As those in power who seek only their own interest and gain continue seeking to instill panoptical fear so that the fearful ...

As the liturgy has it ... In the original Greek, the news of Easter morning could be put in a single word: ēgerthē (ἠγέρθη)—“He has risen” (Matt. 28:6). Yet this one word ...

The Greek word 'ekklesia' was not invented by Christians ... People talk of "High Church" to mean churches with an emphasis on ceremony, liturgy and tradition, sometimes in the Anglican context also ...

It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing transcendence. And liturgy is more than aesthetics. The Tridentine liturgy is one cultural expression, largely for ...

The territory of the Gerasenes was part of a Greek colony called the Decapolis. In the mind of many Jewish people, such areas were by definition under the control of evil spirits, embodied in the ...

during a liturgy that was held in both Albanian and Greek. “No doubt that as a personality and as an archbishop Anastasios was irreplaceable,” said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of ...

Penelope, a Greek woman, married an Indian man ... Penelope described her experience as “magical beyond words” and said she was excited on embracing a new culture. “I have never attended ...

Pope Francis marked the Sunday of the Word of God by installing 40 Catholics from multiple continents as lectors during a special Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, including faithful from Iceland to ...

This concept of being God’s workmanship is nothing short of awe-inspiring. The Greek word for “workmanship,” poiema, translates to art or creation, much like a beautiful poem. Each of us is ...

The first is called the liturgy of the Word and the second the Eucharistic liturgy ... The books of the Old Testament are written mostly in Hebrew, several in Greek and a few in Aramaic. The books of ...

Absolutely, argues Mark Rowlands in “The Word of Dog: What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life.” Although he doesn’t cite Schleiermacher by name, Mr. Rowlands—a ...