#eastern catholicism

[warismenstrualenvy]

Iconostases in the Greek Catholic Churches of Slovakia

#catholicism #christianity #slovakia #iconostasis #iconography #eastern catholicism #notice how greek catholic churches in slovakia and hungary often use western style art for the icons instead the byzantine style typical #of orthodox churches> #also apparently the archbishop banned people from taking photos in greek catholic slovakian churches so these photos are from before

[shewhoalwaysguides]

The Nativity of Christ

The incarnation of Christ was the biggest struggle I had when it came to Christianity. I could never understand why did God take flesh, and I claimed that it was impossible for God, the creator of the universe to become one of his creations. Yet, with the grace of God through the prayers of the Mother of God - she who bore to us Christ, I suddenly understood the incarnation. It was like a veil being lifted from my eyes. I was able to comprehend why God took flesh.

Let me share with you my experience with understanding the incarnation of the Word made Flesh and surmise it with one word - Love.

It is love that made our God take flesh.

It is love that led to our God becoming a weak baby.

It is love that led to our God learning how to walk, talk as a child.

It is love that led to our God tortured, beaten and abused before the cross.

It is love that led to our God offering himself on the Cross, his hands stretched wide from East to West beholding his creation.

It is love that killed the Word made Flesh but this love also saved our ancestors in Hades, breaking down the gates of Hades and leading all to salvation.

It is love that resurrected our Lord. He rose in glory because He loved us.

It is love that led to our God ascension to heaven where He will prepare a place for us together with Him, where we will live together forever, and we will exclaim these words, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!’

God loved us so much that He took flesh for our sake, a beautiful story of love. During this period, we are looking forward to celebrate His incarnation. We fast, and prepare our hearts for His coming. God love for humanity will never end, even after our ancestors kicked themselves out of paradise. He did not cease to love us but sent prophets to continue and guide us. Until He Himself, decided to come down from heaven and take flesh. He will guide us Himself. He has opened for us heaven’s gates once again. It is through Him and in Him that we will finally have access to heaven. Oh how wonderful and great is our God.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,’ says the Lord, ‘who is and who was an who is to come, the Almighty’”

Revelations 1:8

May the love of Christ and peace be with you always. Amin.

#Christ #Christian #Christianity #Jesus #Jesus Christ #Eastern Catholicism #Eastern Orthodoxy #Oriental Orthodoxy #Incarnation #Christmas #Nativity #Faith #Love #Love Quotes #Love Quote of the Day

[imperial--orthodoxy]

Hey! I just saw you post a tweet from Novus Ordo Watch. I’ve been meaning to ask you or your wife if you ever learned about or considered the Sedevacante position. I don’t want to start a fight or anything, though, so if I should DM either one of you, please let me know. I know it can all be contentious and I am just so confused about the whole thing since seeing all these things that don’t sit right in the Catholic Church. But I am born and raised in the church, so I can’t bring these issues up with most of my family and I don’t currently have any spiritual person in my life I can trust, despite looking.

So the Sedevacantist Catholics are one of two groups of Catholics (although Sedevacantist Catholics aren't technically really considered Catholic as far as I can tell) that I've found rather fascinating, the other being the Eastern Catholics. I'll touch on that group later on. We learned of them; however, we were always unsure about the validity of saying that Rome has no true Pope - since, technically, nothing has happened that would actually mean that there isn't a Pope elected by the Cardinals. It's such a foundational claim at this point that the papacy as a concept is infallible (although it can be fairly said that doesn't mean individual popes are completely infallible) that I kind of have to question how one would know if a true Pope came about. Who decides that? I mean, there isn't even other Popes in the running like in centuries past, so would that mean no one in the Vatican can be trusted? Are they just waiting for the right guy to come forth to claim the Papacy and reform the Church? The idea that we could have a Pope that would be so opposed to what the Church is supposed to be that we consider him illegitimate is something that kind of shoots down the idea that the Catholic Church is the true Church in the first place. So, to me, Sedevacantism is a half measure. This is especially pertinent, since Eastern Catholics still very much teach Orthodox theology and yet are considered Catholic simply because they submit to Rome. Which...they should probably see the writing on the wall by looking at what is happening to traditional Catholics now. If the Vatican is willing to throw them under the bus in the name of "unity", then it's only a matter of time that the group that currently decides things in the Vatican turns their attention to the group of Catholics that have even less in common with them than the trads did. The other problem, and this is a fairly major reason as to why I really started looking at Orthodoxy, is that the very act of accepting Eastern Catholics implies to me that the Vatican does not care about the faith and tradition nearly as much as they care about submission. This, to me, would be a dangerous sign even if they weren't going after their own tradition so hard right now.

