Category Archives: English entries

Freedom on Common Ground – a Few Words About the BCP

Posted on 01/03/2014 by admin

A few days ago I posted this funny cartoon on Facebook. I was very much surprised by a commentary written under it: I often see on your Facebook page memes depicting Episcopalians perpetually looking for something in a book (I … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged , , , , ,
Leave a comment

“A Christian should have no doubts,”
or “Where they burn books…”

Posted on 11/01/2014 by admin

…so too will they in the end burn human beings.” These famous words come from the great German poet Heinrich Heine. Spoken by a character in his play “Almansor,” they are related to the burning of the Q’ran by the … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged ,
1 Comment

Jerzy Nowosielski was born 91 years ago

Posted on 07/01/2014 by admin

Today is (or would be) Jerzy Nowosielski’s (1923-2011) 91 birthday. This extraordinary artist and thinker, one of his kind against the rather dull background of Polish Orthodoxy, has been a source of great inspiration for us: both in his paintings … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged
Leave a comment

Epiphany

Posted on 04/01/2014 by admin

In two days we will celebrate Epiphany (ἐπιφάνεια, “manifestation”, “striking appearance”) the festival concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas. In the Polish tradition it is usually called the Feast of the Three Kings. The Dutch priest and author Johan M. … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged , , , , , , , ,
Leave a comment

Mary, Annunciation, Divine Birth

Posted on 04/01/2014 by admin

Christmas is slowly nearing an end – at least in Western Christianity, for our brothers and sisters in the East still await it. We thought that this reflection can be a sort of summary for the first and a sort … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged , , ,
Leave a comment

Happy New Year?

Posted on 02/01/2014 by admin

Today we’re of course celebrating the Holy Name of Jesus, and the empty bottle of J. Oppmann Franken Cuvee 2004 lies there accidentally, for we strive to live according to the church year, which means that we celebrated the beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged , ,
Leave a comment

Our Favourite Polish Carol

Posted on 03/12/2013 by admin

We were asked today to chose a popular and loved Polish carol for the website of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. It was not difficult, “Bóg się rodzi” (God is Born) is without a doubt popular and loved, … Continue reading →

Posted in English entries | Tagged
1 Comment