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Brothers and Sisters, A Homily from Theophilus of Alexandria on the 'Crucifixion and the Good Thief' First of two parts: The sun of righteousness appeared in the east and gave light to those who were in the darkness and in the shadow of death. (Lk. 1:79) The king of righteousness...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I thought at this Pascha time it might be edifying to post this homily by Theophilus of Alexandria on the crucifixion and the Good thief: The sun of righteousness appeared in the east and gave light to those who were in the darkness and in the shadow of death...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, At this Great and Holy Pascha a reminder of the words of our Father St. John Chrysostom: If anyone is devout and a lover of God, let him enjoy this beautiful and radiant festival. If anyone is a wise servant, let him, rejoicing, enter into the joy of...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, At the start of this Holy Week I thought it might be an idea to post this and to see how many OO posters we have. I am a member of the British Orthodox Church which comes under the jurisdiction of HH Pope Shenouda III. Our Metropolitan, Abba Seraphim, is...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the Catholic Lectionary the Gospel reading for the fifth Sunday in Lent is St. John 8:1-11. There are some features of this which might make for an interesting discussion - and which might also get us away from the confessional arguments which seem to...

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am fortunate enough to live within driving distance of the Shrine to Our Lady at Walsingham in Norfolk: Welcome to the R.C. National Shrine There is a wonderful prayer which I want to share with those of you who come here: O blessed Virgin Mary...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we go through the Lenten season, I hope that a Catena of readings from the Fathers might help us to focus on each Sunday's Gospel reading. Second Sunday of Lent, St. Luke 9:28-36: 28 Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Rather than raise this issue in General Heresy (sorry, theology) I want to do so here as I want to get a proper Catholic understanding of this issue. A friend of mine recently wrote this, which I want to share with you all. The term heresy...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The UK press and media are full of this story: BBC News - Pope Benedict attacks government over Equality Bill I suspect that outside the UK it isn't making headlines, but it is an important issue here, and the principles behind it are important for...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In several live threads, most notably the one on 'By what authority' and 'Solo Scriptura' there have been comments to the effect that we spend more time discussing what divides us than we do in discussing what might unite us. That may be part of the unique...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, On my own Church's (little visited) part of the Forum, my friend Polycarp asked me to say something about the precedence of Sees in the early Church after I commented that Alexandria had been second to Rome, but resented being, as it were, downgraded by...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Sad news on the Feast of the Theophany. Fr. Michael Harper, Archpriest and former Dean for the Patriarchate of Antioch in the UK and Ireland, has gone to his repose. News We are beginning 40 days of prayers for the repose of his soul. Memory Eternal, Memory...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I wanted to share this with you from one of our priests in Cairo. peace, Anglian

Equality Bill threatens integrity of the priesthood, bishops tell Harman Equality minister Harriet Harman will ban the Catholic Church in Britain from insisting that priests remain celibate single men, the bishops have said. Church leaders will be powerless to stop ordained priests from...

May 25, 2009 St. Bede the Venerable (672?-735) Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime. His writings were filled with such faith and learning that even while he was still alive, a Church council ordered them to be read publicly in the churches. At an early...

Today is St. Bede's day. St. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is the first, and one of the greatest, works on English history. This Saint lived his entire life in Jarrow-Monkwearthmouth on the river Wear in the north-east of England (near Newcastle). His scriptural...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, In many of the discussions here on homosexuality (far more than Christ Himself seems to have initiated) one of the points which gets made is that we should turn to the OT, to places such as Leviticus, since they provide support for traditional...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Many of our discussion here seem to retread the well-worn route of arguments between various types of Christian. We get some Christians, with suitable verses from the NT cited, claiming the Spirit is in them, and that all they need is that and their Bible, and that...

This thread is an opportunity for those who wish to do so to join our Eastern Orthodox brothers and sisters in expressing our sorrow in the death of the Russian Orthodox patriarch, Alexy II. Memory eternal, memory eternal:crosseo: peace, Anglian