#sedevacantism #traditional catholicism #orthodoxy #eastern catholicism

[adelie-in-grey]

And specifically to my Orthodox and Eastern Catholic brothers and sisters:

#orthodox christianity #eastern catholicism #nativity fast

[godlovesyousoiloveyou]

#eastern orthodox #eastern orthodoxy #orthodox christianity #orthodoxy #christianity #orthodox #greek orthodox #serbian orthodox #catholicism #catholic #iconography #St. Ephraim of Nea Makri #St. Ephraim the New

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

Well cared for tree shrine on Baborowska 1, Warszawa

#urban #plattenbau #marian shrine #wayside shrine #rosary #shrine of virgin mary #city #eastern europe #flowers #catholicism #my pic #street shrine #commie blocks

[anglocatholicboyo]

Ultimately, Protestantism's biggest failure is its blindness to history.

It presents a view of Christian history in which nobody had the truth, until it was discovered by Jean Calvin, by John Knox, by Huldrych Zwingli.

In denying the faith that the catholic, orthodox church had professed before the reformation, it denies that the Holy Spirit guides his church.

Did our Lord say 'I am with you evermore', or did he say 'I am not with you until 1517'?

As Newman said, 'To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant'.

Return to the faith of your ancestors!

#anglican #anglocatholic #catholic #catholicism #orthodox #church of england #eastern orthodoxy #orthodoxy #Christian #Christianity

[gratiae-mirabilia]

pls reblog + explain your answer in the tags!

#western/latin rites=roman; gallican; the orders (benedictine carmelite etc) #eastern = alexandrian; armenian; byzantine; east and west syriac (syro malabar maronite etc) #I think that's all of em sorry if i forgot anyone :( #catholic #catholicism #christianity #as always no 'other/see results' we poll like men. #sparked by a convo with my coworker (both of us are Latin Catholics rah) #in which she said her family has occasionally attended an Eastern rite church (Byzantine) #and I said that I've never even felt curious about the other rites and would never go to their church or attend their Mass lol #not bc of any animosity. love the eastern caths. it's just that I was baptized in this rite and my ancestors have always been latin caths #so. I'm just curious what yall think. #file under caroline

[fiat-veritas]

Hopefully you also get to learn a new Marian title or two from this poll… I did a lot of research!

Please reblog for bigger sample size :)

#bonus points if you reblog with favorite image(s) of these titles! #polls #mama mary #catholic #Catholicism #Jesus #our lady of the rosary #our lady of the miraculous medal #Marian titles #marian feast days #our lady of good remedy #our lady #mother Mary #virgin Mary #orthodox #Eastern Orthodox

[orthodoxadventure]

"In this icon, the saint is in her small coracle, her arms protecting the innocent new life she carries in her womb. Christ’s presence is not marked in any way, as a symbol of how abuse is actually experienced – when the world hits us with its hatred, we project its violence unto Christ, and that builds a wall between us and our only Source of Healing. The experience of abuse is like blinding darkness; there is no light in that death, no hope, no shimmer of life. Only later, looking back, we see that the God we hated was the very hand that kept us afloat and lead us back to life." - Mull Monastery

#Christianity #Catholicism #Anglican #Eastern Orthodox #Orthodoxy

[warismenstrualenvy]

#icon corners #christianity #pinterest #orthodoxy #eastern catholicism

[hebeandersen]

#polls #catholicism #christianity #roman catholic #eastern catholic #armenian catholic #religion

[divinum-pacis]

March 2023: Nuns inspect damaged parts of Deir Mar Mikhael.

"The area where the monastery sits was known to the Mosulites as 'Hawi al-Kanisa' in reference to it [having been] a church, hundreds of years ago," Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa said.

Since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the residents of Mosul have lived in insecurity. In June 2014, the city was taken by the ISIL armed group till July 2017. But even after, Mosulites suffered scattered attacks that added to the feeling of being unsafe. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]

#religion #christianity #catholicism #eastern catholic #chaldeans #christians #nuns #women #people #monastery #isil #isis #iraq #divinum-pacis

[adelie-in-grey]

9 HOURS UNTIL MEAT IS BACK ON THE MENU

#orthodox christianity #eastern catholicism #advent #nativity fast

[occvltswim]

Baroque style altar with an icon of the Black Madonna inside the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Skierbieszów, Poland, 17th century.

#black madonna #virgin mary #orthodox christianity #catholicism #icons #17th century #baroque #holy mother of god #poland #eastern europe

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

#marian shrine #street shrine #catholicism #christianity #religion #eastern europe #shrine #madonna #virgin mary #green #night #toxic green #my pic #orthodox icon #altar