Fr. Michael Winn

May

24

2013

The Language of the Liturgy: Speaking God’s Kingdom

Faith, Liturgy

The issue of religion and language has been with us since at least the third century BC, when the books of what we now call the Old Testament were first translated from Hebrew into Greek. Three centuries later, by the time the apostles began to move out from Jerusalem and carry the message of Jesus across the known world, each of them will likely have known Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek. Subsequently, as the Gospel spread and the liturgies of the Church developed, the languages of the Church multiplied. As we might expect, Latin was almost immediately added, but so was…

Jul

20

2012

By Fr. Michael Winn

Order of Holy Baptism and Chrismation

Liturgybaptism, chrismation, christening, holy mystery, initiation

All you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia! [alert style="info"]Please Note: As of the day of this post there is no official English translation of this Rite for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. This translation is provided until such time.[/alert] The priest, vested in an epitrakhil (and phelon, if it is the custom) goes with the deacon into the narthex of the church. The deacon faces the child to the East, opens its blanket and removes its hat. Then the priest breathes on the child’s face three times, makes the sign of the Cross on…

May

20

2012

By Fr. Michael Winn

In Honour of the Sunday of the Council of Nicaea

Liturgy

To the tune of "Supercalafragalisticexpialadocius" ... Um diddle diddle um diddle ay Um diddle diddle um diddle ay Superchristological and Homoousiosis Even though the sound of them is something quite atrocious You can always count on them to anathemize your Gnosis Superchristological and Homoousiosis Um diddle diddle um diddle ay Um diddle diddle um diddle ay Now Origen and Arius were quite a clever pair. Immutable divinity make Logos out of air. But then one day Saint Nicholas gave Arius a slap-- and told them if they can't recant, they ought to shut their trap! [chorus] Oh, Superchristological and Homoousiosis...…

Jul

15

2011

By Fr. Michael Winn

Churches of the East

Faith

Assyrian Church of the East Assyrian Church of the East Oriental Orthodox Churches Armenian Apostolic Church Coptic Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Eritrean Orthodox Church Autocephalous Orthodox Churches Patriarchate of Constantinople Patriarchate of Alexandria Patriarchate of Antioch Patriarchate of Jerusalem Orthodox Church of Russia Orthodox Church of Serbia Orthodox Church of Romania Orthodox Church of Bulgaria Orthodox Church of Georgia Orthodox Church of Cyprus Orthodox Church of Greece Orthodox Church of Poland (reported as attack site on November 8, 2009) Orthodox Church of Albania Orthodox Church in Czech and Slovak…

Jul

15

2011

By Fr. Michael Winn

Summary and Synthesis of the Encounter 2005

News

Summary and Synthesis of the Encounter of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada 24-26 May 2005, Winnipeg In May 2005, at the invitation and under the patronage of Most Rev. Michael Bzdel, CSsR, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church met in Winnipeg. At the same time, there was a gathering of the Ukrainian Catholic clergy, religious and monastics of Canada for a national encounter on the theme Mission of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada and Its Future. The Winnipeg Encounter will be remembered as a particular historical…

Jul

05

2011

By Fr. Michael Winn

On True Friendship

Faithfriendship

Here a few saying from Scripture and the Father of the Church on true friendship... Do not allow yourself to violate the Divine commandment for the sake of human friendship.St. Anthony the Great Do not make acquaintances with a wicked man: friendship with the wicked is friendship with the devil.St. Anthony the Great A forward man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends. (Proverbs 16:2.8) "A faithful friend is beyond price" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15), since he regards his friend's misfortunes as his own and suffers with him sharing his trials until death. A true friend is one who in times…