During several conversations and chats online, the question of Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s attitude and caution concerning Western Rite Orthodoxy was posed. My response has been that although he was closely associated with Fr. Evgraph Kovalesky (later Bishop Jean-Nectaire of Eglise Catholique Orthodoxe de France) and the Confraternity of St. Photios in Paris in the early [...]
AN EVENING PRAYER SERVICE
OF THE GREAT ADVENT ANTIPHONS
“The Antiphons of the Divine Names”
The Service of Vespers each day during the final week of before Christmas is perhaps the most fulfilling and honorable way to celebrate the closing days of the Advent Season, the period of four or six weeks which precedes the celebration of [...]
Whereas the Lord tells us to sell, we buy instead and accumulate. – St. Cyprian of Carthage (c 210-258)
Since Nov. 15, as it is occurs each year, the Orthodox Christian has entered the season which we name the “Winter Lent” – the Christmas Fast. This six week period is also honored by Western Christians, some [...]