Although I’ve not been following all the blog-reviews of the OSB–especially since so many of them were done by Orthodox converts who opined on what true Orthodoxy was all about; blech, leave me out of that discussion–I did want to call to your attention the sort of review I prefer: translational/textual. R Grant Jones, on [...]
Archive for October, 2008
A New Review of the OSB
Posted in Scripture on Friday, 31 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday Meditation XI
Posted in Friday Meditations on Friday, 31 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now the Powers (entrance hymn of the Presanctified Liturgy) [Note: the Bishop BASIL mentioned in the credits is one of the bishops of our archdiocesan synod.]
The Christian Catacombs of Rome
Posted in Christology, Ecclesiology, Orthodoxy, Prayer, Saints and Martyrs, Soteriology, The Mysteries, Theology, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Thursday, 30 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nice site over all. This page–The Christian Catacombs of Rome–deals with the liturgy and theology of the catacombs.
Be Still, My Marvel Comics Heart!
Posted in Movies and Pop Culture on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can read about it here and here.
Torture: The Gulag of Pitetsi
Posted in Orthodoxy, Prayer on Saturday, 25 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
The videos feature quite a bit of Fr Roman Braga and the late Fr George Calciu: Gulag of Pitetsi, pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4
Friday Meditation X
Posted in Friday Meditations on Friday, 24 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lord I have cried I unto Thee (Psalm 140 [141]) Also:
Loss and Longing for God
Posted in Theology on Saturday, 18 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
And I will restore to you the years the locust hath eaten . . . . (Joel 2:25) The suffering of loss is rarely smooth for us. It is devastating when it comes suddenly, unbidden, and without apparent rhyme or reason. It is more so when, sobered by the excision, we come to understand that [...]
Friday Meditation IX
Posted in Friday Meditations on Friday, 17 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded, for the King of kings, the Lord of lords, will give to all the faithful His own self for heavenly food. Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, the Principalities, the Authorities, the Cherubim [...]
Junia Among the Apostles
Posted in Orthodoxy, Scripture on Saturday, 11 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
The current issue of Touchstone has a review of a book on Junia the A/apostle which I commend to your attention: Junia Among the Apostles. It is among the most clear-minded accounts of the matter, couched in a book review, that I have read. (I reference a comment by Dr. William Tighe in this post, [...]
The Kyrie
Posted in Prayer on Saturday, 11 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Russian: And: How to tie a Prayer Rope (komboschini or chotki):

