Naughton’s Nonsense

Well thanks to Apple’s Automator and CESoft’s Quickey’s I was able to accomplish in a day and a half what had taken me almost a year and a half. I finally finished the Feast and Fast calendars. They should be complete as far as the information from the OCA’s website is concerned. I even have the movable feasts and fasts through 2012. So if you use an application that can handle the ical/icalendar file type (.ics) such as iCal or Mozilla Calendar (http://icalshare.com/faq.php for more apps) please feel free to subscribe to them, and let me know if there are any problems, or if you would like me to add a particular feast or fast.

Well I went to the new “enhanced” OCA website, and was sorely disappointed to find out that it was broken. Actually it is broken in the two browsers of my choice, Safari and Firefox. It appears to work fine in Microcrack Internet Exploder, which is a shame (given that exploder is full of security vulnerabilities and just plain stinks as a browser). I hope they fix it soon because I enjoy visiting daily. Maybe one of my website design guru friends can go over and give them some helpful pointers.

WhooHoo! Our church is featured on the front page of the Orthodox Church in America’s website. We have been placed there since it is missions appeals month and we are a mission in the Diocese of the South, a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. It is kind of shocking to be running through your daily list of web pages and come across one with your picture. In other good news we have also just received eight people to the catechuminate.

I have always found the little sayings churches put on there signs trite, silly and a number of other things. Becoming Orthodox has only increased that feeling. But ever once in awhile I run across a sign that still has those characteristics but makes me go huh that is pretty funny and ironic. The most recent of which was on the sign of an Assemblies of God church, which read:

“WRONG IS ALWAYS WRONG, EVEN IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT”

This little quote sent my mind reeling in a thousand directions, I felt like my mind was a smooth piece of glass and that had been shattered and the trails of thought were the break patterns. Not that this was any huge revelation, but the humorous irony of it all. I say this because of all the conversations I have had recently about the problem with western culture, its influence on the church, and even how orthodoxy in the U.S. is so liberal by the rest of the orthodox worlds standards. In fact I am finding it hard to admit that right now I am liberal by orthodox standards. I want to be on the conservative side of things but it is going to take much prayer, fasting, and work, because to be conservative orthodox is completely counter- american culture in every aspect of one’s life even down to the most intimate details. And as much as I hate to admit it I a also very much a product of this culture. At first I see a sign like that and want to point out how they in that very church are not living up to the classical christian standard, but I soon realize I cannot do that without bring up my own complete failures at sainthood. Forget sainthood, I have enough trouble being a simple faithful lay person at my local parish. So I laugh and remember how far I have to go on my own journey.

For some amazing pictures of the return of the Tikhvin Icon to her mother land Russia head over to this page on the O.C.A. website. In addition to some great photos you can also catch several glimpses of our good blogging friend and newly ordained sub-deacon Joel Wilson! Way to go man!

I figure it is about time to post the Gospel of Nicodemus.

So here it is in pdf format.

Gospel of Nicodemus… 897 kb

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I realize that I am posting this a little later than I usually do, but better late than never. Here is a link to the Infancy Gospel of James in pdf format. It is unknown whether or not James actually authored this piece of tradition, however it is a worth while read. Whether or not there is any truth in it is known to the Father and Saints alone but it has much to say to us during this Christmas Tide. I just wish I would have posted it sooner. Enjoy, and have a blessed Feast of the Nativity!

Christ is Born!
Glorify Him!

Troparion in tone 4

Mary was of David’s seed,
So she went with Joseph to register in Bethlehem.
She bore in her womb the Fruit not sown by man.
The time for the birth was at hand.
Since there was no room at the inn,
The cave became a beautiful palace for the Queen.
Christ is Born, raising up the Image that fell of old!

Kontakion in tone 3

Today the Virgin comes to the cave
to give birth to the Eternal Word.
Hear the glad tidings and rejoice, O universe!
Glorify with the angels and the shepherds
the Eternal God, who is willing to appear as a little child!