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1 2,2 | Interior Plan).~ ~The Altar. ~0. The Iconostasis ~1. The
2 1,0 | brothers Boris and Gleb († 1015 — commemorated together
3 1,8 | Simeon the New Theologian († 1021).~St. Simeon, commemorated
4 1,0 | together on September 2). In 1037, Theopemptos was consecrated
5 7,2 | Emperor Constantine IX (1042-1054), in 1046, giving his
6 7,2 | Constantine IX (1042-1054), in 1046, giving his daughter, Anna,
7 1,0 | in Kiev by St. Anthony († 1073 — commemorated July 10),
8 1,0 | reorganized by St. Theodosius († 1074 — commemorated May 3 and
9 7,2 | Cathedral of Smolensk in 1101. At this time the Icon received
10 7,2 | be with this Icon.”~In 1131 the Icon was sent to Russia
11 7,2 | the Holy Prince Mstislav (†1132) and was sent to the Devichy
12 3,8 | 17-118 (109-111) (112-114) (115-117)~17 119:1-72 119:
13 1,0 | and the other Clement in 1147). To this day, the Russian
14 7,2 | Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga. In 1155, Andrew Bogoliubsky, the
15 7,2 | installed it on Sept. 21, 1164, in the magnificent Dormition
16 3,8 | 73-131) (118:132-176)~18 120-124 125-129 130-134 (119-
17 1,9 | with his consecration in 1219 as Archbishop of Serbia,
18 3,8 | 124 125-129 130-134 (119-123) (124-128) (129-133)~19
19 7,2 | Hodigitria of Smolensk.~In 1238, at a voice from the Icon,
20 3,8 | 118:132-176)~18 120-124 125-129 130-134 (119-123) (124-
21 1,0 | Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod († 1263 — commemorated August 30
22 1,5 | the Council of Lyons in 1274 and the Council of Florence
23 3,8 | 129 130-134 (119-123) (124-128) (129-133)~19 135-137 138-
24 3,8 | 176)~18 120-124 125-129 130-134 (119-123) (124-128) (
25 1,0 | Metropolitan of Kiev († 1326 — commemorated December
26 7,2 | on June 26.~ ~Pochaev.~In 1340, two Monks made their abode
27 1,9 | Archbishop of Serbia, and in 1346 a Serbian Patriarchate was
28 7,2 | on Ilinoi Street; but in 1356, a Church of the Sign of
29 1,9 | actually began to thrive. In 1359 a Wallachian Metropolitan
30 1,8 | Archbishop of Thessalonica († ca. 1360).~St. Gregory, commemorated
31 7,1 | Not-Made-By-Hands was taken about 1362 to Genoa, where it was presented
32 1,9 | recognized by Constantinople in 1375.~Missionaries from Bulgaria
33 9,6 | Thessalonica — Oct. 26) in 1380. In remembrance of his great
34 7,2 | the Blachernae Church. In 1383, about 70 years before the
35 1,0 | Sergius of Radonezh († 1392 — commemorated September
36 7,2 | received the name Vladimir.~In 1395 Russia was threatened by
37 1,0 | Stephen, Bishop of Perm († 1396 — commemorated April 26)
38 10,7 | 15:1-11 Matt. 19:16-26~13th Sunday after Pentecost 1
39 1,9 | Transylvanian Alps and in 1401, the Romanian Metropolitan
40 3,8 | 133-136) (137-139) (140-142)~20 144-145 146-147 148-
41 7,2 | Dimitry of Moscow (1398-1425) and in 1398 she brought
42 1,5 | the Council of Florence in 1438-9, when the Turks were already
43 1,0 | the Council of Florence in 1440, Constantinople had accepted
44 1,0 | from there. Finally, in 1448, a council of Russian Bishops
45 7,2 | corner of the Holy Doors.~In 1456, at the request of the inhabitants
46 1,1 | the Turkish conquest of 1478-9, when half the population
47 2,1 | adorned with a crescent. In 1486, Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible)
48 3,2 | the singing of Psalms 148, 149 and 150 — the Praises — (
49 11,1 | sun worship as early as 1500 B.C. It was used in the
50 1,0 | own turmoils however. In 1503 came the beginnings of a
51 7,2 | fervor, Grand Prince Vasily (1505-1533) constructed a stone
52 1,0 | of St. Nilus of Sora († 1508 — commemorated May 7)),
53 10,1 | Bibles also include Psalm 151 — a Song of David after
54 1,0 | Joseph of Volokolamsk, † 1515, commemorated September
55 7,2 | instituted for June 23.~In 1521, the miraculous help of
56 7,2 | Cathedral and the other, in 1524, in the Novodevichy Convent,
57 7,2 | established on July 28, 1525, in memory of the return
58 7,2 | Grand Prince Vasily (1505-1533) constructed a stone church
59 7,2 | where she had stood.~In 1559, the Greek Metropolitan,
60 7,2 | place of the wooden one. In 1560, at the order of Tsar Ivan
61 7,2 | Orthodox Church.~ ~Kazan.~In 1579, during the reign of Tsar
62 1,0 | rising power of Russia, in 1589, the head of the Russian
63 7,2 | it, she presented it, in 1597, to the Monks living on
64 3,4 | it appears only about the 15th-16th Centuries, it well conveys
65 2,5 | clamor of the more than 1600 bells of the city ringing
66 1,0 | reforms of Patriarch Nikon (1605-1681) who attempted to correct
67 10,2 | defeat of Nicanor's army (180-161 B.C.), paralleling 1 Mac.
