The third edition of Maronite Meditations is available on Spotify. Youtube, etc., The Maronite Church is a Syriac, Catholic Church adhering to universal and apostolic traditions of the Church, while […]
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Dionysius’ “Mystical Theology”: The Syriac, (Part Three)
We continue our study of the Syriac text of Dionysius’ Mystical Theology. Once more, it seems to me to be simpler than the surviving Greek text. From 77va, pp.107-108 of […]
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Frankfurt Silver Inscription: Devotion to the Saints, and Prayer for Protection
A rather significant archaeological discovery was notified to the public in December 2024. Perhaps the most significant aspect of it is the artefact itself: a silver case with a Christian […]
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The Entrance of Christ into the Temple
This feast is celebrated on 2 February. It is drawn from the Gospel of St Luke 2:22-38 (ESV): And when the time came for their purification according to the Law […]
Read moreThe Second Maronite Meditations Podcast: Mysticism
The second edition of Maronite meditations is now available on Youtube and Spotify (see the link below). As with the first podcast, I offer some preliminary thoughts, and then after about […]
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My first podcast is up on Spotify, Youtube, and Apple Podcasts. I have posted many of the ideas on this page, but the new thing is that I shall, each […]
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What Does it Mean to Say “Our Father”?
In previous posts we have seen that the goal of worship and prayer in general, but especially of contemplative worship and prayer, might be described as coming into the presence […]
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The Presence of God as Taught in the Gospels
ŠubHō la.bō wal.brō wal.rou.Hō d.qoud.šō; men hō.šō wa3.da.mō l.3ō.lam 3ōl.meen Ameen Glory be to the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit from now, and unto the age of […]
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Approaching the Concept of the Heart in the Syriac Old Testament
The Maronite concepts of the search for the presence of God, of salvation, and of contemplation, are grounded in the ancient Semitic concept of man, his creation by God, and […]
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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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