Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Holy Bible: Divinely Inspired or Human Construct?

The following is one of the papers that I wrote for my first religion class. Quotes from the Pope and some other sources appear throughout since I had to use some Roman Catholic sources as required by my instructor. I actually got an "A" on this paper... I only thought I would maybe get a "C."

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Life of an Orthodox Religion Student

I know it has been a very long time since I last updated. For that I want to say to all of my fans and readers I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Sunday of Orthodoxy

Triumph of the Icons
The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Lent (which started last Monday for us Orthodox folk). This day commemorates the triumph of the iconodules (or iconophiles) over the iconoclasts. Basically, icons were removed from parishes for a number of years and then after a long struggle the icons were replaced. I'll explain a bit more below.

Friday, February 8, 2013