68 7,2 | enclosed by a stone wall.~In 1613-14, Swedish armies, having
69 7,2 | Monastery) was Superior.~In 1664, the Steward, Nilos, passing
70 1,0 | of~Moscow, which met in 1666-7, endorsed his reforms,
71 1,6 | Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna († 167).~St. Polycarp was a disciple
72 7,2 | the Pochaev Monastery.~In 1675, during the wars with the
73 1,0 | of Patriarch Nikon (1605-1681) who attempted to correct
74 7,2 | This chapel was built in 1685, and the Icon placed here
75 1,0 | The Patriarch had died in 1700 and Peter, wishing no more
76 7,2 | specially-constructed roof. Later, in 1727, there was erected there
77 1,2 | the Aleutian Islands in 1741. For the next fifty years,
78 1,3 | the Moscow Diocese about 1756 and at the age of 16, he
79 1,4 | Vladimir Borovikovsky (1758-1825). It was donated to
80 1,0 | Catherine II (the Great — 1762-96) and their lands confiscated.~
81 1,0 | St. Tikhon of Zadonsk († 1783 — commemorated August 13),
82 1,2 | Russia by Gregory Shelikov in 1786. This Mission discovered
83 1,3 | field in Alaska. Thus, in 1793, Father Herman, with several
84 1,2 | of Hieromonk Juvenaly.~In 1795 Hieromonk Juvenaly left
85 1,2 | In the following year (1796), he crossed to Alaska —
86 1,4 | was born on August 27, 1797, in Aginsk, a small village
87 1,2 | St. Petersburg, 1894.]~In 1798, Archimandrite Joasaph returned
88 7,2 | there a wooden church and in 1802 one of stone.~The new copy
89 1,3 | the Alaska Colony, between 1808 and 1818 Fr. Herman left
90 1,3 | Lavrov, was ordained in 1810, but he returned to Russia
91 1,1 | subjugation of the Caucasus, in 1811, receiving her independence
92 1,2 | Russian Colonies from 1818 to 1820, wrote:~ ~Once I related
93 1,4 | darkness of paganism. Thus, in 1823, having heard that the Bishop
94 1,2 | as animal husbandry.~In 1824, with the arrival of the
95 1,4 | Vladimir Borovikovsky (1758-1825). It was donated to the
96 1,4 | which was completed in 1826.~At the same time, Fr. John'
97 1,3 | and had been ordained in 1828. (The first American-born
98 1,3 | degree that at the end of the 1830's, there were five active
99 1,4 | even little children.”~In 1834, Fr. John and his family
100 1,4 | their love and respect.~In 1836, Fr. John decided to return
101 1,4 | which had opened in Sitka in 1844 — later transferred to Yakutsk,
102 1,3 | Seminary, which opened in 1845. At the same time, he continued
103 11,1 | Worship. London, 1972, pp. 185-186]. By the Sign of the
104 2,6 | Fathers..., St. Petersburg, 1855, Vol. I, p.270]. The Holy
105 1,1 | became a Principality in 1856, and its Church was organized
106 1,4 | transferred to Yakutsk, Siberia in 1858). In 1905, the first Orthodox
107 1,2 | Valaam, dated November 22, 1865, Simeon I. Yanovsky, Chief
108 1,5 | internal affairs.~ ~Greek.~In 1866, the first Greek Orthodox
109 1,4 | his request to retire, in 1868, Innocent was elevated to
110 1,1 | liberation of the country in 1878, which explains the role
111 1,4 | Alaska in that year. In 1882, however, he drowned at
112 1,1 | was finally recognized in 1885 by Patriarch Joachim IV
113 3,8 | St. Sabbas' Monastery.~In 1888, a new edition of the Typikon
114 1,4 | Diocese was initiated.~In 1898, Bishop Tikhon (Bellavin)
115 1,2 | consecrated on April 10, 1899, Bishop of Kodiak, the first
