Love…
I will admit at the start of this post that I am watching the Red Sox opener at Fenway while writing so I might be a little distracted. The last word in the phr...
Tag: Theology
Condition of our Soul
Maybe not the best title for this post but I did not know what else to use. In the Liturgy of St. Basil, right before the Our Father we hear this prayer read by...
Faith…
Fr. Greg continues his look at the Greek translation of the phrase Approach in the fear of God with faith and with love. What is this faith that we speak of? Do...
Some Greek help
Fr. Greg has some helpful insights on the word fear as would have been used in the original Greek Liturgy. Thanks Father for your help! Now let’s look at ...
Clarification
I think I need to clarify my position a little more here. I have been taken to task around the blogosphere for advocating open communion. I guess I should have ...
Fear
So there has been much discussion of this word fear offline. Look for more postings on this very soon from the Greek perspective. My friend Huw of at the Sarx B...
Approach in the Fear of God…
Yesterdays post on Communion seems to have brought in many visitors and several comments. Just so you know this is a stream of consciousness post and I have no ...
Third Sunday of Great Lent ~ Adoration of the Holy Cross
On this the Third Sunday of Great Lent, our Holy Church celebrates the Adoration of the Holy Cross. We have also reached the mid point of Lent and we are almost...
Recovering a Sense of Communon in the Church
I worte this essay for the Annual Publication of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas that is due out soon.One can hardly deny that our world is be...
Sunday of Orthodoxy ~ 1st Sunday of Great Lent
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First ToneThe stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, * and a guard of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. ...