@@samr.i.9485 Dostoevsky was the grandson of a Uniate, and was himself complicated in his views on the Catholic Church. I’m not so sure he wasn’t a Uniate himself, but at least had sympathies toward them. Also, one can be moved by literature even when one doesn’t agree with the totality of the author’s philosophy (for example, I greatly admire Schmemann, but don’t agree with every aspect of his theology). In Dostoevsky’s case, his theology permeates his works. As an Orthodox Jew with a Russian grandfather, my dad could recognize some of his own soul in Dostoevsky’s books. He had many other influences, not least of which is the Catholic Jew St. Edith Stein. It’s helps that my father is well educated and knew the Old Testament well. So when he heard the Gospels for the first time he recognized the arrival of the Jewish Messiah. Folks like Dostoevsky merely guided him toward Christ.
Dostoevsky famously put strong criticisms of Catholicism in his major works (Grand inquisitor anyone? He was often considered xenophobic for how wary he was of western influences including western Christianity influencing Russia but thought the “Russian Christ” meaning Orthodoxy was the treasure the world needed.
As someone with a Russian Orthodox mother and a Polish Catholic father (RIP+), I really appreciate you interviewing Nicholas..Both of you are very intelligent, inquisitive people, which made for really good, interesting content. BTW I'm in the 39 club as well, but will be 40, April 20..God bless
Nicholas Kotar has been gifted to help the Church reengage storytelling with the cosmic mystery of Christ! Love his work and delightful seeing him with Matt.
"Cosmic Christ" is what the UN calls "The Christ". It is a notion of "The Christ" devoid of HIS ONE HOLY CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC Faith. Many will praise this "Cosmic Christ" in the years to come which is devoid of the actual Church and Religion Jesus Christ founded.
@@PearlofLucy Maybe read what the dude wrote. He didn't say "Cosmic Christ" he said the "cosmic mystery of Christ" - you know, like the title of the book one of our shared saints, St. Maximos the Confessor wrote.
I really enjoyed what Dcn. Kotar has to say about tradition needing to breathe, but also that it's something you recieve and not something you can invent. I came into the Catholic Church a year ago from Protestantism, and I actually feel more Protestant now than I did before. By that I mean the Pilgrims and other early American theologians, people like Johnathan Edwards, Cotton Mather, and the other great American Puritans. "Sinners in the Hands of Angry God" means so much more to me now that I have access to the sacrament of Confession. So much of what I learned as a Protestant is finally clicking into place now that it's contextualized in the wholeness of the Church's teaching and tradition. I think in the same way all traditions are fallen to an extent, drawing closer to the truth can breathe life into traditions that had always been missing it.
A friend and I have been mildly at odds lately because I’m looking to the Catholic Church to define my traditions and she is looking to Judaism. The irony being both are rooted in the OT. I like your last sentence. It’s a pretty good point both of us would agree with.
I distinctly remember finishing Crime and Punishment. I was 18, sitting on the city bus and I started crying because of the beauty of Raskolnikov's redemption. After so many pages of him closing his heart, finally came the thaw.
Crime and Punishment is probably my favorite novel. I recently re-read it and was very moved again by how Raskolnikov came out of the prison of his mind while being in real prison. He is like a man trapped in the hell of his own mind who is surrounded by Saints.
I am a huge proponent of using story telling to teach true things. I am especially a huge proponent of bringing it back to the layman’s study of history. This is how the earliest parts of the Bible were passed on - through story telling. It makes it easier to relate to and easier to remember.
As a lover of fairytales and university student learning Russian right now, I love this episode! (....I actually have a quiz in a few hours. Я думаю, все будет хорошо🤞🏻)
Thank you so much for these thoughtful discussions that help frame life. As a Protestant, I have been starving for these thought processes, life posture, and deep historic thinking that I’m discovering in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Love it!
I would love to visit Russia. Crime and Punishment had an effect on me as a teenager. Literature- Lewis and Tolkien- definitely brought me to the Faith.
What a surprise to see his name on your list! I was introduced to him on Pageau's channel and am currently halfway through his Raven Son series, and have read some of his retellings of Russian fairy tales. As a writer and someone researching Russian history for my own writing, this is awesome.
I needed this ❤ I was a huge reader and loved folklore and fairytales. We are welcoming our first child in a few weeks and I would love to instill that deep imagination in him with stories 💕💕
Matt, I read the short story you mentioned because I was curious as to why you were so moved. And wow, I was left speechless. I now understand the first two years of my marriage.😢😅
Matt, would be great if you could interview Fr.Ripperger. His talks have brought so much change in our prayer lives, especially with spiritual warfare.
