Matthew Hartley

6/16/2023

Orthodoxy In the Arabian Peninsula. Part 2

St. Gregory of Omirits, St. Isaac the Syrian, St. Abd al-Masih

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy In the Arabian Peninsula. Part 2

St. Gregory of Omirits, St. Isaac the Syrian, St. Abd al-Masih

Matthew Hartley

A Christian presence of any sort is greatly in the minority throughout the Arabian Peninsula.

Holy Great Martyr Arethas and Those With Him

Orthodoxy In the Arabian Peninsula. Part 1

Matthew Hartley

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Holy Great Martyr Arethas and Those With Him

Orthodoxy In the Arabian Peninsula. Part 1

Matthew Hartley

The beginning of a Christian presence on the Arabian Peninsula dates to Apostolic times.

Situating the Patriarch Joseph in History

Matthew Hartley

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Situating the Patriarch Joseph in History

Matthew Hartley

On Monday of Holy Week the Church commemorates the holy Patriarch Joseph of Egypt. His story is one of the most familiar and beloved in the entire Old Testament.

Orthodox Normandy. Part 6

Late Figures. Conclusion

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 6

Late Figures. Conclusion

Matthew Hartley

The last period of Normandy’s history relevant to this discussion falls in what can properly be called its Norman era.

Orthodox Normandy. Part 5

Holy Women

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 5

Holy Women

Matthew Hartley

Many women of outstanding holiness of life graced its soil, and their prayers help sustain it to this day.

Orthodox Normandy. Part 4

Great Monastic Founders

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 4

Great Monastic Founders

Matthew Hartley

Two monasteries of particular note, both from the area of Rouen, were especially important, and the saints who founded them rank among the greatest saints of which the West can boast.

Orthodox Normandy. Part 3

Hermits and Ascetics

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 3

Hermits and Ascetics

Matthew Hartley

To this day, their deeds of prayer and ascetic self-denial inspire reverent awe in all who read of them with piety.

Orthodox Normandy. Part 2

Holy Hierarchs

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 2

Holy Hierarchs

Matthew Hartley

From early on and up nearly to the very end of its Orthodox history, the region of northwestern France now known as Normandy was graced with a veritable pleiad of holy hierarchs.

Orthodox Normandy. Part 1

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 1

Matthew Hartley

The time period under consideration in this article covers three major epochs which can be roughly divided according to the major power controlling the region at the time.

Orthodoxy in Scandinavia

Part 2: Holy Martyrs

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in Scandinavia

Part 2: Holy Martyrs

Matthew Hartley

Great courage and perseverance were called for in the evangelization of those lands, and God raised up saints more than equal to the challenge.

Orthodoxy in Scandinavia

Part 1: Introduction, Missionaries and Enlighteners

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in Scandinavia

Part 1: Introduction, Missionaries and Enlighteners

Matthew Hartley

For many centuries after the time of Christ and the establishment of His Church, and even after the Christianization of much of Western Europe, the Scandinavian lands remained inveterately pagan.

Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 6–8: The Poor Man of Anderlecht, St. John Maximovitch, and the Present Situation

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 6–8: The Poor Man of Anderlecht, St. John Maximovitch, and the Present Situation

Matthew Hartley

Many of the greatest holy people to ever grace Western Europe labored in the Low Countries, rescuing the ancestors of today’s residents from the very darkness which seems once more to have enveloped the land.

Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 5: Holy Hierarchs

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 5: Holy Hierarchs

Matthew Hartley

These holy hierarchs, with which the lands of the Low Countries were once gloriously adorned, shine across the centuries as great beacons of holiness.

Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 4: Holy Women—Martyrs, Abbesses, Nuns and Queens

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 4: Holy Women—Martyrs, Abbesses, Nuns and Queens

Matthew Hartley

Among the greatest adornments of the Low Countries during the period of their Orthodox history is their holy women.

Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 3: Great Monastic Saints and Penitents

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 3: Great Monastic Saints and Penitents

Matthew Hartley

We now turn to some of the great monastic figures of the Low Countries.

Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 2: Missionaries and Enlighteners

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the Low Countries. Part 2: Missionaries and Enlighteners

Matthew Hartley

Although, as noted previously, a Christian presence and Church structure had been present in the areas of the Low Countries from Roman times, the widespread evangelization of these lands would be a phenomenon mainly of the seventh to eighth centuries.

Orthodoxy in the Low Countries

Part 1: Introduction; Early Figures

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the Low Countries

Part 1: Introduction; Early Figures

Matthew Hartley

These essays will attempt to trace in broad strokes the Orthodox history of this unique region of Europe.

Orthodoxy in the German Lands

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodoxy in the German Lands

Matthew Hartley

The Orthodox history of the German lands (present day Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) is quite ancient and boasts a multitude of saints.

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