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The Symbolic World

279 - Fr. Andrew Damick and Richard Rohlin - Lithuania: The Wolf and the Cross

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.8824 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This is a discussion I had with Fr. Andrew Damick and Richard Rohlin from Ancient Faith Ministries about an Orthodox pilgrimage they made to Lithuania. They have an upcoming documentary and a podcast called The Wolf and the Cross about what they learned about Orthodoxy in Lithuania. Original video: https://youtu.be/36mr6G-rHUc?t=1641 Discussed images: - Image of the icon, Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn: https://youtu.be/36mr6G-rHUc?t=1514 - An icon similar to the icon St. Seraphim of Sarov had: https://youtu.be/36mr6G-rHUc?t=1641 The Wolf and the Cross podcast: - Episode 1: The Wolf: Lithuania Before the Cross: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wolfandcross/01_the_wolf_lithuania_before_the_cross My links: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And there are hundreds of thousands of crosses on this place.

0:04.5

And it was a stunning experience to be there.

0:07.6

It was one of these places as soon as you walk in, you feel like you must be quiet.

0:11.1

Just immediately you must be quiet.

0:13.2

And as we were walking, you're going to hear this.

0:14.6

You're going to hear this on the documentary in a couple of episodes.

0:18.1

So Father Gintras, who was one of the priests, the priest, really, who showed us

0:21.1

around almost the whole country, he said as we were walking around, he says, you know, when people

0:25.8

place their crosses here, some are happy because they're celebrating something. You know,

0:30.2

sometimes they put one because of child was born or baptized or something like that. Sometimes

0:34.0

they're sad. They're remembering someone who's departed or they're praying for something that they're really worrying about. He says, walking around here and seeing all the names and all of these languages on these hundreds of thousands of crosses. He says, this is almost like hearing what God hears. And as you look around, you see all these prayers that are ascending, and you actually can read them.

1:10.6

This is Jonathan Peugeot. Welcome to the symbolic world.

1:12.6

So hello everyone. I am very happy to be here with Father Andrew Damick and Richard Rowland.

1:29.9

And Father, I always pronounce your name wrong, which I'm sorry. And I just realized it did it again.

1:36.1

And but you know I love you. And for people that watch the channel, you are used to seeing them here.

1:42.1

I feel like we are in some ways partners in crime,

1:45.4

although we're not committing a crime. We're helping to restore a certain way of seeing

1:50.1

and a certain way of participating in reality. And so Father Andrew and Richard went together

1:55.9

on a trip to Lithuania to document the relationship between orthodoxy and the deep stories

2:02.4

that exist in Lithuania. So I am excited. I haven't yet listened to the podcast. I have to confess,

2:09.1

but I'm excited to. It's called the Wolf on the Cross, an Orthodox Christian pilgrimage in Lithuania.

2:14.3

And the first episode is already out the wolf Lithuania before the cross.

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