This Says It All

Thanks to Owen White…  

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Wooden Churches of Slovakia

(Thanks to Pani Marcela):

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Orthodoxy in Alaska

“This golden age of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska ended with Russia’s sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867. Protestant missionaries, not Orthodox priests, received government support in the new territory. But even today — as the annual pilgrimage to Spruce Island attests — there remains a significant Orthodox influence, particularly among [...]

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And Now, Visual Continuity

I have been intending for a long time to download illustrations from the journal that was the granddaddy to this blog, and finally, with the assistance of my 14 year old son, Patric, I got around to it. So hopefully there will be now be a sense of visual continuity with the old Caelum et [...]

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Tree of Life, Postponed

I have been eager to see the new Terry Malick film, The Tree of Life, ever since I saw the trailer a few weeks ago. My intrigue only grew when I heard that some of the audience booed when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, but that it then received a ten minute standing ovation [...]

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Memorial Day in a Time of War

“Yet at the rate we are going, Memorial Day 2014 could come and go and there will still be dead soldiers, protests in the streets, creeping civilian death tolls, veterans killing themselves and neglect at the VA. There will be the obligatory hand-wringing, the stern vows of reform by politicians, Rolling Thunder and a pledge [...]

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The True Goal

“God is the true goal of all longing, all desire and all love.” -St Maximos the Confessor (Icon by Daniel Nichols)

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Again: The Immorality of Aerial Warfare

”During the air strike two civilian houses were targeted, which killed 14 civilians, and six others were wounded,” a government statement said. The statement said the dead included five girls, seven boys and two women. More: http://www.smh.com.au/world/at-least-14-civilians-killed-in-nato-air-strike-in-afghanistan-20110529-1fawl.html#ixzz1NmxqwYR1 And more: http://news.antiwar.com/2011/05/29/nato-strikes-kill-32-afghan-civilians-and-20-police/

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Happy Birthday, Mr Chesterton

“G. K. Chesterton was born on this day in 1874. He stands out as one of the most jovial and brilliant apologists for the Christian faith of the early twentieth century. In these times when religiosity either burns with extremist severity or barely simmers at all, Chesterton’s Orthodoxy registers as something very special. In it, he defends [...]

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Two Steps Back for Ecumenism

Click here for the context: http://doctordavidtennant.tumblr.com/ost/5321318141/two-churches-located-across-the-street-from-each-other

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