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Christos Voskrese!
Read more: Christos Voskrese!A wonderful Pascha song from Serbia! [vodpod id=Video.1632733&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Easter orthodox song_Hristos voskrese, posted with vodpod Translation: People rejoice, nations hear: Christ is risen, and brings the joy! Stars dance, mountains sing: Christ is risen, and brings the joy! Forests murmur, winds hum: Christ is risen, and brings the joy! Seas bow*, animals roar: Christ is […]
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15th Antiphon of Holy Friday Matins – Sung by Archbishop Job
Read more: 15th Antiphon of Holy Friday Matins – Sung by Archbishop JobThis is a wonderful video of the late Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest. May his memory be eternal! [vodpod id=Video.3070600&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “The 15th Antiphon Sung by Archbishop …“, posted with vodpod
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Saved in Weakness
Read more: Saved in WeaknessIt is counter-intuitive that God saves man through His own weakness. The irony of the Divine Reversal has provided endless material for the hymnographers of the Church through the centuries: the Strong becomes weak; the Sinless takes on our sin; the Rich becomes poor; God becomes man – the whole of the gospel seems to […]
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On Pascha – Melito of Sardis
Read more: On Pascha – Melito of SardisAmong the most powerful meditations on Pascha is found in the writings of Melito of Sardis (ca. 190 AD). His writing On Pascha is both a work of genius as poetry and a powerful work of theology. Its subject is the Lord’s Pascha – particularly as an interpretation of the Old Testament. His writing is […]
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Drawing Near to Pascha
Read more: Drawing Near to PaschaWe live in a “linear” world. This is to say that we experience time and events in a sequential manner. “B” does not happen before “A”. It would be, perhaps, just as accurate to say that we live on a “flat earth.” Though we may know that the world is round, we live like it […]
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Behind Closed Doors
Read more: Behind Closed DoorsThe phrase, “behind closed doors,” has become synonymous in English with things being done in secret – generally of an unsavory or nefarious sort. Institutions speak of an “open door policy,” and promise “transparency” to those from the outside. Closed doors have always had a sense of secrecy about them. Sometimes the secrecy hides the […]
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The End of History
Read more: The End of HistoryRecent conversations of the trans-temporal character of the Cross suggested I re-post this small meditation. Christianity is sometimes referred to as a “historical” religion – its beliefs are specifically tied to events which have taken place in space and time. The crucifixion and resurrection of Christ are events which have taken place in space and […]
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From the Foundations
Read more: From the FoundationsAmong the more interesting statements in Holy Scripture is found in Rev. 13:8: All who dwell on earth will worship it [the beast], everyone whose name has not been written in the book of life, of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world… That Christ is here described as the Lamb is […]
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Before Thy Cross
Read more: Before Thy CrossSunday, the third in Lent, is set aside to honor the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross. I offer these thoughts: In a short work, The Beginning of the Day, (I believe it was a special printing and is not generally available), Met. Kallistos Ware notes this about the Cross and its connection with the whole of creation: […]
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