Christian Saints Podcast
The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Paradosis Pavilion & Generative Sounds which explores the calendar of The Church
Episodes are hosted by James John Marks of Chicago, with oversight by Fr Symeon Kees, a priest of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America, through which he is currently serving St Raphael Orthodox Church in Iowa City.
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Episodes
131 episodes
What Does It Mean to Be Orthodox?
What Does It Mean to Be Orthodox?The first Sunday of Lent, The Triumph of Orthodoxy, is the subject of this week's episode.Originally remembering the Old Testament prophets, who spoke truth to power, now remembering the fathers o...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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22:59
How Do We Prepare for the Evangelion of The Christ?
How Do We Prepare for the Evangelion of The Christ?Fr Symeon is busy now with the activities of Great Lent in his parish & so Jim is solo hosting a series of short reflections on the structure of the Paschal cycle. This...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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30:00
Is Jesus a Hippie?
Is Jesus a Hippie?Scripture citations for this episode: - Genesis 9:8-17: Covenant with Noah - Luke 15:11-32: The Prodigal Son - Acts 2:14-43: The declaration of the military conquest of Jesus
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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1:13:45
How Can I Be Civilized?
A just society, politics, economics & ideology. What our culture used to call Civics.But we don't seem to be civilized these days, do we?If you keep on the way you have been the past few weeks, it is going to be a long four ...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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1:32:54
How Does a Real Man Protect & Conquer?
Reference materials for this episode: Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses - Ss. Barsanuphius and John - Questions 699 & 700Past episodes on these saints & fe...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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1:32:03
How Can I Become a Real Man?
How Can I Become a Real Man?Reference materials for this episode: Past episodes on these saints & feasts - St Nicholas of Myra — https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/6919991 - St...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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1:27:48
How Can We Avoid Materialism This Christmas Season?
How Can We Avoid Materialism This Christmas Season?Reference materials for this episode: https://orthodoxtao.com/notes/notes-on-lessons-11-20/ - specifically #11Scripture citations for this episode:Genesis 1...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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1:28:18
Does Anybody Know What Christmas Is All About?
Reference materials for this episode: - Google search “vintage santa coca cola advertisements” - Saint Demetrius Press website — Nick Papas icon of St Nicholas — Nick Papas icon of The Nativity<...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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1:28:18
What Does Worship in Spirit & in Truth Look Like?
Reference materials for this episode: https://orthodoxtao.com/notes/orthodox-worship-notes/Scripture citations for this episode:John 4:1-42 - the Samaritan woman at the well, worship in spirit & in truthGene...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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1:31:12
Why Does God Sit Down While He Rules Creation?
Reference materials for this episode: https://www.catholic.com/tract/sabbath-or-sunday - Early church quotes about not Judaizing Hymns of The Lamentations ServiceHymns of Vesperal Liturgy of Holy SaturdayHymns of The D...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:38:39
Why Is a Sacred Space Required for Worship?
Reference materials for this episode: https://stmaryofegypt.org/files/library/life.htm - St Mary of EgyptScripture citations for this episode:2 Samuel/2 Kingdoms 6:3-8 & 1 Chronicles 13:7-11 - Uzzah is killed for to...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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1:20:40
What Does It Mean for Christians to Keep Sabbath?
What Does It Mean for Christians to Keep Sabbath?Reference materials for this episode: St. Gregory PalamasThe Homilies, edited and translated by Christopher Veniaminhomily 17"Explaining the Mystery of the Sabbath an...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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1:30:44
How Can I Begin to Pray?
How Can I Begin to Pray? Reference materials for this episode: The Art of PrayerThe Inner Closet of the HeartSt Dimitri of Rostovpg 43, 45St. Gregory of Sinai, “Instructions to Hesychasts”:<...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:53:36
How Can I Overcome My Blindness?
How Can I Overcome My Blindness? Reference materials for this episode: St Gregory PalamasThe HomiliesHomily 34: On the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord & God & Savior Jesus ChristSt Symeon T...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:24:40
Why Can't I Be Still?
Why Can’t I Be Still?Reference materials for this episode: Lao Tsu- Tao Te Ching- - poem 16Cai Song Fang- Warriors of Stillness- - author’s introPhilokalia vol 1 - Evagrios the S...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:24:45
How Do I Become a Gardener?
How do I become a gardener?Reference materials for this episode: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Volume 59) - pg 85-86 &125-126Publisher : Liturgical Press; Revised edition (January 1...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:03:41
How Can I Know God? (S6-E000)
A brief discussion on the categories of knowledge, how the life of the way of faithfulness to Christ prioritizes them, how this is in stark distinction to our culture, & why the examination of this question is at the heart of the restructur...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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21:41
Reboot Teaser
A quick note from one of our hosts to let you know about the reboot of the program which will begin publishing in about a month.
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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3:48
Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča
Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča ( March 18 )Reference materials for this episode: https://orthochristian.com/46256.html - biography
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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46:21
Saint Symeon the New, Theologian
Saint Symeon the New, Theologian ( March 12 )THE ICON FEATURED IN THIS WEEK’S PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL IS NOT BY THE HAND OF NICHOLAS PAPAS & IS NOT THE PROPERTY OF St DEMETRIUS PRESSReference materials for this epis...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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36:03
Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener of East Anglia
Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener East Anglia ( March 8 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.c...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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35:25
St John Cassian (Second Look)
St John Cassian ( Feb 29 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/29/100623-venerable-john-cass...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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38:46
Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna ( Feb 23 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/23/100589-...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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