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Greek Like Me

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

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Greeks & the Civil Rights Movement Part 2
Greeks & the Civil Rights Movement Part 2

A man of conscience continues to push the Greek Orthodox faithful in America to take a stand for justice and equal rights in the 1960s and beyond. And scholars’ take on the bizarre “reverse empathy” of today’s conservative Greeks.

Civil Rights, Women of Epirus, Whiteness, The Civil Rights Movement, Segregation, Religion, Racism, Protests, Political Protest, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Christian, Jim Crow, history, Greek pirates, Greek, Faith, Archbishop Iakovos, Justice, MLK, BLMPamela Diotes Wood#orthodoxchristianity #archbishopiakovos #mlk #civilrights #votingrightsact #freedom #equalrights #history #BLM #AHEPA #justice #bloodysunday #selma #reverseracism #americanhistory #americangreeks #archbishopelpidophoros, #reverseempathyComment
Asa Jennings & the Greek Genocide of Asia Minor Part 2
Asa Jennings & the Greek Genocide of Asia Minor Part 2

The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor wiped out two thousand years of Hellenic history in Anatolia. Refugees found hope in a sickly Methodist minister from New York State.

Greek Genocide Resource Center

Forgetting the Smyrna Fire

Anatolia, Asia Minor, ethnic, Ethnic cleansing, Greek, Greek genocide, heroes, history, Long live Greece, massacre, multiethnic, Nationalist Turks, Neruddin Pasha, Orthodox Christianity, Ottoman Empire, Refugees, Religion, Smyrna, Treaty of Sévres, Mustafa KemalPamela Diotes Wood#asiaminor, #greekgenocide, #smyrna, #history, #nationalistturks, #asajennings, #neruddin, #deathmarch, #armeniangenocide, #orthodoxchristians, #halseypowell, #admiralbristol, #kemal, #massacre, #rescueComment
The Ecclesiastical New Year
The Ecclesiastical New Year

Why is September 1 a big deal for Orthodox Christians? We explore the purpose and history of the Ecclesiastical New Year, St. Symeón the Stylite, and the Green Patriarch.

Patriarchal Encyclical For the Indiction Published 8/27/20

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeo chants "Φως ιλαρόν" Joyous Light

What is the Ecclesiastical New Year?

Faith, Greek, history, Orthodoxy, Religion, tradition, Ecclesiastical New Year, Orthodox Christianity, The Green Patriarch, Patriarch Bartolomeo, Jewish Tradition, Jesus, HarvestPamela Diotes Wood#orthodoxchristianity, #jesus, #ministy, #greekculture, #faith, #ecclesiasticalnewyear, #stsymeon, #stsymeonthestylite, #thegreenpatriarch, #ecumenicalpatriarch, #patriarchbartolomeo, #jewishtradition, #harvest, #indictum, #greektradition, #greeklikemepodcastComment
Firewalkers
Firewalkers

Greek Firewalkers have been accused of paganism, even satanism.  But nothing will shake the dedication of these devout Orthodox Christians to the seven hundred year old tradition of the Anastenária.

Glimpses of an Ancient Fire-Walking Ritual in Northern Greece

Demetrios Ioannou Instragram

Demetrios Ioannou website

GREECE: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHER TO WATCH INTERNATIONAL FIREWALKING CEREMONY. (1980)

FIREWALKING

Firewalking, Anastenária, culture, Dionysus, ethnic, Greek, history, Icons, Orthodox Christian, Orthodoxy, Prayer, Refugees, Religion, rituals, traditionPamela Diotes Wood#greekfirewalking, #anastenária, #icons, #stconstantine, #greekorthodoxchurch, #greek, #tradition, #macedonia, #kostí, #kostilídes, #paganism, #controversy, #thrace, #faith, #histoy, #miracle, #thessaloniki, #greeklikemeComment
Red Easter Eggs & The Meaning of Pascha
Red Easter Eggs & The Meaning of Pascha

Why Orthodox call Easter Pascha, the spiritual symbolism of red Easter eggs - and how Greeks square off in an egg cracking competition that will leave one egg standing.

Closing music: Holy Thursday Hymn Simeron kremate epi xilou featuring Iro Saia

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Greek Easter Egg Fight

Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating Kit

Fresco of Mary Magdalene presenting red egg to Tiberius

culture, ethnic, Faith, Greek, history, Orthodox Christian, Orthodox Easter, Orthodoxy, Pascha, Religion, tradition, Greek Easter eggs, Greek egg cracking game, The ResurrectionPamela Diotes Wood#orthodoxeaster, #orthodoxchristianity, #pascha, #kalianastasi, #holythursday, #kokkinaavya, #κόκκινααυγα, #redeggs, #tsougrisma, #τσούγκρισμα, #earlychristians, #greekeaster, #thelastsupperComment