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'St George the Valiant Prophet and Martyr'
By Andrew Youssef
01/05/10
1. A contemplation on St George's martyrdom based on primary text accounts, with some emphasis on his rarely (if ever) discussed prophetic function; 2. An account of St George's active ministry in the contemporary life of the Church as inferred from various firsthand and secondhand testimonies; 3. Selections from the primary text accounts of St George's martyrdom, including the speech of the Lord Christ welcoming St George's soul into paradise and St George's final prayer on earth before his departure.
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'Natural Disasters in the
Sixth-Century Chronicle of
Pseudo-Joshua'
By Fr. Peter Farrington
14/03/10
In very recent times natural disasters have struck and devastated entire nations. Not surprisingly, such unfortunate circumstances have aroused theological and spiritual questions regarding the role, if any, of God in such catastrophes, and His purpose, if any, in causing or permitting them. Fr. Peter Farrington explores an Orthodox Christian response to such questions as inferred from a fascinating firsthand account, attributed to St Joshua the Stylite, of the political and natural disasters that struck the ancient city of Edessa in the sixth century.
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'A Commentary on St Philoxenus of Mabbug's
Ascetic Discourses':
Part 1: Discourse 1 - The Prologue
By Andrew Youssef
02/03/10
St Philoxenus' 'Ascetic Discourses' is a timelessly valuable spiritual work and one that is highly recommended for personal reading during the Great Lent in particular. We present a brief analytical reflection on Discourse 1 (The Prologue) in the hope that it might prompt some interest in, and assist an effective reading and application of the text.
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'Snapshots of the Divine Life'
Short Lessons from the Lives and Sayings of the Fathers and Saints
Update #1: Pope St Matthew I on Animals
25/01/10 The hyena: a repulsive and fearsome beast that most of us would think the world better off without. But what does the encounter of the Saintly Pope Matthew I of Alexandria (15th C) with such a creature teach us about the proper Christian conception of, and attitude to animals and their place in the Orthodox Christian worldview?
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