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- Mon 10 September 2018 6:22 pm
- Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
- Topic: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 776
Re: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?
Gennadius Scholarios was not a bishop at Florence, although he supported the false union. He did read Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine but I do not know if he knew Latin or just read the Greek translation. I consider him a saint but my personal opinion is not worth much. He has ikons of him printed ...
- Sat 8 September 2018 1:04 am
- Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
- Topic: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 776
Re: Where Did The 8th Ecumenical Council Go?
I am just asking what the other TOC's believe about this. I am not real interested in private views. I listed the ecumenical views of St. Photius the Great, St. Mark of Ephesus and St. Gennadius Scholarius in that they represented all the saints between 879 and the 16th century (that there have been...
- Wed 5 September 2018 12:20 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: Donskoy Monastery's Superb Frieze
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10741
Re: Donskoy Monastery's Superb Frieze
I like the St. Sergius frieze the best. One thing that stood out was that St. Sergius is erect, still and in such contrast to the other figures just like the relationship between hesychastic prayer of St. Sergius and the movement of battle that was to occur soon. So the figures around St. Sergius mo...
- Tue 4 September 2018 3:38 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: Donskoy Monastery's Superb Frieze
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10741
Re: Donskoy Monastery's Superb Frieze
Barbara: Are there other works by this great artist? In many ways it is akin to but superior to another work of art from 50 years later (Rodin/ The Burghers of Calais). Both of these works of art express dramatic historical events. Rodin did his sculptures in the round whereas the St. Sergius frieze...
- Sun 2 September 2018 1:16 pm
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: Donskoy Monastery's Superb Frieze
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10741
Re: Donskoy Monastery's Superb Frieze
this is a very great set of sculptures/ the same thing should be done with new martyrs of Russia and their lives
- Sat 1 September 2018 8:02 pm
- Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
- Topic: New Bulgarian Church
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9868
Re: New Bulgarian Church
Is TOC-S really GOC-S ( Arch. Stephanos) and if so where is he located in Russia?
- Sat 1 September 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
- Topic: New Bulgarian Church
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9868
Re: New Bulgarian Church
Who are the bishops in the photos and which churches do they represent? Also where are the photos taken?> In Bulgaria?