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(Part 2 of 2) My guest Shayne Swenson and I had so much to talk about here that I have made it a two-part episode. Shayne is an Orthodox Christian iconographer. He has devoted his life to serving Christ and His Church through the labor of painting iconography. In this two-part episode, we dive deep into Shayne's story, his job as a tattooer and how that's viewed in the Church. We also get into iconography and all of the nuance surrounding that issue/topic. For more information on Shayne and his great work, go here: Donate to the show here: Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest Shayne Swenson and I had so much to talk about here that I have made it a two-part episode. Shayne is an Orthodox Christian iconographer. He has devoted his life to serving Christ and His Church through the labor of painting iconography. In this two-part episode, we dive deep into Shayne's story, his job as a tattooer and how that's viewed in the Church. We also get into iconography and all of the nuance surrounding that issue/topic. For more information on Shayne and his great work, go here: Donate to the show here: Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest today is Sister Anastasia. We cover some of the themes in her book, "You Are Mine" as well as some of the things she writes about on her Substack: . The wild journey Sister Anastasia took to becoming a nun revealed much about addiction and inner purification to her. In this discussion, Sister Anastasia answers some common yet hard questions about spirituality, addiction, even Yoga and head covering in Church. Here are some links to find out more from Sister Anastasia and her works and monastery: The Monastery of St Macarius the Great of Egypt:   Apocalypse by Sister Anastasia:   Notes from a Nun by Mother Cassiana:   Donate to the show here: Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week is the man behind the Study of Stuff Podcast and SOS Radio: Mano Elia. Mano was born into Orthodox Christianity and as a teen, drifted into occult, New Age, and Hermeticism. We discuss what he learned throughout that journey and what pulled him back towards Christ and the Orthodox Church. It's a sort of Prodigal Son story with some interesting twists and turns. For more of Mano's work, go here:   Donate to the St Theodosius fire damage fund here:   Donate to the show here:  Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guests this week are both friends of the show and wonderful podcasters in their own right. They are Jason Mironchuk from the 2Bit podcast and Matthew Erickson from the Kingpilled podcast. They are here to dive into the current spiritual shift we are living through and the emerging counter-elite that is about to take over once this current regime crumbles. Jason breaks down the transition from the devouring mother into the age of the vengeful son and how to fight the appealing revenge feeling many of us will have. Matt breaks down the PayPal mafia, who's behind the emerging counter-elite, and what this all means as the current regime crumbles under its own incompetence. For Matt Erickson's content, go here:   For Jason Mironchuk's content, go here:   Donate to the St Theodosius fire damage fund here:   Donate to the show here:  Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week is one of my favorite men to have on the show: Father John Whiteford. Fr. John is Archpriest and pastor at St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, Texas. Fr. John was a representative of the ROCOR Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America at the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, in Moscow, on May 17, 2007. He is currently the general editor of the St. Innocent Liturgical Calendar. He is also the dean of the southern deanery (Texas and Louisiana) of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America ROCOR. He is here to discuss the bad theology being preached by many American Protestant preachers that is leading to horrible death and destruction in the Middle East. There is a trend amongst many American Christians that the State of Israel must be supported and defended no matter what. Because of a very modern take on certain scriptures, many believe the Jews are God's "chosen people", the State of Israel is the same thing as the Biblical Israel, dispensationalism is a legitimate Biblical teaching, and that modern day Judaism is the same thing as the Judaism of the Old Testament. Fr. John explains where these misconceptions arose from and why and how they're not only against true Church teachings but also lead to horriific consequences. As St. Matthew said, "Ye shall know them by their fruits." Links for this episode:         Donate to the St Theodosius fire damage fund here:   Donate to the show here:  Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!