Blooming in the Desert – Episode 6 – Interview with Archpriest Eric Tosi, Secretary of the OCA
Interview Part 1
Interview Part 2

This week the hosts of Blooming in the Desert welcomed and interviewed Fr. Eric Tosi, Secretary of the OCA, about his job and thelogical issues. Blooming in the Desert also hosted an audience from St. Paul’s and St. John’s Orthodox Churches. Many questions were asked, such as:
1.) What aspect of parish life do you miss the most? ( i.e. leading Liturgy, confession, pastoring)
2.) In your current position, do you work with Met. Jonah on a daily basis? And what kind of input does he have?
3.) What has been the most challenging aspect of your job, especially coming in at a time of change…new Met., financial concerns, etc.?
4.) What are some of the challenges that you look forward to in the coming months? Years?
5.) What can we as a parish and/or individual do to assist the OCA in general and the Orthodox Church as a whole, to make our “life in Christ” a reality?
We have also posted a few of the questions asked by some of our audience members. Please note that these are questions were not written by us and may contain errors but that Fr. Eric did answer these questions with a true Orthodox answer.
Also, if you are listening to the podcast via our website, this particular episode is larger then others, so we have broken it into 2 parts for the Media Player but you can download the episode in full by downloading it via the link above the media player.

given having had to work, sad that I showed up late. Happy that I was able to have this to listen to! Thanks guys for your witness to the Faith. Glory to God.
-Matthew Castillo, St. John the Baptist G.O.C. Las Vegas, NV
Great to have you join us at anytime. Glory to God.
Hello my name is Tammy Chomakos and I am a church school teacher (pre-k) at ST. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Las Vegas. I was finally able to listen to podcast through my itunes account, and I just finished the second episode. I absolutely love this! In the second episode you spoke of not letting this podcast be a replacement for church, but it actually gives me inspiration to go. It also inspires me to be more vigilant in my prayer life!
Thank you all for this wonderful podcast! I am hooked!
In Christ Jesus,
Tammy