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by jdigrande
Wed 22 August 2018 9:20 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Solovki [ I know it's MP but fun to see ]
Replies: 32
Views: 62551

Re: Solovki [ I know it's MP but fun to see ]

this page does not open for me. It is on RT- what is the official name of the tape and maybe I can go directly to RT to view it. thanks barbara

by jdigrande
Mon 20 August 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Council of Blachernae (1285)
Replies: 3
Views: 80

Re: Council of Blachernae (1285)

Maria:

Can I access TOC private discussions and if so, how?

Thanks

joseph

by jdigrande
Sun 19 August 2018 8:57 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?
Replies: 16
Views: 728

Re: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?

PS:

The quote referred to in my previous post was from St. Gennadius Scholarios in the 15th century.

by jdigrande
Sun 19 August 2018 8:52 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?
Replies: 16
Views: 728

Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?

I am confused about the 8th Ecumenical Council. It took place in St. Contantinopolis is 879 and was presided over by St. Photius The Great one of the greatest Patriarchs of the Queen of Cities and a pillar of Orthodoxy as he is depicted on many ikons. Other great Patriarchs/Archbishops of St. Consta...
by jdigrande
Sun 19 August 2018 12:38 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Council of Blachernae (1285)
Replies: 3
Views: 80

Council of Blachernae (1285)

Which of the TOC's on this site (if any) list the Council of Blachernae (1285) as a valid Church Council of the Orthodox Church. If so, then has any TOC here canonized St. Gregory of Cyprus who wrote the Anathemas against John Beccus in his Tomos of 1285? Is this Council listed in the Menaion of any...
by jdigrande
Fri 17 August 2018 7:01 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Renaissance: Sculptures, Worship of Man, Perversions, and -isms.
Replies: 30
Views: 377

Re: Renaissance: Sculptures, Worship of Man, Perversions, and -isms.

It was the Orthodox monk, Michael Psellos in the 11th century who began this rebirth of Greco-Roman humanism but it occurred not in Italy but the heart of Orthodoxy, Constantinople. His pupil was John Italos who was from Calabria and spoke Latin. They headed the philosophical school in Constantinopl...
by jdigrande
Sun 12 August 2018 12:09 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Renaissance: Sculptures, Worship of Man, Perversions, and -isms.
Replies: 30
Views: 377

Re: Renaissance: Sculptures, Worship of Man, Perversions, and -isms.

The title of this thread starts with the "Renaissance" and ends with "ism." It also has the word "perversion in it." What is the greatest perversion of the Renaissance? I choose the period of time between 1437 and 1453 and the guilty all with uncreated grace: the so cal...