Ecclesiastical bibs and bobs

• Умиленie icon above. The words around the halo say ‘Rejoice, unwedded bride’, from the kontakion for the Annunciation and thus a refrain from the Akathist.
• ‘Orthodox in communion with Rome’ part II.
• History: how the mainstream media in 1937 covered the Chornock split now ACROD. Poor journalism: anti-Roman bias and as Stuart points out a kind of racism among whites as well. Not mentioned is the non-enforcement of the original ban was a prudent reaction to the circa-1900 Toth split in which many Greek Catholic immigrants took off for the Russians. (It doesn’t tell you but that’s who the people in The Deer Hunter are descended from.)
• Our Lady, ‘Another Sun’. From Arturo.
• Withholding Communion is charity in truth.
• Note from parish notice board from Margi.

Labels: Eastern Orthodoxy, history, Russia, the Catholic faith