May 21, 2013
Glory to the Triune God, Dear Friends in Christ, Last Sunday on the feast of Pentecost we commemorated the “birthday” of the Church. Every Sunday, you go to the church, attending the Divine Liturgy, experiencing the resurrection and the second coming of our Lord that goes beyond the concepts ...
Read MoreGlory to the Triune God Dear Friends in Christ, Hope you all had a blessed Feast of Pentecost! To give a background, in the Jewish heritage and tradition, the Pentecost (Pentecost means “fiftieth) used to be seven weeks following the first day of the Passover. It was called “the feast of the ...
Read MoreDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus It has been a month since I last posted on the series on “Demands of Jesus”. I had been busy with some personal matters and was also in the transfer process from Cochin to Pune in India on work related matters. We have been learning about ...
Read MoreGlory to the Triune God, Dear Friends in Christ, Wish you all are having a prayerful time while we wait for the blessed Feast of Pentecost. For the past one week, I am seeing all the newspapers, television ads, radio ads focusing on “Mother’s Day” offers. But I feel one doesn’t need a ...
Read MoreDec 26 1997, OVBS (Orthodox Vacation Bible School) that was first time I made a sketch of a saint. I didn’t knew much about him, just saw his paintings with the famous setting of him riding a white horse and slaying the dragon. Later did i know that my baptism name was also named after ...
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Glory to the Triune God, Dear friends in Christ, Christ is Risen; Indeed He is Risen! Let me take you back to the 3rd century A.D in Constantinople. We are going to witness a wedding- the wedding of a remarkable young lady called Olympiatha. Olympiatha is an orphan and belongs to a wealthy ...
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Saint George is a martyr and in the classical orthodox icon style; he is either portrayed as a soldier with his weapons, or in the more famous setting of him riding a white horse and slaying the dragon.Some exception to these forms , we see some mural and icons portraying different life scenes ...
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“Pearls of desert” Part 6 Abba Anthony , His last will I always wonder why the Holy body of Saint Francis Xavier is displayed publicly. Though many human sentiments are closely attached with the Casket in which his body is kept. Its just my personal point of view that the very body of ...
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Glory to the Triune God Dearest Friends in Christ, The last article (Part-VI) we saw an introduction to the Apostolic Fathers. In this article we will study a short introduction to the life of St Clement before we move on in subsequent parts to learn about his writings. St. Clement of Rome: As ...
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Glory to the Triune God Dear friends in Christ, Hope you all are having a blessed Lenten season! Its been quite a while that we went through the last treasure. In the previous article we studied about the Didache. Here is the link for that- The Didache. Today we will focus on the writings of... ...
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