tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:24:46 +0000http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Michael)Blogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-3305443794016504173Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:13:00 +00002009-12-27T11:28:35.712ZMany moons ago, I got a Gmail account. For reasons now no longer important, I abandoned it and switched to a new Google account and it was this second account that I used to create my blog, almost five years ago now. Then I switched back to the ogirinal account about a year ago, so have been juggling two Google accounts: one for e-mails, Youtube, and just about everything else that is part of http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/now-day-is-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-5145994173650609627Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:38:00 +00002009-12-26T14:43:50.392ZChristianity is not an ideology that can be learnt from internalising texts. It is a way of being and of living with an ultimate purpose. It isn't for nothing that the early Christians referred to it simply as The Way. More on this from St Hilarion the New Hieromartyr.Kamilavka tip to Daniel.http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/holy-scripture-and-church.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-2292635595761622920Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:21:00 +00002009-12-25T21:49:55.273ZSt Phoebe of Cenchreae, by the hand of Suzanne SchleckO Lord and Master, Who didst not reject women who were willing to offer themselves, insofar as is meet, to minister in thy holy houses, but didst receive them into an order of ministries; do Thou also bestow the grace of thy Holy Spirit upon this thy handmaid who desireth to offer herself unto Thee, and fill her with the grace of the diaconatehttp://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/order-of-deaconess-liturgical-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-5545104553918815921Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:38:00 +00002009-12-24T16:11:58.004ZWhen anyone is disturbed or saddened under the pretext of a good and soul-profiting matter, and is angered against his neighbour, it is evident that this is not according to God: for everything that is of God is peaceful and useful, and leads a man to humility and to judging himself.-St Barsanuphius the GreatWhat can I say in response to this other than to repeat the protest of the disciples whenhttp://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-righteous-anger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-4838752683230038102Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:48:00 +00002009-12-22T14:20:54.932ZAbove is a video of the Great Entrance from the church of St Elias in Brampton, Canada. This is an Eastern Catholic church which serves in English and Ukrainian.It may seem unusual for me to be posting a video of a church in the Unia, especially a Ukrainian church, given the history and current relations, but the truth is that, all of that aside, they actually serve the Liturgy with care and http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/above-is-video-of-great-entrance-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-6333051719290116773Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:49:00 +00002009-12-22T12:53:28.360ZI saw this report on the news yesterday evening. I was moved to tears. When the next sad story came on, I had to leave the room. I don't have much to say about it other than to ask you to please read it, or at least watch the video, and pray. Googling "care for Romanian disabled" or "care for Romanian orphans" will reveal ways that those who wish and are able can help financially.Please pray.http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/romanias-neglected-orphans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-7689122504550104928Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:31:00 +00002009-12-22T13:06:55.831ZArchbishop John of the Holy Synod of Milan has given his blessing for part of the results of his translation work of the ancient English offices to be published online. While, at the time of writing, we in the Russian Church Abroad are not in communion with the Milan Synod, we have been in the past - indeed, their hierarchy came from us - and many of us feel a sense of kinship with fellow http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/western-rite-office-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-6439617571291815783Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:08:00 +00002009-12-24T11:58:26.377ZThe recent bad weather has caused problems for many people, myself included. I visited a friend for his birthday last week and found myself waiting for a bus in the city centre for an hour, while it snowed. When one did eventually arrive, and everybody at the bus stop, (who, by this point, had got to know each other quite well, having moved beyond frustration to laughter), piled onto it, it only http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/12/snow-had-fallen-snow-on-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-9001976974306481171Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:33:00 +00002009-11-25T22:20:24.577ZFr Jovan Plamenac of the Serbian Orthodox Church felt that the need to travel all day to get to and from Patriarch Pavle's funeral should not disrupt the regular cycle of worship of his people, who had become accustomed to attending the Divine Liturgy and receiving Communion daily.Therefore, he sought his bishop's blessing and served the Liturgy on the train. More photographs here.Kamilavka tip http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/have-chalice-will-tavel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-2232868573936673942Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:08:00 +00002009-11-16T19:08:15.909ZHis Grace Archbishop Mark of Great Britain has given his blessing for the establishment of Orthodox communities on the territory of his diocese using the Western Rite forms of service blessed for use in ROCOR. The decision of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops is that all Western Rite communities are to have stavropegial status, which is to say that they fall under the omophor of His Eminence http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/western-rite-in-britain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-9198296490273864322Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:22:00 +00002009-11-16T19:30:13.026ZHis Holiness Patriarch Pavle +2nd November, 2009His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia reposed in the Lord yesterday, the 15th of November, being the 2nd of November in the Church calendar.The Serbian Church has long been a friend of the Russian Church Abroad. Indeed, it was the Holy Synod of the Serbian Church which, in 1922, gave its blessing for the establishment in Serbia of a synod of http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/patriarch-pavle-memory-eternal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-3779037718744779137Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +00002009-11-17T10:37:59.067ZThe Church typicon is a guidebook for training and schooling in prayer and the more it is adhered to the more benefit is derived from it. In the case of the inability to fulfill all that is laid out in the typicon, we must fulfill all that is in our power, preserving its general structure and main content. It is necessary, on the one hand, to fulfill the principal characteristics for a given http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/st-john-on-abbreviating-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-4732156522538086573Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:00 +00002009-11-12T11:32:02.979ZMy mother was black. My father was white. While he was born in England, his mother and father were Irish and French, respectively. The result of the European influence on my appearance means that, while most people can see that I am obviously not predominantly black, they also do not easily identify me as mixed white/Afro-Caribbean but intead mistake me for Asian. As I am also bearded and http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/priest-attacked-and-chased-by-racist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-6219718370795126578Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:32:00 +00002009-11-06T22:01:39.866ZIn light of recent developments (to follow within a few days), I thought it would be rather timely to share these photos for interest's sake.Archbishop Alexis (van der Mansbrugghe) serving the Western Rite Liturgy with Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh - most likely the Roman Rite Liturgy of St GregorySt John of Shanghai and San Francisco serving the Divine Liturgy of St Germanus of Paris -http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/historic-western-rite-photographs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1404215257377434610Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:00 +00002009-11-05T21:29:30.015ZAbove is a photograph of what appears to be a portion of a statue. It has clearly been cropped from a larger picture, and depicts a subdeacon carrying a fan. I nicked it from one of the Facebook groups for subdeacons but the member who supplied the photograoh no longer has, and no longer remembers where he got the original.If anybody knows what it is from or can supply a photograph of the full http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/can-anyone-identify-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-3040018653482220922Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:15:00 +00002009-11-07T23:03:30.459ZPhoto courtesy of Smilodon Photo, LLCThis comes from the set of photographs of the recent event that has been reported in the Anglican and Orthodox blogospheres. I wonder what was being said at the moment captured in this one.http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/ecumenical-conference-at-nashotah-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-3687117421000337202Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:10:00 +00002009-11-07T23:05:18.716ZThe dome of Christ the Saviour Cathedral, MoscowWe have all been given presents that we wouldn't usually have bought for ourselves. Sometimes these are things that we love but the existence of which would never have occurred to us. At other times, they are things that perhaps don't find favour with our own personal tastes. In the latter case, there are usually ways of avoiding embarrassment http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/questionable-gifts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-350863330060405236Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:41:00 +00002009-11-25T22:45:33.376ZI do not intend for this to be a polemical post. My views on the use of the Meletian calendar by Orthodox Christians have been made known many times and in a number of places. Let it be sufficient for me to say here that, as things stand, I do not believe that it is in keeping with the life of the Orthodox Church.I have been struggling with this matter for some months, especially since having http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/11/calendar-and-conscience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-4352113498760447330Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:00 +00002009-09-15T20:37:04.702+01:00Christ our God, to You we offer,hymns, and songs, and psalms of praise,for the rich, abundant blessings,which You give us all our days.At creation, humankind wasbrought from earth and given grace,fed by Eden's flowing riversbringing life to every place.At the hands of the Forerunner,You were pleased to be baptised,and submerged in Jordan's waters,hallowing its flowing tide.From the lake your http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/09/harvest-of-sea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-4272969810159702655Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:21:00 +00002009-08-18T16:22:30.798+01:00Here is a short photo collage showing a little bit of the life of my parish. I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I enjoyed compiling it.http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-parish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-7628533289158535659Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:52:00 +00002009-08-08T02:19:26.611+01:00Taking up the Cross of Christ, thou didst pass from royal glory to the glory of heaven, praying for thine enemies, O Holy Martyr Princess Elisabeth, and with the Martyr Barbara, thou didst find everlasting joy; therefore pray ye on behalf of our souls! - Troparion, tone 4Hello, friends!Please forgive my absence from the blogosphere over the past few weeks. I have been very busy with church stuffhttp://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-church-in-wallasey-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-5909751727315545301Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:51:00 +00002009-06-28T20:12:57.335+01:00In that meekness, humility, and love, which made their abode in thy soul, thou didst diligently minister to the suffering, O holy Passion-bearer Princess Elisabeth, and with faith didst endure suffering and death for Christ with the Martyr Barbara. With her do thou pray for all that honour thee with love! - Troparion, tone 2The 18th (5th) of July is the feast of St Elisabeth the New Martyr, http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/06/patronal-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-7545331884053926591Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:12:00 +00002009-09-04T16:06:02.380+01:00And, behold, an angel of the Lord stood by, saying: Anna, Anna, the Lord hath heard thy prayer, and thou shalt conceive, and shall bring forth; and thy seed shall be spoken of in all the world. - from the Protoevangelium of St JamesThe feast of the Conception of the Mother of God is perhaps one of the most poorly understood feasts of the Church. This falls on the 8th of December on the Western http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/06/conception-of-mother-of-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-4418263249520757247Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:14:00 +00002009-06-16T00:19:25.855+01:00Once ago, people used to read my blog and comment, and I was part of a small but friendly network of bloggers. Now, I get the odd comment from faithful followers but it isn't what it once was. It may well be that I have readers who just don't post, or it may be that I should never have resuscitated my blog and that it serves little purpose.If you do read Synaxis and feel that my posting http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/06/shall-i-continue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-7533607160422122733Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:16:00 +00002009-08-05T19:59:55.293+01:00Once described as "a wonderful rolling tide of divine poetic rhetoric", I shall let this amazing prayer speak for itself.====================================Deacon: Let us stand well; let us stand with fear; let us attend, that we may offer the holy oblation in peace.People: A mercy of peace: a sacrifice of praise!Priest: + The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and http://miadoradoscxiam.blogspot.com/2009/06/anaphora-of-st-basil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Michael)1