Author Archives: Herman A. Middleton

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

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 26, 2010
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 the [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 25, 2010
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. Post…use a [...]
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Turkey Offers Citizenship to Orthodox Bishops

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 22, 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 more [...]
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“Don’t be neglectful of prayer!”

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 16, 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 for [...]
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Regina Spektor, “Laughing With”

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 14, 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, always [...]
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New Orthodox Liberal Arts College

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 12, 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!
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“Speak more to God about your children than to your children about God…”

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: July 9, 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 situation to Christ, [...]
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Assembly of Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: May 24, 2010
I don’t generally make posts of a “political” (national or ecclesiastical) nature, but I’ve been hearing a good deal about the assembly taking place this week in NYC and felt it was worthy of note. Regardless of one’s position vis à vis the meaning and proper form of Orthodox unity in the diaspora, it seems worthwhile [...]
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Elder Justin Popovich and Elder Simeon Popovich Canonized

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: May 18, 2010
Well…we have been expecting this for a few years, and it has finally come to pass, Elder Justin Popovich and Elder Simeon Popovich have been officially canonized by the Serbian Church: “Belgrade, Serbia - At their afternoon session on April 29, 2010, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church unanimously adopted the proposal [...]
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Orthodoxy and Art: Scott Cairns, Orthodox Writer/Poet/Professor (Pt. 2)

By Herman A. Middleton | Published: May 3, 2010
“‘I think that’s what makes Scott Cairns’ poetry so great,’ says Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry, arguably the nation’s most important publication devoted to verse. Cairns’ poetry refers ‘readers to a real world and expects them to see the references to the real world, but it also creates a world with the language, with its music [...]
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