Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Vocations Retreat at St. Tikhon's

Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will host its annual Vocations Retreat on April 22­-23, 2016.http://myocn.net/st-tikhons-to-host-annual-vocations-retreat/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, February 22, 2016

Byzantine Aesthetics

Exploring Byzantine Aesthetics and how a better understanding of them appreciate byzantine beauty.http://myocn.net/exploring-byzantine-aesthetics/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Tradition

"Metropolitan Pavlos of Sisanio and Siatista at a public discussion speaks for tradition and modernization"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, February 23, 2016

David Clayton Comments on the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God

NLM
Called to Be the Children of God is available for pre-order but I don't see a release date.

Monday, February 22, 2016

More "Eastern" Versions of the Divine Mercy Image

at Crossroads Initiative: Blood and Water From His Side – Chrysostom

More on Psychological Solidarity

In the exposition of why the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity became man, some will talk about how it was so that the Word would have psychological solidarity with us, feeling and experiencing pain, suffering, and death as we do. This is in contrast to the knowledge God would have of such things as cause -- what is important here is the "subjectivity." But is this really such a good reason? Are human beings such "special snowflakes" that God the Son must experience "human subjectivity" to become one of us? Or does God the Son become man not so that he can be accounted one of us, not as fallen but experiencing the consequences of original sin nonetheless, but so that He might elevate us to the divine? (After all, if we accept that subjectivity is important, why can we not say that Christ must experience temptation as we do, that is in a way that involves disordered appetite, in order to be one of us?)
CWR: Pope Francis calls Havana Joint Declaration debatable, understands Ukrainians might feel betrayed
While the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate spins the meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the Pope expresses support for His Beatitude Sviatoslav.
By Fr. Andriy Chirovsky

As expected, the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate has started the process of spinning the February 12, 2016 Havana Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill. In a February 17 interview with Aleksei Sosiedov,

Related:
Chiesa: At the Summit Is the Embrace in Havana, But At the Base Unity Is Far Away
The account of two Australian spouses, he a Catholic, she Orthodox. Point by point, all the elements of the dispute between the two Churches, in everyday life

"Ten Minute Spirituality for a Modern World," by Archimandrite Sergius (Bowyer)




Sunday, February 21, 2016

A Cave Temple

Nino shared these pictures of her hometown church built in a cave in Georgia! #myOCN

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, February 20, 2016

Nino shared these pictures of her hometown church built in a cave in Georgia! #myOCN

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, February 20, 2016

Athonite Monastery Duringi the Ottoman Occupation

"Cooperation with the Ottoman authorities was essential to preserve the autonomy of the Athonite community and the landed property of the monasteries."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, February 21, 2016

Saturday, February 20, 2016

St. Porphyrios

In this video Father Alexios speaks of his wonderful and God-sent relationship with St. Porphyrios. Watch now!http://myocn.net/metropolitan-alexios-of-atlanta-st-porphyrios-a-great-figure-of-orthodoxy/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, February 19, 2016

St. Georges in Bucharest, Romania

How cute! This is Luca from St. Georges Orthodox Church in Bucharest,Romania. #myOCN

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, February 20, 2016

Fr. Moses the Athonite

He has published four poetic collections: Ηπειρωτική Ηλιοφάνεια (Mainland Sunshine), Αγιορείτικες Πέτρες (The Stones of Mount Athos), Αθωνικά Ποιήματα (Athonite Poems) and Αθωνικό Ψαλτήρι (Athonite Psalter).

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, February 19, 2016

Friday, February 19, 2016

It's Us vs. Them

The Protest of Ukrainian Catholics: “The Pope Supports Russian Aggression”

The archbishop of Kiev gives voice to the bitterness of his faithful, because of the embrace between Francis and the patriarch of Moscow and the “half truths” of the document they signed in Havana

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Robert de Mattei on the Meeting of Fancis and Kirill

Rorate Caeli: "The 'historical' meeting between Francis and Kirill" by Roberto de Mattei

CWR Interview with Bishop Alexander Sample

CWR: Abp. Sample on the liturgy, vocations, and Synod disappointments by Jim Graves
In a wide-ranging interview on his 10th anniversary as a bishop, the archbishop of Portland discusses the centrality of the sacred liturgy, the challenges facing the family today, and more.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Portrait of the Lay Vocation: St. Giuseppe Moscati

CWR Blog: St. Giuseppe Moscati and the Vocation of the Laity by K. V. Turley
The life of the 20th-century Italian doctor and saint was, as Antonio Tripodoro's biography demonstrates, a fusion of the secular and the spiritual, of the earthly and of that which belongs to another realm.

Eastern Christian Books: Early Christian Devotion to the Mother of God

Eastern Christian Books: Early Christian Devotion to the Mother of God

Byzantine-Rite Liturgical Colors

How can we expand our views of liturgical color concerning the Orthodox vestment? Read more about this topic. #myOCNhttp://myocn.net/the-orthodox-vestment-color-spectrum/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, February 16, 2016