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 [...]
Here is a portion of an article in the Providence Journal regarding the reported “excommunication” of Patrick Kennedy Jr. by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence.
“PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman’s support [...]
All too often we tend to make comparisons by citing and emphasizing differences. Perhaps in considering the topic of Monasticism in the Eastern and Western Churches we could discuss the similarities and see how they apply to the Monastic life in the 21rst century. Is the development of “ordered” life, that is a common rule [...]
The following is a portion of an article which appeared in the San Diego Reader, by Matthew Lickona, on October 8, 2009. I found it interesting not only because it presents impressions of the writer as he compares the Orthodox Liturgy with other forms of religious worship encountered in his profession as a jounalist, but also because [...]
This post consists of the outline of a talk given at Emmanuel Orthodox Catholic Church (Western Rite) in Warren, MA. The parish is a member of the Western Rite Deanery of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. This theme was also the topic of a workshop on Liturgy & Music given by this writer [...]
Recently I had the joy and privilege of spending an evening with one of the newly received parishes of the Western Rite Deanery of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. It was an evening arranged to reflect upon the theme of Liturgy and Worship. Designed mostly to examine the Theology of Worship from a [...]
With the opinion and awareness that “Orthodox Liturgy Today” also refers to the tradition and practices of the increasingly present interest and acceptance of Western Rite Orthodoxy, I post this edited and adapted article on the EMBER DAYS. The article was adapted & edited and from an article published by Holy Trinity (German) Catholic Church , Boston, MA. (Parish [...]
Romanian Orthodox Church welcomes law keeping religion as school subject
After several months of deliberation, the Romanian government has reached a decision allowing the continuance of the teaching of religion as a required subject in the public school system in this former communist country.
“The Romanian nation is one of Europe’s most religious,” the Rev. Constantin Stoica, spokesperson [...]
Hello, and welcome to the Orthodox Liturgy Blog. This blog is hosted by this Orthodox Christian Priest-Monk who now bears the name Gregory, in honor of the Great Dialogist and Bishop of Rome (+604). As St. Gregory’s concern for worthy and sincere celebration of the Divine Liturgy is one of his most identifiable legacies, it is [...]