are open-to-all.Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported review. Free subscribers help it grow by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends, strangers, and enemies

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130:01

On Orthodoxy

POAAS ·

2025/10/18

When maximally polemical, I refer to the communion that I serve as deacon in as Apostolic Orthodoxy; short for the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. This is the communion that began in Alexandria and Antioch, very quickly added Armenia and Aksum, and one thousand years later grafted in the Malabar Coast. When I am being more neutral, I refer to our communion as Afroasiatic Orthodoxy, because Coptic (Alexandria) and Syriac (Antioch) and Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic) are Afroasiatic tongues, and

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69:08

Subdeacon Moses Barjon

POAAS ·

2025/08/15

I am joined on the latest philosophy of art and science broadcast by Subdeacon Moses Barjon of the Coptic Orthodox jurisdiction (specifically the Los Angeles and Hawaii archdiocese which gives us the gift of the saints Athanasius and Cyril Theological School (ACTS) and the In Spirit and Truth app) of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify this project by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends,

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14:07

The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński

POAAS ·

2025/08/02

They say the number one way to get you to read or hear something is to be recommended it by someone whom you trust. A dear reader (and hearer) recommended the True Anon broadcast to me with gumption, and I gave it a try. I like it in the way that you smell something you do not like but it is so unique that it keeps beckoning you back to smell it again, an olfactorial siren. Some experience this feeling with smelling salts. I have experienced it with Newcastle Brown Ale, black drip coffee, and now

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94:25

Guest Spot

POAAS ·

2025/07/09

Friend of the online zine and show, Childish Wiseguy, invited me to speak to his adult English group that he runs for his Eritrean Orthodox parish in London, United Kingdom. The advantage of this digital age is that geographic distance and eight hours of time zone difference are stumbling blocks that we are able to overcome for the sake of the euangelion.I discuss love, as it is written (John 21). And as I have written.Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers

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51:06

10 Books that point to Alexandria

POAAS ·

2025/06/28

Editorial Note: When I write these editorial notes I assume you all understand that the editor is Deacon Enoch (Henok;חנוך), authorially H.E. Negash. The video here is produced by Derek Cummins. He is one of the online friends I have made over the years, and alongside the angels (Luke 15:10), I rejoiced when he entered the Coptic Orthodox Church which is the right and just successor of St. Mark the Evangelist’s See (seat;throne) of Alexandria. Of course, in full communion with Antioch (Syriac

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17:57

On Intercession

POAAS ·

2025/06/19

There are bishops in the Ethiopian synod right now that should immediately repent or be defrocked for denying the intercession and mediation of Christ (Romans 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 9:15). They tried to excommunicate my beloved former bishop his beatitude Abune Barnabas. They failed again. Their last attempt was in 2018 when there were two competing synods and he was vindicated then on both sides. This time they took advantage of ethnic strife and separatist sectarianism exasperated by

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155:01

Guest Spot

POAAS ·

2025/05/05

Orthodox Christian broadcaster, author, and patron of missionary activity in Cambodia Craig Trulia invited Evangelos Nikitopoulos (who recently put together a compendium of Saints of Ethiopia, understood broadly, which I recently reviewed) and I to discuss the book and potential for unity (including a reëxamination of the post-Chalcedon past) amongst Greek Orthodox and Afroasiatic Orthodox Christians prior to getting the green light for full communion from our hierarchs. Aksum Review of Books (ARB)

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80:45

Dr. Lucas Mather

POAAS ·

2025/05/02

The professor who introduced me to Philosophy and Logic joins me on the latest Philosophy of Art and Science. In addition to philosophy, he is interested in all matters bible, constitutional law, and higher education related.Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify by liking, commenting, and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month. በእንተ : ስማ : ለማርያም This is a public episode. If you'd

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113:05

Dcn. Mihret Melaku

POAAS ·

2025/04/26

Fresh off of his viral video, which is well over 2 million views on X alone let alone all platforms (X, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok etc.) combined, Dcn. Mihret Melaku returns to the Philosophy of Art and Science to discuss this moment, his background, the EOTC, and his Burning Bush Podcast, where like here he covers the timely and the timeless in Orthodox Christianity.Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify by liking, commenting, and sharing. Paid

