How Can I Overcome My Blindness?


Reference materials for this episode:

St Gregory Palamas
The Homilies
Homily 34: On the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord & God & Savior Jesus Christ

St Symeon The New, Theologian
On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Vol 2
Fifth Discourse

Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul’s Ascent
St Mark the Ascetic
Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers
St Hesychios
St Thalassios the Lybian

The Ladder of Divine Ascent
St John Climacus

The Dhammapada: The Path of Perfection
translation by Juan Mascaro


Scripture citations for this episode:
Psalm 101/102

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Why Can’t I Be Still?


Reference materials for this episode:

Lao Tsu
- Tao Te Ching
- - poem 16

Cai Song Fang
- Warriors of Stillness
- - author’s intro

Philokalia vol 1
- Evagrios the Solitary
- - pg 40-41
- - - watchdog passage
- St Mark the Ascetic
- - pg 128
- - - sayings 29-31
- St John Cassian
- - pg 91
- - - first paragraph “On Self Esteem”

St Gregory Palamas
- “On the Entry into the Holy of Holies II”
St Sophrony of Essex
- “His Life is Mine”
- - quote regarding Jesus’ peace


Scripture citations for this episode:

Genesis 4, 15
1 Kingdoms/1 Kings 19
Psalm 22/23, 45/46
Matthew 5
Luke 2
John 14, 16, 20
Revelation 1
Acts 9

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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 &125-126
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Liturgical Press; Revised edition (January 1, 1984)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0879079592
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879079598

Scripture citations for this episode:
Genesis 1:28-31
Ezekiel 37:1-10
John 20:11-16

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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 restructuring of this podcast for Season Six.
This is, essentially, episode 000 as our first true conversational episode will be our true kick-off of the new format in the new season.

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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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Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča ( March 18 )


Reference materials for this episode:
https://orthochristian.com/46256.html - biography
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/18/100825-repose-of-saint-nikolai-of-zhicha - biography
http://orthodoxclergy.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-statement-concerning-sin-of-racism.html
“Prayers by the Lake”
A Treasury of Serbian Orthodox Spirituality Vol 5
Translated by Archimandrite Todor Milka & Rev Dr Stevan Scott
Free Serbian Orthodox Diocese
Great Lakes Graphics Inc. Skokie, IL
1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNOZeg_n2ks
- the above is an interview with a Jewish woman whose family was assisted by Saint Nikolai in escaping Serbia before they could be taken by Nazis to The Camps
https://www-serbianholocaust-org.translate.goog/Ela%20Trifunovic/elatrifunovic.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=sr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
- the above is a translated transcript of the interview
http://www.bio-orthodoxy.com/2020/01/a-meeting-between-saint-nikolai.html


Scripture citations for this episode:
John 15:18-27 - the world will hate you
Matthew 7:6 - do not put pearls before swine

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Saint Symeon the New, Theologian ( March 12 )

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IS NOT BY THE HAND OF NICHOLAS PAPAS
& IS NOT THE PROPERTY OF St DEMETRIUS PRESS


Reference materials for this episode:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/12/100790-venerable-simeon-the-new-theologian
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2019/12/on-incarnation-of-word-st-symeon-new.html
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/03/in-midst-of-that-night-in-my-darkness.html
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2017/02/homily-on-banishment-and-repentance-of.html
Hymn 21
- Hymns of Divine Love
- Translated by George Maloney
- Dimension Books


Scripture citations for this episode:
Genesis 3 - The rebellion of humanity by acquiring knowledge for which we were not yet ready

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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 Felix

https://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

- HarperCollins; Reprint edition (March 5, 2002)

- ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0064471098

- ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0064471091

Scripture citations for this episode:

Genesis 1:28-30 - the primary vocation to humanity

Genesis 3:4-5 - The brazen serpent’s half truth

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