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Greek Like Me Episodes

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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An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci
An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci

Kathryn Gauci’s quest to find traditional Greece drew her to the Dodecanese Islands in 2005. Her memoir, An Aegean Odyssey, intertwines history, cuisine, traditions, and breathtaking landscapes with stories of the people she meets along the way as she explores the road less traveled.

Kathryn Gauci

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Kathryn Gauci's books

Colours of Aegean Dreams: A Greek Odyssey

Travellers' Greece : Memories of an Enchanted Land complied by John B. Tomkinson. Published by ANAGNOSIS.

1970s, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, ancient ruins, architecture, Athens, Colonels' Coup, culture, Faith, Greece in WW2, Greco-Turkish War, Greek, Greek genocide, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek recipes, heroes, history, Karagiózis, mythology, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Occupation, RefugeesPamela Diotes Wood#kathryngauci, #anaegeanodyssey, #dodecanese, #history, #greekhistory, #ancienthistory, #travel, #greekgenocide, #greekfood, #greektraditon, #thecolonelscoup, #philotimoComment
A Very Greek Christmas
A Very Greek Christmas

Where else can you take part in ancient traditions, sing Byzantine Christmas songs while lighting bonfires and evading evil Christmas goblins? Join us for a very Greek Christmas.

Ancient Greece, Asia Minor, Christmas tales, culture, Dionysus, ethnic, Faith, food, Greek, Greek Christmas goblins, Icons, Jesus, Kalikantzaroi, Orthodox Christianity, tradition, Greek Christmas tradition, Christmas bonfires, ChristopsomoPamela Diotes Wood#greekchristmas #καλαχριστουγεννα #nativity #ancienttraditions #kálanta #christopsomo #kalikantzaroi #christmasgoblins #bonfires #poupouris #greekculture #greek #iconography #greekorthodox #ancientgreece #greekmythology #christmasboatsComment
St. Kassiani Part 2: Theologian, Feminist, Poet
St. Kassiani Part 2: Theologian, Feminist, Poet

St. Kassiani was a brilliant theologian, masterful poet, rebel, feminist, brutal social commentator. She continues to instruct the Orthodox faithful to this day.


St. Kassiani, Monastic, Feminist, Rebel, Women Warriors, culture, Faith, Greek, Greek heroes, Greek women, heroes, history, Hymnographer, Iconoclast controversy, Icons, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodoxy, Prayer, Religion, tradition, Greek poetry, Women in the ChurchPamela Diotes Wood#iconoclastcontroversy, #st.kassiani, #rebel, #hymnographer, #monastic, #medievalsaint, #gnomicpoetry, #feminist, #poetry, #theologian, #byzantine, #constantinople, #icons, #misogyny, #heroesofthechurchComment
St. Kassiani: Hymnographer, Hero, Rebel
St. Kassiani: Hymnographer, Hero, Rebel

Influential hymnographer, poet, and champion of her faith, St.Kassiani was a devout, fearless, badass holy woman and feminist.

Faith, Greek, Greek women, history, Iconography, Icons, Jesus, Orthodox Christian, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Lent, Orthodoxy, Pascha, Prayer, Religion, tradition, Iconoclast controversy, St. Kassiani, HymnographerPamela Diotes Woodst.kassiani, #hymnographer, #greekorthodoxchurch, #iconodule, #iconoclastcontroversy, #icons, #constantinople, #brideshow, #poetComment
Annunciation/Independence Day
Annunciation/Independence Day

Why Greeks bound the fight for independence to the Feast Day of the Annunciation. And how the sacrifice and faith of the Virgin Mary resounded with the Greek fight for liberty.

Bouboulina, culture, Faith, Greek, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek Revolution, heroes, history, Icons, Long live Greece, Nafplio, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Lent, Orthodoxy, Rebels, Annunciation, Paleion Patron Germanos, March 25Pamela Diotes Wood#march25, #annunciation, #annunciationofthetheotokos, #greekindependence, #greekrevolution, #ottomanoccupation, #metropolitangermanos, #greekorthodoxchurch, #greekhistory, #liberty, #freedomComment