Christian Saints Podcast

By: James John Marks
  • Summary

  • 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

    https://www.youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555
    https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com


    https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcast

    https://twitter.com/podcast_saints

    https://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcast


    Iconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these images


    Prints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.com


    Please forgive us our shortcomings, and pray for us

    © 2024 Christian Saints Podcast
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Episodes
  • Does Anybody Know What Christmas Is All About?
    Dec 13 2024

    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
    - Google search Rothko Chapel Houston Texas


    Scripture citations for this episode:
    Messianic fulfillment
    - Matthew 4:12-17
    — Isaiah 9
    - Luke 4: 16-22
    — Isaiah 61
    Luke 2: 13-15 - The equating of angels with the stars & the declaration of global peace
    Matthew 10:34-39 - not peace but a sword
    Revelation 19:11-16 - Christ as the conquering king

    Video version:
    https://youtu.be/iyDSOhbBKYQ


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

    Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555

    https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcast
    https://twitter.com/podcast_saints
    https://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcast
    https://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcast

    Iconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these images

    Prints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.com

    All music in these episodes is a production of Generative Sounds
    https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com
    Distribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative Sounds
    Copyright 2021 - 2023

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • What Does Worship in Spirit & in Truth Look Like?
    Nov 27 2024

    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 truth

    Genesis 1-3 - Jesus walks in the Garden with Adam & Eve
    Genesis 3 - Sin results in toil & labor
    Genesis 4 - Cain is off the rails which is why God rejects his sacrifice
    - His ascetic activity tilling the ground has hardened his heart instead of softening
    Genesis 5-9 - Everything gets worse & worse until God unmakes the world
    - The ark is the vessel of salvation, many churches are designed to look like an inverted ark
    - Noah is given the same first commandment, “be fruitful & multiply”, be a gardener
    Genesis 11 - Babel is the archetypal false religion: transactional, tries to control “the god”
    - God scatters the nations to try to save them from this but they worship demons
    Ezekiel 1, Revelation 4 & 7, 21 & 22 - liturgical Sabbath worship

    Exodus 25-31 - The physicality of The Tabernacle
    - An Orthodox church has an alter, an ark of the covenant, a 7 branch candle stand
    - We have the table of bread, we have incense & oil


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

    Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555

    https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcast
    https://twitter.com/podcast_saints
    https://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcast
    https://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcast

    Iconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these images

    Prints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.com

    All music in these episodes is a production of Generative Sounds
    https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com
    Distribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative Sounds
    Copyright 2021 - 2023

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Why Does God Sit Down While He Rules Creation?
    Nov 13 2024

    Reference materials for this episode:
    https://www.catholic.com/tract/sabbath-or-sunday - Early church quotes about not Judaizing
    Hymns of The Lamentations Service
    Hymns of Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday
    Hymns of The Divine Liturgy

    Scripture citations for this episode:
    Genesis 2:1-3 - God’s day of rest
    Genesis 2:24 - Jesus as the bridegroom going to His bride
    Exodus 31:12-17 - sabbath as part of the Mosaic covenant
    Psalm 24/25 - lift up your heads o ye gates
    Psalm 109/110 - Sitting at the right hand & ruling in the midst of enemies
    Matthew 12 - the sign of Jonah
    Mark 2 - The Sabbath was made for man
    Acts 2 - Peter preaches the evangelion of Christ & the response is “what must we do”
    1 Peter 3:18-20 - Christ’s descent into Hades


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

    Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555

    https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcast
    https://twitter.com/podcast_saints
    https://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcast
    https://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcast

    Iconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these images

    Prints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.com

    All music in these episodes is a production of Generative Sounds
    https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com
    Distribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative Sounds
    Copyright 2021 - 2023

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    1 hr and 39 mins

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