This year, “western Easter” is March 27th but “Orthodox Pascha” is May 1st? We use the same formula to calculate the Feast of Feasts, so why do we have different dates?
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The Calendar Jumble
Feast calls us to find Christ
(This post originally appeared in Dubuque’s Telegraph Herald on February 13th, 2016. See it online here). As a priest in the historic Orthodox Church, one of my favorite times of year is what we call the Theophany (Epiphany) season. This season
Read moreThe Surprising End of the Sabbath!
Many Christians speak of the Sabbath as an opportunity to rest from work. However, if we enter deeper into the Bible and the mystery, it becomes clear that the Sabbath was when God rested BEFORE FINISHING creation, from on the
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