116 2,6 | part IV, 2nd ed., Kiev, 1900, pp.301-302].~St. Sophronius,
117 1,5 | been organized in Canada in 1901. Until World War I, all
118 1,4 | Cathedra, had been dedicated in 1902), and the newly-elevated
119 1,1 | of the Century when, in 1903, for example, there were
120 1,4 | America was published in 1906. And in 1907 (Feb. 20-23),
121 1,5 | American Civil War until, by 1910, there were over thirty
122 1,4 | Russian-American Messenger from 1914until 1930, as Bishop of Chicago
123 2,6 | this world” [Works, Moscow, 1916, p. 108].~Orthodox faithful
124 1,1 | IV of Constantinople. In 1925, the Church of Romania became
125 1,5 | Revolution in Russia, in 1926, a Bishop, Mardary (Uskokovich)
126 1,5 | Metropolitan of Moldavia.~In April, 1929, at a Romanian council in
127 1,4 | Messenger from 1914until 1930, as Bishop of Chicago and
128 1,5 | Bishop Aftimos was deposed in 1933, and much of his jurisdiction
129 1,5 | organized and on March 24, 1935, after many appeals for
130 1,5 | Orthodoxy. In February, 1936, an American Carpatho-Russian
131 1,5 | returned to Romania in August, 1939, for a meeting of the Romanian
132 1,1 | 100,000,000 faithful. By 1947, the figures read: 22-25,
133 1,5 | in America. In November, 1948, he was elected Patriarch
134 1,5 | Orthodox Church in Canada. In 1949, Archbishop Mstislav (Skrypnik)
135 1,1 | and the Elder Joseph († 1959) of the New Skete.~ ~(b)
136 1,1 | Orthodox Christians. By 1966, after renewed persecution,
137 1,1 | to Roman Catholicism in 1968). The Church is headed by
138 1,4 | was signed on March 11, 1969, by ten Bishops of the Metropolia.
139 1,5 | Church in America in October, 1971. Another tiny Albanian Diocese
140 11,1 | Liturgy and Worship. London, 1972, pp. 185-186]. By the Sign
141 1,6 | St. Irenaeus of Lyons († 202).~St. Irenaeus, who is commemorated
142 10,2 | Ptolemy IV Philopater (221-203 B.C.) and the persecution
143 6,1 | The Orthodox Church, p.204].~We take special note that
144 6,1 | The Orthodox Church, p.206]. Thus Tradition must be
145 10,7 | Gal. 1:11-19 Luke 7:11-16~21st Sunday after Pentecost Gal.
146 10,2 | of Ptolemy IV Philopater (221-203 B.C.) and the persecution
147 10,7 | Gal. 2:16-20 Luke 8:5-15~22nd Sunday after Pentecost Gal.
148 7,2 | Cathedral, where it remained for 230 years. At this time the
149 10,7 | Gal. 6:11-18 Luke 16:19-31~23rd Sunday after Pentecost Eph.
150 8,3 | Evdokimov, L'Orthodoxie, p. 241]. Thus the Eucharist and
151 10,7 | Eph. 2:4-10 Luke 8:26-39~24th Sunday after Pentecost Eph.
152 6,1 | the Council of Carthage in 257, one of the Bishops remarked, “
153 10,7 | Eph. 4:1-6 Luke 10:25-37~26th Sunday after Pentecost Eph.
154 2,6 | Petersburg, 1855, Vol. I, p.270]. The Holy Fathers of the
155 10,7 | Eph. 5:9-19 Luke 12:16-21~27th Sunday after Pentecost Eph.
156 10,7 | Eph. 6:10-17 Luke 13:10-17~28th Sunday after Pentecost Col.
157 10,7 | Col. 1:12-18 Luke 14:16-24~29th Sunday after Pentecost Col.
158 3,5 | Calendar (usually about 29V& days) and ancient calendars
159 1,1 | remained small — approximately 300,000 faithful in Africa,
160 2,6 | 2nd ed., Kiev, 1900, pp.301-302].~St. Sophronius, Patriarch
161 2,6 | ed., Kiev, 1900, pp.301-302].~St. Sophronius, Patriarch
162 4,2 | Equal-to-the-Apostles (306-337) ascended the throne (
163 10,7 | Col. 3:4-11 Luke 17:12-19~30th Sunday after Pentecost Col.
