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Χριστός Ανέστη! Στο πρόγραμμα μας σήμερα, θα ακούσουμε το Πασχαλινό Μήνυμα του Σεβασμιοτάτου Αρχιεπισκόπου Αυστραλίας κ.κ. Μακαρίου, αναστάσιμους ύμνους της εκκλησίας και πατερικά αποσπάσματα που έχουν θέμα την ανάσταση του Κυρίου μας.

’Twas the night before Easter, and all through the Church every heart was stirring. The early Christians kept a Vigil that made a lasting impression. The symbols were elemental: fire, water, darkness, nakedness, music, dramatic preaching, surprising chalices, and more-than-marathon endurance. Prepare for your Easter Vigil by learning about theirs.

LINKS

Melito of Sardis, Peri Pascha https://sachurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/On-Pascha-Melito-of-Sardis.pdf

Melito of Sardis, Peri Pascha (another translation) https://www.kerux.com/doc/0401A1.asp

Eusebius of Caesarea, On the Celebration of Easter https://tertullian.org/fathers/eusebius_on_easter.htm

St. Augustine, Sermon 227 https://stanselminstitute.org/files/SERMON%20227.pdf

Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com

Mike Aquilina’s books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/

Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed http://www.ccwatershed.org

Happy Pascha! A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of Eastern Orthodox Christian Americans
pdf: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/uscitizenpod/pascha-quiz.pdf 

I wrote this quiz for several reasons. First, to honor Central/Eastern European-American Heritage. Second, to showcase the diversity in the American Christian community. Third, to celebrate Easter.

In the past, Western Christians and the Eastern Orthodox have been divided by religion, history, and politics, but as Americans, we are united as one people, and this year, we are celebrating Easter on the same day.

This is recording is an update of a 2017 podcast featuring Branka and her husband Tony, both of whom were from the former Yugoslavia by way of Canada. Branka was a longtime colleague who at the time worked as a Projects Coordinator for OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NETWORK (otan.us) and had recently became a new US citizen. She then moved on to lead the Capital Adult Education Consortium. In late 2021, she and her family returned to Serbia where she continues to consult on Adult Education and digital literacy matters.

Quiz answers:

1. Colonists came to America for freedom.
2. Freedom of religion is that you can practice any religion or not practice a religion.
3. America bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
4. The two parts of the US Congress are the Senate and the House of Representatives
5. Dianne Feinstein is one of the two US senators from the state of California.
6. Joe Biden is the current President of the United States.  Kamala Harris is the current Vice-President of the United States.  Gavin Newsom is the current Governor of California.
7. The two major political parties are Democratic and Republican parties.
8. The President's Cabinet advises the President.
9. Ro Khanna is the US Representative of San Jose/Milpitas, California.
10. Two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy are join a civic group and join a community group.

EXTRA CREDIT: Listen to a great interview with Vlade Divac!

StoryCorps: Vivek and Vlade: From New Arrivals To Kings
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/12/08/vivek-and-vlade-from-new-arrivals-to-kings/ 
Former Sacramento Kings center and current general manager Vlade Divac is interviewed by his boss, majority owner Vivek Ranadive, in this StoryCorps segment. They talk a little basketball but mostly focus on their shared experience as immigrants.

Sudel-Ede Abel und Janny, die Pissfliege für Podcaster präsentieren heute mal wieder einen “tall white guy”, Eduard Schnitzer, besser bekannt als Emin Pascha legt eine bemerkenswerte Karriere als Mediziner und Kolonialist hin, lässt die Gouverneurswitwe sitzen, wird selber Gouverneur, hebt eine Armee aus und hängt nen Kummerkasten auf. Nicht zuletzt rettet er seinen Retter Henry Morton Stanley und macht Karriere auf dem Brühwürfel.

Die Nummer Eins Historiker*innen-Band Dschingis Khan sowie noch viel mehr musikalischen Kontext zu unseren folgen findet Ihr hier auf Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3V4oMJWB6mOhxG36ocixR7?si=8947477a128f4c98

Den Karl May-Schinken und viele andere Videos findet Ihr in dieser Playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU4Jvqt24IZyVzNR-S9_Ob2YoURkKooRU

Ansonsten erreicht Ihr uns auf Twitter unter @ungenugend oder per mail an geschichteungenuegend@gmail.com

An understanding of Easter from inside the Armenian Orthodox tradition that is at once mystical and literally down to earth. Vigen Guroian is a theologian who experiences Easter as a call to our senses. He is passionate about the meaning of grand ideas like incarnation, death, and eternity as revealed in life and in his garden. Krista Tippett interviewed Armenian Orthodox theologian Vigen Guorian on February 22, 2007. This interview is included in the show “Restoring the Senses: Gardening and an Orthodox Easter.” See more at: onbeing.org/program/restoring-senses-gardening-and-orthodox-easter/164

On this edition, the homily touches on the themes of blindness (Gospel lesson), language (Sts. Cyril and Methodius), and sacrifice (Memorial Day), but the real feature is the music from the Divine Liturgy.  The consensus favorite?  The Paschal Tropar near the end will have you bouncing with the tenors/basses as thy sing "the tombs" (FWIW, there are several good Ukrainian versions of this tropar in both Ukrainian and English).  Enjoy!

In this episode, Fr. Anthony interviews an Ukrainian Orthodox, Pavlo Amerkanchuk, from a longstanding settlement of Ukrainian Cossacks in the Appalachians. He shares a bit about the history of Ukrainian immigration to the Appalachians and sings a traditional cossack Easter song.