Forgive me too. I have been intensely interested in replies to my original post which started this thread, and I have been reading the resaponses with a...
In addition to the scriptural and patristic usage of the term, I may note that St. Justin (Popovic) does not use the term to distinguish between Church ritual...
... Then why to enquire about the use of the word in contemporary English? According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary (9th ed.): liturgical adj. of or related...
Greetings, and fathers, bless! This discussion reminds me of a paper I wrote in an undergraduate theology course. It had something to do with Kant's...
Dear Readers, I was about to say that we are going round in circles with this discussion, interesting though it be, but Nicoletta has said it much better. ...
... This need to dichotomize things...or binary thinking...either/or thinking is definitely a western failing. Liturgy and para-liturgy are hardly elements of...
Nikita, your last paragraph here raised a question in my mind. What is the process of glorification of newer saints in the Old Believer communities? The...
... From: "Tychon Pino" <93pino@...> ... For any wishing to check this for themselves here is a download for the 3 volumes of Saint Justin's "Dogmatika...
... From: "Jopi Harri" <jopi.harri@...> ... Because I believe that the Orthodox use of the word in contemporary English should correspond to its use within...
I am grateful that this "slightly charged" discussion is winding down. It is indeed hot here in the Pacific Northwest USA, and I am definitely not immune to...
... Memory eternal to your friend, Nikita, and I will keep him in my prayers. Meanwhile, wishing you, and all on this list, the blessings of the Feast. In...
"There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people and those who don't." — Robert Benchley David _____ From:...
Greetings on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos! A secondary commemoration on the official Church calendar (at least in Russia) is "The icon of...
... From: "starina77" <starina77@...> ... Eternal rest to the soul of the servant of God Varsonofii. Would people please pray also for my brother Rapgael...
... Perhaps the commonest Russian word for 'liturgical' (in reference to matters pertaining to divine services), used in Orthodoxy, is 'bogosluzhebnyj' which...
You were right the first time, but the joke is better if it is completed: There are 10 kinds of people - those who understand binary and those who do not. ...
... From: "starina77" <starina77@...> ... The Greek Orthodox Cathedral in London is dedicated to Christ as Holy Wisdom and, if memory serves, He is shown...
Message 18 at http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,15879.msg227179..html#msg227179 The icon you are discussing is indeed from the Russian...
In the Saint Sophia Greek Orthdox cathedral in Bayswater London, very definitely a winged angel depicted as Christ the Holy Wisdom, in the usual Greek place...
Thank you, all, for your information about the icon. A Google search also turned up some very useful information about the commemoration, although I find that...
The patronal icon for the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles http://www.stsophia.org/photo/cathedral/images/img_0677.jpg Its position on the...
The St. Innocent Press Liturgical Calendar indicates a simple service for Martyrs Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions, together with the Afterfeast of...
Dear Fr Ambrose, Looking at the icon, it looks to me like - God the Father, as an old man, - God the Holy Spirit, as a dove, - God the Son as a lamb. Or am I...
