Author: John Figel

Lenten Books Featured

As we all begin the Great Fast of Forty Days in preparation for the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord, I would like to draw your attention to a few special products available from Eastern Christian Publications.  They either have Lent as their theme, or are spiritually oriented and would be appropriate material for […]

Speakers and Moderator for OL Conference Finalized

I have finally been able to confirm our plenary speakers and the moderator for Orientale Lumen XV scheduled for June 20-23, 2011 in Washington, DC on the theme of “Rome and the Communion of Churches:  Bishop, Patriarchate or Pope?” The plenary speakers will be: Metropolitan Jonah (Orthodox) Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, Washington, […]

Sister Churches 101 — Part 3

“What the Person in the Pew Needs to Know About the Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue”  At the lecture by Metropolitan Kallistos last February at The Catholic University of America, he was asked how to avoid another Council of Florence where Church unification agreements reached between Orthodox and Catholic theologians and hierarchs were not accepted by lay persons and diocesan […]

Sister Churches 101 — Part 2

“What the Person in the Pew Should Know About the Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue” An Orientale Lumen Foundation Educational Program The detailed questions we plan to ask and record as interviews with Metropolitan Kallistos, Archimandrite Robert Taft, and Msgr. Paul McPartlan include the following: Detailed Questions 1. How We Got Here a. Apostolic Times — How unified was the […]

Sister Churches 101 – Part 1

“What the Person in the Pew Should Know About the Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue” An Orientale Lumen Foundation Educational Program Introduction The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches is making significant progress and currently dealing with issues concerning the role of the Bishop of Rome in a united Church.  Concerns have […]

Hangover or Church?!

On January 1 each year, the Church commemorates both the feast of the Circumcision of Christ as a child, and Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, who is attributed with the long poetic Eucharistic Prayer, or Anaphora, that we use on some major feast days and the Sundays during Lent. Since many […]