Reblogged from Fr. Stephen Freeman’s Blog Glory to God for All Things Man is a musical composition, a wonderfully written hymn to powerful creative activity. – St. Gregory of Nyssa (PG 44, 441 B) In St. Gregory’s thought, man is not only a singer, but a song. We are not only song, but the song [...]
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The Song of God
Posted in Early Church Fathers, Music, Orthodox Christian, Turtle Rock, tagged God, Gregory of Nyssa, Holy, Isaiah, Pope Gregory I on 31 January 12 | Leave a Comment »
The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
Posted in First Six Councils (Fathers of), Orthodox Christian, tagged Apostles, Church Fathers, Eastern Orthodox Church, Ecumenical council, Holy Spirit, Jesus on 31 July 11 | Leave a Comment »
The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils Commemorated on the Sunday closest to July 16 In the Ninth Section of the Nicea-Constantinople Symbol-Creed of Faith – worked out by the holy fathers of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils, we confess our faith in “One, Holy, Catholico-Conciliar (“Sobornyi”) and Apostolic [...]
Orthodox Christians in Japan Ask for Prayers
Posted in Orthodox Christian, Turtle Rock, tagged Eastern Orthodox Church, Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Japan, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Orthodox Church, Japan Tsunami 2011, Sendai, Tōhoku region on 15 March 11 | Leave a Comment »
The Orthodox Christians of Japan ask for prayersRight after the explosion at the nuclear power plant, a correspondent from the website, Pravoslavie i Mir contacted Priest Nicholai Katsiuban, rector of the metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Japan. A Letter from the Orthodox Christians of Japan From the Director of External Church Relations. “Christ [...]
Post-a-Week – A New Start!
Posted in Church, Theophany, tagged Christ, God, John Chrysostom, Julian Calendar, Nativity of Jesus, Pontius Pilate, postaweek2011, Russian Orthodox Church, Theophany on 12 January 11 | Leave a Comment »
WordPress is offering some help with getting back (or on) the blogging wagon. I’ve let this one slide entirely too much in the past year or so. I decided to go with the “postaweek” rather than the “postaday” on this blog. Gotta “sneak up on it!” For we Russian Orthodox, this is one of the [...]
Do Not Avoid the Sorrows
Posted in Church, Sorrows, Turtle Rock on 3 January 11 | Leave a Comment »
Do not avoid the sorrows, because being helped by them you learn the truth and love of God well. And do not fear the temptations (negative experiences) for through them you discover treasures. Pray that you may not enter into spiritual temptations, while for the bodily ones, prepare to face them with all your strength, [...]
Sunday of the Holy Ancestors of Christ (2nd Sunday before Nativity)
Posted in Father(s), Nativity, tagged Christ, Do Not Lie, Jesus, Psalm, Religion and Spirituality, Son of God on 26 December 10 | Leave a Comment »
Do Not Lie to One Another, since You Have Put Off the Old Man With His Deeds You shall destroy all those who utter a lie (Ps. 5:7). The mouth that speaks a lie will slay the soul (Wis. 1:11) Forasmuch as all sins arise through a love of pleasure or avarice or vainglory, we [...]
A Hymn by St. Ambrose
Posted in Church, Hymnography on 2 September 10 | Leave a Comment »
We praise Thee, O God; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. To Thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens. and all the Powers therein. To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of [...]
Orthodox Links
Posted in Orthodox Christian, Theology on 6 May 10 | Leave a Comment »
In response to comments on various posts, I want to give a few links for those who are interested: http://www.stots.edu/these_truths_we_hold.html http://www.stjrussianorthodox.com/orthodoxy.htm http://www.stjrussianorthodox.com/history.htm http://www.stjrussianorthodox.com/theology.htm http://www.fatheralexander.org/ At the following link, you will need to click on the “Textbooks” button. A new page will load with a list of excellent textbooks for theological study. All are available on [...]
