Dionysius the Areopagite is an overlooked figure in the contemporary Maronite tradition, yet we have an Anaphora of Dionysius the Areopagite in our patriarchal collection of Syriac anaphoras. It is […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Marty Makary, “Blind Spots”
Marty Makary, Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets it Wrong and what it Means for our Health, Bloomsbury, NY, 2024 (265 pp.) The thesis of this book is that the practice of […]
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St Neilos the Ascetic
As we saw in the post on St Gregory’s “Letter in Defence,” [https://www.fryuhanna.com/2024/12/21/st-gregory-palamas-defence/] one of the saints to whom Gregory appealed as an authority in support of his own position, […]
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St Gregory Palamas’ “Defence”
Perhaps the one absolutely critical document for Hesychasm is “In Defence of those who Devoutly Practise a Life of Stillness,” found in vol. 4 of The Philokalia (Faber, 1995). It […]
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“A Selection from the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness”
Continuing from my post on St Mark the Ascetic’s “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary,” I shall turn to “A Selection from the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness,” in volume […]
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St Mark the Ascetic, “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary”
In the first volume of The Philokalia is St Mark the Ascetic’s “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary.” It is only about 14 pages long, but it has extraordinary depth. To obtain […]
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Once More: The Consecration and Renewal of the Church
Teshbuhto eeqoro detaleetiyoto qadeeshto wamshabahto (Glory and Honour to the Holy and Venerable Trinity) I have already provided a more or less religious meditation upon these two feasts: https://www.fryuhanna.com/2020/11/05/the-feast-of-the-consecration-and-renewal-of-the-church/ However, I […]
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Gueranger, Ascending the Altar Steps
Dom Gueranger then makes a point of quite some value: when, at the end of the prayers at the foot of the altar, the priest turns to the congregation and […]
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The Holy Mass, Dom Gueranger
There is a valuable small book: The Holy Mass by Dom Prosper Gueranger (1805-1875), republished in 202 by the Baronius Press. I believe it is a posthumous collection of notes he […]
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Canonisation of the Massabki Brothers
It is wonderful news: the Massabki Brothers, Francis, Abdul-Moati and Raphael, will be canonised on 20 October 2024. That just happens to be the day the Maronite Liturgy commences at […]
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