Предстоятели Поместных Православных Церквей совершили Литургию в храме св. ап. Павла в Шамбези

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Keynote Address By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew To the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches.http://myocn.net/ecumenical-history-is-being-made/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, January 26, 2016

NLM: Documentary About the Original Divine Mercy Image - Is This Really What Christ Looked Like? by David Clayton

"I did hear a story that Sr Faustina was never happy with the image either, and in the end, reluctantly agreed to its use assuming that no artist could ever reproduce satisfactorily what she had seen. Then years later, so the story went as related to me, she saw an image of Christ painted in the iconographic style and said, “That’s what he looked like!” I can’t corroborate this, but I find it plausible."

But what of modesty?

No one's addressed that issue in the recent change made by Pope Francis regarding whose feet can be washed on Maundy Thursday, not even Fr. Hunwicke has addressed it. (One Benedictine defender of the change alludes to the question of modesty but believes it to be culture-specific rather than pertaining to a universal norm.) Would Christ or the Apostles have washed the feet of women in their time? If not, why not? Because of cultural norms? Even if that is the case that those norms are particular to a culture, what is their reason? I would argue because of the respect for modesty. A man might wash his mother's feet or his wife's out of necessity, but those of a stranger?

And will women really respect bishops and priests who cater to them in this symbolic gesture of service, which may even be taken as another instance of pedestalizing them? As if there isn't enough white-knighting already in the Latin churches. (See for example the Benedictine defender, who seems to be a sympathizer with feminism.)

How odd...

Next month there will be a screening of The Young Messiah, hosted by Ignatius Press, MOTIVE Entertainment, Ocean Blue Entertainment, 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment. Why is Ignatius Press giving support to a movie based on the novel of Anne Rice (and her use of gnostic sources, among others)?

ABOUT THE MOVIE:

Remaining true to the character of Jesus revealed in the Bible, The Young Messiah is an inspirational story for the whole family about the childhood of the Savior.



When the mystery of Jesus’ divinity begins to unfold in His childhood, He turns to His parents for guidance. But Mary and Joseph, in an effort to protect their child, are afraid to reveal all they know. How do you explain the ways of the world to the Creator of the world? How do you teach the Teacher? How do you help the Savior who came to save you?

Follow the young Messiah as He and His family take the dangerous journey from Egypt to Nazareth and on to Jerusalem, where His true identity and profound destiny is fulfilled.

What people are saying about THE YOUNG MESSIAH:

"This film will be great for my imagination for many weeks and many months to come...What was really important and well-done was the way that faith is challenged in very complex situations, but at times there is a clarity that shines through and a simplicity of the faith that is just inspiring and leaves you with a sense that God enters into this violent world and brings something very different." - Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Diocese of Phoenix

"Captivating, inspiring, deeply moving." -Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., Boston

“Beautiful film with a compelling story. It is sure to be a classic for families for years to come.” - Rev. David L. Guffey, CSC, Family Theater Productions

"Engaging, tender...fall in love with Jesus Christ all over again." -Lisa Hendey, Founder & Editor, CatholicMom.com

The Latin overemphasis on the humanity of Christ?

Chiesa: The “No” To Pope Francis From the Chief Rabbi of Rome by Sandro Magister

He said it during the meeting with the pope at the synagogue. And it is the refusal to “discuss theology” with the Catholic Church. Because of Jewish fears of a blurring of that which distinguishes them from Christians?

