Today, July 24th, marks the beginning of islamic services in Hagia Sophia again. A tragedy for Christians, demonic worship in the house of Christ, and the beginning of the end of the reign of Islamist rule in Turkey. No islamic chant can match the beauty of the Christian voices raising glory to God in the sanctified space which was built for it. Enjoy this, from Cappella Romana, sample of what it sounds like when Christian worship hymnography is sung in Hagia Sophia. … [Read more...]
Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, July 26, 2020
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Welcome to the Catacombs, by Dr. Clark Carlton
Dr. Clark Carlton, the author of "The Faith" (used by our catechumens), gives a talk on where we are, and where we are going, in American Orthodoxy. I recommend everyone take the time to listen to this excellent presentation. … [Read more...]
Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, July 19, 2020
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Statement on the Tragic Conversion of Hagia Sophia from Museum to Mosque
Friday, July 10, 2020 PDF Version We, the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, protest the decision of the civil courts in Turkey, as well as the clear direction of their government, to re-convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. As citizens of the United States of America, we implore our government to intervene for the reversal of this decision. Furthermore, we urge the Turkish government to return to the status quo whereby Hagia Sophia remains a museum, respecting both its origins and history. By contrast, this unilateral action denies the universal vocation of this holy and sacred place. Hagia Sophia belongs to the whole of … [Read more...]
Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, July 12, 2020
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The Holy Eucharist: A Live Coal
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Speaking of the Holy Eucharist, the Fathers and early liturgical texts of the Church have recourse to the metaphor of the flaming coal (anthrax, pruna) in reference to the Lord’s body. For instance, with Isaiah 6:7 obviously in mind, The Liturgy of St. James refers to “receiving the fiery coal” (labein to pyrinon anthrax) from the Eucharistic altar. Indeed, even without using this word, those same doctrinal sources regularly appeal to Isaiah’s experience, when they speak of the Holy Eucharist. Thus, in The Liturgy of S. John Chrysostom, when the Christian has received the Holy Communion, the priest tells him: “Lo, this has touched your lips and has … [Read more...]
Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, July 5, 2020
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An Uncomplicated Truth
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon It is reasonable, I suppose—or at least natural—for modern students of religion to wonder how the earliest Christians, all of them Jews, were able to reconcile their belief in the divinity of Christ with the monotheism enshrined in Israel’s Sh’ma’. Indeed, historians of Christian thought have devoted many studies to that inquiry. Looking at the apostolic writings through the lens of this inquiry, I gain an interesting impression of the earliest Christians: Their confession of the divinity of Jesus, while it was difficult, seems not to have been complicated. First, the recorded difficulty of the apostles was not an impasse of reason (“How can this Jesus be both … [Read more...]
Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, June 28, 2020
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