Author: Nicholas Denysenko
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The People’s Ministry at Christmas: Bearing Witness to Suffering
Happy, bright faces pressed together, donned with fashionable hats. A young couple giving new vehicles to one another. Kids sprinting for the tree in cozy pajamas, together with their smiling parents, holding mugs of hot joe. Grandparents beaming with joy, grateful for yet another happy holiday gathering. Retailers use these images to manipulate consumption for…
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Amen Corner: Orthodoxy’s Kryptonite
With the approach of Orthodox Pascha, Pray Tell’s Nicholas Denysenko offers pointed words on the relationship between Orthodoxy and the ongoing war in Ukraine in this quarter’s Amen Corner.
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Liturgy, Politics, and Vinegar
“Instead they gave me poison for my food; and for my thirst they gave me vinegar.” (Ps. 69:22) I recently received feedback on the essay I wrote on Orthodoxy’s kryptonite. The writer complains that my essay was too political. I do not have much more information to work with, so I am not one-hundred percent…
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Orthodoxy’s Kryptonite: Scandalous Silence
Orthodoxy’s pathetic response to the war reveals a crisis.
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The Unnoticed
Support for those suffering the loss of marital and family life can be rare.
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Holy Week, Pascha, and War: A Year of Reckoning
God is offering to rebuild our dry bones into the body of Christ that loves, serves, saves, and bears witness.
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Is Pascha the Destiny of the Lenten Journey?
is Pascha the “destiny” of the Lenten journey?
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AMEN CORNER: Liturgical Theology in Crisis – Twenty-First Century Version
“To restore liturgy as the act par excellence of theology.”
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Marital Companionship and the Liturgy of Life
Christian marriage is an authentic living out of liturgy.