The Pearl of Great Price
The Pearl of Great Price
Latest Episodes
Sep 4 The Murder of a Croatian Abbot and Iconographer
Rafailo Momčilović was a celebrated Orthodox painter (writer) of Icons. He was murdered by the fascist Ustase in Croatia whilst they were a Nazi puppet government
Sep 3 The Heliand - An Old Norse Life of Christ
The discovery and publication of the Heliand started to explain a historical mystery. How were the warrior Germanic Cultures subsumed into Christendom? This life of Christ in Old Norse is now an invaluable epic poem in a forgotten languag...
Sep 2 An American Ascetic Orthodox Monk - Seraphim Rose
The translations and summaries of Orthodox wisdom from Fr Seraphim Rose became valued as illegal Samizdat, material banned and shared in a clandestine manner under Communism. We look at the life and conversion of this monk who died at a young a...
Sep 1 Fr Dowling's Spiritual Exercises and Alcoholics Anonymous
The Friendship between Jesuit Priest Ed Dowling and the founder of the AA Bill Wilson was deep and rich, We look at how Dowling became his advisor and sponsor and how he integrated the Ignatian Exercises into the 12 step programme
Aug 31 Grunewald and the Isenheim Altarpiece
Matthias Grunewald masterpiece was commissioned by the Antonite Monks at Isenheim. His depiction of an excruciating crucifixion is now iconic and was commissioned in the context of a monastery that was treating victims of the plague and s...
