Learn about Orthodox communities across the country. This week: St. Nektarios Parish in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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St. Nicodemus on Frequent Communion
Some wise advice from St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Music and Notation in St. Gregory of Nyssa's Commentary On the Inscriptions of the Psalms
This article by Fr. Matthew Baker is incredible. May his memory be eternal!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, June 26, 2015
Transfiguration Church, Jerusalem
Awad writes: Here are some photos from recent visit to Transfiguration Church on Mount Tabor in Jerusalem. Simply said this church is "Heaven on Earth"
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, June 26, 2015
Holy Virgin Church
Here is a photo of the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin in Modricha Republic of Srpska. Just lovely!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
Adam DeVille on Liturgical Calendars and the Dating of Pascha
Pope Francis and the Absurdly Vexed Calendar Question
The notion of going into schism over a calendar is wholly without logic, but we are not in the realm of logic here.
The notion of going into schism over a calendar is wholly without logic, but we are not in the realm of logic here.
City of Man
When the Western Roman Empire was weakening and about to fall through outside pressure, could any of the bishops, or the bishop of Rome, have known about all of the causes of the decline and warned about them, other than some general admonishments against sin? Should we expect our bishops to have that sort of knowledge and circumspection?
Pontifical Eccesiastical Academy
Pope Francis on Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Eccesiastical Academy, the “Accademia” – the Roman...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 25, 2015
“The true authority of the Church of Rome is the charity of Christ.” That was the message of Pope Francis to members of...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Meaningful Prayers
How can we transform our prayers so that they are more meaningful?
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni Passes
Pope Francis on Thursday sent a telegram of condolences to the Patriarchal Synod of the Patriarchate of Cilicia of the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 25, 2015
L'Osservatore Romano
Armenian Catholic
Dr. Robert Fastiggi: The Roman Pontiff and Other Points of Division between Orthodox and Catholics
I haven't watched past the first five minutes but I suspect that Professor Fastiggi's view is more "traditional" or "conservative," even though he probably isn't a Latin traditionalist.
The Holy Eucharist - The World's Salvation
NLM: Book Notice: The Definitive Study of Concelebration by Peter Kwasniewski
Joseph de Sainte-Marie, OCD. The Holy Eucharist—The World’s Salvation. Studies on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, its Celebration, and its Concelebration. With a Foreword by Dom Alcuin Reid, OSB. Leominster: Gracewing, 2015. xxxix + 557 pp.
Maybe Fr. Hunwicke will review the book.
What do Eastern apostolic Christians make of these claims:
Joseph de Sainte-Marie, OCD. The Holy Eucharist—The World’s Salvation. Studies on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, its Celebration, and its Concelebration. With a Foreword by Dom Alcuin Reid, OSB. Leominster: Gracewing, 2015. xxxix + 557 pp.
Maybe Fr. Hunwicke will review the book.
What do Eastern apostolic Christians make of these claims:
(4) because “each Mass pours the redemptive Blood of Christ upon the Church and the whole world,” the Church and the world benefit from a multiplication of Masses and suffer loss from their reduction; (5) it can be demonstrated from documents of Tradition and of the Magisterium that the Church herself greatly desires that Masses be thus multiplied
More with Mor Ignatius Aphrem II
His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II consecrated St. Mary Church in Paderborne. Their Eminences Mor...
Posted by His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II on Monday, June 22, 2015
From Steubenville to University of Dallas
UD Announces New Constantin College Dean: Ethics Scholar Jonathan J. Sanford
Sanford is author of the recently published Before Ethics.
Sanford is author of the recently published Before Ethics.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Pope Francis Meets With Mor Ignatius Aphrem II
Pope, Orthodox patriarch express commitment for unity
Pope Francis welcomed the Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church, Mor Ignatius Aphram II, to the Vatican on Friday.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, June 19, 2015
"Vatican's Climate Expert"
Vatican's Climate Expert, an Atheist, Speaks on Impact of Leader of World's 1.2B Catholics Tackling Environment IssueAlso Shares on How Encyclical 'Laudato Si' Can Be Decisive Push Needed
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, June 19, 2015
Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Society
Did you know such an organization existed?
Pope Francis received the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation on Friday.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, June 19, 2015
Some pics from Pope Francis' audience for the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Society on...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, June 19, 2015
Religious Liberty Conference in Norcia
Rorate Caeli: Registration Open for Religious Liberty Conference in Norcia (the Dialogos Institute, which exists for the promotion and defence of scholasticism within the living context of the liturgical heritage of Rome and Byzantium)
Rashid and Inessa Azbuhanov
With warm thanks to Paul Stetsenko who translated the interview for us.
Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Monday, June 22, 2015
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Working Document Published
The working document for the upcoming Synod Assembly is out.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Presentation to journalists of the Instrumentum laboris of the next Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family,to be held in the Vatican October 4 - 25. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
To What Purpose?
Catholics, Buddhists begin new round of dialogue.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, said on Wednesday he...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Crowing Over the Disappearance of Latin
Anthony Ruff, OSB: “The dead language has died…”
He refers to an article written by a Maryknoll priest whose photo is of him dressed in a shirt and tie. Even if the liturgy should be intelligible to the people through a hieratic vernacular, this does not mean that the clerics should not know the sacred languages associated with their rite, and even more than that, if possible -- I would argue that the more educated clerics of the Roman rite should know Greek as well, and perhaps even Syriac. The necessity of Hebrew is less obvious to me, as the Septuagint and the New Testament are in Greek, though they should nonetheless have an understanding of old Jewish culture and tradition. Latin and Greek to understand the Latin and Greek Fathers in the original languages? Yes. And so long as their is a single Western patriarchate of consequqence (though it is denied, even officially by Benedict XVI) there should be a common language for bishops to communicate with one another. Is English really the best language for that task? (Rather than being the pragmatic solution at this time, since Latin is no longer being taught to Roman-rite clerics.)
He refers to an article written by a Maryknoll priest whose photo is of him dressed in a shirt and tie. Even if the liturgy should be intelligible to the people through a hieratic vernacular, this does not mean that the clerics should not know the sacred languages associated with their rite, and even more than that, if possible -- I would argue that the more educated clerics of the Roman rite should know Greek as well, and perhaps even Syriac. The necessity of Hebrew is less obvious to me, as the Septuagint and the New Testament are in Greek, though they should nonetheless have an understanding of old Jewish culture and tradition. Latin and Greek to understand the Latin and Greek Fathers in the original languages? Yes. And so long as their is a single Western patriarchate of consequqence (though it is denied, even officially by Benedict XVI) there should be a common language for bishops to communicate with one another. Is English really the best language for that task? (Rather than being the pragmatic solution at this time, since Latin is no longer being taught to Roman-rite clerics.)
A Bit Bare
St. Raphael the Archangel in Old Mill Creek, Illinois is featured in The Resurrection of Sacred Architecture by Michael Tamara.
Seeing how bare the temple is (and how filled with pews), I once again do not envision myself going back to the Roman rite. It no longer feels like heimat to me.
Seeing how bare the temple is (and how filled with pews), I once again do not envision myself going back to the Roman rite. It no longer feels like heimat to me.
Monday, June 22, 2015
The Tomb of St John Bosco in the Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Basilica
Pope Francis on Sunday prayed in front of the tomb of St John Bosco in the Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Basilica in Turin.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 22, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Pope Francis Visits the Waldensians in Turin
Pope Francis meets the Evangelical Valdese Church in the Valdese Temple of Turin, in the course of his pastoral visit to the city, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Don Bosco. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, June 21, 2015
On the second day of his Apostolic Visit, Pope Francis made an historic visit to the Waldensian temple in Turin....
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 22, 2015
Pope Francis on Monday made an historic visit to the Waldensian temple in Turin.See our story at teh link: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/06/22/pope_visits_waldensian_temple_in_turin/1153219
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 22, 2015
Photios Ketsetzis
What a legacy!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, June 21, 2015
His CV.
Analogion
A fan page?
Patriarch Bartholomew on Laudato Si'
His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew responded to Pope Francis' Climate Encyclical. Here is what he had to say.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, June 20, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
An Interview with Fr. Roman Braga
A wonderful interview with Fr. Roman Braga of blessed memory.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Athonite Monasticism
Athonite monasticism by its ascetic striving and prayer keeps open the boundless horizons for perfection and bringing out the true worth of man!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Purifying Prayer
A short article that is worth reading!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Arges Cathedral and Monastery in Romania
The beautiful Arges Cathedral and monastery in Romania
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Charleston, SC
Here's a beautiful before and after from the iconography in Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Columbia, SC.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Fighting Emperors of Byzantium
In Fighting Emperors of Byzantium (288pp., Pen and Sword, 2015), Athens-based author and journalist (not to mention...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 15, 2015
Fabio de Fabii
Neat tidbit of history from the archive of the Pontifical Gregorian University
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Laudato Si'
The Presentation of Pope Francis' Encyclical "Be praised: on the care of our common home" is about to begin in the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pope Francis’ first encyclical is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
The following text is a useful guide for an initial reading of the Encyclical. It will help you to grasp the overall...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
The Encyclical letter Laudato si’ was launched in the Synod Hall of the Vatican on Thursday. Among the presenters was...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
The presentation of the Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis Laudato Si’ included a presentation by Metropolitan John...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
During the presentation of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato si’, climate scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber gave...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pope Francis on Twitter: The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pope Francis on Twitter: There is an intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet. #LaudatoSi
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
More Paper
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
More from the Pontifical Council for the Family...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Rorate Caeli: Op-Ed: "Rome: the Age of Emptiness"
Under these conditions, the October Synod could well seem like an Epiphany...of emptiness. It is very likely that Francis has already found out that the theses of which Cardinal Kasper had been one of the greatest champions, could not lead to a modification of the doctrine of the Church without provoking significant divisions. Some think that he believed, in his somewhat impressionistic theological way, that formulas could be found to open the door to a permission, in a certain number of cases, granted to divorced and remarried persons, to accede to the Sacraments of the Church, by playing mercy against "rigorism", "pastoral" against dogma.
