Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 [quote name='Era Might' date='21 March 2010 - 07:10 PM' timestamp='1269220237' post='2077248'] [quote name='Apotheoun' date='21 March 2010 - 07:06 PM' timestamp='1269219967' post='2077246'] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/07/1233578308/6Z7V8215(10).jpg[/img][/quote] Is that an image of the Shroud of Turin they're holding? [/quote] P.S. - Did you notice that the patriarch is standing on one of the circular eagle rugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laetitia crucis Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 So divinely BEAUTIFUL. In the pictures from the Third Sunday of Great Fast celebrated at Kazan Cathedral, what do all the rose petals symbolize? (Those are rose petals, right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 [quote name='laetitia crucis' date='21 March 2010 - 07:19 PM' timestamp='1269220788' post='2077259'] In the pictures from the Third Sunday of Great Fast celebrated at Kazan Cathedral, what do all the rose petals symbolize? (Those are rose petals, right?) [/quote] I am not positive about their meaning myself, because I have never been in a Church where that is done. The Third Sunday of Great Fast is the feast of the veneration of the Holy Cross, so perhaps the flower petals are meant to symbolize the tree of the cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Videos of the Patriarch's visit to Kazan Cathedral are available at the link below: [url="http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1109518.html"]Kazan Cathedral[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I so desire that the Orthodox would return to communion with the Church. Pictures like these really increase this desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) [quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='21 March 2010 - 08:23 PM' timestamp='1269224590' post='2077285'] I so desire that the Orthodox would return to communion with the Church. Pictures like these really increase this desire. [/quote] Hope springs eternal. The videos at the link above give a brief taste of the beauty of Russian Orthodox chant. They are well worth checking out. Also, I posted this Youtube video earlier in the thread that contained pictures of the liturgy celebrated at Uspenski Cathedral in Moscow, so if you cannot watch the videos at the link above, this one, which is shorter, still gives a good sense of the music of the Russian Church. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POSHNxelwU[/media] Edited March 22, 2010 by Apotheoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 The celebration of the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great on the Fourth Sunday of Great Fast - the feast of St. John Climacus - at Trinity Cathedral in the Danilov monastery (14 March 2010): [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583952/6Z7V9490(1).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583958/2NOV_3787(2).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583956/2_MG_5104(3).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583962/2_MG_5132(4).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583960/2NOV_3847(5).jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 More pictures from the Fourth Sunday of Great Fast: [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583966/2NOV_3881(6).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583938/2_MG_5156(8).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583940/2_MG_5247(11).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583946/2NOV_4006(12).jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 More images from the Fourth Sunday of Great Fast: [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583990/2_MG_5341(18).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583988/2NOV_4099(19).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583992/2_MG_5492(21).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583968/2NOV_4308(26).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583974/2NOV_4332(27).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583978/6Z7V9586(29).jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/19/1233589014/19-26__MG_6007.jpg[/img] I know I SHOULD be commenting on the extraordinary faith of the worshippers (not to mention their ability to stand for hours), but these are some of the most beautiful pictures I've ever seen--thank-you so much for posting them. I know it's shallow, but I find it easier to feel the presence of God in the midst of such beauty that was created in his honor. I picked out this particular picture, not because it is the most beautiful, but because I especially liked the material and the pattern of the vestments of the priests on the right and left in the front of the picture. Their vestments are simpler, both in the material and design, than most of the others, but remind me of the grace of a Japanese kimono (and yes, also a bit like a bathrobe). I've never before felt the urge to wear men's liturgical vestments, but I want to make something to wear around the house similar to what they are wearing. I also loved the material of the vestments worn by the two young men carrying candles a little further back in the picture. It's fancier--so not for "everyday use" but I would feel beautiful wearing it as a "special occasion" housecoat (if there is such a thing). Heck, the material is so beautiful it could be a gorgeous wedding dress (for an older bride giving thanks to God for the gift of a "second chance"--although first I'd have to find the man--not so easy). I know that most posters in this forum feel a religious vocation--how wonderful is that?! But, I've known since I was a small girl that my vocation is marriage (to a human, breathing, sinful, but loving male of the species). As for the parishioners, how incredible that, in my lifetime, Russia has gone from persecuting religious worship, to openly allowing it. Edited March 22, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583992/2_MG_5492(21).jpg[/img] As you can tell, I'm totally fascinated by this group of pictures of the Eastern rite in Russia. This picture stood out to me because it was the only one that showed a woman actively participating in the service. (I'm assuming she is a woman because of her hair.) What is the occasion I wonder? It looks like a wedding to me, but I see no obvious (human) groom. Is it a confirmation? Is it the clothing of a postulant? One thing I found interesting is that in all the pictures the women are wearing "something" on their head. It may not be a traditional veil, it may be simple hat or kerchief, or even a fur hat. (This congregation is probably poor, and I suspect the building is unheated, so for practical reasons, they are not picky about what kind of head covering is "acceptable"--just that it exists.) The woman in this picture has an uncovered head, so the officiant is covering her head with his vestments. That's why I wonder if it's a ceremony of clothing in the habit, because, if it were a confirmation (or a wedding) the woman would most likely be wearing a white veil of some type. I might think a baptism is a possible reason for the uncovered head, but doesn't the Eastern rite practice baptism by full immersion? (I could be completely wrong about that--but I see no water nearby.) The woman's dress is of simple design, but the material is breathtakingly beautiful. It reminds me of the story where the woman poured expensive ointment on Jesus' feet. On certain occasions, it is showing love of God to worship in beautiful garments (especially since, I expect that this dress, along with all the vestments, is meant to be worn many times.) Edited March 22, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 [quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='22 March 2010 - 04:48 PM' timestamp='1269298099' post='2077982'] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/14/1233583992/2_MG_5492(21).jpg[/img] As you can tell, I'm totally fascinated by this group of pictures of the Eastern rite in Russia. This picture stood out to me because it was the only one that showed a woman actively participating in the service. (I'm assuming she is a woman because of her hair.) What is the occasion I wonder? It looks like a wedding to me, but I see no obvious (human) groom. Is it a confirmation? Is it the clothing of a postulant? [/quote] Actually . . . the person depicted in the picture is a man with long hair. In the Russian Orthodox tradition men ordained to the episcopate and presbyterate (and sometimes even the deacons) have long hair. Usually about shoulder length. The person kneeling in this picture is being ordained a priest, in the pictures I will post soon (from the Fifth Sunday of Great Fast), there will be images of a man being consecrated as a bishop. That said, I am glad that you have liked the pictures, and I have been posting them simply because I too find them beautiful. Like you I grew up when the Soviet Union imprisoned and killed people for showing their faith in Christ. As a boy I never believed that Christians would be allowed to worship God openly in Russia, but the grace of God cannot be stopped, slowed down perhaps, but never destroyed. That is why it is amazing to me to see that nearly twenty years after the fall of communism in Russia the Churches have been restored, and many thousands of new Churches have been built. God is good. Finally, one of the Churches pictured in this thread was only build in 1990s, or - to be more accurate - I should say that it was rebuilt in the 1990s, because the original Church of Christ the Savior was demolished by Stalin's command, it was blown up and replaced with a swimming pool. Yet now, some seventy years later, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior has been rebuilt, an exact replica of the original Church, and there is something poignant in that, because to me it symbolizes the fact that Stalin, with all his evil, was unable to destroy faith in Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Here is a brief video showing the destruction of Christ the Savior Cathedral in 1931, and below the video are pictures of the rebuilt Church: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpVyqWFGh0[/media] [img]http://www.russiablog.org/ChristTheSaviorCathedral4.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/02/17/1233561629/2NOV_6738.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/02/21/1233567001/11-08_MG_2151.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/02/21/1233566991/11-23_NOV_8863.JPG[/img] Edited March 23, 2010 by Apotheoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 The pictures below were taken during divine services on Akathistos Saturday (20 March 2010): [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588628/2NOV_5411(1).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588610/2NOV_5098(5).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588608/2NOV_5114(6).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588622/2Image00009(11).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588620/2Image00013(12).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588666/2NOV_5322(17).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588664/2NOV_5336(18).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588668/2Image00019(20).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588642/2NOV_5365(21).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588646/2NOV_5391(23).jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 More images from Akathistos Saturday: [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588650/2NOV_5569(25).jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588654/2Image00027.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.patriarchia.ru/data/2010/03/20/1233588652/2Image00028.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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