Category: General Interest

Visit of Metropolitan Kallistos — Week 1

Despite two record-setting snowstorms in the Washington area, Metropolitan Kallistos arrived from the UK safe and sound on Monday evening.  Dulles Airport was opened just long enough for his scheduled flight to arrive only 3 hours late. However, because of the snow on the ground (over 2 feet!), the Washington Theological Consortium postponed their Ecumenical Lecture […]

FLASH ANNOUNCEMENT REDEUX!

The reception and Lecture by Metropolitan Kallistos at Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church that was originally scheduled for Thursday, February 11, has been postponed until Sunday, February 14 because of weather conditions in Washington, DC.  The same times — reception at 6:30, lecture at 7:30 — will be maintained, following Forgiveness Vespers which […]

Preparation for the Great Fast with Metropolitan Kallistos

Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (Timothy Ware) will be visiting the US East Coast for a series of free lectures open to the public during the week of February 9-17, 2010. The schedule is listed below: Tuesday, February 9 “An Insider’s View: Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue Today” Caldwell Auditorium, The Catholic University of America 400 Michigan Avenue, NE, […]

Visit of Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ

I was honored to host Archimandrite Robert Taft and Sister Vassa Larin for a week during the New Year’s holidays for a period of relaxation, touring and video recording. Our typical day started with private morning prayer – Father Taft rises very early and prays the Daily Office from his Slavonic Chasoslov. I then cooked […]

Feast of Saint Andrew at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary

This afternoon, an annual event took place in the large chapel of Mount Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Seminary and University in Emmitsburg, MD. A Byzantine Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Father Lee Gross, Dean of Students and Professor of Liturgy, with concelebrants Father John Basarab, pastor of Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church in […]

Christmas Discounts

To encourage using them as Christmas gifts, OLTV is offering many of our Adult Enrichment and Christmas recordings – the Uzhorod Seminary Choir and a Pilgrimage to Eastern Europe for a week of Christmas Liturgies – for 20-50% discount.  Individual CDs are now priced at $8.00 and individual DVDs at $15.00.  Packages of multiple discs […]