Tag: spirituality

Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal: Reflections on Reunion

Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal: Reflections on Reunion:           When it comes to overcoming divisions I am reminded of a passage from the Philokalia. It says that through the sacrament of bapti…

Byzantine, Texas: The serpentine staff of the Orthodox bishop

Byzantine, Texas: The serpentine staff of the Orthodox bishop: I’ve covered this topic before, but the Orthodox Arts Journal has done a better job of it. ( Orthodox Arts Journal ) –…

New magazine: Theosis: Spiritual Reflections from the Christian East

from Eastern Christian Publications Based on the success of ECP’s “Fortnight for Freedom” bulletin insert, in conjunction with the Year of Faith, and Pope Benedict’s call for a “new evangelization,” Eastern Christian Publications has developed a…

Day Conference: Christianity in Iraq X – 11 May 2013

Mysticism in the Iraqi Church: Forging New Boundaries Dr. Grigory Kessel (Marburg) – “God speaks to you through reading”. A Syriac monk’s library Miss Nadira Khayyat (Baghdad and Paris) – The Syriac…

An Explanation of the Orthodox Three-Bar Cross

By Fr. Theodore Jurewicz, thanks to our friends in YOungstown Ohio Chapter of SSJC The Top Bar The top bar is the title-board, which Pilate ordered to be hung in mockery over…