By Mary Lowell Source: Orthodox Arts Journal. Professor John Yiannias, Ph.D., expert in Early Christian and Byzantine Art, University of Pittsburgh, has a bold opinion on the issue of why “write” is the wrong verb to use for making an icon. “While, on the face of it, the subject may appear only tangentially relevant to American Orthodox history, it … [Read more...] about Is “Write” Wrong? A Discussion of Icon Terminology
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Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church
Editor's Note: This document was issued in 2000 by the Council of Russian Bishops. It addresses a very wide range of cultural, moral, social, and political issues that are of concern to Orthodox Christians in all lands, and the editors of Another City believe that it deserves to be more widely known and studied outside Russia. The English text posted by the Russian Patriarchate … [Read more...] about Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church
It is Only Possible to Love Individual Persons, not Humanity in General
The more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular, that is, individually, as separate persons. [Likewise] the more I hate people individually, the more ardent becomes my love for humanity as whole. -Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Following in the paths of St Paisius Velichovsky and St Tikhon of Zadonsk, St Theophan (1815—1894) was one … [Read more...] about It is Only Possible to Love Individual Persons, not Humanity in General
How to Read and Study Dostoevsky
I. Difficulties in Reading Dostoevsky Dostoevsky's novels are relatively accessible, and they are usually quite engaging, so most readers are able to plunge right in without preliminaries.1 Two obstacles, however, should be noted at the outset. The first is an obvious one: between the many diminutives and nicknames, as well as the "patronyms" (derived from the father's first … [Read more...] about How to Read and Study Dostoevsky
Orthodox Leadership in a Brave New World
Almost thirty years ago Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn delivered an address at Harvard University that still ranks as one of the most trenchant and inspired critiques of Western culture ever given. Although some of the political references are dated, two observations remain as true today as when they were first spoken. The first is that the philosophical materialism … [Read more...] about Orthodox Leadership in a Brave New World