Sunday, July 26, 2009

Orthodox Benedictine Monastery Receives Favorable Media Coverage

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I'm very late in posting this, but I'm thrilled to see Christminster Monastery in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is receiving yet more ...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Met. JONAH's Speech to the Anglican Church in North America

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Oops; I didn't realize I had not posted this when it first surfaced the week of the speech! Old age is catching up with me...In all, a v...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Met. JONAH Renews St. Tikhon's Dialogue with Anglicans

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Met. JONAH presents an icon of St. Tikhon (Bellavin) to the ACNA assembly this morning. As I noted yesterday , Met. JONAH of the Orthodox Ch...
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The Next Western Rite?

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Here's an interesting news item: an Orthodox metropolitan has been invited to deliver a keynote address to a group of conservative Angli...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

The 140th Anniversary of Dr. J.J. Overbeck's Conversion Remembered

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According to the Dean of the ROCOR Cathedral in Chiswick, London, today is the 140th anniversary of the conversion of Dr. J.J. ( Julian Jose...
Sunday, June 07, 2009

Pope Shenouda III on Pentecost

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In honor of the Feast, here is an article on that topic by the Coptic Pope, Shenouda III. The Feast of Pentecost by Pope Shenouda III The Gl...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Pope St. Gregory the Great on Doubting Thomas

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The following is an excerpt from the homilies of Pope St. Gregory the Great (known in the East as "St. Gregory the Dialogist"). In...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Holy Saturday

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In honor of Holy Saturday, here is quotation of a quotation of a saint. (I believe that makes this a third-class relic of a quotation.): Ho...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Good Friday, East and West

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Here are my observations from 2007 : In Holy Week, perhaps more than any other time, the unity of the Orthodox Church is manifest. The words...
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Thursday, April 09, 2009

OCA's Met. JONAH Acknowledges the Western Rite

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Some of you may be following the back-and-forth between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and North American Orthodox hierarchs; a representative ...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

New Western Rite Mission in Maryland: St. John the Baptist

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We told you years ago that more Charismatic Episcopal Churches stood ready to join the Western Rite of the Orthodox Church. Since then, man...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Well, it's Not Quite the "Holy Hand Grenade," But....

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Pastor, Parishoner Arrested for Shooting an Arrow in Church . I guess the pastor of Pentecostals of Sheboygan County (Wisconsin) thought th...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Altar-ation

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This video, of the FSSP transforming a Novus Ordo altar into a reverent traditional altar, inspired me. To paraphrase a joke about lawyers, ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

An Additional Celtic Hymn for St. Patrick's Day

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To honor St. Patrick's Day, here is another Celtic hymn, though not one written by the saint himself. The words are traditionally attrib...

St. Patrick's Breastplate

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In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here is a hymn traditionally attributed to the Apostle to Ireland himself. The words have been set to mus...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Two Milestones in One Day

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St. Aristibulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain Today is not merely the Second Sunday in Lent, but it is also the day our friend Aristibul...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

New Bishops

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H.G.Alexios Mar Eusebius No, not those bishops; there are plenty of places to lose your Lenten peace over that. On March 2, the Malankara Or...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

A Happy Name Day in D.C.

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Best wishes for a blessed name day to St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church (AWRV) in Washington, D.C. Ad multos annos !