Church Mouse Chronicles

Pet peeves... Let's face it, everyone's got them! Christian or not, philanthropist or not, things annoy us. Sometimes these are very specific, little things that makes us go mad and run in circles. What about the mice? Petty, petty mice!

Our mice have returned from the land of the dead to plague the living from the shadows with lame jokes, fine clothing (mostly) and bloated bodies (again, mostly). But ways to repel these bloodthirsty mice exist! What would these be? Listen and find out!

Also...sorry for the audio, someone messed up... Ok, M messed up. Stupid stupid M.

New Years Resolutions... we all love them, we all make them, we all FAIL them. Instantly! Like, the very next day! Why is that now? How should (Orthodox) Christians observe New Year resolutions? What are our own New Year resolutions? Let's dive in!

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On January 1st, 2020 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick published his 16 Realistic Observations about Orthodoxy Online article on the Ancient Faith Ministries blog, and it is such an objective and detailed report on the English speaking Internet dwelling Christian Orthodox folk.

As our mice have the word "VIDEOS" (all caps rage srsly) in their New Year's resolutions for 2020, they decided to kick start their new project by reacting on a well devised article that pretty much sums up the "Orthodox Internet".

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We talked about ideas. Ideas that we had (or someone else had) that never came to life. Are there many? Sure. Are they great? Absolutely not. But they are ours and we're proud of (a couple of) them.

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https://churchmouse.show/episodes/ideas-that-went-to-oblivion

We had our fair share of dark episodes - burning of Notre Dame, serving the Black Mass, but this one is especially dark. We explain the issue with the new so-called "Law on Religious Freedom" that came into force in Montenegro, and how it is aimed specifically at destroying the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Comments: https://churchmouse.show/episodes/persecution-of-the-church-in-montenegro

Christmas is a big thing in Serbia. Except... it does not fall on December 25. Oh no. Not by a long shot. And that is just a small speck in the weirdness that is a typical Serbian Christmas. It is a weirdness that we've all come to love and cherish. Take this trip with your two favorite mice and get lost in the snows!

Comments: https://churchmouse.show/episodes/serbian-christmas-customs

M goes to LA, where he is exposed to two things he probably dislikes the most: weed and traffic jams. Of course, he gets mercilessly mocked by B, who stayed behind, and is not salty about it at all, especially when it comes to bringing it up in random places, such as podcast descriptions. 

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Comments: https://churchmouse.show/episodes/pot-city-ca-usa

Our mice are back after a long hiatus! No, we did not have a falling out, but you know those days when you simply can't match with the other people? Well, it was a conga of such days for the two of us!

Sadly, it wasn't a conga for a bunch of guys who wanted to serve a black mass in a brewery. Talk about edgy! Edgy in trying to hard to be cool that you turn out ridiculous edgy. Oh, and we talk about Chrysostom some. Welcome back!

Comments: https://churchmouse.show/episodes/boredom-and-black-mass

Our mice are huge fans of Halloween! Okay, one is, but he is in charge of writing the description for this episode. Okay, he's not even a huge fan, but the other mouse keeps accusing him of it.

Anywhoo, what great scary stories our mice have in store for us today? What lives in your basement? How about under your bed? Or, what's even worse... what is that above your bed? Find out and much more in the next episode of... Lurch Vice Popsicles!

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Comments: https://churchmouse.show/episodes/beasts-and-bumpkins