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/2010/03/hitting-the-wall/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/03/hitting-the-wall/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:09:32 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1021 The expression “Hitting the wall” refers to an athlete, usually a marathon runner or cyclists that during a race they deplete their muscles glycogen reserves and they experience sudden loss of energy and extreme fatigue. In other words they can't go on with the race, they're stuck. This is what happened with St. Mary of Egypt in the church in Jerusalem when she was stopped by an unseen wall to enter the nave. It was like all her spiritual “glycogen” has ran out and there she was, unable to take one more step and enter the Church. Of course you are going to tell me it was God who stopped her because she was unclean, and living in terrible Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/03/hitting-the-wall/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/03/the-akathist-of-the-holy-martyr-menas-the-wonderworker/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/03/the-akathist-of-the-holy-martyr-menas-the-wonderworker/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:09:29 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1012 The shrine of St. Menas used to be for the Ancient Eastern Orthodox world what Lourdes is for Roman Catholics, a place where thousands of pilgrims would bring their prayers in distress and receive the grace of God in return, through the intercessions of the Holy Martyr. Though the Shrine of Saint Menas was one of the most popular pilgrimage sites of the early Middle Ages, it fell into oblivion over the centuries with the Muslim occupation and was even believed by many scholars to be a myth. Following its discovery in 1905, the ruins of the fabled city of St. Menas were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 as one of the five most historically important Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/03/the-akathist-of-the-holy-martyr-menas-the-wonderworker/feed/ 1 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/08/an-answer-to-a-priest-about-the-world-crisis-by-st-nikolai-velimirovic/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/08/an-answer-to-a-priest-about-the-world-crisis-by-st-nikolai-velimirovic/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:14:09 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=841 You ask me, O man of God, where did today's crisis come from and what does it mean? Who am I to be asked about such a great thing? "You should only speak when what you have to say is better than silence," says St. Gregory the Theologian. And even though I believe that silence would be better... Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/08/an-answer-to-a-priest-about-the-world-crisis-by-st-nikolai-velimirovic/feed/ 2