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Homily for Bright Friday
Our Lady, Searcher for the Lost. (from Holy Resurrection Monastery) The following homily was given by Abbot Nicholas of Holy Resurrection Monastery at the Institute on Religious Life, 2013 National...
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New auxiliary Bishop of Presov appointed
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Milan (Lacha), SJ to be auxiliary bishop of the Archeparchy of Presov. He is to be titular bishop of Ostracine. Fr. Milan was born in November 1973. While he was in...
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Patriarch Sviatoslav and Patriarch Bartholomew
Photo by Daniel Galadza and Posted on RISU.org.ua Patriarch Sviatoslav and Bishop Boris meet with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers* dwell together as...
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Patriarch Sviatoslav & Bishop Borys at Liturgy at the Phanar
Photo by Daniel Galadza and Posted on RISU.org.ua Facebook Why did Patriarch Sviatoslav visit the Ecumenical Patriarch? In my opinion, this visit is very important and it was made on our initiative....
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Interview with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarch
Our Lady of Fatima Russian Catholic Church posted an interview, done by Salt and Light Television, with His Beatitude Sviatoslav of Kiev. His Beatitude speaks English fluently. Towards the end the...
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Catholicos Cleemis Mar Baselios and Cardinal Dolan
Luncheon at Cardinal’s residence in honor of Cardinal Cleemis Mar Baselios, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church, May 13, 2013. (Photo by John E. Kozar)
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Purgatory and the Christian East
Reblogged from Symposium: It is often asked of Eastern Catholics what it is they believe about Purgatory. (At least it is a question that I myself have been asked on more than one occasion!) Roman...
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St. Basil the Great on serving the needy
The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is...
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Pentecost, All Saints, and the Apostles Fast
The time of Pascha has come to an end for Byzantine Christians on the new calendar. The feast of Pentecost was two Sundays ago and yesterday was the feast of the Sunday of All Saints. (Yes, Byzantine...
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Thought Provoking last will of Hieromonk Nicholas
To quote a Ukrainian Catholic from the Byzantine Catholic forum: “On May 30th of this year, the UGCC Redemptorist Father Nicholas Kutz reposed in the Lord, leaving a testament behind that has caused...
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Fire at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Over the weekend of June 29-30 a fire broke out at the parish of St. Nicholas in Danbury, Ct. The parish is part of the Eparchy of Passaic. The Church has decided to rebuild and has salvaged a few...
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Lumen Fidei
Pope Francis has released the long-awaited encyclical, Lumen Fidei, the Light of Faith. I have not read it yet but I am looking forward to doing so in the coming days. Below is Lumen Fidei #1 from the...
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Fast of the Dormition
The Fast of the Dormition of the Theotokos has begun, please pray for me. The Fast begins on August 1st, with the Feast of the Procession of the Cross, and ends on August 14, the Feast of the...
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Talk: FIAT, Mary our Model of Faith
A talk by Fr. Deacon Sabatino at the Our Lady of Mariapoch pilgrimage in Ohio. Fr. Sabatino is the founder and director of the Institute for Catholic Culture. I heard him speak at the 2012 West Coast...
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The Feast of the Life Giving Cross
Today we celebrate a beautiful feast. The Church celebrates the Elevation of the Life-giving Cross. We celebrate it each year the day after the dedication of the basilica of the Resurrection in...
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A quote
Someone on a Facebook group I belong to posted this statement to start a discussion: Orthodox in Communion with Rome…..go. The response of a Byzantine Catholic priest really struck a chord with me. He...
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Pope St. Gregory the Great on the Three Petrine Sees
St Gregory I, Pope of Rome, Epistle XL, writing to Pope Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria. Your most sweet Holiness [Eulogius of Alexandria] has spoken much in your letter to me about the chair of...
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