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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Maronite Meditations
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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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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Marty Makary, “Blind Spots”
Marty Makary, Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets it Wrong and what it Means for our Health, Bloomsbury, NY, 2024 (265 pp.) The thesis of this book is that the practice of […]
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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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St Gregory Palamas’ “Defence”
Perhaps the one absolutely critical document for Hesychasm is “In Defence of those who Devoutly Practise a Life of Stillness,” found in vol. 4 of The Philokalia (Faber, 1995). It […]
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Canonisation of the Massabki Brothers
It is wonderful news: the Massabki Brothers, Francis, Abdul-Moati and Raphael, will be canonised on 20 October 2024. That just happens to be the day the Maronite Liturgy commences at […]
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On The Foundation Period of the Maronite Tradition
My article “On the Foundation Period of the Maronite Tradition” has been published in Religions 2024 15(5), 596. It is available at mdpi.com/journal/religions. It is part of a special edition: Patristics, […]
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A Maronite Nativity Hymn
This has been approved by the director of the Australian Maronite Liturgical Commission.
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Introduction to the Maronite Faith
The third edition of this book is now available from Connor Court. It has corrected the last few typographical errors, and adds two indices: a general one, and one to […]
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