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Liturgical Worship: Opera! Poetry!

A couple of weeks ago as we left church for our Sunday coffee and breakfast, my wife commented that the liturgy, the worship of the Orthodox Church, is like an opera.  It tells a story with song, movement and image … Continue reading

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Literary and Devotional

Orthodox churches this past Sunday commemorated the account of Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman he talked to at Jacob’s Well.  The account is in John 4:5-42.  One of the hymns the Orthodox sang on that day is filled with … Continue reading

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