June 4, 2014
Postfeast of the Ascension
Psalm 109
This difficult Psalm is read on Holy Friday at the Third Hour…
Reflections in Christ
June 3, 2014
Postfeast of the Ascension
Psalm 108
My heart is ready, O God, my heart is…
June 2, 2014
Arvo Pärt
I don’t normally write for the Chancellor’s Diary on Mondays, but Arvo Pärt’s presence at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary this past Saturday, and the concert of his music at Carnegie Hall that night left a deep impression. I can’t simply fold it into a listing of other events.
The Army of Abraham
On the eve of the commemoration of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea on Sunday, June 1, 2014, there are three Old Testament lessons read at Great Vespers. Two…
May 30, 2014
Postfeast of Ascension
Psalm 107
Then they cried to the Lord in…
May 28, 2014
Leave-taking of Pascha
Psalm 106: a confession of Israel’s sins
Both we and our fathers have sinned…
From Where Do We Draw Our Water?
In my humble opinion, the dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4:5-42) may just be the most profound and amazing dialogue ever recorded…
Pray for Meriam
”...for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light, (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)” ...
May 22, 2014
Psalm 105: Despoiling the Egyptians
Then he led forth Israel with silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. ...
“Pacify the Ragings of the… Who?”
You have probably noticed that we are no longer in the fourth century. In that century, the great rival of Christianity was paganism—the worship of the old gods, still worshipped by…