Posted in Quotations, tagged fool, insanity, orthodoxy, piety, scripture, tradition on November 22, 2007 | No Comments »
yurodivy (юродивый) - Holy Fool
“The yurodivy is traditionally an eccentric figure who is outside conventional society. The madness of the yurodivy is ambiguous, and can be real or simulated. He (or she) is believed to be divinely inspired, and is therefore able to say truths which others cannot, normally in the form of indirect allusions [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fathers, feast, mary, orthodoxy, patristics, psalms, theotokos, tradition on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
This is the day of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple.Fulfilling their vow to God, Sts. Joachim and Anna, her holy parents, presented Mary at three years old at the temple, where she would live as virgin for nine years, until her Betrothal to St. Joseph. The High Priest Zacharias blessed her with [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged religion on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Religiosity is everywhere. It clings to anything it can. One finds it in Orthodoxy for the same reasons one finds it anywhere else - it is not because Orthodoxy is the same as anything else - it is because Orthodoxy lives in culture, and in that culture religion, like politics or corporate activity, excites the [...]
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