Light from the East

NATALIA L TRAUBERG.

2009-04-02T15:34:07Z

Natalia L Trauberg, translator, specialist perhaps
in Lewis and Chesterton, died last night in Moscow.
I believe my post today with its accompanying
article by and interview with Trauberg , may be of
interest to you, to anyone reading exoriente
that is, and so I commend it to you
http://seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com/787257.htm
.
Natalia L. Trauberg 1928-2009

Поздравляю

2009-01-12T17:22:06Z

всѣхъ вѣрныхъ съ Днёмъ Обрѣзанія Господня и съ правильнымъ гражданскимъ Новолѣтіемъ !

Также поздравляю съ днёмъ памяти Св.Василія Великаго, одного изъ Отцовъ Церкви!

Румынская икона праздника Обрѣзанія Господня

Греческая икона праздника Обрѣзанія Господня и дня иже во Святыхъ отца нашего Василія Великаго

Не стану созидать проповѣдь (это дѣло духовенства) но лишь напомню, что именно на день Василія Великаго Императоръ Пётръ перенесъ общее празднованіе Новолѣтія со дня Свъ.Симеона (1 сентября), оставивъ притомъ Новолѣтіе церковное (по счету лѣтъ отъ сотворенія міра) на прежній день.

новое по финской православной церковной истории

2008-11-12T09:40:26Z

готовится к печати перевод книги финского православного церковного историка доцента Гельсингфорсского (Хельсинкского) Университета д-ра Юркки Лоймы "Национализм и Православная Церковь в Финляндии 1895-1958" , примерно 140 страниц
можете себе представить, что мог написать по этому поводу человек имеющий доступ к архивам Финляндии и Санкт-Петербурга!

автора отличает корректность в истолковании материала (и собственно толковательная часть там минимальна)... перевод снабжается также комментариями церковного историка и экономисторика из СПб , члена научно-исследовательской сети НордФорск (Копенгаген) магистра И.Боброва

приводимые материалы по геноциду русского и православного населения Финляндии во время финской гражданской войны 1918 года являются новым словом историографии данного периода

поскольку у переводчика имеются авторские права (да собственно и переводчику и автору полагается некий гонорар!), цена будет не минимальной , предполагаемый тираж не менее 500 экз.
собираю предварительные заказы

exoriente @ 2008-07-25T15:14:00

2008-07-25T20:21:34Z

Hi there, I was just reading an Orthodox discussion on the subject of Christ's declaration "My Kingdom is not of this world', and I was wondering if anyone could identify the source for a particular quote from St. Isaac the Syrian, paraphrased therein:

St. Isaac the Syrian says if our heart is in Christ we should become sensitive to the suffering of all creatures, not only our fellow human beings, but all life. He wrote of the "eleimon heart" which is a heart of mercy “…for human beings, birds, wild animals, demons, and every creature on earth. An extreme empathy towards the whole of Creation renders such a heart incapable of hearing of any hurt or even of a minor sorrow taking place within Creation. For this reason the Eleimon heart offers prayers for the beasts and for the birds of prey, for animals and demons, for serpents and for everything else within Creation, including the enemies of truth.” This does not sound like a gospel that rejects the impulse to alleviate the suffering of others.

Does anyone know where I could read the original? I'm not Orthodox, (more of a churchless Quaker), but I think I'd very much like to read this. Thanks =)

Pope faces the East and the Cross and turns back on congregation in old Mass ritual January 13, 2008

2008-01-14T12:32:54Z

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated parts of Sunday's Mass with his face looked up the East and the Cross and his back turned on the congregation, re-introducing an old ritual that had not been used in decades.

The Pope used the Sistine Chapel's ancient altar set right against the wall under Michelangelo's dramatic depiction of the Last Judgment, instead of the altar placed on a mobile platform that allowed his predecessor John Paul II to face the faithful.

A statement by the Vatican's office for liturgical celebrations said it had been decided to use the old altar, where ballots are placed during papal elections, to respect "the beauty and the harmony of this architectonic jewel."

That meant that for the first time in this kind of celebration since the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), the Pope turned his back on the faithful and faced the East and the Cross. He also read his homily from an old wooden throne on the left of the altar used by Pius IX in the 19th century.