164 1,3 | equal to bodily death.~In 312, however, a momentous event
165 8,7 | the Baptist (Jan. 7). 315 During the course of Cheesefare
166 10,7 | Col. 3:12-16 Luke 18:18-27~31st Sunday after Pentecost 1
167 4,2 | Patriarch Macarius I (313-323) in which he asked every
168 1,3 | while outlawing paganism.~In 324, Constantine moved his imperial
169 10,7 | Tim. 1:15-17 Luke 18:35-43~32nd Sunday after Pentecost 1
170 1,3 | Constantinople (dedicated in 330). From here, in 325, he
171 4,2 | Equal-to-the-Apostles (306-337) ascended the throne (being
172 10,7 | Preparatory to Great Lent.~33rd Sunday after Pentecost 2
173 5 | was St. Paul of Thebes († 341) who lived over sixty years
174 5 | St. Pachomius the Great (†348). In his coenobitic communities
175 10,7 | 14~Publican and Pharisee~34th Sunday after Pentecost 1
176 10,1 | period, probably from 400-350 B.C. He views a locust plague
177 4,4 | celebrated on Dec. 25 since 354.~December 25 was ultimately
178 1,1 | Equal-to-the-Apostles († 355 — commemorated January 14),
179 10,7 | Luke 15:11-32~Prodigal Son~35th Sunday after Pentecost 1
180 11,1 | basilica built by him in 362 A.D. Thus, with a greater
181 1,7 | Caesarea in Cappadocia († 379).~St. Basil, commemorated
182 4,4 | St. Gregory of Nyssa in 380 wrote that the faithful
183 4,4 | introduced it at Antioch in 386 and at Constantinople between
184 1,7 | Archbishop of Constantinople († 389).~St. Gregory, commemorated
185 4,4 | at Constantinople between 398-402. In Rome the Feast of
186 4,2 | Day after Pascha).~On the 39th day after Pascha we celebrate
187 4,4 | Constantinople between 398-402. In Rome the Feast of the
188 1,7 | Archbishop of Constantinople († 407).~St. John Chrysostom (the
189 1,1 | Nathanael with him (John 1:43ff.). According to Church tradition,
190 1,7 | Patriarch of Alexandria († 444).~St. Cyril, commemorated
191 10,1 | the walls of Jerusalem in 445 (Neh. 1-7); and 4) the religious
192 10,1 | in the period from 500 to 450 B.C. One central theme dominates
193 1,1 | functioning churches (2,455 in 1917), served by less
194 1,1 | there were officially 54,457 churches, 57,105 Priests,
195 10,1 | second group of exiles in 458, led by Ezra the Scribe,
196 1,1 | churches, 57,105 Priests, 1,498 monasteries and convents,
197 3,6 | heretics and heresies of the 4th-14th Centuries.~ ~Second Sunday
198 10,1 | in 536 and the Temple in 516 (Ez. 1-6); 2) the return
199 10,1 | Chapters 1-8) date from 520-518 B.C. and share with Haggai
200 10,1 | rebuilding of the altar in 536 and the Temple in 516 (Ez.
201 10,1 | return of the first exiles in 537 B.C., followed by the rebuilding
202 7,1 | Object. But then, when in 545 the Persian King Chroses
203 10,1 | ministry extended from 593 to 563 B.C., when he was in Babylon
204 10,1 | and ended some time after 580, probably in Egypt. The
205 1,5 | Council of Toledo in Spain in 589 and later adopted by the
206 10,1 | whose ministry extended from 593 to 563 B.C., when he was
207 10,1 | wrote probably between 608-598 B.C. He confronts the disturbing
208 1,8 | Dialogist, Pope of Rome († 604).~St. Gregory the Dialogist,
209 10,1 | wrote probably between 608-598 B.C. He confronts the
210 10,1 | reign of King Josiah (640-609 B.C.), and this prophecy
211 10,1 | Nahum prophesied between 626-612 B.C. and concerns himself
212 10,1 | Nahum prophesied between 626-612 B.C. and concerns himself
213 10,1 | Baruch. His ministry began in 627 B.C. and ended some time
214 7,1 | miraculously departed.~In 630, Edessa was seized by the
215 1,4 | the death of Mohammed in 632, his followers had captured
216 3,8 | Patriarch of Jerusalem (tea.638). A further revision was
217 10,1 | the reign of King Josiah (640-609 B.C.), and this prophecy
218 1,4 | condemned.~ ~Constantinople III (681).~This Council met to condemn
219 7 | The Council in Trullo (691-2), in its 82nd Rule, stated:~ ~
220 1,1 | is still strong with over 700 Priests and over 400,000
221 10,1 | the Northern Kingdom (750-722 B.C.). He can be characterized
222 3,8 | St. John of Damascus (tea.749), a Monk at St. Sabbas'
223 10,1 | in the period from about 760-750 B.C. A shepherd from
224 1,8 | of Damascus (Damascene († 776)).~St. John, commemorated
225 2,3 | iconoclastic controversies (7th-8th Centuries), “the church
226 1,5 | language differences. Then, in 800, we see a political split
227 1,4 | the heretics beginning in 815, which was finally suppressed
228 3,8 | 73) (74-76)~11 78 79-81 82-85 (77) (78-80) (81-84)~
229 5,2 | Theodore of Studium († 826) disagreed with this practice,
230 7 | in Trullo (691-2), in its 82nd Rule, stated:~ ~Certain
