December 2011 – OMHKSEA

On the Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ

Christmas December 31, 2011

ON THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST With Special Reference to The Oration of Andrew, Archbishop of Crete, The Jerusalemite, On the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (PG 97, 913-929)

Saint Basil the Great and the custom of Saint Basil’s Pie

Christmas December 31, 2011

St. Basil the Great Celebrated January 1st Very few of us realize that the beginning of the Church calendar does not start on January 1st. Actually, our Church calendar

Timeline of the Orthodox Church-1st Millennium

Faith December 31, 2011

Timeline of the Orthodox Church-1st Millennium by Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

Christmas in Boyolali, Indonesia 2011

Photos December 28, 2011

Christmas Liturgy at Saint Catherine Orthodox Church in Boyolali, Indonesia.

What Orthodox Iconography is…

Articles December 28, 2011

“Be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind … ” (Rom. xii.2) The religion of Christ is the revelation, by Him,

“John the Blessed” by Photios Kontoglou

Christmas December 28, 2011

Photios Kontoglou, an “emblematic Orthodox painter and novelist,” in the short story “John the Blessed” shows St. Basil the Great (Santa Claus in the Greek tradition) disappointed by human indifference

Patriarchal Christmas Encyclical 2011

Christmas, Patriarch Messages December 21, 2011

Dec 20, 2011 ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE Prot. No. 1192 + B A R T H O L O M E W By the Mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and

正教會將於赤柱卜公碼頭舉行主顯節祝水禮

Christmas December 20, 2011

香港聖路加正教座堂將於主顯節內舉行多項慶祝活動: 由香港及東南亞教區黎大略都主教主領，於2012年1月8日上午十時在中環聖路加正教座堂慶祝事奉聖禮，約下午十二時半於赤柱卜公碼頭舉行祝水禮 [Greater Blessing of the Water]，是次祝水禮將是第三年在香港舉行，為時約15分鐘。主顯節（1月6日）是正教會十二大節慶之一，慶祝三一上帝在基督領洗的顯現。於信奉正教的國家中，該節日歡慶的傳統包括於海邊祝水及擲放十架到水上。年青的信眾會跳入水中取回十架，而首名取回十架的信徒將得到主教的特別祝福。這是基督宗教中一個頗為獨特的習俗，在正教會中具有悠長歷史。歡迎蒞臨出席参加。正教會香港及東南亞教區於1996年成立，在港見證正教會傳統。若對是次祝福禮或基督正教信仰有任何查詢，歡迎周一至周六上午＋時至下午一時，致電2573 8328，教會辦公室查詢 see more

The importance of Hesychasm in the History of Orthodoxy

The Way December 19, 2011

1. Hesychasm* constitutes the quintessence of Orthodox tradition, having related itself to everything that the term “Orthodoxy” embodies and expresses. Orthodoxy outside the Hesychastic tradition is unthinkable and nonexistent. Besides,

Orthodoxy’s Worship