Category: Triumph of Orthodoxy

  • Those Other Icons

    Those Other Icons

    When we venerate icons, the worship paid to the image passes to the prototype. That’s not just a teaching of the Church, it is a spiritual truth. And it doesn’t matter which icons we venerate. Or rather, it matters very much.

  • Taste and See

    Taste and See

    Some thoughts on the Eastern Churches and Evangelism.

  • Sunday Reflection

    Sunday Reflection

    Our two priests were away and the community had a Typica Service today. I was blessed to give the reflection at this service. Troparion – Tone 1When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, while the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure body, Thou didst rise on the third day, O Savior, granting life…

  • Of Icons & Hosts

    Of Icons & Hosts

    The Readings for the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy The First Sunday of the Great Fast HEARING OF A BYZANTINE CATHOLIC podcast called What God is Not, I decided to give a listen to a ByzCath Nun, Mother Natalia, and Fr Michael O’Loughlin, a priest of the Eparchy of Phoenix. I was instantly drawn…