Matt actually said not too long ago that he's up for it and has been in contact with Fr. Ripperger. The only obstacle is that Fr's bishop asked him to refrain from interviews for a while to focus on other matters.
2:45:36 he compares tradition Catholics in this country to the old Russian orthodox, the ones that no longer believe that apostolic succession still exist. Essentially making an over generalization as if traditionalist and sedevacantism are one and the same. That’s hardly a charitable comparison.
When comparing your writing to someone like Tolkien, one has to consider the fact that Tolkien wrote LOTR and developed that world over many years. It was a long process. And even after it was published, it underwent changes.
Dammit! The good deacon beat me to the punch. I had a dream of bribing my way on to Matt's show JUST TO TELL HIM to read that hideous strength! And for just the same reason! My man Clive knew EXACTLY what these trans-humanists were about, a full 50 years before they really got cranking. God Bless that guy. Love 'im.
So funny. I got into Dostoevsky from listening to this channel and Peter Kreeft. I started with Brothers Karamazov, then Crime and Punishment, and The Double. Now I'm reading the Idiot, I don't like it as much as the others. I also just read Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet, I however, enjoyed it very much. Anyway, thanks for mentioning Dostoevsky so much! ❤
Loved this interview so grateful I really appreciate how long you spent on fairytales and the importance of these stories 🙏 I’m a homeschool mom of three and I found it inspiring
Interesting so far! In my own journey, I reverted in college while studying engineering and was VERY prone to explain away miraculous things with natural sciences. I thought the miracles were incredible (the science behind how Christ could have sweat blood or bleed water and blood upon being pierced on the cross, but I was for whatever reason not eager to accept that supernatural events/actions actually occurred. At one point in senior year though, there was a shift in my thought process when I started to learn how to pray… 3 years after graduation now, I’ve found myself not only believing in the “legend” parts of the saints’ lives, but also pushing back against people who try to discard mythical/legend-like aspects of stories as “hype” or “myth”. We gotta accept that the Lord will occasionally work supernaturally through the saints and His church, and science shouldn’t be the first thing we use to analyze or filter the stories we hear about saints/miracles… I really love how the Deacon emphasized that we shouldn’t just discard these things! At the very least they reveal some truth. Going back to Genesis and the days before the flood, we are allowed to (not required to) believe that there were giants and other “mythical” beings that God sought to wipe out.
Terrific episode and thoroughly enjoyed hearing Dcn. Kotar. With small children on the horizon, I spend a lot of time wondering how to teach them virtue with myself being a sinner and our society basically a heathen one, reading fairy tales will certainly be part of the routine.
I actually liked Out of the Silent Planet better than Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, (I liked those too as well). For me it was the aliens in Out of the Silent Planet that I liked. Decent series, still not Hobbit/LOTR/Silmarillion level though.
LOL with the QuickTime reference. Quite the intriguing roundtable. Thank you. PS: Deacon's initial perspective on this Ukrainian Russian conflict was essentially my own. I have some roots in that part of the world, especially with my Great Uncle Walter from Belarus. I very much appreciate his understanding of the situation.
He Matt, i am from the Netherlands and follow you for a while know, love your content and i have joint your 40 hour fast only instead of coffee i drink Thea because i quit coffee for lent.
1:16:24 Saints taking the standard "heroes journey", embody the tropes of story telling, etc,.. The Bible tells us there is nothing new under the sun, God makes the same things happen over and over again. There's always going to be something familiar in the stories that connect to us. There's a truth that runs through them all.
Thank you so much for your podcast. These talks are so fascinating and opening up whole new worlds to me. I didn't even know I didn't know any of this, but now I do, I'm so excited to read fairytales now. Also, your podcast is one of the main reasons I will becoming Confirmed in the Catholic Church this Saturday. Thank you, Matt.
Matt, you must read Peralandra and then That Hideous Strength. Read Peralandra once. Read THS yearly. It strengthens you for the Battle. So much is relevant to today and the solutions and reality he preaches are eternal.❤ Seriously.😊
I just really hope that you guys bring someone to talk about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua and how alive Liberation theory is in Brazil as well . Some of those topics would be great as well .
Come to hear Dcn. Nicholas hear about story telling. Stay for his heart wrenching and beautifully poignant commentary on current events in Russia and Ukraine.... It's my considered opinion forces of evil (be they political or spiritual) need there to be division and discord in the Church because their shared Orthodoxy is the one thing that could bring the region together in peace, in a way no politics can. Evil wants discord and war, therefore the church must be divided.
