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(LIVE BLOG) THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT: OF KALIKANTZAROI AND THE WORLD TREE

🍊November 21 marks the beginning of the season of the four Winter Festivals of Light with the Orthodox celebration of Mary's Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. The day is known in Western Christianity as the Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple. Christmas Lent started on Nov. 15. The second festival on the calendar is the Nativity which is celebrated on Christmas Eve on December 24 and Christmas Day on the 25th. Christmas itself consists of twelve days. It also comprises the Circumcision of our Lord  which is commemorated on January 1 and the third festival of Theophany (Western Epiphany) on January 6. The fourth and final celebration in the Festival of Light is the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple on February 2. This day is also known as Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter.



Dec. 11, 2025 Aktina TV: AKTINA TV: Myths of Cyprus: The Kalikantzaroi.

Within the darkness between Christmas and Theophany, just after the Winter Solstice and the rebirth of nature, little mischievous creatures known as Kalikantzaroi emerge from the bowels of the earth where they spend time sawing the trunk of the mythical World Tree. According to Greek folklore, these shadowy figures with twisted forms and insatiable appetites, reminiscent of Goblins, Fauns and Satyrs visit the earth during the twelve days of Christmas from December 25th until January 6th, Theophany Day to cause mayhem and annoy humans. But what, truly, are the Kalikantzaroi? 


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Nov. 21, 2025

ENTRANCE OF THE THEOTOKOS


March 31, 2022 Jonathan Pageau - Universal History: The Christian Continuation of Hanukkah | with Richard Rohlin.

Today the Orthodox world marks the sacred feast of the  Mary's Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. The day is known in Western Christianity as the Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple. More here on Brave AI (link). 

In the podcast Deacon Seraphim (Richard Rohlin at the time) frequently references Father Stephen de Young. He is a biblical scholar running the radio show The Lord of Spirits on Ancient Faith Radio, in which he goes deep into the details of the Old Testament. 

We are in the process of bringing over 120 episodes together in a playlist here. The playlist of episodes of Universal History with Jonathan Pageau and Deacon Seraphim you can also access on our pages, here. 






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