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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.

Posts in Orthodox Christianity
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
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