Tag: Orthodox Church
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Bartholomew I: We will continue to dialogue with the Pope and Islam
HT: Byzantine TX. Source: Asia News Istanbul (AsiaNews) – On the eve of the holiday season, Bartholomew I delivered a major address before an highly qualified audience from the Orthodox world, defending the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s choice for inter-faith dialogue. “We will insist on dialogue, despite the criticism that we suffer,” he said. “There is, unfortunately,…
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Byzantine Chant for Christmas – Christ is born!
HT: Fr. Andrew Damick If you like Byzantine Chant (I do) you will like the hymn (in Greek) of the Nativity. What’s with that hats? Actually, they are part of the tradition (see icon below the video, bottom left corner). I realize Byzantine Chant is not everyone’s cup of tea, especially in Greek. Still, it’s…
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New Film: “Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer”
“Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer: Experiencing the Presence of God and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of an Ancient Spirituality” It will be published February 8, 2011 by HarperOne. New York, July 1, 2010 — A little known 2000-year-old Christian prayer, still used by monks and nuns in far away caves and monasteries, is the…
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Words from Patriarch Kyrill on the Future
Source: Orthodox England Published December 6, 2010 Our Russian Orthodox Church has tens of millions of people living in sixty-two countries. When I think about all these countries and people scattered over different Continents and looking to Moscow as the centre of gravity, that says to me, among other things, that as Patriarch I must…
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If you are in Naples, FL tomorrow (Dec. 14, 2010) …
…I’ll be speaking at the Ave Maria University Founders Club. Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 The Birth of Christ and The Rebirth of Culture The season of Advent is a time to prepare our hearts to receive the gift we share in the birth of Christ. Fr. Johannes (Hans) Jacobse, a priest of the Orthodox Church,…