Talked with an IVE seminarian last night and found out the IVE is actually involved with the Cornelio Fabro Project.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II to Meet Pope Francis
From June 17-20, Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, will be in Rome to...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Sandro Magister Did It
Leaked the encyclical, that is. Why? He has been critical of the current pontificate and the confusions that have resulted from the pope's statements and actions.
Fr. Z: No Mercy for Magister
Fr. Z: No Mercy for Magister
The director of the Holy See Press Office has issued a statement following the unauthorized release of Pope Francis’ latest encyclical.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Beauty
Beauty is the convincing power of truth. I just love that!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, June 15, 2015
Men in Black
Why the black attire? This is well explained.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, June 14, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
The Spirit of the "Innovators"
Pray Tell: Archbishop John Quinn in Interview
What are your thoughts on liturgical translations?
I think, first of all, I would raise the question why we need translations. Why is it not possible to have liturgical books fashioned in the country itself? Now I realize that in a world of rapid travel there have to be some common formulations that are used, and that certainly should be kept in mind. But I don’t see why, for example, the prayers of the Mass (e.g., the Collect) have to be a translation of a Roman prayer. They could be formulated in the language of the country. English speakers could prepare their own prayers. If we have to have translations, they should be done and approved by the English-speaking episcopates themselves.
What do you think of our new 2011 missal translation? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Well I myself, and it is my personal view, think it is not English as we use it. It’s too complicated, it’s very difficult to speak. People can’t understand what is being said, I don’t think. I don’t know that is has any strengths. I find it hard to think of its strengths.
My idea of translation is that you take something in a text and say it the way we say it in English, not that you try to retain the style and structure and flavor of another language.
Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare: Official Hymn of the Jubilee of the Order of Preachers.
Bad Latin music is still being created...
Interpreting Scripture Properly
According to the Church Fathers -- does this book help or hinder a return to the Fathers?
While incorrect biblical interpretation and false images of God are older than Christianity, Benedictine Father Mark Sheridan focuses on how Early Church writers wrestled with the problem.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 13, 2015
Saturday, June 13, 2015
More on Eberhard Schockenhoff
Rorate Caeli: The Neo-Modernist Theology of Eberhard Schockenhoff
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Who’s Afraid of the Theology of the Body? by Donna Bethell
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Who’s Afraid of the Theology of the Body? by Donna Bethell
An Unified Date for Pascha?
«La Chiesa potrebbe stabilire una data fissa per la Pasqua»
Francesco: «Così cattolici, ortodossi e protestanti potrebbero festeggiare nello stesso giorno» Finora è una festività mobile, legata al ciclo lunare: le regole stabilite dal Concilio di Nicea nel 325.
"Pasqua in una data fissa" Il Papa apre agli ortodossi
Francesco: «Così cattolici, ortodossi e protestanti potrebbero festeggiare nello stesso giorno» Finora è una festività mobile, legata al ciclo lunare: le regole stabilite dal Concilio di Nicea nel 325.
"Pasqua in una data fissa" Il Papa apre agli ortodossi
Cardinal Sarah's Comments on the Roman Rite
Silenziosa azione del cuore di Robert Sarah
Per leggere e applicare la costituzione del Vaticano II sulla sacra liturgia. Da "L'Osservatore Romano" del 12 giugno 2015. L'autore è cardinale prefetto della congregazione per il culto divino e la disciplina dei sacramenti
(comments at Rorate Caeli)
Reaction at Pray Tell.
Per leggere e applicare la costituzione del Vaticano II sulla sacra liturgia. Da "L'Osservatore Romano" del 12 giugno 2015. L'autore è cardinale prefetto della congregazione per il culto divino e la disciplina dei sacramenti
(comments at Rorate Caeli)
Reaction at Pray Tell.
