Feel free (that’s all that matters isn’t it) to write your own caption in the Comments below. Thanks: Dcn Matthew Read more

“Clowns stationed on Harrison Street will attract cars to the church parking lot located on West 31st Street. Drivers will be greeted by a team of three “anglers” and supplied with the daily scripture and a take-home homily. Prayer requests will be honored. Everyone will be given communion, but this will be specially delivered in a tackle box, the minister said, in a clean bait cup.” Story H E R E. Thanks: Thunderstruck Read more

By Rachel Harden THE DEAN of Lincoln Cathedral, Dr Alec Knight, has defended the Lincoln Chapter’s decision to allow parts of The Da Vinci Code to be filmed at the cathedral in August. He said this week that the Chapter “had considered the issue very carefully” before agreeing. Speaking on Tuesday, Dr Knight said that the Chapter had discussed different approaches to the bestselling novel by Dan Brown, which questions orthodox Christian belief. He said that there were two main... Read more

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MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) – An electronic version of the Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia will shortly appear on the Internet. A resolution was made on that score as three bodies of the Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia ecclesiastical research center-the Observation Council, the Council of Trustees, and the Public Council-held a joint session in Moscow, May 31, His Beatitude Alexis II the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia chairing. Information, references and the latest news will make a greater part of materials... Read more

From the Patriarchal Website PATRIARCHAL MONASTERY OF THE VISION OF ST PAULHis Beatitude Patriarch Theodosios VI was interested in a land parcel south of Damascus, at a site known as Kawkab. He intended to erect a gigantic building there after the old Roman or Byzantine style. It was a volcanic hill on which black stones spread. It was located to the left of the main road leading to the south, and through which a traveler passed, and cast only a... Read more

* The angel gave him twelve mandates:1. Believe in God; 2. To live in simplicity and innocence; do not speak evil and give alms to all who beg; 3. Love truth and avoid falsehood; 4. Preserve chastity in your thoughts; 5. Learn patience and generosity; 6. To know that with every man, there is a good and an evil spirit; 7. To fear God and not to fear the devil; 8. To do every good and to refrain from every... Read more

They Must Be Celibate EpiscopaliansI kid you not. Read more

FROM THE RUSSIAN INFORMATION AGENCY NOVOSTI DAMASCUS, May 29 – A monument to St. Paul the Apostle created by a Russian sculptor was unveiled in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday. His Eminence GERMAN, Archbishop of Kursk and Rylsk, the head of the Russian delegation, said at a press conference in Damascus that the Russian and Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Churches came out for consolidation of spiritual links between the two nations. “The Russian and Antiochian Orthodox Churches... Read more

Meditations are intended to be read sequentially, from 1 to 33. Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart Four (28 of 33) … Again on the Hill …“He did not die.” It was but a voice, a thought. One not invited, but present nonetheless. Of course he died … we’ve seen it. We continue to see it. It is somehow connected with love. Love for us. “It is a lie. He did not die. It is a myth. In fact, he never even... Read more