Here we continue presenting names and lives of Orthodox Saints in the West World, Saints of the original and ancient Church. When the Patriarchate of Rome was an Orthodox Patriarchate. Continue reading ““The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – Alphabetical order (‘A’ – Part 1)”
“The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – Saint Melangell the Abbess of Wales
St. Melangell the Abbess of Wales (†641) – Commemorated May 27 / January 31
“The Church in The British Isles will only begin to grow when she begins to venerate her own Saints” -Saint Arsenios of Paros (†1877) Continue reading ““The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – Saint Melangell the Abbess of Wales”
“The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – The rich unknown heritage of Western Saints
by James Read
Despite the universality of the Holy Orthodox Church, it is not infrequently that converts confess to feeling “out of place” in the Russian, Greek, Serbian, or other ethnic tradition which, with few exceptions, dominates parish life in the Orthodox West. Continue reading ““The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – The rich unknown heritage of Western Saints”
“The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – St. Patrick
Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius, Irish: Naomh Pádraig) was a Celtic Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognised patron saint of Ireland (although Brigid of Kildare and Columba are also formally patron saints).was a Romano-Briton by birth. He was probably born in 390 on what is now the north-west coast of England at an unidentified place called Bannavem Taburniae. The son of a town councillor, his grandfather had been a priest. Bearing the Roman name ‘Patricius’, meaning ‘noble’, he was brought up to speak Latin but paid no attention to the teachings of Christianity. Continue reading ““The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – St. Patrick”
“The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – The Seven Apostolic Men, missionaries in Spain
According to Christian tradition, the Seven Apostolic Men (siete varones apostólicos) were seven Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain. This group includes Torquatus, Caecilius, Ctesiphon, Euphrasius, Indaletius, Hesychius, and Secundius (Torcuato, Cecilio, Tesifonte, Eufrasio, Indalecio Hesiquio y Segundo). Continue reading ““The ancient Christian Church – About Orthodox Church in the West World” – The Seven Apostolic Men, missionaries in Spain”
The True Science of God
by Fr. Stephen Freeman
I had occasion this week to stand in a group of scientists. I was burying one of their own. The city I live in is a “science city,” the location of one of the primary national labs in the US. I have lived here for over 25 years. I have gotten to know many scientists. When they are at their best (and science at its best), wonder forms a large part of their world. To do research is not something you do because you know the answers, but because you don’t. Something is being sought. Continue reading “The True Science of God”
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