The advent among men of the redeeming Word of God (i.e., Jesus Christ) required the development of a new liturgy – a new form of God-worship – a liturgy no longer intended solely to recall and maintain the natural relations … Continue reading
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As I indicated in the last issue of the Eastern Herald, the Church’s New Year is marked by the celebration of two major feasts: the Nativity of the Mother of God (September 8th) and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross … Continue reading
Next week on Sunday the 14th of September we celebrate one of the major feasts of our Church, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Although it falls on a Sunday, it is a feast where the Church … Continue reading
I have been suggesting in this article that the call to holiness necessarily involves a call to change the way that we think about God, life, ourselves and others. I suggested that it is imperative that we, if we want … Continue reading
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him may not die but may have eternal life As we begin this new Church Year, the Church focuses our attention on the Cross of … Continue reading
In order to understand the many major theological problems which arose between East and West, both before and after the schism, the extraordinary impact upon Western thought of Augustine’s polemics against Pelagius and Julian of Eclanum must be fully taken … Continue reading
The second theme of Mark’s Gospel is announced in 1:14-15: the coming of the kingdom of God. John has been arrested by Herod and the arrest of Jesus’ mentor, John, is the trigger for Jesus to begin His public activity … Continue reading
Jesus never moved far away from home. Capernaum is just 23 miles from Nazareth and became the center of His ministry in Galilee. He began His teaching in the synagogue there. It was there that He healed the Centurion’s servant … Continue reading
Gestures ritualized by the liturgy take their value less from what they are than from what they evoke in us. For example, do you, during the Little Entrance, think about God’s Gospel coming into the world in order to lead … Continue reading
One of the foundational elements of authentic Eastern spirituality is, of course, the Eastern Church’s understanding and image of God. For the Eastern Church God incessantly creates anew, whereas man holds fast to what is old, both to his comforts … Continue reading