Christian Saints Podcast

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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.
If this podcast is edifying for you, please consider the entire Paradosis Pavilion catalog as well as the music of Generative Sounds

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Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča

Mar 22 2024 46 mins  
Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča ( March 18 )Reference materials for this episode: https://orthochristian.com/46256.html - biographyhttps://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/18/100825-repose-of-saint-nikolai-of-zhicha - biographyhttp://orthodoxclergy.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-statement-concerning-sin-of-racism.html “Prayers by the Lake”A Treasury of Serbian Orthodox Spiritualit

Saint Symeon the New, Theologian

Mar 15 2024 36 mins  
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 episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/12/100790-venerable-simeon-the-new-theologianhttps://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2019/12/on-incarnation-of-word-st-symeon-n

Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener of East Anglia

Mar 08 2024 35 mins  
Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener East Anglia ( March 8 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2021/03/saint-felix-of-burgundy-bishop-of.html - life of St Felixhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/38326/38326-h/38326-h.html - St Bede mentions Bishop Felix (Book II-Chap XV, Book III-Chap XVIII&XX)The Silver Chair - by CS Lewis - HarperColli

St John Cassian (Second Look)

Mar 01 2024 38 mins  
St John Cassian ( Feb 29 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/29/100623-venerable-john-cassian-the-romanhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/14557292 - first episode on St John Cassianhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/6356446 - episode on Desert Fathershttps://www.newadvent.org/fathers/350705.htm - The Instituteshttps://www.newadvent.org/fa

Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna

Feb 23 2024 29 mins  
St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna ( Feb 23 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/23/100589-hieromartyr-polycarp-bishop-of-smyrnahttp://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ignatius.html - St Ignatius’ letter to St Polycarphttps://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm - St Polycarp’s letter to the Phillipianshttps://www.earlychristianwritings.com/mar

St Empress Theodora, Defender of Icons

Feb 16 2024 26 mins  
St Empress Theodora, Defender of Icons (Feb 11)Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/11/100504-righteous-theodora-wife-of-emperor-theophilus-the-iconoclasthttps://www.oca.org/fs/paschal-cyclehttps://orthodoxwiki.org/Sunday_of_Orthodoxyhttps://orthodoxwiki.org/Seventh_Ecumenical_Councilhttps://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3819.htm - degree &

Ss Barsanuphius & John, a Conversation w/ Fr Symeon Kees & Nicholas Papas

Feb 09 2024 92 mins  
Ss Barsanuphius the Great & John the Prophet ( Feb 6 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/06/100443-venerable-barsanuphius-the-great-and-john-the-prophetTitle: Guidance Toward Spiritual Life: Answers to the Questions of DisciplesPublisher: Saint Herman PressISBN 10: 0938635840Author: Saint Barsanuphius, the Prophet, Saint JohnTranslati

St Ephraim the Syrian w/ Fr Symeon Kees of Eastward Iowa City

Feb 02 2024 62 mins  
St Ephraim the Syrian ( Jan 28 )conversation w/ Fr Symeon Kees producer of Paradosis Pavilion & host of "Eastward Iowa City" podcastReference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/28/100328-venerable-ephraim-the-syrianhttps://orthodoxwiki.org/Ephrem_the_SyrianSt. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on Paradise, - trans. by Sebastian Brock - St. Vl

St Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople

Jan 26 2024 37 mins  
St Gregory The Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (Jan 25)Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/25/100298-saint-gregory-the-theologian-archbishop-of-constantinople - hagiography of St GregoryPoems on Scripture - written by the saint - Popular Patristics Vol 46 - St Vladimir’s Seminary Press - ISBN 978-0-88141-433-2 - copyright 2012On

St Macarius the Great, of Egypt

Jan 19 2024 37 mins  
St Macarius the Great of Egypt ( Jan 19 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/19/100226-venerable-macarius-the-great-of-egypt - life of St Macarius of Egypthttps://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2013/01/healthy-and-sick-monasticism.html - Monasticism is not intrinsically virtuoushttps://pemptousia.com/2016/12/marriage-or-monasticism - the pursuit