Did you know that today is the celebration of the Great Martyr Kyriaki? It's true! Her name means 'Sunday' in Greek. She was a martyr under Diocletian. Apparently, she was scheduled beheading back in 300AD, got a time-out for prayer, and gave up her spirit in peace. So today we celebrate Kyriaki. (With a name like that, you'd expect her to be Japanese... but no... she's Roman... and celebrated by the Greeks... makes sense.)
I found out here, at Iconograms.com. Thaaaaat's right. Iconograms. You can send an email greeting featuring the saint of the day! What could be better than that? The site is run by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Also from this site you can visit the Orthodox Marketplace for all your Orthodox needs. While there, be sure to pick up your copy of When You Fast: Recipes for Lenten Seasons. Deeee-lish! Now that's a useful site!
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That's very interesting because I have a good friend whose last name is Kyriakakis.
Posted on 7/07/2006
I know very little about the Orthodox church -- even less than I know about the Roman Catholic Church, which I admit is also very little.
But I do have to admit that I find them interesting at least, because of their traditions and connections historically to the early church.
Apart from certain doctrines where I would probably disagree with them (I consider the Five Solas generally pretty solid), the strangest thing about these forms of Christianity is all the ornate clothing worn by the clergy, and all the various rituals with chants and incense and stuff.
I don't automatically dismiss any forms of liturgical methods or worship that I don't participate in or understand as not being acceptable to the Lord, because God is big and the world is made up of people from all sorts of different cultures and traditions. But I've just never had anyone give me a solid explanation for many of these things from scripture -- and if I understand them correctly, many of these churches consider church traditions and writings of church Fathers and Mothers to be more or less equal to scripture, so perhaps that's the cause for the divide between my understanding and theirs.
Anyone care to help me out?
Posted on 7/07/2006
It's a pretty big topic there, Hammer. You don't understand totally incorrectly as far as the weight of tradition. I'm not sure that's a bad thing either. The Protestant urge to ditch tradition has been much to our detriment. That's not to say I equate it with Scripture, just that it has great value. And yes, that's where the outfits come from. Not sure why, just know that's where.
Posted on 7/08/2006
Hey Cach, I just found out that St. Andrew is not only the patron saint of Scotland but also of unmarried women. Score! Looks like I came to right place.
Posted on 7/08/2006
Does St. Andrew have a rockin' icon?
Posted on 7/09/2006