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A Western Rite Congregation of the Antiochian Archdiocese near Washington, DC

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Article Archive

Many of these articles are from past issues of our newsletter.

Articles marked with + are much longer presentations.

Saints & Feast Days

  • Visions of the Mother of God
  • Missionary Saints of Ireland
  • Saints of the Canon of the Mass
  • Saints of the Passion
  • Holy Mary: Seat of Wisdom
  • Saints of the Patriarchate
  • Saints of the Holy Land
  • + Introducing the Saints of the Orthodox West

Liturgy & the Liturgical Year

  • Ceremonies of Holy Week
  • Ceremonies of Baptism and Chrismation
  • Rogation Days
  • Dedication of Churches
  • Stations of the Cross
  • The History of Ash Wednesday
  • Keeping a Holy Lent
  • Ember Days
  • The History of Advent
  • + Do This in Remembrance Reflections on the Mass
  • + The Orthodox Understanding of Death With notes on the Western Rite services for the departed
  • Which Rite is Right?
  • The Unction Mass on Holy Wednesday
  • + The Things We Use in our Worship
    Part I: The Church and the Altar
    Part II: The Vestments
    Part III: The Vessels and Other Items
  • Notes on Praying the Daily Office
  • Remembrance in Holy Week
  • + The Daily Office: Its History, Structure and Practice (2016 ROCOR Western Rite Conference presentation)
    Part I: Introduction and History of The Office
    Part II: The Structure of The Office
    Part III: The Practice of The Office
  • The Eucharist & the Dove

Music

  • Singing with the Fathers
  • O Antiphons
  • + A Manual of Church Music For Western Rite Orthodox Musicians
  • Music at St. Gregory’s
  • Sequence Hymns
  • Chanting the Psalms
  • The Scriptural Foundation of Hymnody: Preparing for the St. Ambrose Hymnal
  • Theological Issues and Concerns: Preparing for the St. Ambrose Hymnal
  • Historical Issues in Western Hymnody: Preparing for the St. Ambrose Hymnal
  • Criteria for musical selection: Preparing for the St. Ambrose Hymnal
  • O Gladsome Light
  • Psalms of David
  • The Use of the Organ in the Orthodox Church
  • Of the Father’s love begotten
  • I bind unto myself today
  • The royal banners forward go
  • Dies Irea
  • Music for St. John the Baptist

The Western Rite

  • Comments on the Western Rite by His Eminence, Metropolitan ANTHONY
  • Comments on the Western Rite by His Grace, Bishop BASIL
  • Comments on the Western Rite by His Eminence, Metropolitan ISAIAH (GOA)
  • + The Orthodox Western Rite A Clergy Symposium Paper on the History of the Western Rite within the Orthodox Church
  • Light in the East: the Restoration of the Orthodox Western Rite
  • The Western Rite and the Eastern Church by Fr. David Abramtsov (off-site)
  • A Brief History of Western Orthodoxy by Fr. David Abramstov (1960)
  • Russian Observations of the American Prayerbook (off-site)

Miscellaneous

  • What Should a Western Rite Orthodox Church Look Like?
  • The Call to Repentance in Scripture
  • A Homiletical Meditation for the Sunday in the Octave of Election Day
  • Orthodoxy: A Holistic Faith
  • Reflections on Palliative Care in the Pastoral Ministry
  • Incarnational Theology: a bridge between Anglicanism and Orthodoxy
St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church
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