Drug Abuse & the Nature of Addiction The Second Annual Orthodox Bioethics Conference sponsored by the Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities in the USA will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at St. Lawrence Orthodox Christian Church in Felton, CA. We were blessed this past weekend to have Fr. Damaskinos Alazrai, Archimandrite of Ecumenical Throne, Fr. Thaddaeus Hardenbrook, Fr. John A. Peck, deliver wonderful presentations on Drug Abuse and the Nature of Addiction. This was the second annual bioethics conference and was a wonderful success! Links to all three sessions are available to view below. Addiction:"Αn Expedited Progression To Psychological … [Read more...]
Eucharistic Bread: Leavened or Unleavened?
In the Bible, unleavened bread is called "unleavened bread," whereas leavened bread is simply called "bread." The Jews at that time would have understood this as would have the early Christians. It says that "He took bread," meaning leavened bread; and the Christians, being first instructed by the Apostles and then reading in the Gospels some time later, implemented this. At the Mystical Supper, it is obvious that our Lord was changing things, to tie the Passover meal with its fulfillment, the Eucharist. One of those changes, obviously, was using leavened bread instead of unleavened, or at least leavened in addition to unleavened. The world was empty and devoid of grace before Christ, as is … [Read more...]
Arabic Litanies
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