Tag: The Chosen

The Chosen star Jonathan Roumie says he believes this year’s season of the award-winning show will help bring to light the “power and meaning of the Eucharist” for Catholic viewers.

Actor Giavani Cairo, who plays Apostle Jude Thaddeus, talks about how the show has deepened his faith.

Beginning 27 March, the fifth season of the hit series "The Chosen," which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theatres in the weeks leading up to Easter, which is 20 April.

With 770 million episode views from 175 countries, The Chosen is one of Christian media’s great success stories. But is the phenomenon beginning to plateau?

Season four’s finale takes time before Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem to show how everything that came before, every miracle, doubt and debate, has led to a people who are as ready to condemn their Messiah as they are to crown him.

The raising of Lazarus in episode 7 sets up crucial storylines and character development that will shape the retelling of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection in the upcoming seasons.

Though episode six is something of a “bottle episode,” it fleshes out the theme of Jesus as the good shepherd through the interactions between the disciples, who have come together to celebrate Hanukkah.

Episode five of The Chosen contrasts the ways of the earthly and heavenly kingdoms through Jesus’ encounter with Roman soldiers and a stay at the house of Mary and Martha.

Grief, when combined with faith, can convert the heart. But without it, loss can drive us away from God. The Chosen’s fourth episode delves further into themes of faith, suffering and power, introduced well-known Bible stories like the faithful centurion to good effect.

The Chosen’s third episode in its fourth season unpacks Catholic-centred questions about suffering, ritual and unanswered prayers.

The Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins has announced that the shows relationship with Angel Studios has been dissolved and contract terminated after Angel Studios breached their contract on multiple occasions.

Although Christian’s are statistically the most charitable faith in the world, the recent financial successes and hardships of conservative content has shown Christians place more value on championing counter-cultural causes than supporting it's own spiritual services.