The Pontiff is slowly reintroducing some of the old rituals phased out after Vatican II, which substituted Latin for local languages, modernized the Church and encouraged inter-religious dialogue.

In July, the Pope issued a decree allowing wider use of the old Latin Mass, in what was regarded as a nod to Church traditionalists. He has also said he would like the centuries-old Gregorian chant to make a comeback.

During Sunday's mass commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ, which was celebrated in Italian, the Pope baptized 13 babies, carefully pouring water on their heads from a golden shell.

He spoke about the significance of baptism, which marks the admission of a person in the community of Christians.

Inna-I-Malak

2008-01-10T23:15:00Z

hi there, I have two recordings of a spectacularly beautiful peace of sacred music, Maronite chant I think, and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a translation and/or a transcription in latin script. I initially encountered it on Azam Ali's "Portals of Grace", where she just titles it "Inna-I-Malak (Byzantine, Arabic)", and then later I found Sœur Marie Keyrouz preforming it, titled ""Inna-l-Malak..." 9e Ode du Canon de l'Office du Dimanche de Pâques (arabe)" - I'm assuming it's the 9th paschal ode, but I'm not sure in which liturgy (are they all the same?) and even when I google it I'm not readily finding the words, and I wouldn't know enough to recognize them anyway. does anyone recognize this, or know where I could find it?

ANNOUNCEMENT

2007-10-16T20:43:34Z

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You can read my general description of the book at:
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What I would like to add here is the thought that it
seems to me that in a remarkable harmony of quite various
writers, the authors of these essays have brought something
new to the understanding of and speaking of Theosis
"Becoming-as-Divine" in author John Chico Martin's expression,
and also really something new to the way of doing theology.
Besides eight essays, the book includes two poems, and
Chico Martin's essay could also be considered a poem
cycle/prose poem, but all of them have a directness and
openness and clarity which make what might seem the
most obscure of subjects ,a subject which is vivid and
vital and immediate.
I ask your consideration of the book and after you have
read it ,I will be in particular interested in your
response to it. Yours
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TITULUS CRUCIS

2007-10-01T20:56:49Z

In 1492, a dramatic discovery was made in the course of repairs to a mosaic in Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Rome): a brick inscribed with the words TITULUS CRUCIS (Title of the Cross). Sealed behind the brick was a fragment of an inscription in wood, with the word «Nazarene» written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.

. . . . . . . . . . הנצ . . . . .
. . . . . . . B SUNERAZAN SI
. . . . . R SVNIRAZAN.I

[ישו] הנצ[רי מלק היהודים]
[NWIADUOI NWT SUELISA] B SUNERAZAN SI
[MVROEADVI XE]R SVNIRAZAN.I

This Title is mentioned in all four Gospels accounts:

Pilate also wrote a title (joltit-John 19:19) and put it on the cross; it read, «Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews». Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Christ was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek (John 19:19-20; also Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38).

St. Gregory Palamas. Homily on the Transfiguration

2007-08-18T17:37:33Z

For an explanation of the present Feast and understanding of its truth, it is necessary for us to turn to the very start of today's reading from the Gospel: "Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, and led them up onto a high mountain by themselves" (Mt 17:1).

First of all we must ask, from whence does the Evangelist Matthew begin to reckon with six days? From what sort of day be it? What does the preceding turn of speech indicate, where the Savior, in teaching His disciples, said to them: "For the Son of Man shall come with his angels in the glory of His Father," and further: "Amen I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death, until they have seen the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom" (Mt 16:27-28)? That is to say, it is the Light of His own forthcoming Transfiguration which He terms the Glory of His Father and of His Kingdom.

The Evangelist Luke points this out and reveals this more clearly saying: "Now it came to pass about eight days after these words, that He took Peter and John and James, and went up the mountain to pray. And as He prayed, His countenance was altered, and His raiment became a radiant white" (Lk 9:28-29). But how can the two be reconciled, when one of them speaks definitively about the interval of time as being eight days between the sayings and the manifestation, whereas the other (says): "after six days?"

