A Borrowing from the Byzantine Tradition?

Or part of the "common" iconographic tradition of East and West up into the late middle ages; an earlier example would be the San Damiano Crucifix?

Rorate Caeli: Sacred beauty in the 21st Century - it is possible

Confusing Enough?

Sandro Magister: In the Synod on the Family Even the Pope Emeritus Is Speaking Out (via Fr. Z)

First World Problem

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Meanwhile, in the real world: Oil and the Global Slowdown

Sts. Cyril and Athanasius Orthodox Institute 2015 Symposia

Post by Sts. Cyril & Athanasius Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies.

Parts 4 and 5 of An Exploration of Theosis in the Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian

Part 4 and Part 5, episodes of Praying in the Rain.

Divine Liturgy for HG.Bishop Youssef at St.Mina Church Sunday 141123

Feast of St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew in the Mother See

Prayer as Spiritual Sustenance

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

Bishop Morerod and the Swiss Latin Bishops

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

FB post

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

John Chrssavgis on the Meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Approaching the Divine: A Primer for Iconography

Hope and Life Press: NEW RELEASE – Approaching the Divine: A Primer for Iconography by Fr. Richard G. Cannuli, OSA

"Displaying icons of Christ, the Eternal Father..."

Say what?

ECB Interview with Ines Angeli Murzako

Ines Angeli Murzaku on Grottaferrata and East-West Monasticism

The Holy Spirit

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Right On

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Related:

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A Different Interpretation of Francis

What Hierarchy Really Means by Eric Johnston
The Pope’s True Agenda by William Doino Jr.

Edit.

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Andrea Tornielli on the Joint Declaration

The joint declaration: “Together in martyrdom”

I hadn't posted this before...
Francis to Turkey’s Christians: Divisions and disagreements must be overcome

Divine Liturgy, 141130

Joint Declaration

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Pope and Patriarch Sign Declaration To Express Joint Desires for Unity and Peace

Bartholomew and Francis: Unity is necessary

Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Extraordinary Synod

(via Pertinacious Papist)

St. Poryphios

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Respecting Living Icons

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Who is Francis?

The Lenses of the Cardinal, the Sociologist, the Journalists
All focused on Francis. To understand who he is and where he wants to go. In the Church, at all levels, criticisms of the pope are no longer being silenced. They are voiced openly. Among the cardinals, the most explicit is Francis George

by Sandro Magister

Pope Francis in Turkey - Ecumenical Prayer - 2014.11.29

some photos
Pope Francis’s address to the Ecumenical Patriarch in full

St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Mission-Style Byzantine

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church

Something Our Auxiliary Bishop Should Read

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on Elder Sophrony

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

EWTN Schedule for the Pope's Visit to the Patriarch of Constantinople

Post by Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church.

Vigen Guroian

Post by Eighth Day Institute.

We Give Thanks...

A Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Nature of Catholic Liturgy by Peter Kwasniewski

Alas, Roman-rite bishops and priests still have an instrumentalist mentality regarding the liturgy, reducing its importance to the sacrament of the Eucharist.

He and a Lot of Others

Some Questions Cardinal George Would Like to Ask Pope Francis by Dr. William Oddie

Adam and Eve

Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? by Dennis Bonnette

Will the American Latin Bishops Follow Suit?

With Married Eastern Catholic Priests, Pope Francis Shows Catholic Church Respects Eastern Traditions by Father Ronald Roberson, CSP

Today's General Audience

Post by Zenit News Agency.

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

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Pope's Address to III Congress of Ecclesial Communities and New Movements

Post by Zenit News Agency.

The Pope's Address to Syro-Malabar Catholics

Post by Zenit News Agency.

Related:

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"May They Be One"

Post by Zenit News Agency.

The Old Testament is Our Story

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

The Plurality of Ecclesial Traditions

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Who Among the Orthodox Contests the Primacy of Rome...

The question is, "What sort of primacy?"

Rorate Caeli: The Pope doesn’t know it, but at Bose they are preparing his end

Alice von Hildebrand on Her Husband Dietrich

Post by Hildebrand Project.

Fr. Schmemann

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Noteworthy

From earlier this week: 2012 Rite of Canonization discarded: another reversal of the Reform of the Reform

Pope Francis in Constantinople for the Feast of St. Andrew

The Pope in Turkey: Continuing to Develop a Bond with the Orthodox by John Burger

The Trisagion

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Interview with Fr. Thomas Joseph White

Big Think Interview: Father Thomas White, Professor of Theology, The Dominican House of Studies - Big Think

Chaldean Divine Liturgy in Rome 2000

Chaldean Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid presiding at the Divine Liturgy in the Chaldean-rite in the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, Rome, 18 March 2000





Part 3 missing or not uploaded yet.

Think There's a Claim About Roman Primacy In There?

Post by Ignatius Press.

