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Being a Christian: Neither a Spectator's Sport, Nor Theater

St. John Chrysostom once compared the Christian life to theater in the sense that at the end of the play as the actors take off their masks and go to their real/normal lives, so too Christians when th… more →

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Aboriginal Parish in Australia

Leo Peter O'Filon wrote 20 hours ago: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) has recently launched an Aboriginal Australian … more →

Tags: eastern orthodox christianity, Aboriginal Australians, aboriginal missions, Aboriginal peoples, aborigines, Australia, Christianity, Church History, County Waterford

Being a Christian: Neither a Spectator's Sport, Nor Theater — 1 comment

Fr. Ted wrote 2 days ago: St. John Chrysostom once compared the Christian life to theater in the sense that at the end of the … more →

Tags: Christian, church, Holy Spirit, Ministry, Orthodox, Saints, being Christian, Chrysostom, Last Judgment

Cardinal Points and Catholicity

Matthew Owen wrote 6 days ago: I’m not sure that “East” or “Oriental” mean anything on a globe, but … more →

Tags: Religion, Faith, History, East and West, Catholic Church, Theology, Geography, Greek, What it Means to be Catholic

Question/Comment

Matthew Owen wrote 6 days ago: About a year ago, I listened to the tail-end of an interesting talk on Weekday– a locally-pr … more →

Tags: Life, Religion, Faith, History, Conversion, Culture, Searching

The Church of the Future: From Hierarch to Shepherd?

Fr. Ted wrote 1 week ago: This is the 3rd and final blog in this series which has been considering the writings of Nicholas Af … more →

Tags: Orthodox Church in America, church, Hierarchy, kingdom, Conciliarity, Christian, bishops, Russian Orthodox, Byzantium

From Shepherd to Hierarch — 1 comment

Fr. Ted wrote 1 week ago: This is the 2nd blog in a series based upon the book, THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT by Russian Ortho … more →

Tags: Law and Religion, Orthodoxy, church, Hierarchy, Conciliarity, Christian, bishops, Constantine, Eucharist

The Grace of the Bishop

Fr. Ted wrote 1 week ago: I want to finish making a few comments about the church, clericalism and hierarchy that I gleaned fr … more →

Tags: Christ, Judgment, church, Hierarchy, Ministry, Holy Spirit, bishops, Priests, Servant Leadership

(St.) John Cassian: Pt 3, Legacy

mjjhoskin wrote 1 week ago: More important than the controversy surrounding him is John Cassian’s legacy. This legacy can … more →

Tags: posts that mention ancient stuff, Classics, Books, Christianity, Classic Christianity, Anglicanism, Monasticism, monks, Patristics

Quoting Jesus — 1 comment

Fr. Ted wrote 2 weeks ago: One surprising mystery to me is how rarely any of the first disciples quote Jesus in the Acts of the … more →

Tags: Gospel, Christ, Orthodoxy, Scripture, church, God, pentecost, Nicene Creed, Acts of the Apostles

Personal Favourites from My Helsinki Daily Photo Blog 2009, First Half — 6 comments

ppusa wrote 2 weeks ago: First half of the year is now gone so it is time to select personal favourite images from my Helsink … more →

Tags: Photographs, boxing, cannon, Dino, dinosaur, Favourite Images, Finland, Finnish orthodox church, fog

KOSOVO FIELD OF BLACKBIRDS

pedrofeliz3b wrote 2 weeks ago: Kosovo is a land of myth and memory. It was here in the 1300s that three separate battles were foug … more →

Tags: Baudrillard, Bill Clinton, Civil War, Clash of Civilizations?, Cult of Relics, History, Mark Mazower, Philosophy, Poems by Denise Levertov

First Team of 2009 Departs for the Field — 1 comment

orthodoxchristianmissioncenter wrote 2 weeks ago: St. Augustine–On Friday, June 12, the first Orthodox Mission Team of 2009 departed to Albania … more →

Tags: Mission Teams, Missions, orthodox christian, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox, OCMC, Orthodox Christian Mission Center, Orthodox Missions