May 14, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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…is a talk being given in Detroit by an Orthodox deacon, a convert from Catholicism, Saturday evening. It’s sponsored by that area’s chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black, and Detroit’s Council of Orthodox Christian Churches. Details here (link will eventually break).
March 3, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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That’s the upshot of these words of the late Fr. Alexander Schmemann (OCA). (Link may break after this year; I don’t know if it’s tied to today’s date, as Clean Monday or Pure Monday, the first day of the Great Fast this year, or not.)
An important liturgical and devotional tradition of Byzantine Christianity during the [...]
January 28, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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It’s being noted in news coverage that Moscow Patriarch-elect KYRILL was “Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne” since shortly after the repose of Patriarch ALEXEI. This concept is not unknown in Western Christianity … in fact, locum tenens is the traditional Latin-language term whose Greek or Slavonic counterpart I do not know, but seems commonly [...]
November 14, 2008 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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On the 1st of this month Abbot Jonah (Paffhausen) from California was consecrated Titular Bishop of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Auxiliary Bishop in the OCA’s Diocese of Dallas and the South — probably the newest Bishop in the entire Orthodox Church. Yesterday (Wed.) he was elected Primate of the OCA, quite possibly the first convert [...]
May 25, 2008 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Tags: Christianity, church, church politics, Eastern Orthodoxy, ecumenical dialogue, ecumenism, evangelism, evangelization, interchurch relations, interfaith dialogue, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Church, orthodoxy, religion
Christos anesti! Alithos anesti!
As in all religious groups, in canonical Orthodoxy you will find a spectrum of approaches to other religious groups, from fervent opposition and isolationism to full embrace, and from the laity to Patriarchs, with a variety of justifications offered for each position.
Ironically, Orthodox in ecumenism have a reputation for arrogance and aloofness [...]
August 19, 2005 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Tags: Body of Christ, church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Mary, Mother of God, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Church, orthodoxy, philosophy, philosophy of religion, Theotokos
The main thing I came away with from George Gapen’s article is that the (Orthodox) Church is a real thing, it’s not a philosophical association like all the other religious / philosophical associations and societies out there. It’s the Body of Christ, and as he (Gapen) said, it can’t be re-concocted out of “ingredients.” To [...]
June 13, 2005 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Tags: Christianity, church, Divine Energies, Divine Energy, Eastern Orthodoxy, ecclesiology, Orthodox Christianity, orthodoxy, religion, theology
I recently gave a rather legalistic or juridical description of the Orthodox Church. (Being an ex-Catholic seminarian, that may be an occupational hazard!) Such is necessary in a world plagued by groups calling themselves Orthodox Churches that “ain’t necessarily so.”
What’s more important about the Orthodox Church than that it answers to the description I gave [...]
