Category: Gazette Blogs
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The Stripping of the Divine Office
By Mark Meador The eve of the Sacred Triduum (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday) brings us to one of my favorite times in the liturgical year. Certainly the Masses for these three days are extremely moving and powerful in their own rights, but I am particularly captured by the changes in the Divine…
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“The Power of Prayer” By Serge Bolshakoff
In Paris, in a narrow and rather noisy street near the Vaugirard Metro station, there is a humble-looking house, 26 rue d’Alleray. This simple house, however, receives many visitors. People come to it from all over Paris and elsewhere for healing by prayer. They are sent by the clergy as well as by specialists when…
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Metropolitan Joseph Presides at 2018 Western Rite Conference
Metropolitan Joseph, assisted by Bishop John, presided over the Western Rite Vicariate conference August 7-10 at St Peter Orthodox Church in Fort Worth. This was an historic moment for the Antiochian Western Rite since it was the first time a Metropolitan had presided over the biennial conference. Both in his presence and in his words,…