In a Certain Kingdom has changed to In a Certain Land. Unfortunately, all previous material has been lost, but he says that there are new stories to come.
You can follow along here without paying (and watch the livestream we did prepping people). Locals only allows supporters to comment, however. -> mattfradd.locals.com/post/3798774/40-hour-fast
In my experience talking to Russians who still live in Russia, there's a lot of hatred for people like the good Deacon here. They see people like him as naive, stuck in the past, blind to the real difficulties of everyday life, and living in a dream. I have no idea if that's true, I have zero cultural connection to Russia. But that's what they've told me. As an American, maybe it's my bias, but I thought his interpretation of the war followed this stereotype.
Not unreasonable. I think it is difficult for those who do not sit in Russia's shoes to actually understand the decisions it has to make. Similarly, I think if there is a war over Taiwan, it will be very difficult for anyone in the west to really understand the Chinese perspective because they do not live the Chinese life, nor have that unique history which informs the present outlook. I'd imagine if the United States had lost the Cold War, and all of Latin America had formed a large military alliance of communist countries, the economic and cultural output of which eclipsed the US in terms of influence, and this alliance then began creeping towards the US, strangling its exports, trying to overthrow its few remaining allies, the feeling may be mutual.
@@Gonzalezluis89 exactly what the title says. Russia, and the (catholic)universal church. Its a great read. Solyvev was kinda like a st. Thomas aquinas from the russia.
@@Gonzalezluis89 basically it's Soloviev explaining why Russia was in schism, and anticipating the message of Fatima in an uncanny way. He also foresaw the Constantinople/Moscow schism. It is great reading for Catholics, especially apologists.
@@Gonzalezluis89 he also forsaw the creation and the failure of the european union, that they would try to copy the United states in that way. Brilliant writer.
I like the perspective, especially the part where he applied Dostoevsky's Demons to explain major societal zeitgeists. However, he seems to relay some things which aren't true. The thing about the crosses turning dark at the Pechersk Lavra definitely isn't true. The crosses on the Refrectory Church have been dark for years because the coating has worn off (I have pictures of them being dark when I went there numerous times, but you can also see these online). It was also spread by Metropolitan Pavlo, who is a bit suspect in of himself with suspicious wealth holdings, and this claim has been said as untrue by other clergy in the UOC-MP.
Exactly. Basically, the part of the episode related to the war in Ukraine is a strange mix of putin’s messages, orthodox mystery and a little part of truth. Why on earth he calls Ukrainian Orthodox Church canonical? This is how this church continues calling themselves for the last 30 years and strictly canonically was right. But after Kontantinopol Patriarchy issued a Thomos few years ago and they did not accept it they are no longer canonical. The only canonical orthodox church in Unraine is the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Heck, Nicholas even doesn’t mention Ukraine as a subject in this war. No, bro, when putin says correct things about spread of leftist agenda, he does this not because of defending any sort of christian or even russian values. He just tries to manipulate and get encouraged by conservative circles in the West. If one publicly calls himself “an Orthodox Atheist” and then run the war against those he yesterday called “brother nation”, it has nothing to do with defending christian values.
@@stevelesnyak3331 The 'church' under Serhii Dumenko is not canonical, and is not recognized as such by anyone other than Constantinople and its immediate satellites. Further, Dumenko, the self-styled "metropolitan" isn't even validly ordained, as his pseudo-ordination was undertaken by individuals both Moscow and Constantinople agreed were schismatics who had been deposed.
@@Markusctfldl no, it’s not true. When it comes to recognition, not only Konstantinopole but also Alexandria, Cyprus and Elladi (Greek) Orthodox Churches officially recognised the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Only two churches denied recognition- russian and Serbian. The rest haven’t make a decision yet. BTW, moscow broke communion with Konstantinopole - don’t you recognise Konstantinopole as a valid Orthodox Church as a result? Of course not. Moscow Church blesses soldiers for war in Ukraine. It does it by words of the Patriarch, bishops and priests. Guys, I’m totally on the same page with you when comes to all the threats of modern leftist agenda. I can totally understand how desperately we all look for allies in this struggle. But russia is not and cannot be the one. Russia is nor a religios country by any means nor is it any sort of moral example. Their Church is just an organic part of the state machine (though there are of course good people there as well). It’s a country with one of the highest abortion rate in the world, they deny official existence of any sort of Eastern Chatholic Church in the country. Anyway, they starter the war with those they called “brother nation”. Just don’t become prey of their sophisticated propaganda - they know whom they target (conservative circles in the West and especially in the Catholic Church). Devil is very smart. Pray for Ukraine’s victory and russia’s conversion to the truth!
