The musicians who adopted musical styles prevalent in Central European centers drew from diverse religious sources of poetic and musical composition, in the milieu of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. I view the musical output of this period as one of brilliant creativity.
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How should the Church proceed in this situation? Carefully, and with prayer.
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Attempts to revise liturgy to address a given issue can redirect Liturgy and send the assembly to another place other than the Kingdom of God, when the assembly’s destiny is Christ’s table.
Read moreConference on the diaconate in the Orthodox Church in Irvine, CA.
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I think I am going to be stuck on the question of how we assess liturgical reform for the rest of my life.
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Regular participation in this liturgy should invite us to see ourselves in the face of the other because of what we have in common – the image and likeness of God.
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August 15 Today, billions of Christians honor the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. In the Byzantine Church, this feast is known as the Dormition
Read moreThe Lord whom we glorify in song at each Liturgy is the same Lord who never ceases to pray that those whom he has chosen will be one, as he and the Father are one.
Read moreThe Pew Research Center has published a new study of religion and national identity in Central and Eastern Europe.
Read moreFor us, the content of this new, very human life is to really become glorified human beings who are without sin.
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