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Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2013
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"Dionysius the Areopagite: The Corpus and Its Legacy" wrapped up just over a week ago at the University of Toronto. Check out what participants are saying:
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Pope Francis meets with Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, and includes St. Isaac of Nineveh, a 7th-century Assyrian Bishop, in the official Roman Martyrology. loom.ly/a40e3lU
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Join us for our weekly liturgy this Wednesday, November 6 at 1:30pm in the St. Joseph Chapel. This week is in collaboration with the The Metropolitan Andrey @Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies. All are welcome!
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Get your proposals in! Deadline is November 18: patristics.org/annual-meetin…
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Join us at 11:30AM in the Aula Magna for a talk with Fr. Andrew Summerson @Sheptytsky “To Hymn the Trinity: Isaiah 6:3 in Patristic Interpretation” Conference Booklet: tinyurl.com/AngeOTConf VISION of the SYMPOSIUM: angelicum.it/angelicum-to-ho… – at Rome, Lazio
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This weekend’s @Sheptytsky Institute’s Study Days welcomed Melkite Eastern Catholic Bishop Francois Beyrouti on the importance of reflection on pastoral ministry and evangelization.
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Our third seminar of the summer brings together scholars & grad students who specialize in patristics, historical Christianity & Scripture. This week at the University of Toronto, participants are examining Old Testament exegesis in the writings of Early Christians. @Sheptytsky
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The University of St. Michael’s College is pleased to announce the appointment of James Roussain as the Dr. William D. Sharpe Chief Librarian and Director of Special Collections at the John M. Kelly Library, effective July 1, 2024. stmikes.utoronto.ca/news/jam…
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Meeting with the head Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, which has been divided for a number of years by a fierce liturgical dispute, Pope Francis emphasises the importance of unity and obedience to ecclesiastical authorities. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/…
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Vatican News is in Lisbon, where The Imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca and the Patriarch of Constantinople are speaking at an interreligious convention. Read more about the event, which kicked off on Wednesday: loom.ly/XomeCow
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More than 100 religious buildings in Ukraine have been damaged since the war began, each one a loss to the country’s cultural and artistic heritage. Read more: kofc.org/en/news-room/columb…
With support from the Knights of Columbus, experts are using 3D laser scanners to make detailed records of some of Ukraine’s most valuable and vulnerable churches. youtu.be/Mfwj_mrlKqw
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Two years since the illegal and immoral invasion of sovereign #Ukraine by Russia, we pray for justice and peace for the noble Ukrainian People. Orthodoxy must stand for nonviolence and righteousness.
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RSM Dean Skira @ the German Historical Institute in Warsaw taking part in a roundtable on approaches to the study of Ukrainian archives & giving a talk on the Second Vatican Council & Josyf Cardinal Slipyj. Here with Dir. Dr. Miloš Řezník & conf. organizer Dr. Victoria Serhiienko
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SEMINAR PROFILE: "Early Christian Old Testament Exegesis" Who: For grad students, featuring Profs. Lewis Ayres, Paul Blowers, and Fr. Andrew Summerson When: June 9 through June 14 Where: University of St. Michael's College (Toronto) Apply! lumenchristi.org/earlychrist… @Sheptytsky
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The Church calls St Nicholas *a Canon (measure, standard, rule) of Faith *an Icon (image, visual representation) of Meekness *a Teacher of self-control St Nicholas, pray for us. (Κανόνα πίστεως καὶ εἰκόνα πραότητος, ἐγκρατείας Διδάσκαλον...)
St. Nicholas from a 15th century #Armenian lectionary
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