The Saint Emmelia Podcast show

The Saint Emmelia Podcast

Summary: The Saint Emmelia Podcast provides inspiring and informative resources and experiences that equip homeschooling families to educate the next generation of Orthodox faithful in North America.

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  • Artist: Melissa Naasko, Fr. Noah Bushelli, and Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Copyright: Ancient Faith Ministries

Podcasts:

 080 - Spiritual Nuggets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Fr. Peter Kavanaugh offers guidance on how to address some of the challenging questions with which parents will be faced.

 079 - Interview with Casey Kassiani Newman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On today’s episode, Melissa Elizabeth Naasko interviews Casey Kassiani Newman, an iconographer, mother, and wife of a deacon . She maintains her studio, Kassiani’s Art Studio from which she produces icons and children’s art and iconography educational materials. She is the creator of the incredibly helpful Sparks4Orthodox materials for children. Kassiani’s Art Studio on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kassianis.art.studio?igsh=M3g3emZ3dDBveWh4 Sparks4Orthodox Website https://sparks4orthodoxkids.com/ Sparks4Orthodox on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sparks4orthodox?igsh=cnlyamFodnlnajRn

 078 - Spiritual Nuggets: Beauty | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Fr. Ignatius Green reflects on the importance of and need for beauty. Fr. Green is St. Emmelia's Spiritual Advisor for the OCA.

 077 - Interview with Amanda Chagnon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Amanda Chagnon is a wife and mother of three who is now using her professional experience as a nurse to care for her medically fragile child. She talks with Melissa Elizabeth Naasko about the joys and challenges in homeschooling with chronic illness.

 076 - Hiding in the Library: Risky Business | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In this episode, Fr. Noah Bushelli (Saint Emmelia Ministries Director) joins Mindi to discuss the spiritual aspects of reading, especially selecting books. Books mentioned: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery The Cosmere series (and other works) by Brandon Sanderson The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

 075 - Spiritual Nuggets: Friendship | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Fr. Peter Kavanaugh offers suggestions for helping our children to form good Orthodox friendships.

 074 - Interview with Steve Christoforou | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On today’s episode, Melissa talks with Steve Christoforou. Steve’s smile and friendly voice is familiar to Orthodox youth and their families because of his incredibly popular Be the Bee internet series and the accompanying Bee Retreats. Melissa and Steve talk about the positive and the many negatives of engagement with social media. Recently, Steve has made an intentional effort to reduce the role that social media plays in his life and he shares the way he’s managed it and the positive effect this had in his life. These days, Steve is the Director of Operations and Community Engagement of FOCUS North America, an organization dedicated to helping Orthodox Christians serve the needy.

 073 - Hiding in the Library Featuring the 2023 Fall Interns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Among the many books mentioned are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wave Kings by Brandon Sanderson Billy Summers by Stephen King How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey Dracula by Bram Stoker Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski Les Miserables by Victor Hugo A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens AND MANY MORE!

 072 - Spiritual Nuggets: Dating in Orthodoxy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Fr. Peter Kavanaugh offers suggestions for the challenges of Orthodox dating.

 071 - Hiding in the Library Featuring the 2023 Summer Interns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Two of our Summer 2023 interns join Mindi for a discussion about favorite books and how their parents helped them learn how to love good literature. The books discussed are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodr Dostoevsky  The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

 070 - Spiritual Nuggets: Disobedience | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Fr. Nikolai Meyers reflects on loving ways to address moments when parents are faced with disobedience and disrespect.

 069 - Interview with Marcy Fox | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today’s podcast with Melissa Elizabeth Naasko features the new financial coordinator for St Emmelia Ministries, Marcy Fox. Marcy is a mother of three and she and her husband own a small business. As music teachers with a studio, they incorporate their business life with their homeschooling life. Marcy is also a dedicated life long adult learner and she inspires others to always keep learning and to not let the fear of failure deprive of us the opportunity to do new things. One of her tasks is to distribute scholarship funds to clergy families enrolled in online education, a program which is funded through the generous donations of the faithful. You can find out more about this and other scholarship programs offered by St Emmelia by clicking through here. https://www.saintemmelia.com/scholarships-grants

 Growing with Grace, Episode Three: The Challenges of Being Homeschooled | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The interns discuss some of the challenges they've faced in their homeschool journey, and how they have faced those challenges.

 Growing with Grace, Episode Two: The Blessings of Being Homeschooled | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Saint Emmelia interns discuss what they've loved about their homeschool experience.

 Growing with Grace, Episode One: Meet the Interns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In this introductory episode of the "Growing With Grace" series, we meet the hosts: Three homeschooled teens who have been interning with St. Emmelia Ministries. They get to know each other a little better and discuss their respective homeschool backgrounds.

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