|
Forums26
Topics35,521
Posts417,615
Members6,171
| |
Most Online4,112
Mar 25th, 2025
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,517
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,517 |
A Niall, a chara dhil,
Well . . . you inspire me. About 20 years ago some Ruthenian intellectual wrote a book called "Our People". I've been thinking of writing a response to the book. My response will be entitled "Them Ones", and published in Letterkenny.
Incognitus
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 50
Junior Member
|
|
Junior Member
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 50 |
Another website to check out about the Melkites is www.mliles.com/melkite/. [ mliles.com] Its not an "official" site, but it does provide a wealth of information. Terry
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,180
Orthodox Christian Member
|
|
Orthodox Christian Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,180 |
Originally posted by Irish Melkite:
Elizabeth,
If there's any info your friend needs, beyond what's on the website, just post or pm me.
Even though I've been scarce here these past couple of weeks, I try to check at least daily (have to, if I want to keep up my rep for posting almost any website that anyone ever dreamed they might want - no matter how strange).
Many years,
Neil Dear Neil: RE: FAST OF THE THEOTOKOS The Melkites used to have a brochure on fasting, do you know if it is still online? Lovingly yours in Christ, Elizabeth Maria
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 10,090 Likes: 16
Global Moderator Member
|
|
Global Moderator Member
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 10,090 Likes: 16 |
Elizabeth, I'm not certain if its the one you're to which you're referring, but there is an article that Father Philaret Littlefield wrote a few years ago for Sophia, titled Abouna, Why Do We Fast? [ melkite.org] . Father Philaret also has two other writings on the topic, which he originally prepared for Saint George's in Milwaukee: Fast & Abstinence, Reasons Why[/b] [melkite.org] and [b] Rule for Fasting & Abstinence[/b] [melkite.org] . I'm sure that there's crossover between the first and the two latter pieces, but I haven't ever compared them closely.
Father Joe Francavilla from Holy Transfiguration has an excellent piece on his parish website titled [b] Fasting [ holytransfiguration.org] . Martha Liles also has a section on her website (the one Terry linked above) specifically devoted to the Dormition Fast [mliles.com] . Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,180
Orthodox Christian Member
|
|
Orthodox Christian Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,180 |
Originally posted by Irish Melkite: Elizabeth,
I'm not certain if its the one you're to which you're referring, but there is an article that Father Philaret Littlefield wrote a few years ago for Sophia, titled [b] Abouna, Why Do We Fast? [ melkite.org] . Father Philaret also has two other writings on the topic, which he originally prepared for Saint George's in Milwaukee: Fast & Abstinence, Reasons Why[/b] [melkite.org] and [b] Rule for Fasting & Abstinence[/b] [melkite.org] . I'm sure that there's crossover between the first and the two latter pieces, but I haven't ever compared them closely.
Father Joe Francavilla from Holy Transfiguration has an excellent piece on his parish website titled [b] Fasting [ holytransfiguration.org] . Martha Liles also has a section on her website (the one Terry linked above) specifically devoted to the Dormition Fast [mliles.com] . Many years, Neil [/b] I really liked Father Joseph Francavilla. He is a wonderful priest. He used to come out to visit Los Angeles so we would hear his delightful sermons. Did you come out to the Parish Life conference at St. Anne's in 1993? I was there.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 10,090 Likes: 16
Global Moderator Member
|
|
Global Moderator Member
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 10,090 Likes: 16 |
Originally posted by Elizabeth Maria:
I really liked Father Joseph Francavilla. He is a wonderful priest. He used to come out to visit Los Angeles so we would hear his delightful sermons. Did you come out to the Parish Life conference at St. Anne's in 1993? I was there. Elizabeth, No, unfortunately, I've never been to Saint Anne's. I've known Father Joe for about half a lifetime though, back to his days as the assistant at the Cathedral. He is indeed an excellent homilist and a wonderful priest, besides being a genuinely delightful person. Father has several fans on the forum, both parishioners of Holy Transfiguration and folks who have encountered him in visiting Holy Transfiguration for Liturgy. Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
|
|
|
|
|
