... Oh good, we all use proper "term" in Pascha - but learn about our traditions from a Mormon criminal???? Priest David Moser St Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox...
Never suggested we should learn traditions from her......... Just thought that it was interesting that she had a Greek Paschal Menu. Didn't know she's a...
... does ... Lamb. JRS: But even in the latest (1996) revamping of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, the *only* meaning given for `the word Easter, is the ...
... JRS: Perhaps some will see "ecumenism" in any use of traditional English names for traditional Christian observances. Years ago, one over-zealous convert...
THE PASCHAL MESSAGE of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II to the bishops, pastors, monastics and all faithful children of the Russian Orthodox...
Dear Fr. John, Please forgive me but I am amazed by the way you respond to this simple issue to the point of doubting if it is your writing. I have accustomed...
Greetings to all, fellow Orthodox and heterodox alike, on this the holiest Feast of Feasts, Great Pascha, which the Holy Orthodox Catholic Church has and...
Dear Stephanos, Christos anesti! I think Fr Ambrose has more than adequately demonstrated that 'Easter' is not a pagan term at all, and that that idea is a...
Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus Pascha 2004 Christ is Risen, our beloved Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and Flock! On this holy day, in...
2004.04.07 The Hindu: The Hindu - Chennai,India Date:07/04/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2004/04/07/stories/200404070971020 0.htm Russia's...
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH DEPARTMENT FOR EXTERNAL CHURCH RELATIONS Office of Communication =================================================== Press-release,...
From the American Heritage Electronic dictionary: Eas·ter (¶"st…r) n. 1. A Christian feast commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus. 2. The day on which...
Sermon on the Pascha of Christ Bishop Jonah (Pokrovsky; +1925) of Hankow, Glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in October 1996 Christ is...
... From: "oross" <oross@...> ... country, Orthodox clerics, particularly those who belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, i.e follow its tradition of...
JRS: XPICTOC BOCKPECE! I received a private e-mail from the writer of this message, in which he said he had posted it to the list *in error* -- and had meant...
... JRS: The above is, of course, incorrect. In the Orthodox Paschalia, Easter (Pascha) is always between March 22 and April 25, but *according to the Old...
Christ is Risen! Ta Criost Eirithe! Father John, If your letter address the use of the word Easter by the Orthodox, I would be interested. Fr Ambrose ... ...
... would be interested. JRS: My response was this: that I have no objection at all to the word "Pascha", but my objection is to the attempt to demonize...
... full ... calculates ... 22 ... the ... Julian ... would ... to ... day as ... Paschalion ... ***I've often wondered, Father, what Jesus Christ is more...
I agree with Fr. John. I also do not write icons, I paint them. I also dislike the seeming rule that every name or term have an "os" tacked on the end. What is...
... Although I try to stay our of these discussions and although I almost always agree with Fr John (and with Fr Alexis in his rare comments), I must admit...
Using "Birthgiver of God" for Theotokos seems quite artificial. I much more prefer "Mother of God" - everyone understands what is meant. Just because in ...
... From: "Elias Gorsky" <elias.gorsky@...> ... AMEN to the above! Although some will argue that we are about to tip over into heresy if we use "Mother...
... JRS: I was not arguing about the calendar issue itself, merely trying to explain that there is nothing "Eastern" about the difference in the dates of...
... Go fior, ta se Eirithe! [Please correct my Irish.} Patrick Cumbie They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people. Ps 82:4 ...
