Orthodoxy Articleshttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/Articles about the Orthodox Faithen-US2012-05-29T07:45:21ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Hymns for the week of April the 3rd, 2011http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/4/3/hymns-for-the-week-of-april-the-3rd-2011.htmlAssistant Editor2011-04-03T05:00:23ZVideo - Greek byzantine chant ]]>The Life Of John The Elder And The Cave Of Sapsashttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/28/the-life-of-john-the-elder-and-the-cave-of-sapsas.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-28T05:01:49ZModern Day Elders Spirituality daily readingsAscetic: Reflections on the Way of Self-Sacrificehttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/27/ascetic-reflections-on-the-way-of-self-sacrifice.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-27T23:40:49ZOrthodox Life Spirituality daily excerpts readingsAn Anonymous writing

 

A boy once approached his father, ‘Old man, why do you fast?’ The father stood silent, bringing heart and mind together, and then:

‘Beloved boy, I fast to know what it is I lack.

For day by day I sit in abundance, and

all is well before me;

I want not, I suffer not, and I

lack but that for which I invent a need.

But my heart is empty of true joy,

filled, yet overflowing with dry waters.

There is no room left for love.

I have no needs, and so my needs are never met,

no longings, and so my desires are never fulfilled.

Where all the fruits of the earth could dwell, I have

filled the house with dust and clouds;

It is full, so I am content—

But it is empty, and so I weep.

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]]>The Akathist Hymn: Stanza Twohttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/20/the-akathist-hymn-stanza-two.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-20T18:06:16ZAkathist Chairetismoi O Champion General Video - English Video - Greek akathistos byzantine chant hymn ode Τῇ ὑπερμάχω Ἀκάθιστος

]]>Canon Of The Akathist Hymn: Part 1 (Odes I-Ode IX and O Champion General, Τῇ ὑπερμάχω)http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/20/canon-of-the-akathist-hymn-part-1-odes-i-ode-ix-and-o-champi.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-20T18:03:27ZAkathist Chairetismoi Madayeh O Champion General Video - English Video - Greek akathistos byzantine chant hymn Τῇ ὑπερμάχω Ἀκάθιστος ]]>Hymns for the week of March the 20th, 2011http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/20/hymns-for-the-week-of-march-the-20th-2011.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-20T18:00:03ZApolitikia Video - Greek apolotikion byzantine chant Απολυτίκιο

]]>Gregory Palamas: An Historical Overviewhttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/20/gregory-palamas-an-historical-overview.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-20T17:48:31ZChurch Fathers st. gregory palamasThis is the first half of our two-part investigation in to the Palamite controversy and its influence on Orthodox theology. Here we will deal with the historical background in which the controversy developed and took place; the next discussion will then take up the particular theological issues put forth by St Gregory Palamas and examine them in more detail. As such, this investigation does not address the theology of the controversy in any more specific detail than is needed to paint a broad picture of the historical situation at hand.
]]>Gregory Palamas: Knowledge, Prayer and Visionhttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/20/gregory-palamas-knowledge-prayer-and-vision.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-20T17:46:03ZChurch Fathers monks st. gregory palamasThe theology of St Gregory Palamas, as expressed during the Palamite Controversy of the mid-14th century, is far too extensive to be addressed in its full breadth in a paper such as this. Rather than attempt a manifestly impossible task, then, we will limit the focus of this essay to three central points in that theology: first, the idea of knowledge as expressed in the conflict between Gregory and Barlaam; second, the matter of prayer and the body; and third, the notion of the divine vision, which will lead naturally into a discussion of the energies and the essence of God.

]]>On The Holy Iconshttp://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/20/on-the-holy-icons.htmlAssistant Editor2011-03-20T17:37:48ZChurch Fathers st. gregory palamas‘You shall not make an image of anything in the heavens above, or in the earth below, or in the sea’ (cf. Exodus 20.4), in such a way that you worship these things and glorify them as gods. For all are the creations of the one God, created by Him in the Holy Spirit through His Son and Logos, who as Logos of God in these latter times took flesh from a virgin’s womb, appeared on earth and associated with men, and who for the salvation of men suffered, died and rose again, ascended with His body into the heavens, and ‘sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High’ (Hebrews 1.3), and who will come again with His body to judge the living and the dead. Out of love for Him you should make, therefore, an icon of Him who became man for our sakes, and through His icon you should bring Him to mind and worship Him, elevating your intellect through it to the venerable body of the Saviour, that is set on the right hand of the Father in heaven.

 

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