Tag: Eastern Orthodox
Crowning in Marriage
Next month I get married. In the Byzantine Church we are “crowned” in marriage and the service is quite a bit different from what you might expect. So, to help those attending, I’m building up a list of resources…
Why the Byzantine Liturgy is great For kids…
This past week, a friend of mine visited my Byzantine Catholic parish. Afterwards, she admitted that she had been rather apprehensive about how her small child was going to react to the whole experience. After all, she knew that the Byzantine Liturgy was typically ninety minutes long, rather than the forty-five minute Mass which her son had previously been used to experiencing.
Even though I have no children of my own, I offered the somewhat counter-intuitive claim that the Byzantine Liturgy is in some ways better suited to children than a Novus Ordo or Tridentine Mass. A bold claim, I know, but I stand by it! So, here are my top ten reasons why I think the Byzantine Liturgy is great if you have small children…
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On Holy Icons
I saw someone share this video and I thought it was an excellent introduction to the one of the most distinctive practices of the Catholic and Orthodox East – icons.
The presentation is given by Fr. Michael O’Loughlin and Deacon Basil (pronounced “Baz-ill”!) from a parish I’ve visited in Denver, Holy Protection of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church:
Music Monday: Psalm 53 (Aramaic)
Following on from last week’s post, here is some more Aramaic chant. This is sung by Assyrian Eastern Orthodox Archimandrite Serafim and is the text of Psalm 53:
Eastern Orthodox Contraception Booklet
A few of months ago I wrote a post which looked at the shift in teaching about contraception among the Eastern Orthodox. There are, however, voices in the Orthodox Church who still hold to the traditional opposition to contraception. One example of this is the following booklet which outlines why all Orthodox should oppose it:
