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Armenians restore female diaconate
The female diaconate has been restored with the ordination of Ani-Kristi Manvelian, 24, in Tehran as a deacon for parish life who is not a nun. It is understood as a “restoring” rather than...
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Vespers and dinner with Melkite Patriarch Joseph Absi
Tonight I was at Great Vespers then dinner at St Ann Melkite Church (Danbury, CT) presided over by His Beatitude, Patriarch Joseph (Absi) with Bishop Nicholas Samra, Archbishop Nicolas Antiba and Fr...
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Be custodians of Byzantine tradition, Pope tells Slovak pilgrims
On Friday past Pope Francis met with 1300 pilgrimages and their archbishop on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Prešov Eparchy. The Prešov Eparchy was born from the Eparchy of Mukačevo. In...
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The Fall of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople –May 29, 1453. One of the worst tragedies in the history of humanity was the fall of the Byzantine Empire, which put an end to centuries of culture, philosophy, education,...
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Vsevolod remembered
Today is the anniversary of death of Archbishop Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos. The Archbishop was a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA. He reposed in the Lord in 2007, six days after...
View ArticleHesychia: necessary for monk and lay person
Throughout the history of Eastern monasticism, there has always been an understanding of silence and solitude that has been called “hesychia”. Hesychia refers to a state of inner stillness and...
View ArticleThe Dormition of the Holy Mother of God, the Theotokos
The hagiographers for this feast write: This feast originated in the fourth century at the dedication of a temple in honor of the Mother of God. This church was located between Jerusalem and...
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New bishop of the US Melkites
Today, the Melkite Patriarch enthroned Bishop François (Beyrouti), 51, as the new eparchial bishop for the Eparchy of Newton at the Annunciation Cathedral in West Roxbury, MA. His motto is Becoming...
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Saint Gabriel Urgebadze
Today is the feast of Saint Gabriel Urgebadze, monk, a Confessor of the Faith and Fool of Christ. Saint Gabriel is well-known in Georgia, less known in this part of the world. Read this link to know...
View ArticleOur Focus on the Heart
A key point of Luigi Giussani’s on the spiritual life is the heart. In several places Giussani calls us to focus on our singularity of heart’s focus, the intention of the heart, or as traditional...
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