There were eight on the mountain, but only six were visible. Three, Peter, James and John, had come up with Jesus, and they saw Moses and Elias standing there and conversing with Him, so altogether there were six of them. However, the Father and the Holy Spirit were invisibly with the Lord: the Father, with His Voice testifying that this was His Beloved Son, and the Holy Spirit shining forth with Him in the radiant cloud. Thus, the six are actually eight, and there is no contradiction regarding the eight. Similarly, there is no contradiction with the Evangelists when one says "after six days," and the other says "eight days after these words."

But these twofold sayings as it were present us a certain format set in mystery, and together with it that of those actually present upon the Mount. It stands to reason, and everyone rationally studying in accordance with Scripture knows that the Evangelists are in agreement one with another. Luke spoke of eight days without contradicting Matthew, who declared "after six days." There is not another day added on to represent the day on which these sayings were uttered, nor is the day on which the Lord was transfigured added on (which a rational person might reasonably imagine to be added to the days of Matthew).

Saints and sainthood in Eastern Europe

2007-08-05T11:11:19Z

The Slavonic & East European Medieval Studies Group (SEEMSG) is sponsoring a panel on the topic of 'Saints' for the next

conference of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES), which will be held on 29-31 March 2008

in Cambridge. Papers may focus on saints and sainthood in any time period and area of Eastern Europe, and may address the topic

from any disciplinary perspective. Please contact Professor Simon Franklin (scf1000@cam.ac.uk) by 15 July

if you would like to present a paper or act as chair or discussant. For more

information on the conference, see www.basees.org.uk.

The Holy day of St. Glorious First Capital Apostles Peter and Paul

2007-07-12T17:21:45Z

The scenic terrace of San Pietro in Montorio (Mons Aureus = Golden Mountain), on which rises the Church of San Pietro in Montorio, built on the spot where the tradition claims St. Peter was crucified head downwards in Rome.

http://desniza.livejournal.com/3181.html?mode=reply

The nativity of St. John the Precursor

2007-07-07T12:35:43Z

Thaumaturgical image of St. John the Precursor.

XVII c. St. Jovan Bigorski Church.

Macedonia, the monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski.

http://desniza.livejournal.com/2852.html?mode=reply

The meaning of the creative act

2007-06-16T14:35:30Z

I can't find the on-line version of this work by Berdyaev.
Please help me if you can I am feeling down.

maronite hymn

2007-05-25T13:37:03Z

question: I'm listening to a hymn called Inna-l-Malak (sung with stunning beauty by Azam Ali) - I found a performance of it (also superlatively beautiful) by Sister Marie Keyrouz of the National Institute of Sacred Music in Paris, and she lists what I'm pretty sure is the same hymn as "Inna-l-Malak" 9e Ode du Canon de l'Office du Dimanche de Pâques - 9th Ode of the Pachal Office, I'm guessing. in the Maronite church is this the same as the 9th Ode "Shine, Shine Oh New Jerusalem"? (its one of my favorites so if it were it'd make me very happy), and if it's not, where could I find an english translation?

also, does anyone know of a saint whose intercession is particularly recommended for overcoming despair? seems like the sort of thing *all of them* would be good at, but I have a friend who is dealing with a particularly nasty sort of depression and I'd like to see if I could find an Icon for her that would be an encouragement. she appreciates christian iconography but is not one herself, though as something of a cultural catholic I think she'd still appreciate and respect an icon.

exoriente @ 2007-04-01T01:00:00

2007-03-31T21:01:28Z

The site "Christianity in Icons, Murals and Mosaics…"
http://www.icon-art.info/about.php?lng=en&mode=news

04.06.2006	New tracings and transfers of the icons of the Virgin are added to the Gallery. [ more... ]
21.05.2006	The resolution of tracings and transfers increased 4 times for the following sections: «The Holy Trinity», «The Hospitality of Abraham», «Paternitas», «Christ Pantocrator», «The Holy Face (The Mandylion)», «Christ Emmanuel».
13.04.2006	The "Library" section is updated with the article «The Passion of the Christ» by Dr. Oleg G. Uliyanov.
09.03.2006	The Gallery is updated with the icons of Deesis, Church Feasts and Prophets ranges of the iconostasis of Tver Transfiguration Cathedral.
19.02.2006	The Gallery is updated with the new icons. [ more... ]
10.02.2006	The Gallery is updated with the Tver Deesis tier (15th century) from the collection of A. Anisimov.
06.02.2006	The "Library" section is updated with the article «“The Deesis painted by Andrey Rublev” from the Annunciation Church of the Moscow Kremlin» by Dr. Oleg G. Uliyanov.

