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November 29, 2001
Shopping,
lights and neat toys: Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas?
Pastoral Letters - Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Dec. 2)
Finding the World for Real
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November 27, 2001
A Visitor's Question:
More on "Words words, words...." One can easily obtain the
origin and meaning of each of the days of the week from the
Internet, but I gave up trying the same for the the Ukrainian
origin and meaning of each of the days.Your article "What's in a
Name" and the mention of "Nedylia" prompted this question.So
what is the meaning and origin of "Nedilya" and the other days
of the week? see
answer >>>
November 25, 2001
Download December Church
Calendar for Outlook
November 22, 2001
Thanksgiving and Harry Potter: Which craft is that all about?
Formerly all North Americans observed Thanksgiving Day at the end of
November. Canadians later decided to join with Britain's October autumn
festival as a way to create some cultural space between themselves and
their American cousins. Thanksgiving is a festival that celebrates the
struggles of the Puritan immigrants to America. Interestingly enough,
the holiday recalling those who initiated witch-hunts is, this year,
greeted by a massive fascination with the bewitching figure of Harry
Potter . . .
more>>>
November 21, 2001
Pastoral Letters - Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost (Nov. 25)
Imagine Your Neighbour!
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A Visitor's Question:
I have a question regarding newborn children attending
divine liturgy. I heard it is customary for the child to be
baptized around 40 days after birth. I also heard that
there is a custom that the newborn and the mother should not go
to church (or even leave home, except for doctor visits) until
the baby is baptized and the mother is churched. Do you
know where this custom came from, and if it is common in
Orthodox churches?
see answer>>>
November 19, 2001
Religion, war and terrorism: When making love is mandatory
Religion has been used as an umbrella justification
for conflict and oppressive political rule throughout the centuries.
Religion's use as such was certainly not invented during the period
dating from Christianity's beginnings. Is religion to be blamed for
what happened on September 11th and the subsequent
international crisis that has ensued? Do people really die for ideals
alone without material considerations connected to them?
more>>>
November 14, 2001
Dealing
with the death of loved ones: When somebody needs a body
Culture is
so pervasive in our lives that it impacts literally every aspect of our
existence. And at no time is this more deeply felt than when we
experience the pain of the death of a loved one or loved ones. The shock
of the tragic events of September 11 and now of the most recent
devastation of the plane crash in a Queen's neighbourhood where over 260
people were killed reflects the way in which we view death in our own
Western culture. But how does it exactly? And how can the Church help
here? more>>>
November 13, 2001
Pastoral Letters - Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (Nov. 18)
Family of God and Each Other
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November 8, 2001
Mindfulness of God in the workplace: Divine help in keeping perspective
"Tomorrow
and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day,"
wrote Shakespeare. Some of us might want to frame this as a motto to
place on our desks at work! The boredom of daily routine drives us to
despair. We think that if we changed our job, didn't have the boss that
we do or else hung out with other people at work, life wouldn't be so
dull. But what if we simply became more "mindful of God" at work and in
other life contexts? And how do we go about achieving this?
more>>>>
November 7, 2001
Pastoral Letters - Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Nov. 11)
Victim No Longer |
Ukrainian version in PDF format
November 3, 2001
A
City of Sharp Contrast: Piety and Persecution in Paris
There
are many reasons to visit Paris.
These include culture, fashion, architecture, opera and so on.
The Churches and Cathedrals of Paris stand as mute testimony to the
creative and devout spirit of the French people.
Yet, they also tell the story of ruthless religious persecution
decades before the advent of the militantly atheistic Soviet regime.
If, as some say, romance is about opposites (attracting), then the
spiritual history of Paris is certainly one of sharp contrast in an
atmosphere where no love was lost . . .
more>>>
November 1, 2001
Two questions from visitors:
1)
I would know more about Ukrainian
Autocephalous Church and your relations with it (if they exist).
see
answer
2) Is the three-barred cross strictly an Orthodox cross? I was
under the impression that this cross has more to do with the
indication of "rite" (Latin vs Byzantine). It seems that
in Canada at least, the three-barred cross has been claimed by the
Orthodox churches (Ukrainian and Russian) where in the USA and
perhaps other parts of the world such as Ukraine, the three barred
cross is also used in eastern-rite Catholic churches.
see
answer
Pastoral Letters - Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost (Nov. 4)
The
Power of Suffering
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