Today I read on another blog a comment about the meeting that has been taking place at Nashotah House, the Episcopal seminary in Wisconsin, in which the leaders of the Anglican Chhurch in North America, St. Vladimir Seminary and OCA Metropolitan Jonah "are attempting to restart the old Anglican/Orthodox dialogue."
The commenter says he is left to "wonder just how 'Orthodox' is the OCA and St. Vlads?"
In reply, I would let Metropolitan Jonah (may he live many years) speak for himself:
http://ancientchristiandefender.blogspot.com/2009/10/metropolitan-jonahs-speach-to-acna.html
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Δοξα σοι, Κυριε, δοξα σοι
After many months of catechism, I am to be baptised into the Orthodox faith this Sunday, October 4, at Agia Sofia church in Strovolos, Cyprus.
I have chosen the name Ηλιας (Ilias, Elias, Elijah).
Your prayers will be most welcome.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Αγιος Αλβιανος
What a pleasant surprise I had today.
I was meeting with my catechist/priest, Fr Ioannis, and raised this question about names. He said, yes, even if I were only chrismated, I would have to have a name. It had to be one recognised by the church.
After a momentary flash of disappointment, but before I got round to talking about names I might be interested in choosing, I mentioned that perhaps Albion could be considered a variation of Alban, the first martyr of Britain.
Yes, it might, he said. He went to get a book that contained what seemed to be a million names, to look for Alban. He was scanning it as he walked back in from the other room and stop short with a shout.
"There is a Saint Albianus," he said. "Commemorated on May 25th."
The book seemed to be literally little more than a list of names, and he was unable to tell me anything about the patron I'd gone 58 years without ever knowing I had.
I did some detective work on the net when I got home and found a few snippets:
1. He was bishop of Aena in Asia Minor, but I couldn't find the place in a quick search.
2. He is called hieromartyr, but nothing says anything about where, why or how that came to be.
3. There was a reference to 304, which could be the date of his martyrdorm.
4. There was another reference to him and "his flock," or something like that
5. There was a reference to him having visited the Holy Land.
6. I found no reference to commemoration on May 25th, as in Pater Ioannis' book, but several to May 4.
7. Not suprisingly, I could not find an icon.
Anybody who has more experience in these sorts of searches than I do: could you direct me to additional sources of information.
Yours in Christ,
Albianus
I was meeting with my catechist/priest, Fr Ioannis, and raised this question about names. He said, yes, even if I were only chrismated, I would have to have a name. It had to be one recognised by the church.
After a momentary flash of disappointment, but before I got round to talking about names I might be interested in choosing, I mentioned that perhaps Albion could be considered a variation of Alban, the first martyr of Britain.
Yes, it might, he said. He went to get a book that contained what seemed to be a million names, to look for Alban. He was scanning it as he walked back in from the other room and stop short with a shout.
"There is a Saint Albianus," he said. "Commemorated on May 25th."
The book seemed to be literally little more than a list of names, and he was unable to tell me anything about the patron I'd gone 58 years without ever knowing I had.
I did some detective work on the net when I got home and found a few snippets:
1. He was bishop of Aena in Asia Minor, but I couldn't find the place in a quick search.
2. He is called hieromartyr, but nothing says anything about where, why or how that came to be.
3. There was a reference to 304, which could be the date of his martyrdorm.
4. There was another reference to him and "his flock," or something like that
5. There was a reference to him having visited the Holy Land.
6. I found no reference to commemoration on May 25th, as in Pater Ioannis' book, but several to May 4.
7. Not suprisingly, I could not find an icon.
Anybody who has more experience in these sorts of searches than I do: could you direct me to additional sources of information.
Yours in Christ,
Albianus
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