@@stevelesnyak3331The Churches you mention qualify as “immediate satellites”. IMO no other Orthodox Churches are going to support Pat. Bartholomew in this. Even the majority of the monasteries on Mt. Athos (which are under the EP) have refused communion with OCU. The EP has violated canons and may be deposed eventually if he does not repent of his uncanonical meddling in Ukraine. He is trying to pretend he has a kind of papal authority over other Orthodox Churches, but that is not an Orthodox interpretation of his role in the canons according to most Orthodox from what I have read and most Orthodox have been deeply scandalized by his actions. UOC is definitely seen in the Orthodox world as the genuinely canonical Church with true Apostolic succession of its Bishops because indeed this is the spiritual reality of the situation. Not so with hierarchs in the OCU, one of whom had been defrocked and the other of which was “ordained” by a self-appointed “Bishop” who had no proper ordination by Bishops in the succession. These cannot receive the grace of true ordination by the magical waving of a tomos by the EP….
2:30:20 Deacon Kotar is hitting on Mark 7:15 "there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile."
Watch the post show wrap up vid we did over on Locals on Russian Fairy tales: mattfradd.locals.com/post/3796680/a-russian-fairy-tale
Please have Dcn. Kotar on as a reoccurring guest.
“You become the saint”… “at a time when everyone is too intelligent, become the idiot”. Best quote of the year.
My dad, an Orthodox Jew, came to the Catholic Faith partially through literature, Dostoevsky in particular. Literature is an incredible heritage.
Thats odd, Dostoevsky was Orthodox Christian and had very negative views on the Catholic Church
@@samr.i.9485 Dostoevsky was the grandson of a Uniate, and was himself complicated in his views on the Catholic Church. I’m not so sure he wasn’t a Uniate himself, but at least had sympathies toward them. Also, one can be moved by literature even when one doesn’t agree with the totality of the author’s philosophy (for example, I greatly admire Schmemann, but don’t agree with every aspect of his theology). In Dostoevsky’s case, his theology permeates his works. As an Orthodox Jew with a Russian grandfather, my dad could recognize some of his own soul in Dostoevsky’s books. He had many other influences, not least of which is the Catholic Jew St. Edith Stein. It’s helps that my father is well educated and knew the Old Testament well. So when he heard the Gospels for the first time he recognized the arrival of the Jewish Messiah. Folks like Dostoevsky merely guided him toward Christ.
I mean, same💁🏽♂️
Dostoevsky famously put strong criticisms of Catholicism in his major works (Grand inquisitor anyone? He was often considered xenophobic for how wary he was of western influences including western Christianity influencing Russia but thought the “Russian Christ” meaning Orthodoxy was the treasure the world needed.
I did not expect to hear Matt Fraad is Eastern Catholic and Trent Horn prefers the Divine Liturgy over Catholic services.
This guy is like the a Russian Pageau . I could listen to this kind of content for hours
As someone with a Russian Orthodox mother and a Polish Catholic father (RIP+), I really appreciate you interviewing Nicholas..Both of you are very intelligent, inquisitive people, which made for really good, interesting content. BTW I'm in the 39 club as well, but will be 40, April 20..God bless
Happy Early Birthday 🎉 many more years to you!
@@franciscovasquez9417 thank you so much!..God bless through Bogoroditsa
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I have a polish catholic mother
Happy early birthday!
Nicholas Kotar has been gifted to help the Church reengage storytelling with the cosmic mystery of Christ! Love his work and delightful seeing him with Matt.
"Cosmic Christ" is what the UN calls "The Christ". It is a notion of "The Christ" devoid of HIS ONE HOLY CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC Faith.
Many will praise this "Cosmic Christ" in the years to come which is devoid of the actual Church and Religion Jesus Christ founded.
@@PearlofLucy Maybe read what the dude wrote. He didn't say "Cosmic Christ" he said the "cosmic mystery of Christ" - you know, like the title of the book one of our shared saints, St. Maximos the Confessor wrote.
