Defenders of orthodoxy

Today is the Feast of the Holy Hierarchs, typically known in the West as the Cappadocian Fathers: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nazianzus and St. John Chrysostom. They were each great theologians in their own right and were staunch defenders of the Faith against different heresies:

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One Holy, Catholic, Apostolic & Intergalactic Church

Happy St. George’s Day! Today I’m leaving Blighty and heading back to the United States with my shiny new visa.  Since I’m going to be on a plane for most of the day I thought today’s post should be something related to the theme of “flight”.

Before Lent, Elias over at “That Hideous Blog” posted a picture of a Russian Astronaut with an icon of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary):

Orthodoxy in space

This reminded me of an amazing podcast episode by Jimmy Akin from Catholic Answers. In this podcast episdoe he talks about how Catholicism might respond to space colonization. It makes me so happy that someone else is out there thinking about this stuff! 😀