On Tuesday, March 3rd, Dr. Jesse Arlen and Fr. Samuel Rith-Najarian were in conversation together on the spiritual disciplines of solitude and silence. Drawing on the life and teachings of Jesus and the wisdom of the church fathers and monastic tradition, the talk explored how the intentional pursuit of solitude and silence were fundamental practices of our Lord and his disciples. The talk concluded with practical discussion of how to pursue these spiritual practices in the modern world and what importance, potential, and power they hold for Christians today.

The recording of the talk may be accessed on the Vemkar YouTube channel:

The talk was part 3 in a six-part series offered through Vemkar entitled “Ancient Paths, Living Wisdom: How to Incorporate the Spiritual Disciplines in our Everyday Life.”

Previous talks in the series were given on Feb. 17th by Fr. Hovnan Demirjian on the topic “Fasting from the Things that Consume Us.”

And on Feb. 24th, Fr. Yeprem Kelegian spoke on “Charity and Service.”

In upcoming weeks, Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan will speak on the topic of Meditation (March 10th), Dn. Hovannes Khosdeghian will speak on the practice of “Lectio Divina (Spiritual Reading)” (March 16th), and the series will conclude on March 24th with a talk by Dr. Jesse Arlen on the practice of gratitude.

If you have not yet signed up for the series, you may register here for the Zoom meetings, taking place Tuesdays at Noon ET.