The Gospel Reading for the Visitation in Syriac

The Church breathes with two lungs East and West. This is the Gospel reading for the Feast of the Visitation from the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Protestant Missionaries In Orthodox Christian Countries

Great article by Fredrica Mathewes-Green about Evangelical Protestant missionaries in Orthodox Christian countries. Many of these missionaries do not believe that the Orthodox are "real Christians."

Just like they don't believe that Catholics are "real Christians" either. For instance, the Bad Catholic's cousin and his wife and children are Southern Baptist missionaries to South America whose primary job, so far as I can determine, is to lead cradle Catholics away from the faith.

Orthodox Chants for Easter

John Paul II said that the Church breathes with two lungs East and West.



Like Gregorian Chant, it's interesting in English but it doesn't sound nearly as reverent. (I really am becoming a traditionalist!)



I thought that these snippets of Orthodox chants from around the world were kind of cool. Enjoy!



Of course, I'm not forgetting the Eastern Rite Catholics.

Orthodox Spirituality

I think that we all have something to learn from the spirituality of our Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters. Here is a link to a very interesting blog post.