From hols

After a long but rewarding process, delighted & grateful that this article has now been published.

'Rebooting Ecumenism, the Theological Equivalent of the Climate Crisis: The Role of Urgency and Accountability on the Road to Ecclesial Interdependence'.

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Pink overdose

Joyous feast of St Benedict of Nursia today to all who celebrate. His Rule is a wonderful guide for Christian life and the chapter on the observance of Lent rings as true today as it ever did.

Grateful for the invitation to preach and the warm welcome at Selwyn College evensong yesterday. Revd Dr Arabella Milbank Robinson is a wonderful Dean and Chaplain to the college and the Selwyn Choir were superb.

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Happy international women's day!

This was such a special evening - rich contributions in a spirit of open ecumenical exchange. Grateful to the ecumenical respondents and all who joined us online and in person - especially to Bishop Christopher, for his thoughtful, theologically sensitive, and relevant book.

Really looking forward to this, next Monday.

It’s always such a treat to have Federation Worship CamTheoFed delivered by IOCS - Cambridge for the annual Blessing of the Water liturgy, led by Dragos Herescu! Simply glorious.

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Institutul pentru studii creștin-ortodoxe de la Cambridge aniversează 25 de ani de la înființare

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As part of our 25th anniversary we'll be sharing a serialised blog about the foundation and early days of our Institute from our Founding Principal, Revd Dr John Jillions. First episode here: iocs.cam.ac.uk/a-blog-by-the-…
Watch out for the following episodes to be uploaded here weekly.

Don't miss this interview with our Principal, Father Dragos Herescu, in which he speaks about the Institute's activities and offerings in this very special 25th year of IOCS existence! Exciting days ahead! 🎉

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Passing by this lovely pub in Braintree today (on my way to the LOI residential Board meeting) and my theological autocorrect was going: the 'arch'angel inn, perhaps? 🙂 In any case, glad to see Orthodox iconography making such dramatic inroads in 'the west'.

A joy to host and co-chair LOI International Board’s annual residential meeting at our Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London #BethelCentre during this #WeekOfPrayerForChristianUnity , with friends and colleagues attending in person and online from around the world to plan initiatives over the…

Really looking forward to watching this Jivko Panev documentary about one of the most celebrated and complex figures of Eastern Orthodox theology, mother Maria Skobtsova.
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The nights before Christmas are the longest of the year. However, the day has already begun to lengthen and the light has begun to prevail. The light grows stronger. Day by day and step by step, the darkness retreats.

Darkness will eventually lose. Evil will be defeated.

Today,…

'RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND ORIENTAL CHURCHES — PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST, HOPES FOR THE FUTURE' - the exceptional talk by our IOCS Sabbatical Visiting Scholar, Prof Peter Bouteneff (of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York). youtu.be/ghn1nwki2q4?si…

Absolutely wonderful Romanian carol concert this evening in the parish, by our very own volunteer choir, in the beautiful St Giles church, in Cambridge.

Very grateful to Patricia Bouteneff for the gift of this book. I resonate with its themes. It's great to see that fundamental issues about the role (or not) and 'station' of women in the Orthodox Church are addressed in such a scholarly and reasoned way. Thanks cfrederickfrost!