231 5,2 | time of St. Methodius († 846), Patriarch of Constantinople,
232 1,9 | Moravia (Czechoslovakia) in 863.~The Prince of Moravia,
233 1,9 | missionaries were successful and in 869, Tsar Boris of Bulgaria
234 3,8 | 84)~12 86-88 89 90-91 (85-87) (88) (89-90)~127~13 92-
235 4,5 | 10th Century. In the year 911, during the reign of Emperor
236 7,1 | Constantine Porphyrogenitus (912-59) requested that the Image
237 1,9 | Church grew rapidly and about 926, under Tsar Simeon, an independent
238 1,9 | recognized by Constantinople in 927 (although later suppressed),
239 7,1 | out into all the East. In 944 the Emperor Constantine
240 11,1 | St. Petersburg, 1905, p.953].~The whole purpose of a
241 1,0 | converted to Christianity in 955, although the effective
242 3,8 | 89-90)~127~13 92-94 95-97 98-101 (91-93) (94-96) (97-
243 10,3 | what you shall drink, nor a6outyour body, what you shod put
244 7,2 | came the Moscow Hierarchs, abandoning the city, and borne in their
245 7 | perceive the height of the abasement of God the Word and be led
246 5,2 | of a Convent is entitled Abbess (Igumena in Russian; in
247 3,2 | Liturgy is not served, an abbreviation, Typical Psalms, is served
248 6,2 | who killed his brother Abel because of the latter's
249 4,8 | Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the
250 10,1 | 8) and his infamous son, Abimelech (Ch. 9), two minor Judges (
251 1,0 | Russian Church, was the abolition of the Patriarchate by Tsar
252 6,2 | severe test of affliction joy abounds, granted by God's grace (
253 8,4 | in prayer, frivolous and absent-minded, and left it in the same
254 9,1 | between tasks.”~A habit of absentminded, inattentive and careless
255 8,4 | given me by Him, forgive and absolve you from all yours sins.”~
256 1,5 | jurisdiction disintegrated, being absorbed by others, including several
257 3,7 | Yet, in this process of absorbing and making one's own a liturgical
258 3,8 | foods from which they had abstained during the Great Lent. A
259 6,2 | health in all things, and for abstention in our designs, in thought,
260 Pref | cultural tradition is not an abstract reconstruction, but those
261 6,6 | Body is not a symbol or abstraction, but an expression of the
262 6,0 | reproach, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
263 10,1 | nearness of God not only accentuates the people's sense of sin,
264 7 | the law foreshadowed. Thus accepting with love the ancient images
265 10,2 | Judea's history from the accession of Antiochus IV (175 B.C.)
266 3,5 | sung to special melodies to accommodate the length of the Prayers.
267 6,2 | Tribulations are unavoidable as an accompaniment to this life. The Savior
268 9,5 | indicating the Helper and Accomplisher of our salvation, the Lord
269 6,4 | the Savior of the World, accomplishing the Divine Truth which had
270 6,2 | men and attributes all his accomplishments to God.~Christian humility
271 1,3 | of fellow missionaries, accounted for the unparalleled success
272 9,8 | astounding in their historical accuracy.~The Psalter is first and
273 10,1 | from an illness or a false accusation, or the nation asks for
274 10,1 | Messianic Age (Ch. 4-5); and 3) Accusations and Judgments (Ch. 6-7).
275 6,3 | of the Trinity, as some accuse us; nor do we render her
276 10,3 | opposition arose. He was accused by the Jews before the Roman
277 1,1 | suffered martyrdom at Patras in Achaia on an X-shaped Cross (St.
278 9,3 | invaluable aid to man in the achievement of perfect prayer. While
279 1,4 | recognition of his outstanding achievements at the Seminary, his last
280 Intro | the Dead. The means for achieving these blessings are faith,
281 7,2 | this day.~In 1480, Khan Achmet of the Golden Horde invaded
282 4,3 | Having gathered relatives and acquaintances, clothing the Most-Pure
283 1,4 | different types of clocks, acquiring the skills of carpentry,
284 5,1 | desires to do so in order to acquit himself worthily in the
285 1,1 | stoning of St. Stephen, later actively joining in the persecution
286 3,7 | well as perhaps for new adaptations based on the timbre of the
287 3,3 | began to sing the hymn, adding the words, “Have mercy on
288 10,1 | Daniel also contains an additional 68 verses inserted after
289 10,3 | teachings of 1st John and adds a warning against showing
290 7,2 | Monastery, did not present an adequate defense for the besieged
291 9,2 | devotions, the Christian must adhere to a strict home rule of
292 3,8 | Church in America, still adheres to the Jerusalem Typikon,
293 1,4 | large group of Christians adhering to either the Nestorian
