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Two farewells
Last weekend the Orthodox Archioceses of Johannesburg and Pretoria said goodbye to Father Ioann Lapidus, of the parish of St Sergius of Radonezh in Midrand, who is to return to Russia. He will be...
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Carnival, and the last judgement
Sunday of the Last Judgment 2010 Matthew 25:31-46 Hat-tip to Father Ted. John 13:34 “God is truth and light. God’s judgment is nothing else than our coming into contact with truth and light....
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Ministry to street people and hippies
Archpriest Jack Sparks Father Jack Sparks, who died last week, was one of ministry to street people and hippies in California in the 1970s, and was also one of the pioneers of the movement of...
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Good Friday 2010
We went to the morning service at St Nicholas in Brixton. This year Good Friday is a public holiday, as it coincides with Western Good Friday, and the advantage of that is that there is less traffic,...
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Ecumenism, anti-ecumenism and mission
The visit of the Pope of Rome to Cyprus is apparently a hot issue. Hat-tip to Ad Orientem for this piece: For some, the past is never another Country | OBL Articles: IF NOTHING else, the small, but...
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Church friends
At the Orthodox Church of St Nicholas of Japan in Brixton, Johannesburg, we meet old and new friends, and today was no exception. We met a new parishioner, David from Malawi, who was baptised into the...
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Fellowship and food
We have had several visitors recently, and on Saturday I took two of them, Fr Ciprian Burlacioiu and Macrina Walker, to visit two of our monastery sites. First we went to see Father Frumentius Taubata...
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OCMC mission team arrives from the USA
A short-term mission team from the Orthodox Christian Mission Center in St Augustine, Florida, USA arrived in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria to do some teaching ministry in parishes in...
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Problems with “spirituality” and “apophatic theology”
A few months ago I wrote that I felt uneasy when people talk about “spirituality”, and “being spiritual but not religious”. Not that I think “being religious” is a good thing, but I do think that...
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New Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria Enthroned
The enthronization of His Eminence Damaskinos, the new Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria took place in the Cathedral of St Constantine and St Helen in Johannesburg this morning. Most of the...
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