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is the blog of an Orthodox Christian and is published under the spiritual patronage of St. John of San Francisco. Topics likely to be discussed include matters relating to Orthodoxy as well as other religious confessions, politics, economics, social issues, current events or anything else which interests me. © 2006-2026

Friday, November 30, 2007

God, Evangelicals & War

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The below excerpt is from a very profound article in the Boston Globe which I recommend in its entirety. I definitely am not inclined to ...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

There is a new sheriff in town...

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...and his name is Marini, not that Marini , the new one... Guido. And he seems to share his bosses distaste for the rock concert themed ev...
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The Right to Keep Arms

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The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has accepted the first case that will directly address the long controversial issues surrounding th...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Giving Thanks

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I attended the Thanksgiving service tonight at my mission parish which I unfortunately missed last year. Thus it is the first time I have h...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The Nativity Fast

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The entrance into the Temple of the Holy Theotokos We are now well into the first full week of the Nativity Fast (Advent). In keeping with m...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Ecumenical Councils III

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For those not keeping track of the ongoing discussion, Mike Liccione has responded to my previous post over at his blog Sacramentum Vitae. ...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

Ecumenical Councils II

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Continuing the discussion on the subject of the previous post I just posted this over at CU . In order to preserve a coherent discussion pl...

On Ecumenical Councils

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39. Unlike diocesan and regional synods, an ecumenical council is not an “institution” whose frequency can be regulated by canons; it is rat...
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The Pope's Revolution

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Two and a half years after the name "Josephum" came booming down from the balcony of St Peter's, making liberal Catholics weep...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Islamic justice: Get raped and get 200 lashes

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Via FOX News : RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A 19-year-old female victim of gang rape who initially was ordered to undergo 90 lashes for "bein...
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Georgia Patriarch a Voice for Calm

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Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II TBILISI, Georgia , Nov. 14 — When Georgia’s short democratic experiment seemed near collapse last week amid a c...
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Monday, November 12, 2007

The last Armistice Day

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I have blogged a couple of times on the rapidly disappearing veterans of the First World War. Now Richard Rubin in a piece for the NY Times...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Viva el Rey!

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H.M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain In a moment which warmed my occasionally monarchist heart H.M. King Juan Carlos (Bourbon) of Spain gave a b...
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Thursday, November 08, 2007

And then there was one...

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The Titanic sailing from Southampton 10 April 1912 Barbara West Dainton (96) the second to the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster ...
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