294 6,7 | Sacrament. The Church always administers Baptism, as Christ commanded (
295 1,3 | for the natives and his administrative skills, became the acting
296 1,3 | faith, and one cannot but admire the courage and perseverance
297 4,2 | monarch erected an idol to Adonis. All of this he did intending
298 1,9 | had been Christianized, adopting the Slavonic Liturgy, but
299 10,1 | a plot by Esther and her adoptive guardian, Mordecai, hatched
300 4,4 | were taught by a star to adore Thee, the Sun of Righteousness,
301 8,1 | to Christ, after which he adores the Holy Trinity — Father,
302 6,0 | immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, nor
303 7 | and benefactors to those advancing in the faith — but not as
304 4,2 | best for us. It is to your advantage that I go away, He had told
305 10,1 | Ch. 2:6-3:6), relates the adventures of the individual Judges:
306 10,3 | grace; and 3) Christians are advised to avoid hatred and quarrels
307 9,3 | content of prayer, St. John advises first of all “to thank God
308 4,2 | Heaven a great Mediator and Advocate for the world with God —
309 10,3 | of divine matters (2:18), advocated a mixture of ascetical and
310 5,1 | delights. He is seen from afar (as the Prodigal was by
311 8,4 | Church were a community affair and took place publicly
312 6,2 | radically, could not but affect the relations between them
313 10,3 | Church did Paul feel a deeper affection. The whole letter is concerned
314 10,3 | of the most cordial and affectionate we have from Paul's hand,
315 6,2 | from all earthly loves and affections.” This sadness, however,
316 6,9 | joy is immutable, but it affects the human soul in different
317 1,5 | autocephalous Church, remaining affiliated with the Patriarch of Moscow,
318 1,4 | 787).~This Council met to affirm the belief of the Orthodox
319 4,5 | animals been fed?” and with an affirmative reply, the meal began. This
320 8,3 | Christian fellowship and love (agape).~ ~
321 10,1 | who was called to be the agent of God in delivering Israel
322 1,4 | born on August 27, 1797, in Aginsk, a small village near Irkutsk,
323 7,2 | that time was profoundly agitated by fresh waves of iconoclasm
324 4,7 | tranquility, free of the agitations of evil. St. Simeon gave
325 7,2 | In the Catacombs of St. Agnes in Rome, there is a representation
326 8,4 | what kind of repentance is agreeable to God and serves for our
327 1,2 | mathematics, carpentry, agriculture, as well as animal husbandry.~
328 1,1 | he was beheaded by King Agrippa in Jerusalem (Acts 12:2),
329 10,1 | entitled “The Words of Agur”; 3rd Appendix (Ch. 30:15-
330 10,1 | Samaria) through the reigns of Ahab of Israel and Jehoshaphat
331 10,1 | Queen of the Persian King Ahasuerus. The story portrays the
332 10,1 | period from the reigns of Ahaziah of Israel and Jehoshaphat
333 10,1 | the highlands to conquer Ai (Ch. 7-8) and, through a
334 10,1 | which he dictated to his aide, Baruch. His ministry began
335 1,4 | Pittsburg, with the task of aiding the Carpatho-Russians in
336 8,4 | Sacrament of Confession here aids in revealing these thoughts
337 3,2 | beginning of Vespers at the Ail-Night Vigil) which, in contrast
338 8,4 | your sin: it is a spiritual ailment; it is death to your immortal
339 10,1 | God with men,” but rather aims to probe the depths of faith
340 10,3 | the famous assertion that/aitfi by itself, if it has no
341 3,6 | with everyone standing (Akathistos means not sitting). It reminds
342 3,8 | hour, let him, a(so, be not alarmed at his tardiness; for the
343 1,5 | Archdiocese of America and the Aleutians became very confused. The
344 1,2 | explorers Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, who formally claimed
345 6,2 | brought about their mutual alienation. But because our God is
346 6,0 | Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles [in the world]
347 4,6 | descending like a dove, and alighting on Him; and lo, a voice
348 4,0 | present vale of sorrows.~The All-Chaste One lived in the house of
349 3,2 | and then flares up into an all-encompassing divine flame. It renews,
350 6,3 | Omniscient) (1 John 3:20), All-Good (Ps. 145:9), All-Righteous (
351 7,2 | thus, we cry out to her: “O All-gracious Hodigitria, Praise of Smolensk
352 6,5 | also acts, for He is the All-Powerful Spirit of the Father and
353 6,3 | All-Good (Ps. 145:9), All-Righteous (Ps. 145:17), All-Holy (
354 6,3 | Omnipresent) (Jer. 23:24), All-Wise (Rom. 11:33), All-Knowing (
355 10 | poems, laments, parables and allegories. Yet, despite these varied
356 10,1 | deception, to become unwilling allies of the Gibeonites (Ch. 9).
