Welcome to the St. Josaphat
Eparchial website. Be sure to also visit the Generations
of Faith
for Byzantine Churches. website.
Generations of Faith for Byzantine Churches
is an intergenerational catechetical process for the whole parish based
on the Eastern Christian
liturgical year, scripture, patristics and Divine
Office.
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World Youth Day Madrid 2011
St. Josaphat Eparchial organizer is Deacon Claudio Melnicki at Sts Peter & Paul Church (Ambridge, PA) For more information call 724-266-5578 —
World Youth Day Website
The Holy Trinity the Ideal of
Unity
St Basil
Perhaps the most famous of the Capadocian Fathers is
 Basil
and the two Gregories, Nyssa & Nazianzus. These
fathers managed to combine the direct exegesis of
scripture of the Antiochian/Alexandrian schools with
the concentration on the spiritual life from the
desert fathers. Basil would write a series of
treatises on the ascetic life and found a monastic
way of life.
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Iconography
An
important aspect of Eastern Christianities
proclamation
of the Gospel is found in its reliance
on icons. Icons are not mere pictures, but
indispensable articles in the Church's life. In the
East the goal of sacred art is more complex than
simple representation. Icons of Christ, for example,
attempt to bring out the divine nature.
Jesus Christ
said: 'Love each other and be one.' And
we say: 'I will not pray with you,
because you dislike me'." Read more
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