The Wolf and the Cross

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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An Orthodox Christian Pilgrimage in Lithuania

Episodes

  1. JAN 19

    06 - The Stork and the Bear

    Lithuania entered the twentieth century into a decades-long struggle for independence, through both Nazi and Soviet occupation. What did this mean for its religious landscape, especially for the Orthodox Church? And what happened to the Domeika family after they left Lithuania?

  2. 08/29/2024

    05 - The Cross and the Empire

    The story of Lithuania in the Russian Empire is complicated. This tumultuous era saw numerous uprisings, religious persecution, the conversion of many Greek Catholics to the Orthodox Church, mass emigration, and the suppression of Lithuanian identity. Would Lithuania survive? What about its Orthodox Christians? In the midst of more than a century of upheaval, we meet Fr. Andrew’s ancestors, and bright lights for Christ shine in the darkness.

  3. 08/09/2024

    04 - The Cuckoo and the Serpent

    Taking a departure from the historical narrative, Richard and Fr. Andrew take the listener on a tour of Lithuanian mythology and fairy tales while themselves taking a walk on the legendary, liminal Curonian Spit, a long sandbar that is said to have been thrown out into the Baltic Sea by a giantess protecting her home from storms thrown by an angry suitor.

  4. 09/27/2023

    03 - The Eagle and the Knight

    From 1569 to 1795, Lithuania was joined to Poland in a single state, a multi-lingual, multi-cultural, multi-religious empire stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea – the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In this episode, we look at Lithuania’s role in this state and especially at the tale of its Orthodox Church, which in this period suffered a massive loss in an event known to history as the Unia.

    2h 45m

  5. 03/23/2023

    02 - The Scepter and the Spear

    As Lithuania accepted Christianity and expanded in the medieval period, it became more prominent on the international stage, entering into a union with Poland and becoming even more multi-cultural and multi-religious, including a large population of Orthodox Christians, alongside Catholics, pagans, Jews, and Muslims. Grand Dukes Vytautas and Jogaila give a final defeat to the Crusaders and ponder life on the border between East and West.

    2h 25m

  6. 01/02/2023

    01 - The Wolf: Lithuania Before the Cross

    This first episode introduces the history, language, and people of Lithuania, beginning with its ancient pagan history, recounting some of its earliest legends and leaders, describing the coming of Christianity to the country, and telling the tale of its first martyrs.

    2h 17m

  7. 10/20/2022

    Trailer - The Wolf and the Cross

    On the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, the little-known land of Lithuania stands at the edge of east and west. With an Orthodox Christian minority whose history reaches a thousand years into the past, Lithuania was the last pagan nation in Europe and once its largest country. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick introduces an epic journey of pilgrimage and perseverance in the trailer for this documentary series.

    5 min
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An Orthodox Christian Pilgrimage in Lithuania

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  • Creator
    Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin, and Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Show Website
    The Wolf and the Cross

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