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Christian History Almanac
The Christian History Almanac is a daily 5-minute podcast that highlights those stories- sometimes well known, other times less so- that have shaped the history of the church. Hosted by historian and author Dr. Daniel van Voorhis, each daily podcast concludes with a piece of prose or poetry and the reminder that because of the Good News, everything is going to be ok.
Episodes
Christian History AlmanacThursday, January 22, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell a story about three cages hanging from a church in Münster, Germany. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, January 21, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the Anglicans and their Book of Common Prayer. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, January 20, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell a story about maps and the Old Testament and a guy called Sebastian. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, January 19, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a question about a Christian revival and a religious revival in America. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents — the "Other" Pilgrim's Progress: John Amos Comenius
Weekend Edition for January 17-18, 2026 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, January 16, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a key advisor behind the Reformation in Germany: George Spalatin. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, January 15, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember two saints connected to the Egyptian desert. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, January 14, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an oft-forgotten Norwegian pastor and Nazi resistor. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, January 13, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember "the Hammer of the Arians." Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, January 12, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about radicals and Methodists. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Coffee, Canon, and a Possible Lost Ark—The Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Weekend Edition for January 10-11, 2026 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, January 9, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the saint who dared to oppose Ivan the Terrible. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, January 8, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the most important Catholic in American history?! Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, January 7, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a famous letter that helped settle the Canon of the New Testament for the church. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, January 6, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of, perhaps, the most popular hymn for Epiphany. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, January 5, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Eastern Orthodoxy and the Bible The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: A…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Reprise - About Time!
Weekend Edition for January 3-4, 2026 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, January 2, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the medieval Bessarion and his critical position between East and West. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, January 1, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the momentous events in church history that have rung in a new year. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, December 31, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look at the events surrounding a lesser-known man of the season: Silvesterclaus. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, December 30, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the remarkable Josephine Butler. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, December 29, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a question about the history of the ominous "rapture." Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Reprise! Mark Heard, Poet and Prophet
Weekend Edition for December 27-28. 2025 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, December 26, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look at a curious hymn/carol made famous by the date. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, December 25, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we celebrate the feast of the Nativity with a special reading. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, December 24, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we examine the history of Christianity and the place of trees, Christmas, or otherwise. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, December 23, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look into a common Christmas question about dates. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, December 22, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we investigate the story of Santa slapping Arius at the Council of Nicaea. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Your Questions and Recommendations
Weekend Edition for December 20-21, 2025 Previous Christmas History Almanacs: https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/2022-12-03…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, December 19, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the "Prince of Scottish Hymnwriters." Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, December 18, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a very popular but quite mysterious Sikh-turned-Christian in 20th-century India. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, December 17, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we celebrate the 125th birthday of an American church body with Norwegian roots. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, December 16, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a "minor" Prophet and his "major" contribution to the post-exilic people. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, December 15, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Hanukkah and Christianity. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: A Few of My Favorite Things
Weekend Edition for December 13-14, 2025 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, December 12, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the most famous Madonna in the Americas. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, December 11, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a giant in literature and Christianity during the 20th century. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, December 10, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the "burning of Brother Henry"- a famous Reformation era martyrdom. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, December 9, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember "another" Augustine- but this one in post-Reformation England. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, December 8, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about questionable Christmas carols. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Hark the What? Angels and the Christmas Story
Weekend Edition for December 6-7, 2025 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, December 5, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a papal bull and the beginning of the medieval "witch craze." Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, December 4, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember another popular medieval saint whose name is immortalized on the West Coast. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, December 3, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the signing of a covenant that ushered in the Reformation in Scotland. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, December 2, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the 20th century's more enigmatic priests and public philosophers. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, December 1, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a college student's question about history and religion. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents: the Advent Hymn Extravaganza!
Weekend Edition for November 29-30, 2025 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, November 28, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a Reformation controversy over the role of good works in salvation. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, November 27, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the "arch-deaconess" of Constance during the Reformation. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, November 26, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the statue and the man behind an American collegiate institution. Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, November 25, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the most popular female saints (who probably never existed). Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland -…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, November 24, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a question about the history of the lectionary we read from at the end of the show. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents: You Asked For It! Another Mega Mailbag
Weekend Edition for November 22-23, 2025 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, November 21, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember some events surrounding the mythical "first Thanksgiving" in American History amongst the "pilgrims." Show…
Christian History AlmanacThursday, November 20, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of England's original patron saints- a shadowy, but famous, East Anglian King. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacWednesday, November 19, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the beloved medieval saint and her tie to the famous Wartburg Castle. Show Notes: Germany /…
Christian History AlmanacTuesday, November 18, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell a story about an English priest and his "treasonable necromancy"! Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study…
Christian History AlmanacMonday, November 17, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the history of certain spiritual gifts and their continuation in the…
Christian History AlmanacThe CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Animal Show!
Weekend Edition for November 15-16, 2025 Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast…
Christian History AlmanacFriday, November 14, 2025
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a few questions to make amends for a recent oversight! Show Notes: Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour Support…