Be sure to also visit the Generations
of Faith for Byzantine Churches. website.
Generations of Faith for Byzantine Churches
is an intergenerational catechetical process
for the whole parish based on the Eastern Christian
liturgical year, scripture, patristics and Divine
Office.
Eastern Catholic Bishops Plan Encounter
2012 The original concept is to hold a week-end (Friday-Sunday)
"Encounter" in three geographic areas of
the country with sizeable populations of
various Eastern Catholics: for the East
Coast, the New York/New Jersey area; in
Cleveland (to serve Detroit, Chicago and
Pittsburgh areas); and a West Coast site
in Southern California. The planning process
has a target date of late summer, early
fall, 2012 for the three "Encounter" sites. Read
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The Holy Trinity the Ideal of
Unity
Jesus Christ
said: 'Love each other and be one.' And
we say: 'I will not pray with you,
because you dislike me'." Read more
from
Patriarch Husar's interview on unity
St Basil Perhaps the most famous of the Capadocian Fathers is
Basil
and the two Gregories, Nyssa & Nazianzus. These
fathers managed to combine the direct exegesis of
scripture of the Antiochian/Alexandrian schools with
the concentration on the spiritual life from the
desert fathers. Basil would write a series of
treatises on the ascetic life and found a monastic
way of life.
take steps toward spiritual renewal of the parishes
Iconography An
important aspect of Eastern Christianities
proclamation
of the Gospel is found in its reliance
on icons. Icons are not mere pictures, but
indispensable articles in the Church's life. In the
East the goal of sacred art is more complex than
simple representation. Icons of Christ, for example,
attempt to bring out the divine nature.
For Bibliographical
Resources on Iconography
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