Bentchev Ivan. Die "Dreihändige" Gottesmutterikone im Hilandar-Kloster auf Athos

Bentchev Ivan. Monogramme und Akronyme als Ikonenaufschriften

Uliyanov O. G. The Passion of the Christ

Uljanov O. G. Commentario allo schizzo del mosaico per la capella papale (Vaticano)

Uliyanov O. G. “The Deesis painted by Andrey Rublev” from the Annunciation Church of the Moscow Kremlin

Rowan Williams on The Other Russian Revolution

2007-03-28T20:53:07Z

The text of Archbishop Rowan Williams's 2005 presentation on The Other Russian Revolution can now be read at sbulgakov.

x-posted to religious_phil and episcopal.

Ecumenical Patriarch at Westminster Abbey

2007-02-02T00:43:10Z

Address at Evensong in Westminster Abbey
by the Archbishop of Canterbury
[Wednesday, January 31, 2007]

In the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, and the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox for Theological Dialogue

Your All-Holiness, Your Eminences, dear brothers and sisters in Christ:

The dialogue between the Anglican and Orthodox families of churches is not a new thing. Only last year, we saw the publication of a fine collection of essays to mark the 300th anniversary of the short-lived but significant experiment of a ‘Greek College’ in Oxford; and the wide-ranging scholarship of the late Judith Pinnington gave us recently a comprehensive and quite challenging overview of some of the questions that had arisen for both ecclesial families in the course of their relationship over the centuries.

We have always had an instinct that at root, despite many superficial differences, our understandings of the Church of God have grown on the same soil. We have looked to the definitive moments of doctrinal history, in the early centuries of the Church, for our standards of faith and worship, recognising that the creeds and definitions of the Councils lay out for us a field large enough for the freedom of mind and spirit to flourish in the way God intends. We have striven to remain focused on these great central themes - of the revelation of the Threefold Godhead, and the inseparable yet distinct life of divinity and humanity in the one Person of the Eternal Son, in communion with whom through the Spirit we pray, act and love in the life of the Church.

In the last century especially, Anglicans have become more and more aware of the theological and spiritual resources of their brothers and sisters in the East; it is not too much to say that both the thinking and the piety of Anglicans would have been unrecognizably different without this growing and thankful awareness; and many of the ways in which we as Anglicans now seek a way forward for the unity and coherence of our own Communion have been shaped by the inspiration of the Christian East.

But in the last seventeen years, this instinct of common emphasis and purpose has been probed and tested at a new depth in the work of our International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue.

The Commission has not sought to negotiate an agreed position between rival views; it has begun from first principles, reflecting at length on the foundations of the Church in the triune life of God and the interpenetration of divine and human nature in the incarnate Son, and has advanced from there to offer a fresh perspective on the challenges that we face today - within the Church itself and in relation to the world that is hungry for words of life from us. It is a document that seeks unashamedly to lay out the foundation for proclaiming good news to our world: a bold and inviting vision of God’s will for his Church that is more than just the record of an ecumenical encounter.

It reflects many dimensions of our indebtedness to the Orthodox theological perspective; and you, Your All-Holiness, have yourself been a powerful spokesman in East and West for many of the themes that come into focus here. You have taught us, as no other global church leader has, the imperative significance of a moral and spiritual understanding of our material environment as the natural outworking of our faith and participation in the communion of the divine persons. You have witnessed to the difficult task of holding diverse Christian communities together in charity and right doctrine without the sanctions of centralised control. And in this connection we are all sharply aware of how your leadership and witness is exercised in local circumstances of real difficulty and constraint. We wish to assure you of our strong support for you and your fellow - Christians in Istanbul and our continuing gratitude for your courage and clarity as a voice in the Orthodox world and in the Christian world in general.