I really enjoyed what Dcn. Kotar has to say about tradition needing to breathe, but also that it's something you recieve and not something you can invent. I came into the Catholic Church a year ago from Protestantism, and I actually feel more Protestant now than I did before. By that I mean the Pilgrims and other early American theologians, people like Johnathan Edwards, Cotton Mather, and the other great American Puritans. "Sinners in the Hands of Angry God" means so much more to me now that I have access to the sacrament of Confession. So much of what I learned as a Protestant is finally clicking into place now that it's contextualized in the wholeness of the Church's teaching and tradition. I think in the same way all traditions are fallen to an extent, drawing closer to the truth can breathe life into traditions that had always been missing it.
I’m a convert from Protestantism and I’ve never thought of it like you have but now that you’ve explained it, I feel the exact same way!
A friend and I have been mildly at odds lately because I’m looking to the Catholic Church to define my traditions and she is looking to Judaism. The irony being both are rooted in the OT. I like your last sentence. It’s a pretty good point both of us would agree with.
I distinctly remember finishing Crime and Punishment. I was 18, sitting on the city bus and I started crying because of the beauty of Raskolnikov's redemption. After so many pages of him closing his heart, finally came the thaw.
This was a REALLY interesting conversation! I appreciated his nuanced take on the war in Ukraine.
Soon as I heard the lord of the rings reference I was like here we go👉🏽😎
Crime and Punishment is probably my favorite novel. I recently re-read it and was very moved again by how Raskolnikov came out of the prison of his mind while being in real prison. He is like a man trapped in the hell of his own mind who is surrounded by Saints.
I am a huge proponent of using story telling to teach true things. I am especially a huge proponent of bringing it back to the layman’s study of history. This is how the earliest parts of the Bible were passed on - through story telling. It makes it easier to relate to and easier to remember.
As a lover of fairytales and university student learning Russian right now, I love this episode! (....I actually have a quiz in a few hours. Я думаю, все будет хорошо🤞🏻)
So cool to hear Kotar join in conversation with Pints w Aquinas.
His books are amazing.
Which would you recommend reading first?
@@JenniferoftheSea son of sirin is first in his series. Son of the deathless is great and can be read as a stand alone book.
What a fascinating interview. This man has some very profound insights. Please bring Fr. Deacon Nicholas back again!
Thank you so much for these thoughtful discussions that help frame life. As a Protestant, I have been starving for these thought processes, life posture, and deep historic thinking that I’m discovering in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Love it!
I would love to visit Russia. Crime and Punishment had an effect on me as a teenager. Literature- Lewis and Tolkien- definitely brought me to the Faith.
Big fan of Kotar. Really like his interview on the Symbolic World.
This was the most interesting episode on storytelling. Thank you Father-Deacon and Matt. .
What a surprise to see his name on your list! I was introduced to him on Pageau's channel and am currently halfway through his Raven Son series, and have read some of his retellings of Russian fairy tales. As a writer and someone researching Russian history for my own writing, this is awesome.
I'm so fascinated by outsiders experiences of Americans as a rural American
I needed this ❤ I was a huge reader and loved folklore and fairytales. We are welcoming our first child in a few weeks and I would love to instill that deep imagination in him with stories 💕💕
My kids and I love Nicholas Kotars In A Certain Kingdom podcast. It's fabulous.
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Matt, I read the short story you mentioned because I was curious as to why you were so moved. And wow, I was left speechless. I now understand the first two years of my marriage.😢😅
A great conversation! Thoroughly enjoyed Dcn. Nicholas.
I wanted this conversation to never end.
This is one of the greatest crossovers in podcast history!
This man is a powerhouse! So thankful for this conversation
I was on the edge of my seat during this interview…loved it!
I need a list with all the books, stories and fairy tales mentioned in these video. This was a great interview!
Yes!
Love these kind of talks. Warms my heart.
Love this talk and the 40 hour fast was incredible! 🎉
This was such a great conversation. Inspired me to read more to my children.
Matt, would be great if you could interview Fr.Ripperger. His talks have brought so much change in our prayer lives, especially with spiritual warfare.
Matt actually said not too long ago that he's up for it and has been in contact with Fr. Ripperger. The only obstacle is that Fr's bishop asked him to refrain from interviews for a while to focus on other matters.
I don’t know if you noticed but Matt doesn’t like traditional Catholics as much. So maybe that has something to do with it.
2:45:36 he compares tradition Catholics in this country to the old Russian orthodox, the ones that no longer believe that apostolic succession still exist. Essentially making an over generalization as if traditionalist and sedevacantism are one and the same. That’s hardly a charitable comparison.
Keep up the good work, Matt and Nicholas
Thanks for a gripping couple hours, guys!
Nokolas is one of our my all time story tellers and writers. Really looking forward to feast on this interview!
