Lexicon
As in all fields of endeavour there are terms and phrases specific to that field. In Christianity and specifically the Orthodox Church, there is a plethora of terminology and phrases. The following is...
View ArticleArtichoke pie
https://mode-of-life.tumblr.com/post/174655257185/artichoke-pievisit Fresh pastry for this autumn warmer artichoke pie INGREDIENTS: For the filling 8 medium-sized artichokes 6 spring onions 250g...
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Your brain gets smaller as you sleep (and you forget things)
By Liam Mannix 28 April 2018 – The Age Newspaper Every day, as we learn new things and make new memories, our brains physically swell. And at night, as we sleep, those memories are pruned and our...
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Letter from Taybeh: Reflection from my Christian Eyes
Taybeh has been a champion of Christian rights in the Middle East and the presence and activism of Christians there remains strong, despite the brutality of the Israeli military and government,...
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Letters from Taybeh: Pascal Greetings 2017
Dear Friends of Saint George Taybeh, The Miracle of the Holy Fire arrived in Taybeh from the Holy City of Jerusalem (via Ramallah) with our cousin Ibrahim and his son Philip approximately at 5:30 pm...
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Letters from Taybeh: Nativity Greetings
Dear Friends of Saint George Taybeh, It was very exciting this evening for the first time to have a wonderful Christmas scouts parade on the main street in Taybeh. This has been a beautiful Bethlehem...
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Letters from Taybeh: Lenten Greetings 2017
Dear Friends of Taybeh, I started my day by lighting a candle at the Byzantine ruins of Saint George Church asking the Lord to grant all of you a Blessed Holy Great Lenten journey. May the Lord bless...
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Book Review: A Christian Ending – A Handbook for Burial in the Ancient...
Brief Facts Authors: Deacon Mark and Matushka Elizabeth Barna Publisher: Divine Ascent Press, 2011 Pages: 196 ISBN: 9780971413962 Reviewed By Matushka Constantina Palmer While the below is a re-post...
View ArticleWhy you’re exhausted from running after your kids (and they aren’t)
https://mode-of-life.tumblr.com/post/174651002155/children-have-an-endurance-level-comparable-to By Mary Ward & Liam Mannix 24 April 2018 – The Age Newspaper In bad news for parents trying to tire...
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Why We Pray Facing East
By Deacon Charles Joiner Facing East is an ancient tradition, grounded in sure knowledge about the Second Coming, first told us by the Lord, and then repeated by an angel after the disciples had just...
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OFFICIAL WEBSITES OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN JURISDICTIONS OF OCEANIA Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia,...
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War on Christianity is fuelled by ignorance
Herald Sun – 19 May 2016 ANDREW BOLT IT’S not the haters who will kill Christianity. It’s the ignorant, who have no clue how we non-Christians will suffer. But, wow, that hatred sure is feral. The...
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‘Ugly’ Irish gay marriage defence rejected
The Australian – 30 June 2016 Rick Morton, Social Affairs reporter, Melbourne The architect of Irish gay marriage referendum Yes campaign Tiernan Brady, in Australia helping on the effort here....
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Turnbull to claim gay marriage mandate
The Australian – 30 June 2016 Paul Kelly (Editor-At-Large, Sydney) & Dennis Shanahan (Political Editor, Canberra) Malcolm Turnbull has demanded that Bill Shorten pass legislation allowing a...
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Turnbull, Thucydides and Orientalism
DEAN KALIMNIOU 19 February 2016 Our august prime minister, while on a visit to the planetarch, snuck in a reference to classical Greek historian Thucydides. It is not the first time our...
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THE STRENGTH OF ORAL TRADITION
By Gabe Martini In a world characterized by the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the instant knowledge of Google, it’s hard to believe things have not always been so. In the ancient world, ideas,...
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In order to better serve the Orthodox Faithful of Oceania and their communities and parishes, Mode of Life Project offers this space upon its website for notifying people of fundraisers and events....
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On Bad Religious People
SERGEY KHUDIEV A translation of American journalist William Lobdell’s book, Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America – and Found Unexpected Peace, has recently been...
View ArticleGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia: Paschal Encyclical 2018
STYLIANOS By the grace of God Archbishop of Australia to the Reverend Clergy and the devout Faithful of our Holy Archdiocese ************* Brother Concelebrants and Beloved children in the Lord, Christ...
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