In his Georgics, Vergil’s laments for the inevitability of the passing of time: “Time flees, unable to be restored.” How poignant this quote seems to us; life hurtles by in a flash, blink once and a week passes, blink again and it is a new school year. Our life seems to move in a steady […]
What’s in a Name? (Easter vs. Pascha)
It seems like every Paschal season, Orthodox Christians are faced with some attack on the faith, these have been varied in nature, but some gems that stick out are, for example, the popularization in 2007 of the so-called “family tomb” of Jesus. This was a tomb containing several ossuaries that purported to belong to Jesus, […]