THE ORTHODOX RENAISSANCE A NEW GENERATION OF THEOLOGIANS GIVES HOPE FOR THE...
The Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Kiev), occupies an unique place in the Russian Orthodox Church. On the icon is depicted the Theotokos, and the Hypostatic Wisdom, the Son of God incarnate of...
View ArticleST ANTHONY THE ABBOT:: THE WISDOM DERIVED FROM HUMILITY (COPTIC); HUMILITY...
St. Anthony the Great: Wisdom Derived from HumilityTHE WISDOM DERIVED FROM HUMILITY, my source: St Mary and St Moses AbbeyHumility to virtues, it is often said, is like a root to a tree. A tree could...
View ArticleADVENT, CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX
Conference November 24th 2015 Brethren, it’s now 5 days since our workshop on the EBC Forum came to an end and already it...
View ArticleADVENT: ITS HISTORY, MYSTERY AND PRACTICE by Dom Prosper Gueranger O.S.B.
I. The History of AdventDom Prosper Guéranger, OSBSource: Dom Prosper Guéranger, OSB, Advent, ca. 1841, Volume 1, The Liturgical Year, translated from the French by Dom Laurence Shepherd, O.S.B., ca....
View ArticleLIVING IN THE "NOW": LIVING TRADITION IN THE CITY by Sister Vassa Larin...
My talk is entitled “Living tradition in the City,” and this is something I’ve already talked about in New York City. …I put this podium up so that you can’t see that I wrote the talk on the back of a...
View ArticleLITURGY VERSUS LECTURE PART 1: COULD THE EARLIEST CHURCHES HAVE SERIOUSLY...
my source: Conciliar PostMuch of contemporary Christianity has developed a newly inflamed affection for what they believe to be a first century pattern of Christianity: abandoning all formal or...
View ArticlePOPE BENEDICT, FATHER JEAN DANIELOU, AND ADVENT
my source: Catholic News AgencyRome, Italy, Feb 15, 2015 / 05:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Theological giants Benedict XVI and one of his heroes – the controversial Cardinal Jean Danielou – have been hailed...
View ArticleA TIME OF PREPARATION: ON THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIVITY FAST by ARCHPRIEST...
my source: Pravmir.comIn the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!Once St. Gregory the Theologian, praying in the church in Constantinople on the feast of the Nativity of Christ,...
View ArticleSAINT AUGUSTINE ON MONASTICISM by Fr Hugh Feiss
my source: Monastery of the AscensionAugustine on MonasticismFr. Hugh FeissIntroductionSt. Benedict's sources were varied. Through Cassian and the Rule of the Master Benedict learned much from Eastern...
View Article2nd SUNDAY IN ADVENT: AN ORTHODOX CONTRIBUTION ON "THE ADVENT PERIOD IN HOME...
The Advent Period in Home LifeWhat is the meaning of the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord in our family life? How can we live through the preparatory period of Advent as a Christian family? Can this...
View ArticleDECEMBER 12th; OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, THE OPENING OF THE DOOR FOR THE YEAR OF...
my source: EWTNIn the sixteenth century, the Blessed Virgin, moved with pity for the Aztec people who, living in the darkness of idolatry, offered to their idols multitudes of human victims, deigned to...
View ArticleDECEMBER 12th OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE: NEW VERSION, STARTING WITH THE...
THE CONSECRATION OF OUR ICON OF THE "THEOTOKOS OF THE SIGN"Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Father Alex presided at the consecration of our own icon of the Mother of God. As the monastery...
View ArticleTHE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF 2016 by various Orthodox authors
AT LAST, A COUNCIL FOR THE AGES?THE GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN 2016by John Chryssavgismy source: First Thingsthe Church of Hagia IreneConstantinopleA Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox...
View ArticleTHE ADVENT SEASON'S BRIGHTEST JEWELS
The Advent Season’s Brightest JewelsDecember 17, 2014 by Fr. Thomas Rosica my source:Salt and Light Blog“Come, Lord Jesus!” “Tomorrow, I will be there!”During the final week of Advent the Church...
View ArticleRELIGIOUS LIFE AND THE LAY VOCATION
Monasticism, Clericalism, and the Priesthood of All BelieversJuly 29, 2014The essence of monasticism is not clerical service—which is possible only for some—but a radically converted way of life,...
View ArticleRORATE CAELI: THE SUNDAY OF OUR BLESSED LADY - 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, 2015.
my source: Opus DeiVisitation to Saint ElizabethThis reflection on our Lady's life considers Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.LIFE OF MARYMarch 17, 2014Elizabeth, who...
View ArticleEntering the Year of Mercy: Are You Willing to Take the “Rahner Challenge”?...
The oficial logo of the Year of MercyDecember 8, 2015 by Carl McColman Patheos: Carl Colman - A Contemplative FaithSo today is the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council.It’s...
View ArticleTHOMAS MERTON AND DOROTHY DAY by Jim Forest
Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day (Oakham lecture)my source: Jim & Nancy Forest(Lecture given at the annual conference of Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland meeting at Oakham, England...
View ArticleA HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL
http://monasteriodelaencarnacion.org/bienvenidos-14-04.htmlPope Francis: Christmas Festivities “a Charade” while World at War During a homily that followed the massacre in Paris, Pope Francis said the...
View ArticleIT IS GOOD TO SETTLE IN THE HEART; CHRIST IS READY TO BE BORN IN EACH ONE OF...
my source: PravmirSource: Synaxis: A blog of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological SeminaryAre we always able to receive the divine in us? When we invite friends to our home, we clean the living room,...
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