Pro-Orthodox, not Anti-Pope

Tom over at Una Sancta writes an incredibly polemical piece on why Protestants become Orthodox rather than Roman Catholic: One problem that arises when a Western Protestant chooses Orthodoxy is the intentional NOT choosing Catholicism. Thus, the convert to Orthodoxy feels the need to revisit old conflicts and take sides, even though he is in [...]

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The Apostles’ Fast

In addition to the regular fasting and abstinences on nearly all Wednesdays and Fridays, Orthodox observe four major fasting periods: Great and Holy Lent, the weeks leading up to Easter or Pascha; the Dormition Fast, the two weeks from 1 through 14 August preceding the Feast of our Lady’s Falling Asleep; the Nativity Fast, the [...]

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Mr. Mom Weekend IV: Post III–Of Airplanes and Thunderstorms

I had meant to share more about my just-concluded Mr. Mom Weekend IV over the past four days, but the days were very, very busy.  Church and naps and groceries on Sunday; work and dishes and babysitters on Monday; canceled flights and pending hotel charges and much phone calls on Tuesday; personal leave and more [...]

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More on the Dialectic of Opposition: Some Practical Comments Regarding Scripture and Tradition

First of all, I failed to make clear in my earlier post linking to the dialectic of opposition comments at All Saints Forum, my indebtedness to Perry Robinson and Joseph Farrell’s book, Free Choice in Saint Maximus the Confessor, for highlighting this dynamic for me. It’s definitely not an original thought on my part. And [...]

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How Orthodox Anglicans Can be Orthodox

Anglicans Online in their weekly commentary, make some, at least superficially, “surprising” admissions about the term “orthodox”: It’s become common for Anglicans who are not comfortable with the contemporary church to refer to themselves as ‘orthodox’. That venerable word when applied to Christians has several meanings in the dictionary, but the generally accepted meaning of [...]

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Mr. Mom Weekend IV: Post II–Li’l Angels, Angelina Ballerina, and Mommy Calls

Our babysitter asked us, on Tuesday night upon our return home and after the girls had gone to bed: “Did aliens abduct your children and replace them?” Apparently both girls had been well-behaved and good-mannered for the couple of hours we were out. That was a presage of things to come for Mr. Mom Weekend [...]

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Church Fathers in Greek Online

At the aforementioned Ellopos.net site is another page devoted to writings, in Greek, of certain Fathers of the Church. Represented are: St. Symeon the New Theologian, St. Gregory the Theologian, St. Macarius the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Maximos the Confessor, St. Basil, St. Athanasius, the Desert Fathers, St. Dionysius the Areopagite and Origen.

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Plato’s Complete Works Online

The Hellenophilic Ellopos.net site has a webpage devoted to Plato, from which you can access Plato’s Complete Works. They also have a bilingual anthology of portions of Plato’s works which is not only available online but is downloadable. One of the downloads is the entire Greek Timaeus (along with the LXX Genesis and patristic commentary, [...]

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Five Is Right Out (The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch)

The transcript follows the jump.

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Mr. Mom Weekend IV: Post I–Naps and Icon Books

Well, mid-day naps have been underway for a half-hour. Poor Sofie. She rarely takes a nap, but being awakened an hour before her normal start of the day made her very very sleepy. We had a relatively early lunch at about 11:30. At one point, I was turned away from them as I fixed my [...]

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