You probably know a lot of people who will observe Christmas this year in some way. Christmas tree. Presents. Lights. Time off work and school. Travel to see family. But, what does it mean, not just symbolically, but really? Why does it matter to real life, practically? Find out what Christmas meant to the ancient Church who first celebrated it, the same Orthodox Church that continues the Tradition of that meaning today in Bethlehem and Jerusalem (, and even Iowa City.
This is an episode on the spiritual text, Hymns on Paradise, by St Ephrem the Syrian Listen to the conversation between Fr. Symeon and...
In this episode, I, Father Symeon, join James John Marks (Christian Saints Podcast), and the iconographer, Nicholas Papas (St. Demetrius Press), in a conversation...
What is the point of this podcast? Here is an introduction to Eastward Iowa City, why the culture of the West - religious and...
