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The Fighting Priests
The Fighting Priests
Welcome to The Fighting Priests, a podcast exploring Orthodoxy and Jiu-Jitsu: two paths, one struggle. Fr. Ted Paraskevopoulos and Fr. Thomas Sandberg are two orthodox priests who also happen to be practitioners of Jiu-Jitsu. Together they explore how these two unique worlds intersect and what it means for our spirituality.
“Thank God for this podcast and ministry. The Fighting Priests discuss topics relevant to Jiu Jitsu and Christianity and do a wonderful job to show how training, competing, and practicing martial arts is a perfect reflection of our spiritual lives in its discipline, struggles and victories, as...”Read full review »
Kidwithgun via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/29/20
Stand up comic Carollynn Xavier is back on The Fighting Priests podcast to give an update on her spiritual journey and her career in comedy, taking a break from jujitsu and then coming back again.
With the war, both in Ukraine, and now in Israel, Fr. Ted and Fr. Thomas, discuss the idea of war, defence of one’s people, and the Orthodox understanding of it all.