This reflection follows the first on the sign of the cross. The following two videos give insights from the Orthodox perspective.
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mitregate 3D – the movie!
I was able to be present when Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was welcomed at a Powhiri at Te Hui Amorangi O Te Waipounamu hosted by Bishop John Gray. This was followed by a wonderful meal. [photo: Alistair Kinniburgh] Presiding Bishop Katharine went on to the historic St Michael and All Angels (the pro-cathedral before… Continue Reading
Holy Saturday
Note: Today is NOT “Easter Saturday”. Easter Saturday is next Saturday, April 10 2010. Easter Monday is April 5 (not last Monday), Easter Tuesday is April 6, etc. Christ descended to the dead A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a… Continue Reading
Christ has died
In the icon the cross is the axis of the world. It is the Tree of Life. Golgotha is presented as the site of Adam’s burial. The skull represents that. The blood of Christ flows onto humanity represented by Adam and Eve. The cross echoes the tree from which Adam and Eve ate. You are… Continue Reading
Nick Vujicic – Life Without Limbs
Nick Vujicic was born 4 December 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, to a devout Serbian Orthodox family. He lacks both arms and legs, and has two small feet, one of which has two toes. Victoria state law forbade him from attending a mainstream school because of his physical disability. But he overcame this and then was… Continue Reading
Greek Orthodox Music
The post on balancing East and West in our Christian devotion was received with much enthusiasm. Here is a beautiful example of chanting by nuns in a Monastery of northern Greek Mainland (Hsuxastirio Timiou Prodromou Akritoxoriou Sidirokastrou Serron). The Hymn is an extract from a book called “Theotokario” and it is dedicated to the Theotokos,… Continue Reading
predictable worship?
The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council has been looking at statistics of declining attendance. Peter Carrell and Episcopal Cafe are two places drawing attention to the report. My first degree is in Mathematics – my first comment is take the greatest of care in interpreting statistics, it is not for nothing that we speak of “Lies,… Continue Reading