Author: Nicholas Denysenko
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Byzantine Christmas in the West
Pastors admonish parishioners to worship the newborn king on Christmas, but for many families, family obligations demand a compromise.
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What is Good Preaching?
“We need better preaching” is a common lament of Christian people of all denominations.
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Christmas and Partaking of Christ’s Pascha
The most holy word of all, the one we hear at our liturgy, is connected to both human suffering and the fundamental problem of death.
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Severing Communion and Reconciliation
What is the risk of attempting to increase intercommunion as a way of demonstrating commitment to unity despite our differences?
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Crisis in Orthodoxy: Separating Fact from Fiction
This byzantine crisis affects real people. The rest of the world’s Orthodox Churches are now under pressure to pick a side.
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Teaching Liturgy in a Core Class
The objective is to read the texts and contexts with students to learn how ritual participation leads one into covenant with the living God.
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Making Sense of Autocephaly in the Ukrainian Church
The history of the autocephalous movement in the Ukrainian Church is marked by polemics and a recurring cycle of the blame game.
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The Dormition of Mary: A Feast of Renewal and Healing
As a mother who shares humanity with all of us, Mary becomes another beacon of confidence that Christ’s defeat of Hades is final.
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Fasting, Mainstream Culture, and Liturgy
Fasting is one practice that enables the practitioner to become aware of their less fortunate brothers and sisters.