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Food - Recipes
Jump to new posts Re: Greek Coffee by Pani Rose @ 11 minutes 17 seconds ago

I like chicory in coffee. . Talk about Viet Nam era vets, just try the coffee in hells kitchen . During those years. When you've been in the military - well coffee is never the same afterwards.
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Possible Glorification of Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague by A Simple Sinner @ Today at 03:15 AM

Good on you! It would be good to see some more ecumenical saints to the calendar
Church News
Jump to new posts Re: Western archbishop proposes decentralization by bergschlawiner @ Today at 03:02 AM

Like it or not it is coming!
Prayer
Jump to new posts Re: Prayers by Our Lady's slave @ Today at 02:34 AM

Prayers for you Alex . May Our Blessed Lady who has always cared for you in the past , wrap you in Her Mantle of Protection .
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Recent interview with Fr. Taft by IAlmisry @ Today at 01:01 AM

Originally Posted By: Peter JOriginally Posted By: IAlmisryOriginally Posted By: Paul BOriginally Posted By: BenjaminRHIs it not the mission of the sui iuris Eastern churches to disappear? I don't mean that rudely, but won't the Eastern Catholic Chu
Faith & Theology
Jump to new posts Re: Is slavonic dead in your E.C. Church by JDC @ Today at 12:00 AM

Originally Posted By: bergschlawinerWell you can bet that a lot more Greek Catholics and Orthodox for that matter understood more Slavonic because of its closeness to their ethnic languages than Roman Catholics understood Latin. From what I experienc
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: I'm not confident that I am in the right church. by desertman @ Yesterday at 08:47 PM

I know how you feel. In my experience, the best way to find the answers is in prayer. Don't let people influence you too much or pay too much attention to historical arguments, etc. Looking at some of the long, drawn out debates on this forum and
Church News
Originally Posted By: StuartKBeyond the singing (which was quite wonderful), the most important part of this is the homily, which I advise everyone to watch and contemplate. It begins about 30 minutes into the video. I definitely agree. Brillian
Prayer
Jump to new posts Re: prayers for my parish by babochka @ Yesterday at 05:43 PM

I just wanted to post an update here as to the state of my parish. Thank you for all of your prayers, and to those of you who have sent financial assistance, thank you as well. We have had an outpouring of support from friends and strangers alike,
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Priesthood and conversion by Peter J @ Yesterday at 07:01 AM

Originally Posted By: smad0142From what I know in the Latin Church it is impossible to do just such a thing. At best the Priest would be allowed to serve as a Deacon, but even that I doubt would be allowed. I don't know if the situation would be diff
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: Byzantine Village Redux by Zemplen @ 05/17/13 10:35 PM

I was thinking about this today while cutting the grass. Wouldn't it be nice to: l Have a divine liturgy for each and every holy day. 2 Live in a place where people shared common customs and values. 3 Share feasts and fasts. 4 Not explain why you
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
Jump to new posts Question by Totus Tuus @ 05/17/13 10:09 PM

I'm curious if someone could shed some light on a curious troparion in the second canon of the Nativity of the Theotokos (composed by St. Andrew of Crete). In one source, it reads: "We hymn thy holy nativity and honor thine immaculate concepti
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
Jump to new posts Re: Celebrating the Divine Liturgy "facing the people" by BenjaminRH @ 05/17/13 07:22 PM

Perhaps one of the problems with de-Latinization efforts in the wake of Vatican II, is that there has not be an equally active RE-Easternization?
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: Hello by Cyrillic @ 05/17/13 05:42 PM

Originally Posted By: 8IronBobGuten morgen, herr Cyrillic! Goedemorgen to you too
Church News
Jump to new posts Re: Pope Francis & Eastern Catholics by eastwardlean? @ 05/17/13 05:34 PM

Originally Posted By: griego catolico The removal of certain saints from the universal calendar in 1969 is explained in Pope Paul VI's motu propio, Mysterii Paschalis Quote:It cannot be denied, however, that in the course of centuries the feast
Town Hall
Jump to new posts The Nine Choirs of Angels by John Doucette @ 05/17/13 03:46 PM

Good Afternoon: Slava Isusu Khrystu! I am wondering if devotion to the Nine Choirs of Angels is popular amoung Catholics of the Byzantine Rite. I have seen many beautiful icons of Angels in Byzantine Catholic Churches. Any information will be mos
The Christian East & West
Church can mean: 1. a building in which Christian worship services are held 2. an ecclesial community which acknowledges Christ and the Trinity, but has otherwise abandoned the Apostolic Tradition. 3. a diocese or eparchy 4. a self-governing
Faith & Theology
Jump to new posts Re: Catholic Communion - Why no Blood? by danman916 @ 05/17/13 12:34 PM

I have heard that it is due to things like automatic money counting machines that are used at banks. One tainted bill going through it can then taint countless others.
Church News
Saints for our dark times. Reminding us of how to truly live your faith under duress. May they help us!
Prayer
Jump to new posts Re: Updated: For the Repose of Fr.Michael Roscoe by Irish Melkite @ 05/17/13 12:36 AM

A very nice article, illustrating what an influential leader Father Michael was, in both the spiritual and civic aspects of his community. May the memory of the Lord's servant, the Priest Michael, be eternal!
Church News
For Bartholomew, the "persecution of the Christians" has not ceased, and "the Church of Christ will never cease to generate martyrs" The Ecumenical Patriarch is in Milan to celebrate 1,700 years since the Edict of Constantine
Scripture and Patristic Writings
Jump to new posts Re: EOB- The Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible by Thomas the Seeker @ 05/16/13 01:51 PM

I heard that they'll use Brenton's "Septuagint". If so, that would be quite sad.
Photo Gallery
Jump to new posts Re: Icon of the infant Christ on the Altar by griego catolico @ 05/16/13 12:35 PM

An icon of the Melismos in the sanctuary of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Chapel at Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuaries in Whittier, CA.
Faith & Theology
Jump to new posts Re: Devotion to the Holy Trinity by Utroque @ 05/16/13 09:58 AM

The West does have a very beautiful prayer that specifically invokes the Trinity. Unfortunately, it is seldom heard, except perhaps in the music of William Byrd who set the text to music in the 16th century. It's called Tribue Domine: Tribue Domine,
Prayer
Jump to new posts Re: Updated: May the memory of my friend, John, be eternal by Thomas the Seeker @ 05/16/13 08:56 AM

Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful servant John; and we pray that, having opened to him the gates of larger life, you will receive him more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you
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