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Another City

A Journal of Orthodox Culture

Articles by Protopresbyter (Dr) Doru Costache

The New South Wales Christmas Bush: Indigenizing Orthodoxy to Australia

December 24, 2018 / Protopresbyter (Dr) Doru Costache Costache

New South Wales Christmas Bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)

It belongs to the inner genius of the Orthodox faith, corresponding to the Incarnational entry of God Himself into a particular time and place on earth, to embrace the particularities of the places in which it is practiced. A fine example of this is the use of pussy willow branches on Palm Sunday in Slavic lands where palms are not traditionally available. And as Orthodoxy … [Read more...] about The New South Wales Christmas Bush: Indigenizing Orthodoxy to Australia

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