An Evening Hymn by St. Gregory Nazianzen
Posted in Early Church Fathers, Prayer on 1 May 10 | Leave a Comment »
AN EVENING HYMN. St. Gregory Nazianzen 1. And now again at night, O Christ, the living Word, Thou Light of the Eternal Light, Be Thou by us adored. 2. Thou dost the Spirit give, Third Light, in glory one; His grace, by whom alone we live, Thou dost refuse to none. 3. Thou didst the [...]
Mid-Pentecost
Posted in Church on 29 April 10 | Leave a Comment »
In the Icon, 12 year-old Jesus is teaching in the Synagogue. This Feast has as it’s theme Christ the Teacher. In the Gospel for the day, “Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught…Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. [...]
Christ is Risen!!
Posted in Christ is Risen!, Church, PASCHA! on 4 April 10 | Leave a Comment »
I have decided this will be a habit. As long as I can blog, I will keep referring to the 2008 post with the beautiful Serbian song, composed by St. Nikolai Velimirovic – Christ God is Risen! Let us Rejoice! * Christ is Risen!! Indeed He is Risen!! * May this song bring you the [...]
Hello, Great Lent!
Posted in Church, Great Lent on 13 February 10 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow will be Forgiveness Sunday – the last day for dairy and fish until Pascha. Why do we Orthodox abstain from animal products during Great Lent? The answer is surprisingly practical. First, we make ourselves hungry so that we will become hungry for God. Secondly, we will be less governed by the “passions,” because we [...]
December 12 / 25
Posted in Church, Saints on 25 December 09 | 1 Comment »
On December 12 (December 25 old-style), we celebrate several significant saints, both from the distant past of the Early Church and from the more modern eras. Sainted Spyridon of Trimyphunteia Commemorated on December 12 (December 25 new style) Sainted Spyridon of Trimyphunteia was born towards the end of the III Century on the island of [...]
St. Sava (Sabba) the Sanctified (12/5 / 12/18)
Posted in Church, Saints on 18 December 09 | Leave a Comment »
From: http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/December/05-01.htm The Monk Sava the Sanctified Commemorated on December 5 (old style) The Monk Sava the Sanctified was born in the V Century at Cappadocia of pious Christian parents, named John and Sophia. His father was a military-commander. Journeying off to Alexandria on service related matters, his wife went with him, but their five [...]
Russia Buries Murdered Priest
Posted in Church, Martyrdom, Mourning, Orthodox Christian on 25 November 09 | 1 Comment »
Russia Buries Murdered Priest, As Attention Focuses On Fragile Religious Ties (RFE/RL) — Thousands of mourners gathered at a suburban Moscow church today for funeral services for a Russian Orthodox priest shot dead by a masked gunman last week. Investigators said Daniil Sysoyev had received death threats for converting Muslims and criticizing Islam. His death [...]
Manhattan Declaration Executive Summary
Posted in Christianity, Morality on 24 November 09 | 1 Comment »
Religious Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience if Laws Don’t Respect Faith Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:52 PM A formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular authority – and even engage in civil disobedience – if laws force them to accept abortion, same-sex [...]
Saint Silouan on Love
Posted in Church, Saint on 20 November 09 | 1 Comment »
Saint Silouan on Love The soul cannot know peace unless she prays for her enemies. The soul that has learned of God’s grace to pray, feels love and compassion for every created thing, and in particular for mankind, for whom the Lord suffered on the Cross, and His soul was heavy for every one of [...]
Fall Down Get Up x3
Posted in Life, Prayer, Spiritual on 13 November 09 | 1 Comment »
The Orthodox among us will recognize the title. There is general acknowledgment that in our spiritual lives we tend to fall down and get up many times. We commit the same old transgressions again and again and again. We are genuinely sorry, and do try to repent, but we recognize that we probably will fail [...]
Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria (290-303).
Posted in Church, Saints on 20 October 09 | Leave a Comment »
Today the Church remembers the Martyrs Sergius (Sergios) and Bacchus (Bakkos) in Syria (290-303). The Holy Martyrs Sergios and Bakkhos were appointed to high positions in the army by the emperor Maximian (284-305), who did not know that they were Christians. Malevolent persons made a denunciation to Maximian, that his two military-commanders did not honour [...]
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