A Cold Age
One of the benefits of reading history is that it enables one to compare one’s own era with other eras, and so identify the blind spots of former times and as well as the blind spots of one’s…
Reflections in Christ
June 4, 2014
Postfeast of the Ascension Psalm 109 This difficult Psalm is read on Holy Friday at the Third Hour…
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. ...