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Sanctified Matter: Living After Theophany
Season 1 Episode 44
What if Theophany isn’t just a feast you celebrate... what if it’s a new reality you’re supposed to live from?
In this episode, Dr. Michael Christian…
5 months ago
From Willpower to Worship, Building Habits that Heal
Season 1 Episode 43
January is when modern culture tries to “punish itself into purity.”
In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Mike & John dismantle the Ne…
5 months, 1 week ago
12 Days, Not 12 Pounds of Christmas How to Feast Without Falling Apart
Season 1 Episode 42
Christ is born. Glorify Him.
The Church does not give us the feast so that we can fall apart... & then punish ourselves in January.
In this episode of …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Christ Is Born: Nativity at the Kitchen Table
Season 1 Episode 41
From straw hidden under a tablecloth in a tiny Slavic house… to kids banging metal triangles in Greek stairwells… to families tearing injera around a…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Beyond ‘Vegan’: Fake Meats, Food 2.0, & Technocratic Fasting w/ Nick Hillman (Regenerative Ag So
Season 1 Episode 40
Lab-grown “meat.” Cricket protein bars. Impossible burgers at the grocery store.
The world is loudly preaching a new gospel of “ethical,” “sustainable…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Santa Vs. St. Nicholas & the Medicine of Almsgiving w/ Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff (The Transfigured Life)
What if St. Nicholas wasn’t a jolly mascot for consumer Christmas… but a bishop whose hidden generosity literally healed people and communities?
In ep…
6 months, 1 week ago
Puritans, Pilgrims, & the Price of Forgetting the Eucharist
Season 1 Episode 38
Is your Thanksgiving plate quietly acting like a spiritual report card?
In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John t…
6 months, 1 week ago
Blue Zones, Longevity, & the Myth of the Perfect Diet
Season 1 Episode 37
Is “Blue Zone” longevity the new health religion?
In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John audit Okinawa, Sardinia…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Fasting Towards the Feast: An Orthodox Response to "Sacred Diets"
Season 1 Episode 36
Fasting isn’t a diet challenge or a biohack... it’s ascetical medicine inside the life of the Church.
In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast,…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Occult Kitchen: Food as Magic, Diet as Ritual
Season 1 Episode 35
Food can train love... or it can train control.
In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John follow the threads from …
7 months ago