The Resurrection: A Follow Up

This is Resurrection of the Flesh by Luca Signorelli. It is one piece of Signorelli’s masterpiece on the last judgment from the walls of Chapel of San Brizio in Orvieto, Italy.
After reading several comments on my previous post on the Resurrection (The Pantokrator) I decided it might be best to do a follow [...]

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The Pantokrator

This is an Orthodox icon of the Pantokrator: the “all-conquering” or “all-powerful” Christ. The sustainer of the world. The life giver.
My friend Christian asked me quite a while back if I would write something about why I am adamant about the importance of believing in the physical resurrection of Christ. In asking me [...]

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Joy Comes In The Morning (And In The Mourning)

In The Morning
Last May I had the privilege of visiting St. Gregory’s Abbey in Three Rivers MI. We arrived there on Ascension Day (forty days after Easter) and the hallelujahs during Evening Vespers were something to remember. It was actually during that trip that I first learned of the age old Church tradition of [...]

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