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February21 - 1st Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy)
27 - All Souls Saturday
28 - 2nd Sunday of the Great Fast (Palamas)
6 - All Souls Saturday
7 - 3rd Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Cross)
13 - All Souls Saturday
14 - 4th Sunday of the Great Fast (Climacus)
18 - Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
20 - Akathistos Saturday
21 - 5th Sunday of the Great Lent (Mary of Egypt)
25 - Annunciation to the Mother of God
Great and Holy Week
28 - Palm Sunday
April4 - Pascha
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Cardinal Kasper upbeat on ecumenical prospects with Oriental Orthodox
Monday, 01 February 2010 18:19
CWNews.com - The president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity gave an optimistic assessment of ecumenical relations with the Oriental Orthodox churches, as he spoke in Lebanon after chairing a joint meeting of Catholic and Orthodox representatives. Cardinal Walter Kasper noted that the Catholic and Oriental Orthodox churches are "rediscovering our unity" on a practical level after closing in on theological accords that would resolve the Christological disputes that led to their separation more than 15 centuries ago. Completing the work to achieve full reunion would have a dramatic impact on both the ecumenical landscape and the political world in the Middle East, the cardinal said.
The Oriental Orthodox churches-- including the Armenian, Syrian, and Coptic churches-- as distinct from the Byzantine Orthodox churches (Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, etc.) broke with Rome in the 5th century after the Council of Chalcedon.
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| The soul has followed Moses and the cloud, both of these serving as guides for those who would advance in virtue; Moses here represents the commandments of the Law; and the cloud that leads the way, its spiritual meaning. The soul has been purified by crossing the Sea; it has removed from itself and destroyed the enemy army. It has tasted of the waters of Marah, that is, of life deprived of all sinful pleasure; and this at first had seemed bitter and unpleasant to the taste but offered a sensation of sweetness to those who accepted the wood. Next it enjoyed the beauty of the palm trees of the gospel and the springs; it filled itself with the living water, that is, the rock. It took within itself the bread of heaven. It overwhelmed the foreign host - a victory due to the extended arms of the Lawgiver, which thus foreshadowed the mystery of the Cross. Only then can the soul go on to the contemplation of transcendent Being. St. Gregory of Nyssa |