Prayers
A selection of prayers from the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America's widely-used Pocket Prayer Book is available on the site of the Greek Archdiocese of Australia.
View ArticleProtestants for Patristics; Fragmentation of Scripture studies
Looks like I finished with Protestant seminaries too soon: I was not aware of the "Paleo-Orthodox" Movement as such! (The first one discussed at the link, not the second one, which just sounds like...
View ArticleA 'Feel' of Orthodoxy
by someone coming into the Church from the Charismatic Episcopal Church, is described really well here. Some good writing there!
View ArticleDoctrine and the Church, including but not limited to the Papacy of Rome
The blogger from the previous post, Mr. Brooks Lampe in the Washington, DC, area, here tackles some heavy stuff, without it coming across too heavy! He's reporting and reflecting mostly on a book by...
View ArticleSynaxis of All Saints of Alaska; What angels really look like
[UPDATED SEPT. 28]The Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska - their collective feast-day (synaxis = gathering) - is commemorated today, the 213th anniversary of the 'official,' permanent arrival of Orthodoxy...
View ArticleAnother Blogger warning
I'm starting to wonder if Blogger is worth the trouble! But FYI, if you go to edit an article already posted in Blogger, the version Blogger puts up on your screen to edit may not be the current...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas movie update
Hey, check out the latest in the ongoing production of what may indeed be shaping-up as an "epic motion picture" as Hollywood says, the biopic of the REAL St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Asia...
View ArticleTraditioooooon, Tradition!
From Russian-born U.S. theologian Fr. Georges Florovsky:"Tradition is not a principle striving to restore the past, using the past as a criterion for the present. Such a conception of tradition is...
View ArticleIsle of Man on the Old Calendar...sort of
This doesn't bear directly on Orthodoxy, but next time someone asks what use the Old Calendar is, especially here in the Western world, send them here.In brief, the date of the chief local holiday on...
View ArticleDiptychs
No, I don't mean two icons linked side-by-side with a hinge to stand on your mantelpiece, although that's very nice!These Diptychs (misspelled on the actual PDF linked from this page!) play an...
View Article"Christ is Risen" in Latin; Blessing of Food
Christ is Born for us! Glorify Him!I know this post is completely out-of-season, but I just came across information here that Pascha planners might want to consider (in the paragraph just above...
View ArticleIn Defense of Holiday Excess, Advent, "Epiphany," etc.
As you might suspect, this isn't exactly what it sounds like.If the old Catholic Encyclopedia had their history right a century ago - for instance, their pieces about Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany -...
View ArticleJanuary 2: Wife, Mother, Lay Saint (non-martyr)
Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Russia (16th century).(BTW, Happy New Year!)
View ArticleJanuary 12: St. Tatiana of Rome, Deaconess and Martyr
Yes, Rome, not Russia. I don't know why her name is exclusively associated with the latter today!
View ArticleJanuary 15: Another Saint in the Family
6th-century hermitess and foster-mother of saints,* Ita (Ida) of Killeedy in Southwest Ireland, was born into the ruling clan of the regional kingdom of Decies in Munster Province (Irish Deise Mumhan),...
View ArticleJanuary 26: A Sainted Family
Parents Xenophon and Maria of Constantinople and their sons Arcadius and John (5th century).
View ArticleJanuary 31: St. Nikita of the Kiev Caves
First of all, although Nikita ends with an 'a', it's a male name, the Russian version of Nicetas. Hence Nikita Krushchev, St. Nikita the Goth, etc. Several other Russian male names end with 'a.'More...
View ArticleHow Orthodox Read Scripture
Interesting post from Orthodox Priest Stephen Freeman, a former priest from Anglicanism, specifically addressing issues with Protestantism, but not without insight for Catholics too, featuring our holy...
View ArticleInterview with OCA Primate; Parochial schools
An interesting brief talk with Metropolitan HERMAN (Swaiko) by the newspaper of the OCA's Archdiocese of Canada addresses succinctly his views on Orthodoxy here, and 'Why Orthodoxy at all?':"The...
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