Eastern Christian Books: Christianity in Korea

Eastern Christian Books: Christianity in Korea

Eastern Christian Books: The Councils of the Orthodox Churches

Eastern Christian Books: The Councils of the Orthodox Churches

The Trisagion Prayer

Fr. Stavros teaches us about the Trisagion Hymn, it glorifies God, addresses God, and asks him to have mercy on...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, January 23, 2016

The Psaltic Tradition of Mount Athos

"Monk Iakovos, Protopsaltis (First Chanter) of the Church of Protato, Karyes, Mt Athos, speaks on Holy Mountain's Psaltic Tradition"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Monastic Obedience

"Obedience, which is one of the basic principles of our monastic order, is nothing but love put into practice."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, January 21, 2016

"Obedience, which is one of the basic principles of our monastic order, is nothing but love put into practice."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, January 21, 2016

St. Maximos the Confessor

"Thus, Maximus shows how movement, including movement of the human will, is a good thing. Maximus was also very...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, January 21, 2016

Pope Francis Meets with the Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Pope Francis on Friday said the Church’s teaching on marriage is not an “ideal for the few,” but “a reality that, in the...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, January 22, 2016

Worship is Prayer

As Christians we must find time each week to pray in the context of worship, in a community. #myOCNhttp://myocn.net/daily-devotion-january-22-worship-is-a-necessary-form-of-prayer/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, January 22, 2016

Synaxis of Primates

Ecumenical Patriarch has convened a Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches in Chambésy, Geneva. #myOCNhttp://myocn.net/ecumenical-patriarch-convenes-synaxis-in-geneva/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, January 22, 2016

Chiesa: At the Vatican There Is a “Seismograph” That Is Setting Off Tremors by Sandro Magister

The latest incident is on how Francis interprets and implements Vatican Council II. The “school of Bologna” is chanting victory. But two letters from the pope say the opposite

Bad Inclusiveness

Fr. Z: Francis orders change to Foot Washing Rite on Holy Thursday to include females
The inevitable: Pope Francis decrees that Maundy Thursday foot-washing can include women
Washing of the Feet Officially Opened to Women by Gregory DiPippo

Issued by a Church of France That is Generally Dying

A new document on Muslim-Christian marriages has just been published by the Church in France.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Thomistica.net: A Word about the Word - DSPT Aquinas Lecture 2016 - DSPT

Robert Royal on Pope Francis's Book on Mercy

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Robert Royal

Joseph Ratzinger Foundation

Have you liked the Facebook Page for the Vatican's Joseph Ratzinger Foundation?

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, January 16, 2016

Archimandrite Zacharias on Elder Sophrony

"Archimandrite Zacharias, from Holy Monastery of Honourable Forerunner, Essex, England, speaks about his spiritual father Elder Sophrony"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, January 14, 2016

Body and Transcendence: The Philosophical Anthropology in John Paul II's Theology of the Body

Body and Transcendence: The Philosophical Anthropology in John Paul II's Theology of the Body.This is the title of the...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, January 18, 2016

Another Photo of St. Sava in Belgrade

A beautiful church in Belgrade. God Bless! #myOCN

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, January 14, 2016

Chanting in Mount Athos

"Elder Thomas Mikrayannanitis, Mt Athos, speaks for his monastic experiences and chants Byzantine hymns."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, January 16, 2016

Fr. Z: Pope Francis! Restore the Feast of the Circumcision!

The World Jewish Congress speaks about Pope Francis' first trip to Rome's Synagogue on Sunday.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Holy Person

"He is free and does not desire to sin, not because it is ethically forbidden and out of place, but because he does not want to destroy the temple of God within him."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 18, 2016

That's a good photo of Metropolitan Hilarion; too bad his Russian FB page is no longer available.

His website.

Prayer Postures

Fr. Stavros teaches that the preferred posture of praying is standing, but that the most important thing is to pray.http://myocn.net/daily-devotion-january-19-to-stand-or-sit-or-kneel-that-is-the-question/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Eastern Christian Books: The Bishop of Rome in Late Antiquity (II): the Fourth Century

Eastern Christian Books: The Bishop of Rome in Late Antiquity (II): the Fourth Century

Pope Addresses Pastoral Needs of Eastern Rite Immigrants in U.S., Canada by John Burger
Immigrants to North America, hailing from the world's trouble spots, will be better able to worship in their traditions

I suppose one could argue that the pope has a role to play in adjudicating jurisdictional issues for churches whose territorial boundaries overlap, as "one city one bishop" is not being observed. Still... by what authority does he have to erect the new eparchies, rather than confirming their erection by bishops of those particular churches?

