Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is a nice overview of the Orthodox understanding of “Clergy” and “Laity” the late Protopresbyter, Fr. Alexander Schmemann. He takes the same approach to explaining laity as Afanasiev did in his book, The Church of the Holy Spirit (recently republished by Notre Dame). One snippet from toward the end of the essay:
Democracy is the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fr. Alexander Atty of St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church in Louisville, KY, officiated over the first Vespers service to be held in Bowling Green, KY. Held on Saturday evening of April 5, just over thirty people attended. Fr. Alexander’s wife, Presbytera Olga, led the music and readings. There are about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tonight was an historic event: the first Vespers service in Bowling Green, KY, at least as far as we know. I’ll have pictures up tomorrow. This is an exciting development as we work and pray towards a future mission here in Bowling Green. Keep our small, but growing weekly, group in your prayers!
Glory be to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Time Magazine interviewed N.T. Wright, Anglican Bishop of Durham, regarding “heaven.” It’s an interesting interview.
“Christians wrong about heaven, Bishop says”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The following video is from Ancient Faith Radio, part of a series. A beautiful video with wisdom from the Fathers and the Liturgy.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2007 | 5 Comments »
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Icons Will Save the World by Susan Cushman. Interestingly, this lady is from St. John’s Church in Memphis, TN, where I attended my first Divine Liturgy, a beautiful Church with a beautiful group of Christians.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2007 | No Comments »
This is quite funny: “Superchristological and homoousiosis” to a Mary Poppins tune.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2006 | No Comments »
Merry Christmas, friends and family! Christ is born of the Blessed Virgin! The Word has come and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. The Light has shined in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome It!
Two meager offerings are all that I have, but they are both profound. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2006 | No Comments »
“Ceremony assists us to cope with the otherwise unmanageable. Far from erecting a barrier between us and the truth, it ushers us closer in to the truth. It dramatizes the truth for us. Ceremony does what words alone can never do. It carries us beyond the merely [...]
