Interested in Film or Filmmaking? Join the Orthodox Filmmakers Group!

I was about to start an Orthodox Filmmakers group on Facebook, when I realized there already is one. So…rather than start a new one, I’m promoting the one that I found. If you are an Orthodox filmmaker…or even if you just like films and fancy yourself a patron of the arts, please check out . . . → Read More: Interested in Film or Filmmaking? Join the Orthodox Filmmakers Group!

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Budapest, Europe's emerging Hollywood? http://ow.ly/2dBLM #filmmaking #budapest #hungary #film #hollywood #cinema # Duplass Brothers Interview (#low budget filmmaking) http://ow.ly/2dVEh #film #filmmaking #Duplass #no budget filmmaking #independent film # Has the Under $10,000 Indie Feature Finally Arrived? http://ow.ly/2dXgN #independent film #low budget filmmaking #film #cinema # RT @WebFilmMktgTips: Pre…use a regular website…collect emails…create buzz. . . . → Read More: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

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Turkey Offers Citizenship to Orthodox Bishops

Turkey has made a remarkable policy change by offering citizenship to Orthodox bishops not born in Turkey. Among the many crises the Ecumenical Patriarchate faces, one of them is the decreasing number of Turkish-born candidates for the position of Patriarch. Turkey requires that the Ecumenical Patriarch be a Turkish citizen, which up until now . . . → Read More: Turkey Offers Citizenship to Orthodox Bishops

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“Don’t be neglectful of prayer!”

“Don’t be neglectful of prayer! At table, in the morning, afternoon and evening. In particular don’t miss Small Compline for any reason, tired though you may be. It’s a question of self-sacrifice and, in particular, of love. When a beloved person calls you very late at night, how are you able to speak sometimes . . . → Read More: “Don’t be neglectful of prayer!”

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Regina Spektor, “Laughing With”

I always liked Paste Magazine’s tagline, “Signs of life in Music, Film, and Culture.” I don’t know that anyone at Paste thinks in particularly theological ways, so I’ve been tempted to co-opt the tagline for Protecting Veil. (“Life” for an Orthodox Christian has obviously more nuanced meaning than for most people.)

In any case, . . . → Read More: Regina Spektor, “Laughing With”

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New Orthodox Liberal Arts College

We recently learned about the establishment of St. Katherine’s Orthodox liberal arts college in San Diego. Please re-post this information and try to get the word out…it would be tragic if, after all the investment of time and other resources, they did not end up with sufficient numbers of students!

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“Speak more to God about your children than to your children about God…”

“Speak more to God about your children than to your children about God…. The soul of the teenager is in a state of an explosion of freedom. For this reason he has a hard time accepting various counsels. So, rather than counseling him continuously and reproaching him now and again, leave the . . . → Read More: “Speak more to God about your children than to your children about God…”

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