May 2013
39 posts
“Death was terrible to the human race before Christ’s death, but after Christ’s...”
– New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey
“Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, ‘You are a saint,’ the other,...”
– St. Silouan the Athonite
How I feel now that the last of my papers is...
When a scholarly article doesn't translate huge...
As a liturgist that’s just about every article :-/
Let's get the Paschal Greeting in as many...
simplyorthodox:
justfeedmepizza:
itswewhoaresuryoye:
theorthodoxbrit:
Just reblog this, adding one extra language on the end (don’t be greedy). I will start with the English.
CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! (English)
Qom Moran men Qabro! Shariroith Qom! (Syriac)
Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese! (Russian)
Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti! (Greek)
Christus...
“Yesterday I was crucified with Him; today I am glorified with Him; yesterday I...”
– St. Gregory the Theologian - Homily on Pascha
My 2 1/2 year old son just asked me "why is Jesus...
If you're looking toward church to validate your... →
Church is not there to make sure you‘ve got it all right. It’s there to Give you Jesus. I go to church because in that community, though it may often be small, poor, ugly and wrong, Christ is present.
Trying to figure out if I should respond to...
“[The Enemy] wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand;...”
– The Screwtape Letters
TheOrant: This is basically what baptism does →
I ran into this video today. It reminded me of a prayer in the Theophany liturgy of the Eastern Churches. This is the feast that commemorates the baptism of Jesus and teaches the church a great deal about their own baptism.
The prayer states:
For you are our God, who through water and the Spirit rejuvenated our nature grown old by sin.
I think this video demonstrates this pretty well…...
“If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for...”
– St. Ignatius of Loyola
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April 2013
62 posts
