Dear Friends!
This Tuesday, we have our last OCF meeting of the year! This meeting will include a student Vespers service led by Fr. Nicholas, and then a discussion about the emotion of anger, its’ spiritual implications, and practical ways of handling it.
Our meeting will take place, as usual, in the chapel of Hart House, at [...]
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Anger: The Good, the Bad, and the Spiritually Ugly
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Music and/vs./-al Tradition in the Orthodox Church
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear OCF Members,
We will have our next meeting this Tuesday, November 17th, 2009, at 6pm in the Hart House Chapel. Our speaker then will be Peter Drobac, a graduate of St. Vladimir Seminary and former choir conductor at St. Michael the Archangel Serbian Orthodox Church. After the meeting, we will all go out to Gabby’s for drinks.
A [...]
Uncreated Light vs. Grey Orthodoxy: should we look for spiritual experiences?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear members,
On Tuesday, Nov 10th, Fr. Nicholas Young, after serving a short Vespers, will discuss the issue of mystical experiences in the Christian life. There are many examples in the lives of the saints of spiritual experiences, such as St. Seraphim of Sarov, who saw the Uncreated Light. Where might experiences such as these come [...]
The Role of the Church Canons in the Early Church and Today
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our next OCF event will be a lecture by David Wagschal, who will present an introduction to canon law. Some topics addressed will be: What is canon law and where it comes from? How are the canons observed in the contemporary church, and what relevance does canon law has for Christians living in modern secular [...]
Volunteering at St. John the Compassionate Mission
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OCF will be voluteering at St. John the Compassionate Mission on Saturday, Oct 31st, from 10am – 1pm. During this time, we will be preparing and serving a meal for the poor individuals of the Queen-Broadview area, who are part of the St. John community.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to take part. To attend, please [...]
OCF Meeting: Friendship and Faith at the pub
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends,
We have a slight change of plans for the OCF meeting for Tuesday, October 27th. As our chaplain, Fr. Nicholas Young, is unavailalbe, we will be doing either a readers’ Vespers service on our own, or praying an akathist, a prayer dedicated to a particular saint, together.
We will still meet on Tuesday at 6pm, [...]
Catching and Teaching: Humility, Integrity, and the Christian Witness to the University
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The U of T Orthodox Christian Fellowship invites you to a discussion with His Eminence SERAPHIM (Storheim), Archbishop of Ottawa and Canada in the Orthodox Church in America. He will speak about religious faith in the modern, secular university, and the importance of humility and integrity in witnessing the Faith to a skeptical world. His [...]
The Role of Women in the Church
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our next OCF meeting will feature guest speaker Antonina Dunn. On Tuesday, Oct 13th, at 6pm (Hart House chapel) we will serve a short Vespers with Fr. Nicholas Young, followed by a discussion with Mrs. Dunn. Some points that will be touched upon, and questions for discussion, will be, “How are women participating in parish [...]
Orthodoxy among Alaska’s First Nations – a literary and linguistic history
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our next OCF meeting will be a lecture and discussion by Michael Ivanovich, reader at Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto.
The talk will focus on the linguistic and literary history of the Orthodox Church in Alaska. Emphasis will be placed on sourcing primary texts to document the unsung heroes of Alaskan Orthodoxy – the [...]
The Spiritual Counselor: Guide on the Path to Christ
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear OCF members, friends, and fellow interested students,
You are invited to join us on Tuesday, Sept 29th, 2009, for our next meeting. At 6pm in Hart House Chapel, we will serve Vespers, the evening prayer service of the Orthodox church, and following that we will have a discussion about the relationship with a spiritual guide.
Whether [...]
