Greek Like Me

Why Greeks bound the fight for independence to the Feast Day of the Annunciation. And how the sacrifice and faith of the Virgin Mary resounded with the Greek fight for liberty.

Theodoros Vryzakis The Bishop of Old Patras Germanos Blesses the Flag of the Revolution, 1865

Traditional Greek Recipe: Bakaliaros Skordalia

Bakaliaros Skordalia/Cod Fritters with Garlic Potato Dip

Where did stuffed grape leaves originate? Who started the ancient fad of rolling up food in leaves? it’s another food fight, as we investigate claims and age old recipes.

Deipnosophistae - Gulik translation

Deipnosophistae - Bill Thayer site

How to Harvest and Preserve Fresh Grape Leaves

Greek Dolmades - Stuffed Vine Leaves Recipe

A tragic tale of a love lost, and one man’s heroic effort to use the only weapon he has to persuade the Lord of Death to give her back: his music.

Artist Tristan MacDougall

Tristan on Instagram

Anderson Gallery - BSU

Siren artwork - Britannica

Join us for an episode of restless dead, vengeful wraiths, protective spirits, and ghosts summoned to serve the living.

A man of conscience continues to push the Greek Orthodox faithful in America to take a stand for justice and equal rights in the 1960s and beyond. And scholars’ take on the bizarre “reverse empathy” of today’s conservative Greeks.

A Conversation on Racial Reconciliation

The Black American Orthodox Experience

The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor wiped out two thousand years of Hellenic history in Anatolia. Refugees found hope in a sickly Methodist minister from New York State.

Greek Genocide Resource Center

Forgetting the Smyrna Fire

600 years of brutal persecution by Turkish oppressors culminated in the Greek Genocide of Asia Minor. We’ll talk historical context and introduce Asa Jennings, the humble American who said “Enough!”

https://www.greek-genocide.net

Genocide of Armenians - Hellenism Asia Minor 1922: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp_oLQ3h60A&t=5s

Minor Asia Greek Disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7Dzc8SiFM

Exaltation of the Holy Cross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjFwmHKwmCg

Why is September 1 a big deal for Orthodox Christians? We explore the purpose and history of the Ecclesiastical New Year, St. Symeón the Stylite, and the Green Patriarch.

Patriarchal Encyclical For the Indiction Published 8/27/20

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeo chants "Φως ιλαρόν" Joyous Light

What is the Ecclesiastical New Year?

Mómos, Greek god of mockery, blame, scathing criticism and satire. How the Joan Rivers of Mt. Olympus became a vessel for social criticism and rebellion throughout time.

Happy Pride! The embodiment of gay pride in 4th century BCE was the Sacred Band of Thebes - an elite fighting unit made up of 150 pairs of male lovers. Their love-bond was considered a source of moral virtue and military strength as they battled tyrants in the name of Greek freedom.