Light of the East
Welcome to The Light Of The East with Father Thomas Loya.
Father Thomas Loya
Show overview
Light of the East has been publishing since 2009, and across the 17 years since has built a catalogue of 840 episodes. That works out to roughly 150 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality:Christianity show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 24 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Father Thomas Loya.
From the publisher
This unique program reveals how the riches of the Eastern Catholic Churches - their liturgies, spirituality and relevancy - are a gift to the whole Church and to today's world.
Latest Episodes
View all 840 episodesLight of the East 1132 Synodal Controversy
Light of the East 1131 Are You Charismatic
Light of the East 1130R The Eastern Catholic Churches
Light of the East 1129R Sts. Cyril and Methodious
Light of the East 1128R An encounter of the Newness of Life
Light of the East 1127R The Week of Apostles Martyrs and Miracles
Light of the East 1126R The Myrrh Bearing Women
Light of the East 1126R The Myrrh Bearing Women
Light of the East 1125 Why Does God Allow Evil
Why does a good and loving God allow so much evil to happen, especially to good people? The answer comes from an unlikely person on week after the Resurrection of Our Lord."
Light of the East 1124R (Pascha) Christ is Risen!
As we have died with Christ, we now rise with Him in his bodily resurrection making all things new not just 2,000 years ago, but even at this very moment and forever.
Light of the East 1123 Great and Holy Week
Behold the Bridegroom comes in this middle of the night. Blessed is the servant He shall find awake. It is time to light our lamps and keep vigil during this Great and Holy Week.
Light of the East 1122 St. Mary of Egypt
On this last Sunday of Lent in many Eastern Catholic Churches a woman is put before our eyes who is a model of repentance, reverence for the Eucharist and hope for women experiencing the pains of shame.
Light of the East 1121 A Byzantine Catholic Liturgical Powerhouse
The Fourth Sunday, and the Fifth week of Lent in the Byzantine liturgical calendar features a powerhouse of spirituality and culminates in a special service to the Mother of God.
Light of the East 1120 The Feast of the Veneration of the Cross
We have come to the Mid-Point of Lent. As the Cross with Christ upon it was planted in the middle of the world, it is planted again in the middle of the Church.
Light of the East 1119 Two Short Poignant Lenten Prayers
The Eastern Catholic Churches are known for the richness, depth and sometimes length of their liturgical prayers. However, two favorite Lenten prayers are actually short but poignant.
Light East 1118 The Sunday of Holy Images
Anathema be upon you! Anathema I say! These words were pronounced for centuries on the First Sunday of Lent in many Eastern Christian Churches for those who ascribed to the heresy of iconoclasm - the prohibition and destruction of Holy Images.
Light of the East 1117R Lent Begins in the Eastern Catholic Churches
“Hide not your face from your servant; for I am in distress.” The words of Adam and Eve as Lent, the season of the Great fast, now begins in the Eastern Catholic Churches.
Light of the East 1116R The Eastern Catholic Churches Respond
A loving God would not really send someone to hell forever, would he? Why do Catholics pray do dead people? Learn what the Eastern Catholic Churches say about these and other related questions.
Light of the East 1115 This is a Week of Encounter
This is a week of Encounter in Many Eastern Catholic churches. We encounter another pre-Lenten Sunday. Our Lord encounters Simeon. And we, encounter liturgically our deceased family members.
Light of the East 1114 The Publican and the Pharisee
This Sunday is the first of the official four preparatory Sundays leading up to Lent in the Byzantine Catholic calendar. It is the story of the Publican and the Pharisee.