tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post4816952929578950763..comments2023-11-05T01:33:49.683-07:00Comments on from Russia with love: Mental Imagery in Eastern Orthodox Private Devotionlastochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03693705381682951810noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post-5160121106651304022009-03-28T16:20:00.000-07:002009-03-28T16:20:00.000-07:00A lot of traditions still survive, its just that y...A lot of traditions still survive, its just that you have to go looking ins some very out of the way places to find them. Some of the oldest forms of Orthodox liturgical plainchant vanished from the Russian Orthodox church centuries ago, but was kept alive in the Galicia when it was split between the Austro Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire under the Tsars. The form of plainchant used in both the Rusyn Orthodox churches as well as the Byzantine Catholic Church have been handed down, in the same form since the time of Kyivan Rus and the plainchant used in Kyivan Rus dates back to the Byzantine Empire late eight century to St John Damscence.<BR/><BR/>In any case, my new copy of "Way of a Pilgrim' arrived in the mail today (it was impossible to find in a local bookstore, so I had to order it from Amazon.com) I found the same tiny pocket sized paperback edition that I originally owned.Chernevoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164753602062259638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post-64001715219532281372009-03-25T15:04:00.000-07:002009-03-25T15:04:00.000-07:00I adore to read the autobiographic books of Ivan S...I adore to read the autobiographic books of Ivan Smelyov- especially "Leto gospodne" -( The summer of God) and "Bogomol'ye" (Piligrimage)it makes me feel the unique atmosphere of russian orthodoxy and some traditions that doesn't exist anymore.lastochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693705381682951810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post-47333990147919534392009-03-24T20:33:00.000-07:002009-03-24T20:33:00.000-07:00This article reminded me these works, and I ordere...This article reminded me these works, and I ordered a copy of "The Way of A Pilgrim" and the Philokalia in English translation today. I had a small pocket sized copy of "The Way of A Pilgrim" but it was lost the last time I moved.Chernevoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164753602062259638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post-90155042062164848952009-03-24T10:11:00.000-07:002009-03-24T10:11:00.000-07:00When I was younger, there was a great interest in ...When I was younger, there was a great interest in the western world in non-western spirituality. The Russian "Откровенные рассказы странника духовному своему отцу" was published in an English translation in the U.S. back then, maybe in the early 1970's in an inexpensive paperback form. Before that it was difficult to find many good translated works on Orthodox spirituality.Chernevoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164753602062259638noreply@blogger.com