By Protecting Veil, on July 22nd, 2010
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
By Protecting Veil, on July 16th, 2010
“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!”
By Protecting Veil, on July 14th, 2010
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”
By Protecting Veil, on July 12th, 2010
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!
By Protecting Veil, on July 9th, 2010
“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…”