2006-09-11T05:55:00-05:00

Come, ye faithful, let us bow down before the life-creating Tree, whereon of His own will Christ, the King of glory, stretching forth His hands, hath raised us up to our former blessed state, of which the enemy of old deprived us through pleasure, causing us to be driven out of paradise by God! Come, ye faithful, let us bow down before that by which we have been vouchsafed to crush the heads of the invisible foe! Come, all ye... Read more

2006-09-10T06:58:00-05:00

Click here for the Church Year. Angels from Heaven invisibly circle the life-bringing Cross in fear, and seeing it now brilliantly shed light-bestowing Grace upon the faithful, amazed they stand and cry to thee such words as these: Rejoice, O Cross, guardian of the world!Rejoice, the glory of the Church!Rejoice, thou that dost bountifully gush forthwith healings!Rejoice, thou that dost enlighten the ends ofthe earth!Rejoice, wood-fragrant with life, and treasury ofwonders!Rejoice, fitly-joined, thrice-blessed, and bestower of Grace! Rejoice, for thou... Read more

2006-09-09T07:07:00-05:00

Jan Bear keeps us waiting these days, but she’s back on the topic of those forced Fox-reporter-Islamic-conversions. Dr Anthony Esolen … well, in his own words: Still, whores are whores, and an Anglican vicar who converts to Hinduism and worships Ganesh the elephant god has planted his household firmly in the red-light district. The head-banging comedy of it all is that the vicar still insists that he is a Christian, and apparently has retained his position in good standing as... Read more

2006-09-08T00:00:00-05:00

This 16th century icon, the Korsun Mother, is taken from the Index of Early Christian and Byzantine Image Pages — a wonderful site! For most American Orthodox, today is the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. (Check here for a complete look at the Church year.) These Orthodox, though they’ll wait 13 days to celebrate this Feast, are celebrating an upcoming union … long in coming. Today, all Orthodox rejoice! By Fr Alexander Schmemann The Church’s veneration of Mary... Read more

2006-09-07T08:04:00-05:00

Fr Aris Metrakos of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Columbia, SC — pictured here (L) with Fr David Hudson (R) — rarely pulls punches. This article — There is an American Orthodoxy— is a worthy read. A couple excerpts … A myth needs to be debunked. It goes like this: Orthodox unity is years away because there is no such thing as “American Orthodoxy”. Call it an ecclesiastical instead of urban legend if you want. It’s been in circulation... Read more

2006-09-06T06:06:00-05:00

In one model of “the Church,” we saw obedience, boldness, fear, and awesome wonder. Another model involved forgiveness of debt, hypocrisy, and justice. We continue our study on the nature of the Church with one of our Lord’s most famous stories, that of the Good Samaritan, taken from the Gospel according to St Luke. Then Jesus answered and said “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him,... Read more

2006-09-04T16:29:00-05:00

Your Town, USA – Everyone thought Victor Milsner had lost his marbles when he suggested a change of venue for the weekly choir rehearsal. The Court of Palms assisted living center, however, thought his idea brilliant. Since then, the choir has doubled in size and two of the Orthodox lapsed have been reconciled to the Church … all outside the walls of St Anthony’s. Fr Matthew Swanson says the idea was conceived when he went to take Communion to a... Read more

2006-09-03T16:23:00-05:00

Okay, fine … HAIR IT IS. Enjoy! Thanks to FWD from blog reg Constantine. Read more

2006-08-30T21:44:00-05:00

Piggy backing on a previous example of CHURCH, here’s another from the Gospel according to St Matthew: Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the... Read more

2006-08-30T07:21:00-05:00

Okay, so the pic is here because I just couldn’t resist. But, while we’re at it, go H E R E to read about, quite possibly, the guy in the stained glass window.Pic source. Read more

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