So it is with the warmest sentiments that we greet you on this historic occasion, as a welcome guest in Great Britain, a welcome guest of the Church of England, and a welcome guest in Lambeth Palace. We have seen, through the work of our Commission, a great harvest of God’s goodness to us all; and we pray that on these foundations we may continue to labour for that lasting and visible reconciliation between Christian believers that is Our Lord’s will, and to labour together to show Christ to the world –Christ who, to take the words of the Epiphany kontakion, has come, who is manifest, who is the Light Inaccessible.

+ Rowan Cantuar:

Lambeth Palace

Reunion with East not beyond hope

The Ecumenical Patriarch and the Archbishop of Canterbury
at Westminster Abbey

hieromonk Seraphim (Rose)

2007-01-10T21:37:33Z

seraphim_rose
Welcome!

Prayers by the Lake

2006-09-29T07:21:54Z

I hope that, at least, some of the readers of this lj community will be interested in the English translation of The Prayers by the Lake by St. Nikolai of Ochrid and Zica (Nikolai Velimirovic). So beautiful and meaningful they are!

"He thinks through prayer, he philosophizes through prayer. One senses that the luminous souls of the great Orthodox ascetics, especially the mystical soul of St. Simeon the New Theologian, are speaking through him. Through prayer he senses God, and through prayer he senses all creation. He is in a prayerful relationship with everything. Orthodoxy, and only Orthodoxy, leads to this. The whole soul collects itself into prayer, for prayer is the only sharp-eyed guide of the mind, the heart and the will...

...When he turns his soul, moved by prayer, toward creation, he seethes with sadness and starts sobbing with stirring cries. For all creation is sick, wounded, and melancholy. Truly, in his tears "the sadness of all creatures seethes." Truly, in his weeping all human eyes and all human hearts weep. He is afflicted with the pains of all creation; he grieves with the laments of all creatures..." (from St. Justin Popovic's Introduction to The Prayers by the Lake by St. Nikolai of Ochrid and Zica)

exoriente @ 2006-09-24T17:46:00

2006-09-24T13:48:05Z

This homily BODY AND MATTER IN SPIRITUAL LIFE by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh may hardly be considered short. But I think it's still quite worth reading.

exoriente @ 2006-09-16T11:12:00

2006-09-16T07:13:52Z

I think this short article The Blessed Passion of Holy Love by Neil Bronwen is quite a good introduction to the basics of Maximus the Confessor's teaching on the passions of the soul.
I personally think that the fact that this theologian happened to be named Maximus is not a coincidence because, in my opinion, his works, as well as works about his teaching, may provide a maximal understanding of the Christian Orthodox teaching about the role and destiny of the mankind in the creation.

exoriente @ 2006-09-13T19:04:00

2006-09-13T15:04:41Z

I think this lecture Through Creation to the Creator by Bishop Kallistos Ware is highly interesting both in terms of theology and in the light of all those environmental problems we are facing throughout the world.

Parsenios on Gospel of John. A Theology that opens ways....

2006-06-30T20:11:50Z

Friends,
This is to call attention to the
entry I made today on the work
of George Parsenios Orthodox theologian
of Princeton is interesting and
opens new vistas in a way...or rather renews the
vista we knew...
I would add to what I said there the thought that
perhaps as dopelganger of the universe the Holy Spirit
=Sophia, the Wisdom of God and as doppelganger of the
individual= the guardian angel. as doppelganger of
Jesus=the Comforter. Bounced this off Dr Parsenios and
he is unsure but adds the interesting point that a quiz
show that of superheros both he and his brother are
Spiderman so...so he is an important theologian
check at my posthttp://seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com/422284.html#cutid1
add a comment to continue the discussion. George will
be looking in...
He,George Parsenios is a very good and also very
humorous man...
well this on this and am yours
+Seraphim

Community Promotion

2005-12-15T14:29:17Z

I'm not certain if promoting is acceptable, and if not, let me apologize, however, I believe some of you may find it interesting.

Visit rhomaioi - it's a new community specifically about Byzantium, so please take a look!

Come for the Antiquity, stay for the Renaissance!

=)

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