Russian Orthodoxy, Fairy Tales, and Good Story Telling w/ Dcn. Nicholas Kotar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- Fantasy and Sci-Fi Writer Nicholas Kotar joins the show.
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0:00 40 hour fast
1:40 Intro
3:00 Russian Culture
5:00 Christian Literature
8:27 Transhumanism
10:00 Dostoevsky
13:40 Living in Russia vs U.S.A
21:30 Kotar & Christianity
24:26 Growing up with a Priest as a Dad
28:05 College life
31:51 Appreciating Russian Literature
37:00 Politics & God
53:23 Russian Fairy Tales
1:06:40 Saints & Fairy Tales
1:23:32 Documenting the Lives of Saints
1:29:04 Unhealthy Reflections from Reading Lives of Saints
1:33:20 Saints & Fairy Tales
1:37:30 Children's Intuition & Fairy Tales
1:45:16 Break
1:49:15 Christian Influence on Fairy Tales
1:53:57 Local's Questions
1:54:20 Reading Training
2:20:10 When are Children Ready for Intense Fairy Tales
2:25:00 How Russian Fairy Tales Influence Kotar's Writing
2:26:00 Woke Fairy Tales
2:29:00 Protecting Children From Witchcraft
2:34:04 Modernity & God
2:46:00 Closing - บันเทิง
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.
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🤞🏻)
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.
Big fan of Kotar. Really like his interview on the Symbolic World.
I'm so fascinated by outsiders experiences of Americans as a rural American
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.
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.
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 💕💕
I wanted this conversation to never end.
Thanks for a gripping couple hours, guys!
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.
This was the most interesting episode on storytelling. Thank you Father-Deacon and Matt. .
What a fascinating interview. This man has some very profound insights. Please bring Fr. Deacon Nicholas back again!
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.😢😅
This is one of the greatest crossovers in podcast history!
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!
A great conversation! Thoroughly enjoyed Dcn. Nicholas.
Keep up the good work, Matt and Nicholas
One of the best guests you’ve ever had on. His analysis of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is spot on 🙏🏽
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I was on the edge of my seat during this interview…loved it!
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.
Love this talk and the 40 hour fast was incredible! 🎉
Excellent conversation! I'll be rewatching this episode for sure. Thank you.
This was such a great conversation. Inspired me to read more to my children.
My kids and I love Nicholas Kotars In A Certain Kingdom podcast. It's fabulous.
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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.
This man is a powerhouse! So thankful for this conversation
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.
Nokolas is one of our my all time story tellers and writers. Really looking forward to feast on this interview!
Love these kind of talks. Warms my heart.
I need a list with all the books, stories and fairy tales mentioned in these video. This was a great interview!
Yes!
Thanks for having him on!
This was great! Thanks Matt!
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 conversation.
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
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!!!
I read Lord of the Rings trilogy every year starting a couple months before Christmas.
Enjoyed the conversation ❣️🙏
This was a phenomenal episode. I would love to see this guy again!
Thanks for a great convo!
Great episode!
A wonderful warm intelligent conversation.kudos to you Gentlemen.
This interview was excellent. Thank you.
10/10 interview! Awesome guest!
I LOVED this. Thank you so much for introducing me to Dr. Konrad.
this was awesome, thanks both
excellent, excellent interview!
Just inished the Amon Sul episode with Deacon Nicholas Kotar, and now this pops up!
Excellent!
Great conversation. I immediately went to look for other podcasts Deacon Kotar had done.
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.
Great podcast! i can listen to Nicholas forever!
Amazing interview. Loving the timestamps on videos now, thank you! I'd also love to see an interview with the Lord of Spirits guys
This is fantastic!
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.
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.
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.
Very fascinating, gonna go buy some fairytale books!
This very well may have been my favorite PwA podcast to date. Please have him on again
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.
I learned so much about Russian culture, thank you for this. ❤️
I really love his Raven Son series.
Great interview choice. There is a major shift happening that people don’t see for the most part.
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
Great stuff
Yeah, those of us not in third place know Valhalla ain’t it🐐
Good stuff
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.
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.
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 scorching hot iron shoes are from the end of the Grimm brothers' version of "Snow White", not "Cinderella ".
That’s German🐸
I'd love to see Fr Dcn Nicholas and Fr Jason on a podcast together
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.
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 promise to ask more serious questions in the future
The little children’s story on locals was really great! Thanks for the variety of material for your PwA family. Cheers 🍻
"The Grimms were more Calvinist BUT they still were Christians. " As a Presbyterian I chuckled at this.😉❤✝️
I love the wonder here
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.
Where would one get the Chestertonian pince-nez glasses with prescription?
It was in Grimm's Snow White (not Cinderella) that the evil Queen was made to dance to death in hot iron shoes.
Probably not an Easter Saturday ending Matt! Most likely Holy Saturday!
Ok now this is cool
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!!
@8.42 Glad to see PRERELANDRA getting saluted as a great science fiction book
Agreed
You guys need to link in the description box Vigen Guroian's book, Tending the Heart of Virtue.
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...?
Looking forward to reading the Russian Fairy tales
Ikr?🤣
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'd love to know where I can get a shirt like Mr. Kotar!
"The ancient wildness that's always there."
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