357 3,3 | local variations in the allowances of wine and oil (and sometimes
358 1,4 | them together and without allowing their separation. Certain
359 8,7 | 19:8-9). Here Our Lord allows an exception to the indissolubility
360 6,2 | Divine Liturgy, St. John the Almsgiver, when he was Patriarch,
361 1,9 | foothills of the Transylvanian Alps and in 1401, the Romanian
362 10,2 | several times threatened with alteration of their civic status by
363 6,5 | Ecumenical Councils forbade any alterations in the Creed through addition
364 3,2 | several Antiphons (sung alternately by two choirs in the ancient
365 10,3 | and ultimately banish it altogether.~ ~Hebrews.~This anonymous
366 4,3 | were present were greatly amazed at the sight, and especially
367 9,7 | Prayer, then, is a prayer of amazing versatility; it is a prayer
368 8,4 | weep over my pride and my ambition, my self-love and my boastfulness;~
369 10,1 | are sentiments of sorrow, amendment and conversion. The punishment
370 7 | against them and a certain amount of contemporary opposition.~
371 2,1 | suited to shed the large amounts of snow common in the region.~
372 1,0 | Elders Leonid, Macarius, Amvrosy and Joseph, and a few Saints
373 3,3 | read from the Ambo (Greek — anabaino — I ascend), signifying
374 5,2 | receives a garment called the Analavos (to take up — in Russian —
375 3,6 | Icons is made, and sixty anathemas pronounced against various
376 3,7 | above all we seek to be anchored to the great Tradition.~
377 5 | also called hermits (or anchorites), which means solitaries.)
378 4,6 | three angels (the subject of Andrei Rublev's famous icon of
379 11,1 | Roman crucifixions.~St. Andrews: According to Church tradition,
380 6,2 | meek offends no one, is angered by no one, is modest and
381 10,3 | out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears (
382 4,0 | Mountain bent, as if they were animate, and when the Pure Theotokos
383 3,8 | held prisoner of it has annihilated it. By descending into Hell,
384 6,8 | showed that death is not annihilation and non-existence, but the
385 4,0 | year we commemorate the anniversaries of the deaths of the Saints —
386 4,5 | These Hymns are sung to announce to the world the Birth of
387 10,3 | and Gentiles. The Jews, annoyed at these inroads, aroused
388 10,4 | presence of my enemies.~Thou anointest my head with oil, and most
389 10,3 | altogether.~ ~Hebrews.~This anonymous letter, written prior to
390 1,4 | population was intensely antagonistic to their Russian overlords.
391 7 | height of the iconoclast (anti-icon) controversies in the Church,
392 10,3 | of God and the spirit of Antichrist (4:1-3); love and hate (
393 3,9 | singing in steps is called antiphonal.~ ~Apostikha.~These are
394 | anywhere
395 3,2 | sung after Supper (Greek — Apodeipnon — after supper). As sleep
396 11,1 | John of Damascus [Three Apologies Against the Iconoclasts].
397 8,4 | threats of the persecutors, apostasized and fell away from the Church.
398 7,2 | of Vyshgorod — an ancient appanage town of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles
399 7 | Saint, and this sanctity is apparent to bodily vision.~Thus,
400 6,2 | word, spirit and thought. / appeal to you, brethren, by the
401 7,2 | over the door, a voice, appealing to him not to pass by here
402 1,5 | March 24, 1935, after many appeals for a Hierarch, Bishop Polycarp (
403 3,8 | Paschal Feast in memory of the appearances of the Risen Lord to His
404 3,0 | Cross from left to right (appearing to us from right to left),
405 6,4 | Appellations of the Theotokos.~ ~Ark.~
406 2,1 | Russia, it had a practical application, in that the shape was particularly
407 10,3 | faith applied — practical applications (5:1-6:18).~ ~Ephesians.~
408 6,0 | on the earth (Eph. 6:3).~Applying this commandment to our
409 1,0 | Nikons, refused to allow the appointment of a successor. Accordingly,
410 1,4 | direction of Archbishop Appollinary. In 1934, at the Fifth All
411 Intro | enable one to more fully appreciate These Truths We Hold.~ ~ ~
412 5,1 | with the proper education, apprenticeship training under the skilled
413 6,6 | serves God and earns His approval.~The Lord inspires man with
414 4,0 | and Victorybearer George (Apr. 23).~The Holy Apostle and
415 1,9 | and the two brothers were apt missionaries in this respect
416 10,3 | clear. For this reason he is aptly called by the Church the
417 1,1 | lives in Damascus, is an Arab, as are most of the clergy,
418 7,1 | Matt. 4:24) and as far as Arabia. Although not having seen
419 1,1 | faithful are Arabic and Arabic-speaking, its liturgical services
420 6,6 | is nothing accidental or arbitrary in the Church. Everything
421 7,2 | Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Arcadius, transferred it to Constantinople,
422 3,8 | Pontifical Service Book. (Greek — Archieratikon; Russian — Chinovnik).~This
423 2,7 | Archimandrites, Abbots, and certain Archpriests.]~Upon his breast, in addition
424 11,2 | in which the three equal arcs express eternity in their
425 4,0 | disciples, Dionysius the Areopagite, Hierotheus and Timothy,
426 1,9 | Constantinople to the new See of Argesin the foothills of the Transylvanian
427 2,1 | architecture, while others argue that since this style was
428 1,0 | commemorated May 7)), who argued for monastic poverty, and
