http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info A journey through our Orthodox faith as we live it every day Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:43:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/favicon.ico Copyright © Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog 2010 blogadmin@stjohndfw.info (Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog) blogadmin@stjohndfw.info (Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog) http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info 144 144 A journey through our Orthodox faith as we live it every day Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog blogadmin@stjohndfw.info no no http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/08/the-six-psalms-and-the-extinguishing-of-candles/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/08/the-six-psalms-and-the-extinguishing-of-candles/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:12:20 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1085 At the very Beginning of the service of Orthros (Matins) the Typicon prescribes the reading   of the "Six Psalms,"  or "Hexapsalm" i.e. Psalms 3, 37, 62, 87, 102, and 142, read in that order, and combined into a single whole. The faithful should be aware of the fact that the reading of the "Six Psalms" is one of the most important points in the service , a time when all should put aside other thoughts, stand quietly, and concentrate on these penitential prayers. The reading does not constitute a pause in Divine Services, a time during which to go for a walk outside or to talk to one's neighbor. It is one of the holiest moments Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/08/the-six-psalms-and-the-extinguishing-of-candles/feed/ 3 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/09/why-we-commemorate-the-saints-joachim-aand-anna/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/09/why-we-commemorate-the-saints-joachim-aand-anna/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:13:06 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=856 I always asked myself why we commemorate the Saints Joachim and Anna at the end of almost every church service. Beside the Savior and the Theotokos only the “holy and righteous ancestors of God” are never omitted from any daily dismissal. Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/09/why-we-commemorate-the-saints-joachim-aand-anna/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-liturgy-4-liturgy-of-the-faithful/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-liturgy-4-liturgy-of-the-faithful/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:56:27 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=478 1.      Who are the faithful? The faithful are all that have received the Baptism in the name of the Holy Trinity in the Orthodox Church and are found in good ecclesiastical order. As we saw previously the catechumens and the people that were not in good order were leaving the Nave after the Litany of the catechumens and staying in the Narthex Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-liturgy-4-liturgy-of-the-faithful/feed/ 10 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-liturgy-3-liturgy-of-the-catechumens/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-liturgy-3-liturgy-of-the-catechumens/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:46:57 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=475 1. What are the catechumens? The catechumens are those that are preparing to become Christians. 2. Why during the first centuries the catechumens could not participate in the whole liturgy? St. Cyril of Jerusalem explains the situations of the catechumens: „the divine words echoed outside of him; [...] he was a listener of the Christian teachings but they were not penetrating Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-liturgy-3-liturgy-of-the-catechumens/feed/ 2 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-divine-liturgy-2/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-divine-liturgy-2/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:31:32 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=469 1.      What is the Proskomidi? The Proskomidi is the first part of the Divine Liturgy during which the Priest prepares mystically the gifts necessary for the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the Liturgy. It is performed in a special place in the Holy Altar called the Oblation table, Proskomidi or Prothesis. Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-divine-liturgy-2/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-divine-liturgy-1-about-the-divine-liturgy-in-general/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-divine-liturgy-1-about-the-divine-liturgy-in-general/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:22:21 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=462 1. What is the meaning of the word Liturgy? The word Liturgy comes from the Greek word leitourgia meaning service or public office. In the primary Church the word liturgy was referring not only to the Church services but to any services rendered to the Christian community Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/questions-and-answers-about-the-divine-liturgy-1-about-the-divine-liturgy-in-general/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/the-language-of-liturgy-the-liturgy-beyond-the-sounds/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/the-language-of-liturgy-the-liturgy-beyond-the-sounds/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:59:43 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=453 Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/the-language-of-liturgy-the-liturgy-beyond-the-sounds/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/byzantine-divine-liturgy-lycourgos-anghelopoulos/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/byzantine-divine-liturgy-lycourgos-anghelopoulos/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:08:37 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=434 Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/byzantine-divine-liturgy-lycourgos-anghelopoulos/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/books-on-liturgy-and-sacraments/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/books-on-liturgy-and-sacraments/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:02:25 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=416 Nicholas Cabasilas A Commentary on the Divine Liturgy A remarkable product of Byzantium's last great flowering of theology. Essential reading for the fields of comparative liturgy and history of liturgy. Robert F. Taft  Through Their Own Eyes: Liturgy as the Byzantines Saw It Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/02/books-on-liturgy-and-sacraments/feed/ 0