The martyred soldiers Juventinus and Maximus suffered during
the reign of the emperor Julian the Apostate, whom they served as
bodyguards. Once, while he was at Antioch, Julian decided to defile the
food of the Christians by sprinkling all the food in the marketplaces
with blood offered to idols. Sts Juventinus and Maximus openly condemned
the emperor’s course of action and they boldly denounced him for his
apostasy from the Christian Faith. After merciless beatings they were
both put to death on orders of the impious emperor.
Yosemite-Sam Orthodoxy?
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An Orthodox professor of Theology felt it was appropriate to label the
beliefs of an Orthodox priest as "Yosemite-Sam Orthodoxy." What did he
really mean...
Travel Notes. Jericho
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Irina Dmitrieva
Jericho has a glorious history. We read in the Old Testament that it was
the first city captured by the Israelites led by Joshua on enterin...
Fesuri călugărești croșetate (100% bumbac)
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Până acum am croșetat fesuri groase (cu 25% lână), fesuri subțiri (cu 55
% bumbac) și fesuri cu 100% lână merinos. Acum am lucrat aceste fesuri
pentru ...
What About Me, Says Patriarch of Alexandria
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Source: spc.rs What about me? Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore responded
with a letter to the appeal of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porphyry, in
which H...
Does God Really Care About Me?
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Have you ever gotten the message that God doesn’t care about you? Logic
tells you this to be true; however, your heart seems unable to accept this
conclusi...
The Catacomb Church (1991)
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The text below is excerpted from the 2011 book "In the Catacombs" by S.V.
Shumilo:
"Remaining in a position without rights, the Catacomb Church – as in t...
The Experience of Autism from the Inside
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I write this post with a great deal of caution. I am going to attempt to
flip the script on how autism is often described. Rather than a set of
outward b...
The Four Horsemen of Palamism
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There are many interesting things taking place in academia right now
regarding Orthodox history and theology, beyond the usual faddish
expressions of “theo...
Moving
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I started this blog back in late 2005. For a few years, I posted fast and
furiously--138 in 2007. Then gradually it dropped off to the point where I
o...
Ascension and Judgment in the Triumphal Entry
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One of the key features of the Gospels is the many prophecies of Christ
regarding His own passion, death, resurrection, …
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The circular firing squad on Pope Francis
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Introduction
I. The pastoral Magisterium
II. When truth functions as law
III. The fence and the circle of orthodoxy
IV. Criticizing Magisterial failures
V. ...
Christmas: the Eternal embraces the Finite
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The following is a Christmas-season meditation by Susan Anne, who will be
joining me on this blog as a co-author. Beginnings and endings, finite
measures o...
Manifest
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Manifest is a binge worthy 4 season series on Netflix. We are on the last
season and I am impressed by the intelligent and evenhanded treatment of
group pr...
Service Interruption notice
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You may have noticed rigorousintuition.ca is currently down. We're moving
servers. Drew informs me it shouldn't take too long. Perhaps tonight or
tomorrow....
The truth drew hatred…
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“Seest Thou what suffer those who censure, O Word of God, the faults of
the unclean. Not being able to bear censure, lo, Herod cut off my head, O
Savior....
The Dynamism of Holy Tradition
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I. How & Why Traditions Are Created “Be imitators of me, just as I also am
of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold
firml...
Apostleship - A Family Affair?
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Sometimes I amuse myself by imagining Jesus and the Apostles in situations
they might see if they grew up in the America that I know and love. When I
was a...
Moving Day
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I’m beginning to copy some of the articles on ecumenism over to a new blog
called “Eirenikon“, devoted solely to the topic of Orthodox/Catholic
rapprocheme...
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