429 1,4 | condemned the heresy of Arianism, which had contended that
430 4,4 | from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the
431 6,2 | the Alexandrian priest, Arius. The basic theory of the
432 8,2 | grape wine and a number of aromatic substances symbolizing the
433 3,3 | this prayer, the Church arouses believers to a spiritual
434 6,2 | from envying, being angry, arousing anger in others, hurting
435 9,7 | and it is possible to arrange such a pause for oneself
436 10,3 | in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if
437 1,0 | of his intemperance and arrogance.~A third major event which
438 7,2 | were heard. From Bishop Arseny (later Bishop of Suzdal)
439 6,4 | in the third to seventh articles of the Creed.~For the salvation
440 6,1 | art which Orthodoxy has articulated over the ages [Timothy Ware,
441 2,4 | the above, a natural (not artificial) Sponge is usually placed
442 1,4 | written” by the famous Russian artist, Vladimir Borovikovsky (
443 2,4 | small chest, called the Artophorion is placed on the Holy Table
444 2,2 | Soleas, called the Ambo (ascent) which is the specific spot
445 1,5 | The Greeks were willing to ascribe to the Pope of Rome a primacy
446 10,3 | Gospels. Ancient tradition ascribes it to John Mark (Acts 12:
447 4,7 | Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age,
448 1,4 | include more territory in Asiatic Russia, with its center
449 10,2 | exorcise Sarah's demon-lover, Asmodeus (Ch. 4-6). The mission was
450 4,0 | Feast possesses two distinct aspects inseparably linked in the
451 5,2 | Angelic Habit). One who aspired to that dignity usually
452 5,1 | further as to whether he aspires to the angelic estate, whether
453 2,7 | to them an example of one aspiring to the things of heaven.~
454 7,2 | last council concerning the assault against the Monastery, while
455 4,4 | Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and
456 10,1 | It is a triumphant song asserting boldly that the Lord is
457 1,4 | skills, they were able to assist Fr. John in the construction
458 1,3 | Company, with substantial assistance also provided by the Holy
459 6,7 | sinful temptations, a feat assisted by divine grace. In translating
460 8,5 | place, since the Deacon only assists at the performance of the
461 4,0 | other, resurrection and the assumption of the Mother of God. As
462 4,0 | resurrection and the triumphant assurance regarding her ascension
463 10,2 | the story is Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, where the people
464 4,1 | resurrection and had been astounded by this great miracle, cried
465 9,8 | the Psalter are especially astounding in their historical accuracy.~
466 3,5 | computation and is not the actual astronomical Full Moon.~The number of
467 8,7 | together, let not man put asunder (Matt. 19:5-6).~The Holy
468 1,2 | region (the Aleuts, the Athabascan Indians, the Tlingits, and
469 1,1 | severely persecuted by the atheist state and the numbers of
470 1,1 | and the persecution by the atheists has not been as severe as
471 1,5 | and in 1931, Archbishop Athenagoros was appointed to head the
472 1,5 | consecrated by Archbishop Athenogoros of the Greek Orthodox Church
473 5,1 | for example, one is an athlete, he would train and condition
474 Intro | and sincerely repent and atone for his sins. This is because
475 1,3 | developed a strong spiritual attachment to the Elder Nazarius, Abbot
476 7,2 | of the invaders, for the attacking Swedes saw a multitude of
477 9,1 | prayer consists mainly in attentively reading or listening to
478 1,1 | missionary journeys, amply attested to in the Acts, he wrote
479 Pref | observed. The style of themes, attitudes, expressions and images
480 10,3 | Jesus as the Messiah and attracting many followers, both Jews
481 4,4 | decree went out front Caesar Augustus that all the world should
482 1,4 | and the Monks, with their austere life, were, in a real sense,
483 1,5 | Carpathian regions of Russia and Austria-Hungary emigrated to the United
484 1,4 | together with those from the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Galicians and Carpatho-Russians).
485 1,4 | Tikhon's Pastoral School were authorized in 1937 by the Sixth All
486 1,0 | the Byzantine Emperors — Autocrat and Tsar — the earthly protector
487 8,8 | believe that this anointing is automatically followed by recovery of
488 1,0 | including the Archpriest Avakkum, were burned at the stake
489 10,6 | Earliest Christian Hymns.~Ave Maria (“Rejoice, O Virgin
490 10,1 | boldly that the Lord is the avenger of cruelty and immorality.~ ~
491 4,1 | for this reason He often avoided direct and open confrontation
492 9,2 | us, “whosoever does not avow himself a sinner, his prayer
493 6,4 | of the righteous who had awaited His coming (1 Pet. 3:18-
494 9,7 | he sleeps, nor when he is awake, will prayer be cut off
495 10,1 | Whose might had been so awesomely demonstrated (Ch. 24).~ ~
496 4,1 | and descending. When he awoke, Jacob blessed with oil
497 8,5 | assembled congregation proclaims Axios! (He is worthy!), showing
498 3,3 | city to a certain one, and 'ay to him, 'The Teacher says,
499 10,1 | after 3:23, The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three
500 6,0 | gods — the Golden Calf, Baal, etc. — worshipping objects
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