Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Sixth Day of Creation

Patriarch John X Visits Patriarch Kirill

Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East arrives in Moscow
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch
Primates of Antiochian and Russian Orthodox Churches celebrate Liturgy at Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on Forgiveness Sunday
Patriarch John X of Antioch’s homily on Sunday of Forgiveness
Primate of Orthodox Church of Antioch completes his visit to Russia



Misc.

Theotokos Institute for Catholic Studies

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"The Theotokos Institute for Catholic Studiesis an academic institute dedicated to the study and teaching of theology, especially as it proceeds from the centuries prior to the formal division of the Church into Greek East and Latin West."

Vatican Observers Observing

Chiesa: Vatican Diary / Kangaroo hunt and other stories
Australian cardinal Pell encircled by adversaries. Sant’Egidio eclipsing the secretariat of state. A new Argentine vicar for Opus Dei


Monday, February 23, 2015

Ecumenism According to Joseph Ratzinger

Ecumenism according to Ratzinger: Pluriform unity
In a speech delivered in 1993 the then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith talked about the path toward unity between the Churches and about possible “intermediate solutions” before full communion could be achieved: “There is a duty to let oneself be purified and enriched by the other”
ANDREA TORNIELLI

A Nice Gesture But..

Do we need these sort of honorary titles given by papal fiat if we are working towards reconciliation? It may strike some to be more of the mindset of promoting "diversity" in a Rome-centered Church that guides the selection of cardinals. Does the Christian East pay any attention to such titles?


Vatican Insider
Armenian Weekly

Bartholomew I's Lenten Message

If a failure in charity, when it was especially needed to overcome linguistic differences, led to a 1000 year separation between churches, we should be very careful to learn from this lest we offend our Lord. Let us take care during this time of Lent.

Why can't we have temples like this in the U.S.?


Supposedly this is a photo of Resurrection Church in Kfarakka, Lebanon.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Divine Liturgy, 150222







Eastern Christian Books: Maximus in Your Handbag

Eastern Christian Books: Maximus in Your Handbag

Rome Reports: 10 Years After the Death of Luigi Giussani

Two More for Tonight


Saint Porfyrios Kavsokalyvitis: a modern-day Patro-Kosmas Aitolos

Ukrainian Catholic Bishops at the Tomb of St. Peter

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Lenten Message from Archbishop Demetrios

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk at St. Mary Major


More on the Dominicans in Iraq

A Quick Canonization


The New Martyrs of Libya Added to the Coptic Synaxarium

An Examination of Conscience Based on Chapter 4 of the Rule of St. Benedict

NLM: A New Examination of Conscience for Lent