The Feast of the Entrance

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Related:

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Cardinal Burke Interview

NLM: Vatican Radio Interview with Cardinal Burke on the Sacred Liturgy

Related: Supper Is Served: Reflections on the Temple as a Liturgical Paradigm

Good Luck Diminishing the Papal Cult

Wanted: A More Reserved Papal Style by Fr. Mark Pilon

Is this really a concern for the Roman pariarchate? Pope says Mass of thanksgiving for India's newest saints

New Head of CDW

NLM: Cardinal Robert Sarah to Head CDW
The Chant Café: New CDW prefect announced today

Two Stories for the Armenian Church

Fr. Thomas Loya: Praying with Icons

Divine Liturgies, 141123

Agni Parthene - O Virgin Pure in English

Audio Available for Metropolitan Hilaron's Address at SVS

Primacy in Preparation for the 2016 Great and Holy Council

50th Anniversay or Orientalium Ecclesiarum

Post by Zenit News Agency.

Valaam Choir, We Magnify Thee, Serbian Chant

Cardinal Gerhard Müller at Humanum

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

First Among Equals?

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

The Winner of the Ratzinger Prize,

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

A Child's Guide to Divine Liturgy

Post by Ancient Faith Radio.

Pope Francis to Visit Patriarch Bartholomew

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

Orthodoxy

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

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Well, He is Canadian, Isn't He?

Or a liberal of some sort...

Mirror of Justice: Matthew Rose on "Tayloring Christianity" - FT

Pope Francis's Visit to the F.A.O.

Post by Zenit News Agency.

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Third Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities

Post by Zenit News Agency.

announcement
Together towards the Third World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities
Third World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities

Archdeacon John Chryssavgis on Relations Between Catholic and Orthodox Churches

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

Related:

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

More on Humanum

Vatican's colloquium on marriage focuses on universal right, complementarity, anthropology, and strategy (via Insight Scoop)

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Post by Zenit News Agency.

Ramallah

Burial place of Holy Archdeacon Stephen the Protomartyr discovered

Fr. Edmund Waldstein and Cardinal Burke on the Synod

Post by Thomas Aquinas College.

For more: Cardinal Burke's Visit

Traces of a Thomistic De musica in the Compositions of Olivier Messiaen by Siglind Bruhn

It is Done (For)

From a few days ago... Church of England formally approves women bishops

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

The Endorser Holds Very Little Credibility for Me

Dolan: “The world needs Francis’ hope”

Related:
New Directions in Ecumenical & Interfaith Relations in the Mind & Heart of Pope Francis
Address to the USCCB Committee for Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs
Fr. Thomas Rosica *
Baltimore

Many religions unite in supporting traditional family ideals

The Significance of Iconography

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Ave Maria

Post by Ordo Praedicatorum.

Cardinal Mueller's Address at Colloquium on Man-Woman Complementarity

Post by Zenit News Agency.

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The Universal Call to Holiness

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

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Kyrie eleison.
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Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Humanum Conference

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Memorial Plaque to Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

32nd Annual Fr. Schmemann Memorial Lecture

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

Dominicans on Life on the Rock

Post by Ordo Praedicatorum.

Of Bodies and Spirits: Soundscapes of Byzantine Thessaloniki

Vimeo

Transcript for Sr. Vassa's Talk Given Earlier This Year

Living Tradition in the City: Talk by Sister Dr. Vassa Larin University of Vienna, Austria

So the point I’m actually making is that this very unfortunate thought, that somehow it’s the monastics who have the real spiritual life, and sort of waiting around for some future, more appropriate moment when I will begin the spiritual life, - this is a very damaging and unfortunate kind of supposition to have.

The Theotokos and the Nativity Fast

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Adam DeVille, Christian Unity Cannot Be Built on Lies

CWR (via Insight Scoop)
The Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev not only misrepresents Catholic practice and history, he also misrepresents Orthodox practice and history

Rorate Caeli: FIUV Position Paper: The Extraordinary Form and the Eastern Churches (alt)

Consecration of Bishops at the Mother See (of Holy Etchmiadzin)

The Vatican 2 Celebrations Continue

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

The Priest

Post by Orthodox Christian Network.

Documentary on St. John Chrysostom

via Mere Comments

Humility

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Eastern American Diocese

Howell, NJ: 30th Anniversary of Metropolitan Hilarion’s Episcopal Consecration & 80th Anniversary of Eastern American Diocese’s Founding celebrated at Diocesan Center

Symposium: God, Reason and Reality

Symposium: God, Reason and Reality

The Philosophy of Edith Stein

The Imaginative Conservative: The Philosophy of Edith Stein by Robert Cheeks

Syrian Orthodox Teaching on the Holy Cross

Doing some research on what the Oriental Orthodox churches teach on atonement. (Will check out the Assyrian teaching as well.)

St. Isaac the Syrian on Theosis

Part 1 and Part 2