What Does Worship in Spirit & in Truth Look Like?

Reference materials for this episode: https://orthodoxtao.com/notes/orthodox-worship-notes/Scripture citations for this episode:John 4:1-42 - the Samaritan woman at the well, worship in spirit & in truthGenesis 1-3 - Jesus walks in the Garden with Adam & EveGenesis 3 - Sin results in toil & laborGenesis 4 - Cain is off the rails which is why God rejects his sacrifice- His ascetic activity tilling the ground has hardened his heart instead of softeningGenesis 5-9 - Everything gets worse & worse until God unmakes the world- The ark is the vessel of salvation, many churches are designed to look like an inverted ark- Noah is given the same first commandment, “be fruitful & multiply”, be a gardenerGenesis 11 - Babel is the archetypal false religion: transactional, tries to control “the god”- God scatters the nations to try to save them from this but they worship demonsEzekiel 1, Revelation 4 & 7, 21 & 22 - liturgical Sabbath worshipExodus 25-31 - The physicality of The Tabernacle - An Orthodox church has an alter, an ark of the covenant, a 7 branch candle stand - We have the table of bread, we have incense & oilThe Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion. Our hosts are Father Symeon Kees of Iowa City & James John Marks of Chicago.Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://x.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/xtiansaintspodcast.bsky.socialIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2026