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Archive for April, 2009
More Codex Madness – This Time From India
Trying to get back into the “discipline” of regular posting – this morning stumbled across this from Religion & Ethics News Weekly – describing an effort to recover, and restore the wealth of manuscripts, history, and artefacts in Indian Christianity. The video and related links are well worth viewing. It is worth mentioning here that [...]
Ethics, Food & Theology
I fell into this article this morning while making my rounds. It highlights the impending arrival of Earth Day, and notes the rising number of religious communities reflecting on the links between ethics, environmentalism, our food, and our theology. Today we take our food very much for granted. But this little article was timely not [...]
Paris Exhibit – Mt. Athos
There’s a great exhibit now on at the Petit Palais in Paris on the history and art of Mt. Athos. The collection includes documents detailing the development of the Holy Mountain as an autonomous region of Greece, icons, liturgical items, and jewlery. Sadly the website (here) does not offer much in terms of information and [...]
Christ Is (Almost) Risen! – Oh Work With Me Jesus!
Huw, another OC/IC Easterner has created this wonderful compilation of Paschal Troparia – sit down, relax, and have a good giggle over it. Tweet
Let’s Fix Pascha! (literally)
The Irish politician Feargal Quinn has written in the Irish Times (27 March) that the EU must set a fixed date for Pascha. His argument runs that the movable date is inconvenient to parents and schools organising vacations, and time off. That it negatively affects the tourist industry, and causes inefficiency in other businesses attempting [...]
New Liturgical Medium? . . .Erm . . I’m Not So Sure
Ok, so we’ve talked a bit here about the effect of social networking on religious communities, and outreach . . . . well . . . have a look (and a giggle over) this. Tweet
Servus Interruptus
Sorry no posts thus far this week – I’ve been on an intensive (6 hours a day) French course. Now maybe I can read the letters of Abp. Varlet? . . . non. Tweet