... and to Whom/What the sacrifice was being made. This was worship. Today, “sacrifice” has passed into more generalized cultural ... understanding, idolatry is alive and well and is the primary object of the Modern Project. Having abolished the ancient sacrifices, we ...
... Feast of the Dormition, the Falling Asleep of the Virgin Mary. I offer this article as a reflection. The most difficult part of my ... in the Incarnation of Christ is made manifest in the worship that is properly directed towards Him and in the veneration that is ...
... would do better to ask, “Whom do the Orthodox worship?” It is a commonplace to explain the meaning of the word ... it can also mean, “right glory,” i.e. “right worship.” The Orthodox are those who worship the true and living God in the ... to the Church’s treatment of worship. Liturgy is primary in the life of believing – our actions should and ultimately do express ...
... for the feast of the Falling Asleep of the Virgin Mary. I offer this article as reflection. The most difficult part of my ... I am convinced, as well, that the Orthodox approach to Mary is part of the apostolic deposit, and not a later accretion. When I was ... in the Incarnation of Christ is made manifest in the worship that is properly directed towards Him and in the veneration that is ...
... they affirm that they have, they are told: “Bow down and worship Him.” The content of the Creed, the acceptance of Christ Himself, ... of the faith - for the understanding does not change. A primary example is the Holy Eucharist. A great deal of ink (and even a little ...
... of how people sometimes go wrong theologically. The Virgin Mary is among those theological matters that many Christians find ... a possible distraction from Christ Himself. “You’re worshipping Mary,” goes the charge. And the option then becomes to leave her ...
... wonder. “How can a mere human being save me? They are worshiping Mary!” The language of Mary’s role in the life of salvation is certainly ...
... Mother of Jesus. Christmas cards feature her; hymns of "Mary, meek and mild" are sung. And even though such popular treatments will ... God incarnate. And the figures go on. Orthodoxy does not worship Mary. She is not God, she is not such as can be worshipped. But among ...
... Frequently the truth of something lies not in the summary of its parts but in the wonder of the whole. This is certainly the case ... and insights into the service. Thus those who come to worship are never "just doing one thing" but are always presented with "several ...
... that creates the theme of “the doors” in Orthodox worship. Some find the doors somewhat daunting and exclusionary. They announce, ... been opened. Doors also permit or restrict movement. St. Mary of Egypt’s famous conversion occurred in the experience of a doorway ...
... Mythology made the curiosity of Pandora the primary cause of suffering in the world. She fails to resist the lure of finding ... of their holiness, your instinct would be to fall down and worship them. That very thing happens on occasion in the Scriptures at the ...
... weepy excitement often associated with forms of ecstatic worship (Pentecostalism). I’ve been there. Done that. It’s not the same ... problem is within the nous, the heart. And it is that primary cognition of our human existence that must be transformed. It’s for this ...
... this is partly relative for us. This is a profound summary of the work of creation, particularly in its use of Maximus’ imagery and ... in its “erotic” content, goes to the heart of worship, prayer and repentance. The language of prayer in Orthodoxy is ...
... later titles given in an effort to distinguish Protestant worship from Catholic. The word Eucharist is returning to common usage, ... it with anyone? Indeed, the act of sharing is itself a primary and inherent part of giving thanks. We give to others because what we have ...
... of God. The monks were known as the Imyaslavsy (“Name worshippers”) and were following ideas that had been promulgated in a text ... precisely what was meant by veneration (it is not worship). Years ago, I wrote that it is necessary to venerate an icon in order ... not as an object-in-separation. Veneration is the primary means that brings us into true communion. It is ...
... question, “Who am I,” is not just important, it is primary. A difficult aspect of our identity is that it is not always stable. We ... in our youth and erect a cult of adoration around it. We worship being young. Tragically, this is the one demographic in the culture in ...
... Moses in a burning bush? Why did the Incarnation involve Mary? Could He not have simply become man, whole, complete, adult, in a single ... of our conciliar being. In sacraments and saints in worship and wonder, we live within the cloud of witnesses and share the common ...
... of God. The monks were known as the Imyaslavsy (“Name worshippers”) and were following ideas that had been promulgated in a text ... precisely what was meant by veneration (it is not worship). Years ago, I wrote that it is necessary to venerate an icon in order ... not as an object-in-separation. Veneration is the primary means that brings us into true communion. It is ...
... and veneration of icons shares too much in common with the worship of idols in the pagan world. The theological response of Orthodoxy ... of icons represented, in liturgical form, the complete summary and affirmation of all the Church had taught over the centuries. Icons ...