Organic Orthodoxy Reclaim the Identity 25 Mar 2023 It so happens that once a woman becomes a mother her identity usually goes for a toss. Everything suddenly becomes riveted around her child. The case of Mary is no…
Organic Orthodoxy Annunciation of Peace 21 Nov 2022 Behind the sanitized, antiseptic and cellophane portraits of Mary one can find a despised single mother with callous feet and hands, perspiration on the brow, persevering to sustain her child…
Organic Orthodoxy Cherish The Mundane 8 Sep 20228 Sep 2022 Today the Church celebrates the nativity of the Jewish peasant girl Mary whose birth was so ordinary that it didn't even find a place in Scripture. Yet she was filled…
Our Faith St. Mary – Undoubtedly The Mother of God 14 Sep 2020 Once upon a time, in the history of mankind, there echoed the most blessed greeting of all times. The greeting arose from the Angel Gabriel, sent by God to a…
Organic Orthodoxy Mary: The Divine Loom 14 Aug 202031 Jul 2021 A mother plays an indispensable role in the upbringing of the child. One of the fascinating observations put forward by few theologians is that had Adam and Eve had a…
Our Faith From Mary Back to Eve: Finding St. Mary in the Old Testament 12 Aug 202018 Aug 2020 The Orthodox Church honors St. Mary, the Mother of God, as more honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious, beyond compare than the Seraphim. We call her the “Theotokos”, which…
Wednesdays of Womanhood The Song of Mary 20 Jun 202016 Aug 2020 How fitting it is to begin our new weekly series with a look into the Annunciation. The Annunciation to St. Mary is among the most important events in the Orthodox…
Wednesdays of Womanhood St. Mary, Our Mother 19 Jun 202016 Aug 2020 Next week on Urho The Way, we commence our new series where we'll explore the importance of St. Mary and other women saints in the Syriac Orthodox tradition. We'll look…
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