Elder Justin Popovich and Elder Simeon Popovich Canonized

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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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Avatar and the Saints

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I finally went to see Avatar a few days ago and was struck by one aspect in particular…a certain similarity between the Na’vi’s relationship to creation and the “right relation” that is renewed through the holy lives of the Saints (St. Seraphim’s bear and St. Gerasimos’s lion are the most obvious examples). James Cameron even…