When comparing your writing to someone like Tolkien, one has to consider the fact that Tolkien wrote LOTR and developed that world over many years. It was a long process. And even after it was published, it underwent changes.
This was a phenomenal episode. I would love to see this guy again!
Dammit! The good deacon beat me to the punch. I had a dream of bribing my way on to Matt's show JUST TO TELL HIM to read that hideous strength! And for just the same reason! My man Clive knew EXACTLY what these trans-humanists were about, a full 50 years before they really got cranking. God Bless that guy. Love 'im.
Thanks for having him on!
One of the best guests you’ve ever had on. His analysis of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is spot on 🙏🏽
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So funny. I got into Dostoevsky from listening to this channel and Peter Kreeft. I started with Brothers Karamazov, then Crime and Punishment, and The Double. Now I'm reading the Idiot, I don't like it as much as the others. I also just read Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet, I however, enjoyed it very much. Anyway, thanks for mentioning Dostoevsky so much! ❤
Interview Dcn. Nicholas Kotar and Jonathan Pageau together on one show woud be interesting.
YESS!! Perhaps even better: throw JBP in the mix too!!! Symbolism to the max!!!
Loved this interview so grateful I really appreciate how long you spent on fairytales and the importance of these stories 🙏 I’m a homeschool mom of three and I found it inspiring
Interesting so far! In my own journey, I reverted in college while studying engineering and was VERY prone to explain away miraculous things with natural sciences. I thought the miracles were incredible (the science behind how Christ could have sweat blood or bleed water and blood upon being pierced on the cross, but I was for whatever reason not eager to accept that supernatural events/actions actually occurred. At one point in senior year though, there was a shift in my thought process when I started to learn how to pray… 3 years after graduation now, I’ve found myself not only believing in the “legend” parts of the saints’ lives, but also pushing back against people who try to discard mythical/legend-like aspects of stories as “hype” or “myth”. We gotta accept that the Lord will occasionally work supernaturally through the saints and His church, and science shouldn’t be the first thing we use to analyze or filter the stories we hear about saints/miracles… I really love how the Deacon emphasized that we shouldn’t just discard these things! At the very least they reveal some truth.
Going back to Genesis and the days before the flood, we are allowed to (not required to) believe that there were giants and other “mythical” beings that God sought to wipe out.
There is growing amount of evidence that cultures of giants did exist maybe even after the Flood. Especially the burial mounds in North America.
Your story is similar to Marcus Grodi's. I encourage you to read and listen to his testimony.
Terrific episode and thoroughly enjoyed hearing Dcn. Kotar. With small children on the horizon, I spend a lot of time wondering how to teach them virtue with myself being a sinner and our society basically a heathen one, reading fairy tales will certainly be part of the routine.
I read Lord of the Rings trilogy every year starting a couple months before Christmas.
Just inished the Amon Sul episode with Deacon Nicholas Kotar, and now this pops up!
Excellent!
This interview was excellent. Thank you.
I LOVED this. Thank you so much for introducing me to Dr. Konrad.
This very well may have been my favorite PwA podcast to date. Please have him on again
This was great! Thanks Matt!
Loved this conversation.
Great podcast! i can listen to Nicholas forever!
Enjoyed the conversation ❣️🙏
I learned so much about Russian culture, thank you for this. ❤️
10/10 interview! Awesome guest!
Amazing interview. Loving the timestamps on videos now, thank you! I'd also love to see an interview with the Lord of Spirits guys
I actually liked Out of the Silent Planet better than Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, (I liked those too as well). For me it was the aliens in Out of the Silent Planet that I liked. Decent series, still not Hobbit/LOTR/Silmarillion level though.
We are living That Hideous Strength, now.
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Space Trilogy is simply amazing. But of course, nothing touches LOTR.
LOL with the QuickTime reference.
Quite the intriguing roundtable.
Thank you.
PS: Deacon's initial perspective on this Ukrainian Russian conflict was essentially my own. I have some roots in that part of the world, especially with my Great Uncle Walter from Belarus.
I very much appreciate his understanding of the situation.
He Matt, i am from the Netherlands and follow you for a while know, love your content and i have joint your 40 hour fast only instead of coffee i drink Thea because i quit coffee for lent.
Great conversation. I immediately went to look for other podcasts Deacon Kotar had done.
1:16:24 Saints taking the standard "heroes journey", embody the tropes of story telling, etc,.. The Bible tells us there is nothing new under the sun, God makes the same things happen over and over again. There's always going to be something familiar in the stories that connect to us. There's a truth that runs through them all.
