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I thought this was about that fabulous chorus from Haydn' 'Die Schöpfung/The Creation' (1798) Even so, yes, the sky has been quite interesting of late. Marvelous thunderstorms yesterday. The aurora borealis was present here in the north of England, though don't let the photographs deceive you...

живот is cognate with the Latin ‘vīta’ (from Sanksrit ‘jīvitá, “life”)

interesting! I wish I could do an etymology of the word but I'm just a 'Welsh as second language' speaker. A lot of Welsh is informed by Latin, so it feels co-incidental if there is a shared root with Slavic. As a Celtic language, it isn't unfeasible to have a shared origin with Slavic as the...

interesting. The festal cycle was developed over time by the church. Easter, being calculated according to a lunar cycle (and thus Ascension [40 days post Easter], and Pentecost [50 days post Easter]). The fixed feasts are centred on Christmas (Annunciation being 9 months prior on 25th March)...

Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd! (Welsh btw. If you're trying to read it, 'f' is pronounced as 'v'; and 'dd' is pronounced as 'th', 'w' is 'w' as in 'wealthy'; therefore: "Atgivo'doth Crist! : In wir atgivo'doth! [' used to mark stressed vowel]

I don't want to spoil the great feast for others. I just think I'll break the fast alone this year.

I think I'll delete the posts lest they cause discomfort to other forum users. My apologies

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a most extraordinary place. Back when I was coming to the faith (c. 2006), there was maybe one half hour video about Athos, and now there are so many video essays, YouTube is a wonderful resource (and a terrifying one, but that's for other stuff hah)

I'm still here, tend to check the forum every day or so, but yes, certainly not the hive of activity it was back in the 2000s. I sometimes look at Reddit and such sites, but I find the overall tone quite polemic. Would rather have restrained quietude than outright fighting for the sake of noise

Blessed Feast of the Annunciation! I saw this introit to the Magnificat and thought it to be quite beautiful: ‘Holy Mary, come to the aid of us poor ones; strengthen the faint-hearted, console those who weep, pray for your people be a help to the priests, intercede for pious women, may all...

It is also profitable when reading the Navigatio to consider it as an allegorical account of the life of the monastic (and by extension, us), as being one of journeying. The islands and beasts he encounters speak of stages in one's life toward the Kingdom. As we celebrated Forgiveness Vespers...

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus | Happy St David [of Wales] Day

I sincerely hope so. God is merciful, society, not so much. If the man committed the sin in a public manner which degrades his character, it may be prudent of the church not to elect him to the office of presbyter, lest he cause scandal. This is a sort of 'worst case' scenario. Regardless, with...

the point I was trying to establish is that we ought to be careful when applying the canons too rigorously, lest we sweep away men of such devotion as we see and read in Fr Seraphim of Platina.

A harsh reading of the Canons would dispose of many saints, and those who many consider saints. I think here of a young man who in the 1960s cruised the streets of San Francisco in pursuit of same-sex love, and ultimately gave himself over to a greater love, that is Christ and the institution...

it does concern me how the Greek church (and the Œcumenical Patriarchate) is gaining this reputation of visible deviation from the Orthodox ideal, however I trust (oh how I trust!) that these cases quoted above are deep in nuance and circumstance. Regardless, please be assured that there are a...

the clerical collar is just an evolution of a starched white collar tucked under the cassock. I agree, the tabs are a bit daft, especially the little plastic ones. Take pride in one's laundry and do it properly. I knew a protestant minister who would cut his own out of white plastic milk bottles...

really wonderful! I do wonder though whether the tradition of hand carving is going to remain with us as we definitely have the means now with advances in technology to achieve something similar with programmable CNC routing machines.