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September 2010

September 26, 2010

Are you interested in supporting Orant?

I have decided to pull the AdSense Ads from the main page. I have found...

September 26, 2010

Great Evangelists: Helen Barrett Montgomery

In the early twentieth century Helen Barrett Montgomery was the face of Woman’s American Baptist...

September 23, 2010

Early Church Fathers Poem

Early Church Fathers PoemBy: Deacon Nate Harburg Deacon Nate Harburg recently posted this Poem at...

September 21, 2010

Saint of the Week: St. Mathew

Today the Church remembers St. Mathew the Apostle and Evangelist (on my birthday September 21st). You probably...

September 20, 2010

St. Isaac the Syrian on God’s justice

I have recently fallen in love with St. Isaac the Syrian.There are few church fathers...

September 16, 2010

A liturgy of repentance – The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

I am a sinner in need of repentance.The word's "Lord have mercy" to me, seem sweet... They are my...

September 16, 2010

Differences between Calvinism and Lutheranism

Anyone who knows me knows I have a deep love for the Lutheran confessions, and...

September 14, 2010

Saint of the Week: John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom is known for his speech more then anything else. The title Chrysostom comes...

September 14, 2010

God’s prerogative in “Missio Dei”

As we continue to explore the concept of "Missio Dei" together I would like to...

September 13, 2010

John Chrysostom on Biblical Literacy – I wonder what he would say to the church today?

Today we have a word from John Chrysostom on the sad state Catechesis in the Church...

September 09, 2010

The Difficult, Personal call of “Missio Dei”

The concept of "Missio Dei" is roughly translated this means the initiation of God (as opposed to) man in...

September 07, 2010

Feast of the Week: The Nativity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary

Instead of a Saint of the week, I thought this week we might explore one...

September 06, 2010

St. Nicholas Cabasilas on the Sanctifying power of Liturgy

This week's patristic quote comes from Nicholas Cabasilas. I personally believe that any sanctifying power comes through...

September 05, 2010

Sister Janet Mead – “The Lord’s Prayer” 1973

I ran into this song today. It's a little before my time, but it reminds...

September 03, 2010

Is Morality a Heresy?

I ran into this video via MYSTAGOGY in it Archbishop Lazar Puhalo is interviewed by OMNI...

September 02, 2010

Life Update: What we did in Alaska!

Joan and I have returned home from our adventure in Alaska this past June. The...

September 02, 2010

Video: The Orthodox Church destroyed on 9/11 wants their church built

A little while ago I put up a video about the controversial mosque that was...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Saint of the Week: Gregory the Great

This week the Church in the West remembers Gregory the Great (Gregory the Dialogist if...

August 30, 2010

St. Basil the Great blasts Sola Scriptura

This week's Patristic quote comes from Saint Basil. It deals with how Scripture and tradition...

August 25, 2010

Saint of the Week: Augustine of Hippo

This week the Western Church remembers Augustine of Hippo. If you are a part of...

August 23, 2010

St. John Climacus on the blessing of a conscience

This week I would like to highlight two sayings by one of the fathers, St. John...

August 17, 2010

Saint of the Week: Bernard of Clairvaux

This week the Western Churches remember Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Bernard worked for peace within...

August 16, 2010

St. Anthony on fighting against sin

Hey everyone! I have decided to incorporate some weekly series into Orant. One of which...

August 06, 2010

Join the New Orant Page on Facebook

Hey After a lot of thinking I have come to the conclusion that that facebook...

August 05, 2010

Michael Bloomberg on religious freedom

This week New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke in favor of building a Mosque in...

August 02, 2010

Read “Orthodoxy” by G.K. Chesterton

There is probably no book outside of the Bible I quote more then "Orthodoxy" by...

July 2010

July 26, 2010

Have you ever prayed the Jesus Prayer?

Long time readers of this blog will know that I love the Jesus Prayer. The...

July 22, 2010

Who wrote the Bible?

I ran into this Video today via Doug Pagitt... I thought it was pretty good.This...

July 17, 2010

Survey: How do you use your creativity to do the work of God?

This week the New York times reported that creativity in the USA was down. The...

July 10, 2010

What is Sunday Morning for?

Have you ever heard someone say something like, " Church must be relevant to the...