That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their clothes. ~ 1 Maccabees 3:47 ( Septuagint ) Today is Ash Wednesday marked by the imposition of ashes made from burning last year’s palm crosses, penitence and confession of sins in some Christian denominations. It marks the first day of [...]
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Ash Wednesday
Posted in Beliefs, Prayer & meditation, tagged Ash Wednesday, Christianity, Lent on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday of Orthodoxy
Posted in Art, Beliefs, History, tagged Doctrine of Icons, Lent, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Sunday, Second Council of Nicea, Seventh Ecumenical Council on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is Orthodox Sunday, the first Sunday of Great Lent and a commemoration of the Second Council of Nicea restoration of religious icons in 787. Iconoclasts would destroy religious icons while the venerators treasured them and wished to retain them; this Seventh Ecumenical Council decided the issue and maintained that icons are necessary to remind [...]
- Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. ~ Jesus, Sermon on the Mount
faith:
1 allegiance to duty or someone; loyalty; fidelity to one's promises; sincerity of intentions 2 belief and trust in and loyalty to God; belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion; firm belief in something for which there is no proof; complete trust 3 something that is believed especially with strong conviction; a system of religious beliefs.Categories
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ~Dalai LamaArchives
- Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. ~Thomas Paine, 18 th century writer and reformer, US Founding Father
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