American Erasmian Greek

Couldn't find something more suitable than Allegri's Miserere?

Modern Greek...




Pronunciation of Ancient Greek in teaching
Guide to Greek Pronunciation Conventions
The Great Greek Pronunciation Debate (SBL 2011 Report, pt. 3)
The Error of Caragounis
Is Erasmian Pronunciation Ugly?

Another Rendition of Kedrov's Setting of the Lord's Prayer

Pope Francis on the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple

Even God Needs Mercy? (A Troubling Homily by Pope Francis) by Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S.

The same homily to which Fr. Z reacted here.

Latin nestorianism?

How long has the feast of the Holy Family been around? Only since the late 19th century, as it was instituted by Leo XIII? The feast is rather a novelty in the history of the Roman rite, reflecting Latin piety and theological emphasis at that time? (Much like the addition of St. Joseph by John XXIII to the Roman canon?)

Feast of the Holy Family - December 27, 2015

Chiesa: When It Comes To Gay Unions, Bergoglio Doesn’t Say No by Sandro Magister

They are about to become law in Italy, but the pope is discouraging Catholics from raising the barricades. He did the same thing in Argentina. But there’s a difference in his politics on immigration, poverty, Islamic radicalism

Catholic World Report: Pope Francis and Catholic Traditionalists: 20 Questions for Kenneth Wolfe
The Rorate Caeli contributor offers his thoughts on the current papacy and on growing interest in the pre-Vatican II liturgical tradition.
By Sean Salai, S.J.

Fr. Hunwicke: Pope Benedict and his Ordinariates

Fr. Hunwicke Weighs In

on married priests...

Third and Last Part of Fr. Silouan Justiniano's Article on Iconography

The last part of Fr. Silouan Justiniano's article.

Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

House Cassocks

Fr. Z: ASK FATHER: House cassocks

Papal Address to the Diplomatic Corps

The family, always foremost in the thoughts of Pope Francis, was given special attention on January 11 in the speech he...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Rorate Caeli links to this sermon: Priestly celibacy is more than a discipline

The website itself is not loading at this time on the browser... not sure what it's about.

St. Aelred of Rievaulx

Once I Was a Clever Boy: St Ailred of Rievaulx

Of course the Institute of the Incarnate Word is Involved

A Fabro Symposium...

via Thomistica.net

IVE America
Religious Family of the Incarnate Word
IVE Missions

Pope Francis on Mercy

During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis spoke on the mercy of God as spoken about in the Bible.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Sounds More Like a Defense of the Current Bishop of Rome

than something dealing with the occupants of that see for the last two centuries...

Catholic News Service's Carol Glatz reports on a new Italian title, RISPONDE PAPA FRANCESCO - “Pope Francis Replies: Every Interview and Press Conference.”

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, January 9, 2016

Prayer

Fr. Stavros teaches that prayer is communication with God, a dialog that brings guidance, peace and balance to life.http://myocn.net/what-is-prayer-2/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Simeon and more...

"Now You dismiss Your servant, O Lord, in peace!"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Chiesa: Married Priests. The Germany-Brazil Axis by Sandro Magister
In the accounts of a German theologian and a Brazilian bishop, Francis’s plan to allow local exceptions to the norm of clerical celibacy. Beginning with the Amazon

If the report is accurate, it is shameful that the liberals are linking one with the other. The patriarchate of Rome has more to worry about than solving the shortage of priests, and even if it were financially feasible to have married priests on a wide scale, there are other serious problems that need to be addressed first (and the financial problems of the churches is a part of the current crisis of the Latin churches).

Reaction at Rorate.