Right. They had to memorize this stuff before it had become its current written form. Even recite from practice.
Thank you so much for your podcast. These talks are so fascinating and opening up whole new worlds to me. I didn't even know I didn't know any of this, but now I do, I'm so excited to read fairytales now. Also, your podcast is one of the main reasons I will becoming Confirmed in the Catholic Church this Saturday. Thank you, Matt.
I'd love to see Fr Dcn Nicholas and Fr Jason on a podcast together
Great interview choice. There is a major shift happening that people don’t see for the most part.
excellent, excellent interview!
Matt, you must read Peralandra and then That Hideous Strength. Read Peralandra once. Read THS yearly. It strengthens you for the Battle. So much is relevant to today and the solutions and reality he preaches are eternal.❤ Seriously.😊
Thanks for a great convo!
I really love his Raven Son series.
A wonderful warm intelligent conversation.kudos to you Gentlemen.
In regard to movies with 2:33:10 as a theme, Godzilla Minus One is EXCELLENT. Wasn’t out at the time of this video but it’s really great
The scorching hot iron shoes are from the end of the Grimm brothers' version of "Snow White", not "Cinderella ".
That’s German🐸
I just really hope that you guys bring someone to talk about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua and how alive Liberation theory is in Brazil as well . Some of those topics would be great as well .
Great episode!
this was awesome, thanks both
What a delightful man, a true Russian indeed.
Come to hear Dcn. Nicholas hear about story telling. Stay for his heart wrenching and beautifully poignant commentary on current events in Russia and Ukraine....
It's my considered opinion forces of evil (be they political or spiritual) need there to be division and discord in the Church because their shared Orthodoxy is the one thing that could bring the region together in peace, in a way no politics can. Evil wants discord and war, therefore the church must be divided.
In a Certain Kingdom has changed to In a Certain Land. Unfortunately, all previous material has been lost, but he says that there are new stories to come.
Very fascinating, gonna go buy some fairytale books!
Fr. Andrew who Also is on the Amon Sul podcast would be a great guest too to talk about Tolkien especially
I LOVE HIM!
"The Grimms were more Calvinist BUT they still were Christians. " As a Presbyterian I chuckled at this.😉❤✝️
I promise to ask more serious questions in the future
It was in Grimm's Snow White (not Cinderella) that the evil Queen was made to dance to death in hot iron shoes.
@8.42 Glad to see PRERELANDRA getting saluted as a great science fiction book
Agreed
About joining in the 40 hour fast-- I thought I heard Matt say we did not have to be a supporter to join in the comments but it seems we do?
You can follow along here without paying (and watch the livestream we did prepping people). Locals only allows supporters to comment, however. -> mattfradd.locals.com/post/3798774/40-hour-fast
@@pintswithaquinas thank you!!
Probably not an Easter Saturday ending Matt! Most likely Holy Saturday!
In my experience talking to Russians who still live in Russia, there's a lot of hatred for people like the good Deacon here. They see people like him as naive, stuck in the past, blind to the real difficulties of everyday life, and living in a dream. I have no idea if that's true, I have zero cultural connection to Russia. But that's what they've told me. As an American, maybe it's my bias, but I thought his interpretation of the war followed this stereotype.
Not unreasonable. I think it is difficult for those who do not sit in Russia's shoes to actually understand the decisions it has to make. Similarly, I think if there is a war over Taiwan, it will be very difficult for anyone in the west to really understand the Chinese perspective because they do not live the Chinese life, nor have that unique history which informs the present outlook. I'd imagine if the United States had lost the Cold War, and all of Latin America had formed a large military alliance of communist countries, the economic and cultural output of which eclipsed the US in terms of influence, and this alliance then began creeping towards the US, strangling its exports, trying to overthrow its few remaining allies, the feeling may be mutual.
I'd love to know where I can get a shirt like Mr. Kotar!
Maybe Nicholas was refering to the Golden Legend, when he spoke about how the Church was separating fact from legend in the saint's stories...?
Russia and the Universal Church, is a great read.
What is it about?
@@Gonzalezluis89 exactly what the title says. Russia, and the (catholic)universal church. Its a great read. Solyvev was kinda like a st. Thomas aquinas from the russia.
@@Gonzalezluis89 basically it's Soloviev explaining why Russia was in schism, and anticipating the message of Fatima in an uncanny way. He also foresaw the Constantinople/Moscow schism. It is great reading for Catholics, especially apologists.
@@johncollorafi257 thanks
@@Gonzalezluis89 he also forsaw the creation and the failure of the european union, that they would try to copy the United states in that way. Brilliant writer.
