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.
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…
Then they cried to the Lord in…
Both we and our fathers have sinned…
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…
”...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)” ...
Then he led forth Israel with silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. ...
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…
O Lord, how manifold art Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made them all…
Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! ...