tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280628704843419636.post4042427463020294320..comments2023-05-26T03:24:12.140-07:00Comments on Ex occidente ad orientem: This bugs meChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200319733737651773noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280628704843419636.post-84958634951019183302009-09-21T09:10:10.842-07:002009-09-21T09:10:10.842-07:00Chris,
Thanks for the comments. You're right...Chris,<br /><br />Thanks for the comments. You're right that any movement during the 6 psalms is not permissible. I don't think a favourable verdict will be rendered if we're squirming around. <br /><br />I'm afraid that as long as Metropolitan PHILIP is in charge, the traditions that are part of the Antiochian church are going to be sidestepped to make Orthodoxy look like just an Eastern form of High Church Anglicanism. Monasticism will not be even considered as a remedy for those of us (like myself) are spiritually sick.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200319733737651773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280628704843419636.post-21385700070547559392009-09-21T05:47:03.111-07:002009-09-21T05:47:03.111-07:00We're not even supposed to move during the Six...We're not even supposed to move during the Six Psalms.<br /><br />"Antiochian tradition" would be a perfectly good explanation if it were an Antiochian tradition rather than a very modern, Antiochian-American tradition stemming from the first draft of immigrant communities attempting to navigate life as immigrants in America in the 1930s to 1970s. It's as 'out of touch' with what Americans want or expect as mandating old timey Anglican priestly dress in a culture decidedly divorced from such traditions (even within the Anglican and Episcopalian churches of the West).<br /><br />I, for one, would love to see more traditional Antiochian practices in the AOCANA - not simply accepting what's on the ground there (why emulate the weakest, why not the strongest?) but a reinvigoration of the Antiochian traditions such as is seen in the monastic revival in the Patriarchate. It's essentially a copy of what the GOA needed and has received through the work of Elder Ephraim - whatever the weaknesses in the working out of that tradition here it is exactly the strong medicine the previously weakened (spiritually) GOA needed and still needs.<br /><br />I should note I have found myself sitting more with a child. The baby has me less attentive already, but sitting adds to it even more. I take it as an opportunity to remind myself how un-advanced I am, which can then lead to prayer.123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.com