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74:36

Subdeacon Daniel Kakish

POAAS ·

2025/03/25

Subdcn. Daniel Kakish returns to the Philosophy of Art and Science (technically he was on my channel before it was POAAS; and I did a guest spot on his show last year this time) to talk about the beauty of the Syriac Orthodox Church, which is the rightful heir of the See of Antioch in communion with the Coptic Orthodox Church which is the rightful heir of the See of Alexandria. A See is an apostolic throne, an area of apostolic activity in a major metropolis. In the Early Church, there were three

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2:09

ምኵራብ

POAAS ·

2025/03/09

ቦአ ኢየሱስ ምኵራበ አይሁድ ወመሀረ ቃለ ሃይማኖት ወይቤሎሙ ምጽዋተ አበድር እመሥዋዕተ አነ ውእቱ እግዚአ ለሰንበት ወአቡሃ ለምሕረት እግዚአ ውእቱ ለሰንበት ወልደ እጓለ እመሕያው ኢትግበሩ ቤተ አቡየ ቤተ ምሥያጥ ቤትየሰ ቤተ ጸሎት ይሠመይ ቦአ ምኵራቦሙ ወገሠፆሙ ያርምሙ አንከሩ ምህሮቶ ሞገሰ ቃሉ ወጣዕመ ነገሩ ወሣዕሣዓ አፉሁboa eeyesus mkwrabe ayhud wemehare qale haymanot weybelomu mitswate abedr imeswa3te ane wiitu igzeea lesenbet weabuha lemhret igzeea wiitu lesenbet welde igwale imehiyaw eetgberu bete abuye bete msyaT betiyese bete tselot ysemey boa mkwrabomu wegesetsomu yarmimu enkeru mhroto mogese qalu weTaimu

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22:17

Homily

POAAS ·

2025/02/05

Mt. Mercy St. Michael’s Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Cathedral in Dallas, TX, under the auspices of his beatitude Archbishop Aba Severus, invited me to speak to their youth on a Saturday and a Sunday. On Saturday, we covered the wedding at Cana of Galilee according to the Gospel of John Chapter 2. On Sunday, we covered 2 Corinthians Chapter 5, especially verse 17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.This is also the

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132:54

Curtis Yarvin

POAAS ·

2025/01/20

The Paper of Record sat down in conversation with the third and ninety-ninth guest of my broadcast the Philosophy of Art and Science. The latter actually aired on MLK Day 2022, whereas the former aired June 2020. On the MLK episode he wanted viewers and hearers (whether they are listeners or not is TBD) to know that MLK’s advisor, financier, and speechwriter Stanley Levison is a well-documented card-carrying communist. The quip “correlation does not prove causation” is effective in many cases, but

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19:49

Scroll of Daniel

POAAS ·

2024/12/30

Under the auspices of His Beatitude Archbishop Mark of the EOTC’s Pacific Northwest archdiocese, during the bi-annual feast day of St. Gabriel the Archangel, I share a word of life from the Scroll of Daniel. As homework, I recommend watching and listening to this topical Coptic hymn.Blessed feast!Free subscribers help amplify by liking and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month. በእንተ : ስማ : ለማርያም This is a public episode. If you’d like

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108:32

Nic Nakis

POAAS ·

2024/12/14

Nicholas (amha'silasé) Nakis joins me on the latest Philosophy of Art and Science to talk about his journey to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church. He has lived and traveled through the Pacific Northwest, Thailand, Kenya, and Jamaica. His background is in fitness and film. He was one of the first one hundred people involved in CrossFit, and has made films about reggae music and functional fitness.Here is his conversation with Fr. hayle’melekot, based in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. He is currently raising

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1:35

The Bible as Literature

POAAS ·

2024/12/05

h/t Blaise who sent this my way today. The original link from the homepage can be found here. May those with ears to hear, hear.There is no podcast I have pushed on my friends and family harder than The Bible as Literature. And yet only a handful have ever taken me up on that offer, and even fewer have become students of scripture (and as true students also teachers and sowers of the word of life) after this exposure. “For many are called, but few are chosen.”This clip was recorded from a voicemail

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39:12

Scott Horton

POAAS ·

2024/11/29

Despite being besieged by technical difficulties (my sincere apologies for the abrupt end) that I can only spiritually attribute to Our Enemy, The State, I had a blast conversing again with Scott Horton. This is why I sent you our conversation from three years ago, which if you have not seen and heard you should go do so in advance of this one.His latest book Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine (690 pages. The Libertarian Institute. November

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