The Second Sunday of Lent, St Gregory Palamas, is the subject of this week's episode.

Considered a second triumph of orthodoxy, because just as the veneration of icons is necessary for Christian worship as we remembered last week, the prayer of a single thought, hesychasm, ceaseless prayer, through which we see the uncreated light of God within ourselves, is also necessary. St Gregory defended this tradition against scholastic innovations from the Latin West which rejected the capacity of the human person to have the direct experience of God.


Reference materials for this episode:
Previous episode about St Gregory
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/13986560
The Trinity & The Life of The Soul
- https://enlargingtheheart.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/gregory-palamas-the-trinity-and-the-life-of-the-soul/
Homily on The Second Coming of Christ by St Gregory
- http://www.eschatologia.com/2018/02/homily-on-christs-second-coming-st.html#more

The Ladder of Divine Ascent, St John Climacus - Step 25
Translation & publication by Holy Transfiguration Monastery
revised edition 2012


Scripture citations for this episode:
Hebrews 1:10-2:3
Mark 2:1-12

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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 of the 7th ecumenical council, which affirmed the necessity of the veneration of icons in Orthodox worship, Jim takes a few minutes to reflect on why it is Orthodoxy seems to triumph under adversity rather than flourishing when it is the established state religion.


Reference materials for this episode:
Episode remembering The Icon Not Made By Hands
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/13419081
Synodikon of Orthodoxy
- https://allsaintsorthodox.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-03-05-Triumph-of-Orthodoxy.pdf


Scripture citations for this episode:
John 1:43-51
Hebrews 11:24-26, 11:32-12:10

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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 first episode will examine the four pre-Lenten Sundays:
- The Publican & The Pharisee
- The Prodigal Son
- The Last Judgement
- Forgiveness

He is choosing to frame this under the question how do we prepare for the Evangelion of The Christ because it was at the feast of Pentecost, which was originally the Jewish feast on which they celebrated the giving of the covenant through Moses to the people of Israel, at which St Peter & the other apostles first preached Jesus’ victory over death, setting all humanity free from the power of sin. This five month season of the year sets in motion a process of preparation which culminates in our renewal of our commitment to the life of the way of faithfulness to this declaration of a military victory.

Reference materials for this episode:
St Gregory Palamas on The Sunday of The Last Judgement
- https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2018/02/homily-on-christs-second-coming-st.html
Episode about St Gregory
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/13986560


Scripture citations for this episode:
Exodus 19-31: The covenant with Moses
Matthew 6:9-13: The Lord’s prayer
Matthew 7:1-5: We will be judged as we judge others
Acts 2: The preaching of the evangelion of Jesus The Christ
Romans 2:1-11: By judging others we condemn ourselves because we do what they do

First Sunday - The publican & the pharisee
- 2 Timothy 3:10-15
- Luke 18:9-14

Second Sunday - The prodigal son
- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
- Luke 15:11-32

Third Sunday - The Last Judgement
- 1 Corinthians 8:8-13; 9:1-2
- Matthew 25:31-46

Fourth Sunday - Forgiveness Sunday
- Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4
- Matthew 6:14-21

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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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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 years. Just remember, nothing is perfect, nothing is finished, & nothing lasts forever.

Flat earth theory, non-Euclidian geometry, the divinity of George Washington, School vouchers, circles of love, the abuse of high quality Chinese tea!

Tune in to find out if we're Christian Nationalists, Communists, Libertarians, Socialists, bleeding heart monarchists or just stumbling on our journey on The Way of the Life of Faithfulness to the evangelion of Jesus, The Christ.


Reference materials for this episode:
Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses
- Ss. Barsanuphius and John
- Questions 699 & 700


Scripture citations for this episode:
Luke 10:25-37 - Who Is My Neighbor
1 Peter 2:1-17 - Do not let your freedom become a pretext for evil

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Reference materials for this episode:

Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses
- Ss. Barsanuphius and John
- Questions 699 & 700

Past episodes on these saints & feasts
- St Joseph the Betrothed
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/14219830



Scripture citations for this episode:
Ephesians 6 - the whole armor of God


YouTube Version:
https://youtu.be/tgBvzq4Sbro

The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion with oversight from Fr Symeon Kees

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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 Stephen
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/6259483
- St Joseph the Betrothed
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/14219830
- St James the brother of The LORD in The Flesh
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/11547555
- The Circumcision of The LORD in The Flesh
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/14257473
- St Basil the Great
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/9810397
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/11954819
- Theophany
— https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/14299911
— (St John the Forerunner) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/8728030


Scripture citations for this episode:
Genesis 1
Genesis 3

Ephesians 2

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How Can We Avoid Materialism This Christmas Season?


Reference materials for this episode:
https://orthodoxtao.com/notes/notes-on-lessons-11-20/ - specifically #11


Scripture citations for this episode:
Genesis 1-3 - made to be different, devolve to be more like animals
Exodus 32 - worshipping an animal, behaving like animals
Isaiah 1 - born between an ox & and a donkey
Habakkuk 3 - in the Greek, is known “between two living creatures”
Matthew 4 - Jesus rejects temptation without deliberation
Luke 2 - Nativity narrative has no reference to these animals but they are in all our icons
- St Symeon can behold the uncreated glory of God in Jesus body because he has experienced it before
John 2 - cleansing the temple isn’t Jesus throwing a temper tantrum, He is dispassionate
John 11 - Jesus weeps at the cost to Mary, Martha & Lazarus despite knowing He will raise him
Revelation 4, 21, 22 - The elders participate in & perceive the glory of God as true human persons


YouTube: https://youtu.be/O2ZcPooh8Ic

The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion with oversight from Fr Symeon Kees

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