Part 2 of Raymond Arroyo's Interview with Cardinal Kasper
Full episode
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Kasper’s Flawed Path to Mercy for Divorced and Remarried by Monica Migliorino Miller
German Bishops have Prepared the Way for a De Facto Schism by Marie Meaney
Friday, June 12, 2015
Jesus Prayer
Watch this.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, June 12, 2015
The video does not explain what is dangerous, namely the use of psychosomatic techniques in conjunction with the prayer without a spiritual father.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Asserting Themselves
Eastern Church leaders in Prague discuss Family, Ukraine, discrimination against Church.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, June 8, 2015
Polish, Eastern Catholic bishops stand firm on pastoral care for families
Reforming the Curia, Reforming the Papacy
The first is an essential part of the second...
Pope Francis’ and his ‘C9’ Council of cardinal advisors concluded a meeting at the Santa Marta residence on Wednesday,...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, June 11, 2015
В ДЕНЬ ПАМЯТИ ВСЕХ СВЯТЫХ МИТРОПОЛИТ ИЛАРИОН СОВЕРШИЛ БОГОСЛУЖЕНИЕ НА ПОДВОРЬЕ АЛЕКСАНДРИЙСКОЙ ЦЕРКВИ В МОСКВЕ
В ДЕНЬ ПАМЯТИ ВСЕХ СВЯТЫХ МИТРОПОЛИТ ИЛАРИОН СОВЕРШИЛ БОГОСЛУЖЕНИЕ НА ПОДВОРЬЕ АЛЕКСАНДРИЙСКОЙ ЦЕРКВИ В МОСКВЕ7 июня...
Posted by Митрополит Иларион Алфеев (Metropolitan Hilarion) on Thursday, June 11, 2015
Metropolitan John Zizioulas to Present Laudato si
Orthodox Metropolitan to present ecology encyclical “Laudato si’”
Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment will not be released with a formal Latin title, but rather a medieval...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
CUA Press Publishing Fr. Foster
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Iconographers in Action
This is cool!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Word and Wisdom
Started reading through Joaquin Yap's dissertation on Louis Bouyer; did he miss something with regards to the relationship or identity between Christ and the Divine Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:24) that would have added something to his thesis regarding ecclesiology (and by extension soteriology). Will keep reading...
Pope Francis in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo
Pope Francis met with priests, men and women religious, seminarians and people in religious formation on Saturday...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, June 7, 2015
Pope Francis put aside his prepared text and spoke off the cuff to priests, religious, and seminarians on Saturday afternoon in Sarajevo.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, June 6, 2015
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Not an (South) Eastern Prayer
The Jesus Prayer is NOT "Christian Yoga"
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, June 8, 2015
Devout
I definitely want to see this.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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We did an interview on Ancient Radio yesterday. It was a beautiful opportunity to talk about DEVOUT. Please have a listen and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE......http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/devout
Posted by Devout on Monday, June 8, 2015
Who Are the Real Traditionalists?
Everyone has an opinion about what is to be done or retained or recovered or changed...
Binary Barrier: Sacra Liturgia Conference and Sacra Liturgia Neo-Eboracus - Recapitulatio (via Pertinacious Papist)
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Dr. Jeff Mirus: Wrong About Latin by Steve Skojec
Binary Barrier: Sacra Liturgia Conference and Sacra Liturgia Neo-Eboracus - Recapitulatio (via Pertinacious Papist)
Related:
Dr. Jeff Mirus: Wrong About Latin by Steve Skojec
Revising the Roman Lectionary
NLM: “Advertising” the Lectionary - An Insight into its Reform by Matthew Hazell
Monday, June 08, 2015
Conceding Too Much to Galileo
Galileo was Right—But So Were His Critics | Kevin Schmiesing | CWR
An interview with Dr. Christopher M. Graney, author of "Setting Aside All Authority: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science against Copernicus in the Age of Galileo"
An interview with Dr. Christopher M. Graney, author of "Setting Aside All Authority: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science against Copernicus in the Age of Galileo"
Synod. Rome Has Spoken, But the Case Is Not Closed by Sandro Magister
“La Civiltà Cattolica” has dictated the agenda and conclusions for the upcoming synod on the family. But things could go very differently. The latest developments from France, Germany, Argentina
“La Civiltà Cattolica” has dictated the agenda and conclusions for the upcoming synod on the family. But things could go very differently. The latest developments from France, Germany, Argentina
The Metaphysics of Suffering
What is divinized, our acts or our passions? Or how we react to our suffering? Our love of others, especially those who injure us and cause our suffering?
Hospitalland and the Divinization of One’s Passivities by Fr. Robert Barron
Hospitalland and the Divinization of One’s Passivities by Fr. Robert Barron
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