Abkhazia is the Georgian Church's
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Tbilisi, May 23 (Interfax) - *Constantinople recognizes the jurisdiction of
the Georgian Orthodox Church in Abkhazia, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of
Geo...
My thoughts on tattoos.
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Christ is Risen!
I still don't have time to blog. My thoughts on them: I don't like them. I
personally know quite a few people who have them and they run...
Triumph of the Slavic Script
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On Friday we celebrate the feastday of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, according
to the Old Calendar. The year 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece will be devoted
to S...
My Last Post?
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*"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating."*
- Oscar Wilde
Dear readers, Christ is Risen!
Recently I've been trying to re-acquire ...
Beauty and the Face of God
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Everything is beautiful in a person when he turns toward God, and
everything is ugly when it is turned away from God. Fr. Pavel Florensky +++
As I am prepa...
Bikes, Wives and Body Parts
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Old man porn is surfing Craigslist for a motorcycle.
No, it is not "mid-life crisis". I had my mid-life red Bugatti twenty five
years ago.
It is almost pa...
OPEN HOUSE - St Joseph, Houston
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If you're in the area, drop by this Saturday,
May 11th, between 10AM and 3PM,
for an icon tour in the Temple and
refreshments in the Hall!
Baptisms on ...
Update from the Hargraves - all of them
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Dear friends,
Furaha na amani! Joy and peace!
Greetings and blessed Lent to you from Kampala, Uganda!
Over the past month, Daphne and I have begun our new...
'The Light that Makes Us Like God'—RB Prol 9
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An expression in the Prologue of St Benedict’s *Rule* struck me as
interesting today. I had looked for my usual reading copy—Abbot Justin
McCann’s bilin...
On Being Honest With Yourself
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By: Protopriest Sergei Chetverikov If you are vigilant and honest with
yourself, you would see that your life is a web, a huge network of such
small but si...
Irenaeus and the Condemnation of John Italus
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In my previous post we surveyed the history of the condemnation of
universalism in John Italus and in particular the role of St Maximus
looming large behin...
Lady Susan
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I must say that in my current state, I found Austen’s earlier work, Lady
Susan, more satisfying and engrossing than my current view of my experience
with h...
saint Athanase de Paros (1722-1813)
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Le diable et l’Occident
Constatant que les supplices et les épreuves, non seulement n’avaient pu
atteindre leur but, mais qu’ils avaient, au contrair...
Vestments and Nationality
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Here is a presentation given at a conference of the Orthodox Theological
Research Forum recently held in Oxford: Vestments in UK and US
Nominations in, voting soon
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We received quite a few nominations this year. Many of them have been
nominated before, but a goodly number were entirely new submissions. Thanks
to all wh...
St. John Chrysostom on Serving Christ
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Let us not overlook Him here, hungry, in order that He Himself may feed us
there. Here let us clothe Him, that He may not send us forth naked from the
safe...
I am Nothing – Are You?
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Image via Wikipedia When a monk says “I am nothing”, I think he’s saying
that what I am and what I think I am, in my passions, are not of the same
order. L...
YOU, ANDREW MARVELL
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You, Andrew Marvell
by Archibald MacLeish
And here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth's noonward h...
What’s the difference between a day and a year?
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If this week 40 people would give $25 each to New Futures Orphanage,
instead of that same amount spread out over a year’s time, the children
could buy chic...
Preach It Brother!
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I am struck, as I continue my Journey To Orthodoxy, by the knowledge that
God's grace extends outside the Orthodox Church. This statement may draw
the ire ...
Here I am: send me
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It's too bad that the homily I heard this morning was boring even by the
standard of that particular priest, who is a holy man all the same. But
that's wha...
The Road to Damascus
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Last night I began my Aspirancy program with an overnight retreat at the
St. Teresa Retreat Center in Columbus. The Aspirancy program is the first
step in ...
Lenten Bible Study
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My wife asked me to put together a small group Bible study for Lent, and
here is the outline I put together. Feel free to email me with questions or
commen...
From the Traditional Catholic Baptismal Rite
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Priest. Dost thou renounce Satan?
Candidate/ Sponsor. I do renounce him.
V. And all his works?
R. I do renounce them.
V. And all his pomps?
R. I do...
Yo, Politico: IRS commits — not violates — sins
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Isn’t it interesting how unfamiliar some folks are with religious language?
A reporter passed on this example and it’s telling. It comes from a
Politico st...
Service Interruption notice
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You may have noticed rigorousintuition.ca is currently down. We're moving
servers. Drew informs me it shouldn't take too long. Perhaps tonight or
tomorrow....
The truth drew hatred…
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“Seest Thou what suffer those who censure, O Word of God, the faults of
the unclean. Not being able to bear censure, lo, Herod cut off my head, O
Savior....
The Dynamism of Holy Tradition
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I. How & Why Traditions Are Created “Be imitators of me, just as I also am
of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold
firml...
Apostleship - A Family Affair?
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Sometimes I amuse myself by imagining Jesus and the Apostles in situations
they might see if they grew up in the America that I know and love. When I
was a...
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