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The Trisagion Hymn
In the original usage, the Trisagion was sung as a refrain to Psalm 80. The cantor would chant verses of the psalm as all walked in procession and the people sung the Trisagion hymn as its refrain...
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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Epistle
We regard it as “Scripture”, a holy text, and of course it is. But it is also a personal letter addressed and written to people other than ourselves.
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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Gospel
In the Gospel reading Christ even now stands in our midst to speak to our hearts.
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Three Liturgical Questions
I sometimes cannot help asking myself three liturgical questions whenever I visit churches which serve the Liturgy in the “classic” pattern I learned in seminary—all of those questions quite rhetorical.
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Not Like Religion – the Christian Clergy
It is easy to misinterpret Christianity as a religion like any other but Fr. Lawrence maintains it is unique.
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The Feast of Byzantium
The Feast of the Elevation of the Cross could also be called The Feast of Byzantium.
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Why We Need a God of Wrath
Do the words “God is love” mean God could never be wrathful?
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Not Like Religion – Clean vs. Unclean
Fr. Lawrence continues his series and examines the correlation in the Scriptures between that which is clean and that which is unclean.
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Not Like Religion – Sacred Space
We Christians share certain external similarities with the religions, but these external similarities can mask the inner meanings of the things we seem to share. In reality, everything in Christianity...
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Allegory and the Old Testament
Fr. Lawrence says it is safe to say that the allegorical method has fallen upon hard times in the scholarly world.
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Waters of Marah
North American popular culture, as brought into your home and heart by the North American media, is a very powerful force, and it seems that we too easily underestimate its transforming power.
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A Brief Word About Eternal Punishment
How the concept of punishment in the world to come was understood at the time of Christ.
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King Herod and the True Meaning of Christmas
Fr. Lawrence Farley is convinced that his culture knows absolutely nothing about the true meaning of Christmas.
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