From Ancient Philosophy to Christian Wisdom

Fr. Brian Daley, SJ and Remi Brague

More Love from Magister for Benedict XVI

All the Mysteries of the First Sacrament. Unveiled

Collected here for the first time are the fifteen baptismal homilies delivered by Benedict XVI at the Easter Vigil and on the first Sunday after Epiphany, when he baptized adults and children

Fr. David Meconi, S.J. on EWTN Live

09/09/2015

Eastern Christian Books: Will They or Won't They? On the Holding of Church Councils East and West

Eastern Christian Books: Will They or Won't They? On the Holding of Church Councils East and West

Fr. Silouan Justiniano on Naturalism and Abstraction in iconography

Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Fr. Silouan Justiniano continues his essay on Naturalism and Abstraction in iconography.

Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

What fruits of peace and justice without Christ and the Holy Spirit?

"That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice" -- Pope Francis on Interreligious Dialogue

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov): “The Activity of Prayer Is the Highest Activity of the Human Mind”
The one who seeks corruptible earthly blessings in his prayer rouses the indignation of Heaven’s King against himself. The angels and archangels-His ...

The Ancestors of Christ: What Do All These Names Mean? by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
The two readings which we have heard to-day, that of the Epistle and that of the Gospel present us with two aspects of Israel's faith and ...

Wanderer Interview with Cardinal Burke

In which he discusses the Extraordinary Synod and the final report (via Fr. Z).

The Synaxis of the Holy Forerunner John the Baptist

NLM: The Synaxis of the Holy Forerunner John the Baptist by Gregory DiPippo

The Baptism of Christ

Jesus restores water to its original intent, to truly clean, to truly refresh, and to truly satisfy our thirst.http://myocn.net/jesus-baptized/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 4, 2016

Ascetic Hesychasm

"It is true that the attitude on the part of ascetics towards the vagaries of human life provokes a variety of conflicting reactions in the psyche of the technically-orientated people of today."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 4, 2016

Fr. Michael Harper on the Holy Liturgy

"Fr. Michael Harper (1931-2010), Director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, founding father and a Debuty Director of THE WAY, speaks on the Role of Holy Liturgy in Christian Faith."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2016

May Your Will Be Done...

"Our attitude is ‘May your will be done’. Then the potential develops within us to conceive of God as He is in His eternity."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Mt. St. Mary's College: Catholic and Dominican Institute - Sixth Annual Philosophy Workshop

Dei Verbum

5 Reasons to Read Dei Verbum

Feast of Theophany

Chiesa: Nullity of Marriage. A Reform That Risks Sinking in the Dock

The extreme facility of the procedures was the solution contrived by Pope Francis to readmit the divorced and remarried to communion. But not everything is working out as planned. A commentary by the canonist Guido Ferro Canale

From Sr. Vassa for the New Year

"A 2-minute, New Year's reflection, on letting go and letting God, hosted by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin of the University of Vienna in Austria."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016

"Don't miss the award-winning New Year episode of Sister Vassa, featuring Saint Basil the Great and other puzzling, non-orthodox phenomena."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, January 2, 2016

Charismatic Theology

"Protopresbyter Emmanuel Klapsis, US, speaks on relationships among Charismatic and Academic Theology"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016

Related:

"In this divine-human communion, man is enriched and in this he has his point of reference, which guides him and keeps him unabated on the path of truth which was revealed by Christ."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016

New Book by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

Insight Scoop: Fr. Uwe Michael Lang on how gesture, art, music, and architecture make present the sacred in the liturgy

Eastern Christian Books: Theories of Atonement

Eastern Christian Books: Theories of Atonement

Eastern Christian Books: Catholic Treatments of Divinization

Eastern Christian Books: Catholic Treatments of Divinization

Eastern Christian Books: An Interview with George Demacopoulos on Gregory the Great

Eastern Christian Books: An Interview with George Demacopoulos on Gregory the Great

Ivan Illich on Mission Work

Principles for the Training of Missionaries by Ivan Illich

Sign and Source of the Church: Mary in the Theology of the Ressourcement

Morals or Metaphysics? The Place of Charity in the Christian Tradition

Fr. Brian Daley on the Spiritual Exercises

Hounds of the Lord

A new book on Dominican saints from Sophia Institute Press.

