It’s time we talked about Orthodoxy in more detail. I ask Father John Strickland to explain the Divine Liturgy, and it’s Byzantine origins, to me.
John is the pastor of an Orthodox Church in Poulsbo in Washington State. He has also written a four-volume series about the history of Christian civilization called Paradise and Utopia. And he’s recorded a podcast of the same name as an accompaniment to the books. He also wrote the Making of Holy Russia: The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism before the Revolution.
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Hi Robin, This was an outstanding session. I am so glad that you did this. Having been brought up Russian Orthodox, it was gratifying to hear Father Strickland do such an amazing job explaining the liturgy, and Orthodoxy.
Congratulations!!!
Best always
Alex Birukoff
I’m so glad 🙂
As someone who grew up Mormon (and since left) this was a fascinating look at another Christianity that I never knew. Thank you for hosting this.
Robin, while this was an interesting episode I was disappointed in one part. He talked at some length about how the nave of a church shared the same latin root as the word navy and the symbology there but neither of you brought up the connection that a nave is a place of warship
Brilliant 😊
Great episode Robin, thank you! I hope this was helpful for those of you who are less familiar with Orthodox practice, even as a Byzantine chanter I learned some new things.
Hey Robin, great episode, thank you! I hope this was helpful for those who are less familiar with Orthodox practive. Even for myself (a Byzantine chanter) there were things to learn from this talk.
Thank you for this (long overdue) look at Orthodox liturgy. It was fascinating to hear how complex theology is experienced in a tangible way at each Divine Liturgy. I was also interested to hear how much the service, the church architecture and the theology still tracks so closely with my own Roman Catholicism. Another fantastic episode, Robin!
I for one would be interested very much with episodes in byzantine theology, including
–4th/5th centuries’ trinitarian and christologic controversies
–Monoenergism vs Monothelitism
–Maximus confessor
–John Climachus
–Theology of iconoclasts vs. Iconodules.
–Symeon the new theologian
–Hesychasm
Also, a program about great monastic and pilgrimage centers of byzantine anatolia would be great.
I’d love to know how orthodoxy in Greece has changed since the fall of Byzantium. If we step into an Greek-Orthodox church, will it all be the same as back then, or will some things be different?