I like the perspective, especially the part where he applied Dostoevsky's Demons to explain major societal zeitgeists. However, he seems to relay some things which aren't true. The thing about the crosses turning dark at the Pechersk Lavra definitely isn't true. The crosses on the Refrectory Church have been dark for years because the coating has worn off (I have pictures of them being dark when I went there numerous times, but you can also see these online). It was also spread by Metropolitan Pavlo, who is a bit suspect in of himself with suspicious wealth holdings, and this claim has been said as untrue by other clergy in the UOC-MP.
Exactly. Basically, the part of the episode related to the war in Ukraine is a strange mix of putin’s messages, orthodox mystery and a little part of truth. Why on earth he calls Ukrainian Orthodox Church canonical? This is how this church continues calling themselves for the last 30 years and strictly canonically was right. But after Kontantinopol Patriarchy issued a Thomos few years ago and they did not accept it they are no longer canonical. The only canonical orthodox church in Unraine is the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Heck, Nicholas even doesn’t mention Ukraine as a subject in this war. No, bro, when putin says correct things about spread of leftist agenda, he does this not because of defending any sort of christian or even russian values. He just tries to manipulate and get encouraged by conservative circles in the West. If one publicly calls himself “an Orthodox Atheist” and then run the war against those he yesterday called “brother nation”, it has nothing to do with defending christian values.
@@stevelesnyak3331 The 'church' under Serhii Dumenko is not canonical, and is not recognized as such by anyone other than Constantinople and its immediate satellites. Further, Dumenko, the self-styled "metropolitan" isn't even validly ordained, as his pseudo-ordination was undertaken by individuals both Moscow and Constantinople agreed were schismatics who had been deposed.
@@Markusctfldl no, it’s not true. When it comes to recognition, not only Konstantinopole but also Alexandria, Cyprus and Elladi (Greek) Orthodox Churches officially recognised the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Only two churches denied recognition- russian and Serbian. The rest haven’t make a decision yet. BTW, moscow broke communion with Konstantinopole - don’t you recognise Konstantinopole as a valid Orthodox Church as a result? Of course not. Moscow Church blesses soldiers for war in Ukraine. It does it by words of the Patriarch, bishops and priests.
Guys, I’m totally on the same page with you when comes to all the threats of modern leftist agenda. I can totally understand how desperately we all look for allies in this struggle. But russia is not and cannot be the one. Russia is nor a religios country by any means nor is it any sort of moral example. Their Church is just an organic part of the state machine (though there are of course good people there as well). It’s a country with one of the highest abortion rate in the world, they deny official existence of any sort of Eastern Chatholic Church in the country. Anyway, they starter the war with those they called “brother nation”. Just don’t become prey of their sophisticated propaganda - they know whom they target (conservative circles in the West and especially in the Catholic Church). Devil is very smart. Pray for Ukraine’s victory and russia’s conversion to the truth!
@@stevelesnyak3331 tldr
@@stevelesnyak3331The Churches you mention qualify as “immediate satellites”. IMO no other Orthodox Churches are going to support Pat. Bartholomew in this. Even the majority of the monasteries on Mt. Athos (which are under the EP) have refused communion with OCU. The EP has violated canons and may be deposed eventually if he does not repent of his uncanonical meddling in Ukraine. He is trying to pretend he has a kind of papal authority over other Orthodox Churches, but that is not an Orthodox interpretation of his role in the canons according to most Orthodox from what I have read and most Orthodox have been deeply scandalized by his actions. UOC is definitely seen in the Orthodox world as the genuinely canonical Church with true Apostolic succession of its Bishops because indeed this is the spiritual reality of the situation. Not so with hierarchs in the OCU, one of whom had been defrocked and the other of which was “ordained” by a self-appointed “Bishop” who had no proper ordination by Bishops in the succession. These cannot receive the grace of true ordination by the magical waving of a tomos by the EP….
This is fantastic!
Great stuff
Yeah, those of us not in third place know Valhalla ain’t it🐐
Leave it to Matt Fradd to bring up Sonic
Here for you
You guys need to link in the description box Vigen Guroian's book, Tending the Heart of Virtue.
Did anyone catch the name of the book that Nicholas recommended at 1:06:36? Sounds like mosaic history?
Looking forward to reading the Russian Fairy tales
Ikr?🤣
Where would one get the Chestertonian pince-nez glasses with prescription?
2:30:20 Deacon Kotar is hitting on Mark 7:15 "there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile."