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Archive for January, 2008

Page 123 Tag

Posted in Books on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 | 2 Comments »

A fellow Orthodox pointed out to me that I’d received a meme tage: Page 123. So here’s the skinny:
The Rules:-
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 people.
And here’s what’s on page 123:
“With that,
he clutched my knees and [...]

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Our Fathers Among the Saints, the Three Hierarchs Basil, Gregory and John

Posted in Saints and Martyrs on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 | No Comments »

Troparion of the Three Great Hierarchs Tone 1
Let all who love their words come together and honour with hymns/ the three luminaries of the light-creating Trinity:/ Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian,/ and renowned John of golden speech,/ who have enlightened the world with the rays of their divine doctrines,/ and are mellifluous rivers of [...]

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The Translation of the Relics of Our Father Among the Saints, Ignatios the God-bearer

Posted in Saints and Martyrs on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 | 1 Comment »

Troparion of St Ignatious the Godbearer Tone 3
Soaring with love for Him Who holds thee in His hands,/ thou wast shown to be a Godbearer, O Ignatius./ Thou didst finish thy course in the West/ and pitch thy dwelling in the unwaning day of the heavens./ O righteous Father, entreat Christ our God to grant [...]

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Memory Eternal

Posted in Blog Announcements, Orthodoxy on Monday, 28 January 2008 | No Comments »

Archbishop Christodoulos has reposed.

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Saint Ephraim the Syrian

Posted in Saints and Martyrs on Monday, 28 January 2008 | No Comments »

Troparion of St Ephraim Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile,/ And your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance./ By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe./ O our holy father Ephraim, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Kontakion of St Ephraim Tone 2
O Ephraim, [...]

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Iliad Pronunciation Guide

Posted in Classics, Greek and Latin and General Classics Resources on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | No Comments »

Iliad Pronunciation Guide, for the Richmond Lattimore translation

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Classic Audiobooks

Posted in Classics on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | 1 Comment »

Appearing on my mp3 player (courtesy of the good folks at Librivox.org)

Aristotle, Poetics (Ingram Bywater translation)
Homer, The Iliad (Samuel Butler translation)
Homer, The Odyssey (Butler translation)
Plato, The Apology (Benjamin Jowett translation)
Plato, Euthyphro (Jowett translation)
Plato, Ion (Jowett translation)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (Richard Crowley translation)

Other:

Dante, The Divine Comedy (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation) [in Italian]
Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation [...]

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Podcasts Recently Discovered

Posted in Orthodoxy on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | No Comments »

Check out: Podcasts | Icon New Media Network
[H/T: Western Orthodoxy]

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Kansas and the Transfiguration of Longing

Posted in Kansas on Friday, 25 January 2008 | 3 Comments »

Kansas is always between. West coast, east coast. North Dakota and Texas. On the way to somewhere else. For non-natives, a place to travel through, but not to stay. It is surely a divine prank that the largest industry in the largest city of the state is aircraft manufacturing. [...]

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The Martyr Felicitas, with Her Seven Martyr Sons

Posted in Saints and Martyrs on Friday, 25 January 2008 | No Comments »

Troparion of St Felicitas and her seven martyred sons Tone 1
Truly thou art blessed, O holy Felicitas,/ for thou didst never doubt the mercy of Christ our God,/ and in spite of all temptations, with thy seven sons thou didst rejoice/ to return to Him rather than to languish in dishonour on earth./ Wherefore pray [...]

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