A Step in the Right Direction?

Or getting away from the tradition of a particular Church without sufficient expalanation? Regardless of whether Sandro Magister likes the changes in emphasis or not, is his reporting accurate? If the Latins do move away from indulgences what change in teaching accompanies it? If none, then will the faithful be confused? A Latin traditionalist could argue that indulgences are the effect of God's mercy, in so far as He desires that we have a role in the economy of salvation.

Indulgences and Purgatory? Francis Has Mothballed Them

They were constituent elements of all the jubilees. But not of this one. The pope isn’t talking about them anymore, as if they would overshadow the absolute primacy of mercy

Mysterion Xenon

Magister in "Good Standing" Once Again

NCReg: Vatican Returns Magister's Press Credentials (via Fr. Z)

עִמָּנוּאֵל Immanuel

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

The Nativity icon is a beautiful reminder to praise the birth of Christ and to remember the celebration of Christmas is one for me and you. #myOCN #Nativityhttp://myocn.net/the-icon-of-the-nativity/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Eastern Christian Books: Holy Men on the Holy Mountain

Eastern Christian Books: Holy Men on the Holy Mountain

Nice Image of the Theotokos

Cool.

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Of Human Institution and of Positive Law

Fr. Hunwicke: Apostolos suos and Episcopal Conferences

Ad Orientem

‘Ad Orientem’: The Cardinal Virtues of Worship
Cardinal Robert Sarah and others encourage priests and people to look east.

(via Fr. Z)

Who's Anchorless?

Rorate Caeli: 10th Anniversary of the Hermeneutic of Continuity Speech by Peter Kwasniewski

If Sacred Tradition is not to be identified with neo-scholasticism or Latin theologoumena, then maybe it isn't so difficult to figure out what is in continuity and what is not.

Eastern Christian Books: Pushing Back Against Roman Catholic Iconoclasm

Eastern Christian Books: Pushing Back Against Roman Catholic Iconoclasm

Whom Does Modern Man Worship?

Rorate Caeli: The Horror of Surrogate Religions: cats are a substitute for children and skyscrapers for bell towers

Interview with Vicar General of Opus Dei

Mariano Fazio

More papalist than the current Society of Jesus?

Eastern Christian Books: Formation of the Syriac Churches: an Interview with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Eastern Christian Books: Formation of the Syriac Churches: an Interview with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Is the use of poetry and figurative language in Syriac theology culturally linked to the use of the same in the Old Testament? A Semitic preference for that approach? Or the absence of a developed philosophical tradition?

An Opus Dei Take on Marriage

US website:

Correction from a NeoCath

Fr. Schall gives an approval of Michael Novak's latest on Catholic social teaching: Crisis: What “Social Justice” Really Means by Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.

Old Rome

Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Mercy, has granted that all the bishops of the world may impart the Papal Blessing with a plenary indulgence.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, December 13, 2015

More Branding

The official hymn of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, December 14, 2015

Third Advent Sermon

The third and final Advent sermon for 2015 was preached on Friday by the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, December 18, 2015

Video of the Pope Emeritus

Der Weihnachtsbaum auf dem Petersplatz hat zwei Spitzen, eine für Papst Franziskus und eine für Papst em. Benedikt, wie die Pfälzer ihren Baum beschreiben. Er kommt aus Bayern, genauer gesagt aus dem Bistum Regensburg, daher hat die Delegation auch den bayerischen, emeritierten Papst Benedikt getroffen.

Posted by Radio Vatikan on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Prayer of the Heart

"Prayer, especially the Jesus Prayer (‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me’), through which we are united to God, is...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Crisis and Divine Providence

"Elder Prodromos from Mt Athos, Greece, speaks on economic Crisis and the Providence of God"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Icon as Communion

Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Friday, December 18, 2015

Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo

Ethika Politika Profile: Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo

Institute for Catholic Culture