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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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Reboot The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
Reboot The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece

For Halloween, we’re reposting our 2024 episode The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece.Today’s horror movies owe a debt to the Ancient Greeks, whose vengeful wraiths, protective spirits, and restless dead summoned to serve the living influenced art, literature, music and our fear of things that go bump in the night.

Reboot The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
Pamela Diotes Wood
Ancient Greece, civilization, culture, ethnic, Funeral Rites, Ghosts, Greek, Greek gods, Greek heroes, Greek protection, Greek theater, Greeks, Hauntings, History, Homer, mythology, rituals, superstition, The Restless Dead, traditionPamela Diotes Wood#restlessdead, #ghosts, #ancientgreece, #funeralrites, #hauntings, #history, #greekhistory, #greekculture, #culture, #ethnicComment
Happy Greek New Year!
Happy Greek New Year!

Happy Greek New Year!

We’re sharing some of the most popular Greek customs for New Year’s through Epiphany. Καλή Χρονιά και Χρόνια Πολλά!

Happy Greek New Year!
Pamela Diotes Wood
Greeks, Greek New Year, Χρόνια Πολλά, St. Basil, Epiphany, Blessing of the Waters, tradition, Religion, Orthodox Christianity, Vasilopita, PomegranatesPamela Diotes Wood#greek #greekculture #happynewyear #χρόνιαπολλά #stbasil #vasilopita #goodluck #epiphany #blessingofthewaters #pomegranetes #traditionComment
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.

A Very Greek Christmas
Pamela Diotes Wood
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 Part 2: Theologian, Feminist, Poet
Pamela Diotes Wood
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.

St. Kassianí: Hymnographer, Hero, Rebel
Pamela C. Wood
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