Monday 2 May 2011

Unforgivable Sin


"It is a sin against the Holy Spirit"

How do you sin against the Holy Spirit? 
There is only one way, that is by consciously refusing to accept God's forgiveness. God does not forgive because someone refuses to accept His forgiveness. You cannot do that by accident. It takes a conscious  and continuous effort on your part.

"The correct interpretation, as it is given to us by the Church Fathers, is this: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the denial by man out of hatred of God's power to save him. Even more simply, the man who does not believe that the grace of God--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit--can save him, closes his heart to the actions of the Holy Spirit; he does not accept Grace. He does not proceed to repentance. He fights against the sanctifying and saving act of God. He creates within himself a sorrowful and incurable condition."

Monday 21 February 2011

Fr Paul Sawabe Takuma 沢辺琢磨 Father of Orthodoxy in Japan

Fr. Pavel Sawabe Takuma,
the one of the first three Orthodox Christian in Japan
The son of a samurai and son-in-law of a Shinto priest, Takama Sawabe was a fierce Japanese nationalist. He hated Christianity and all foreign influences in his country. One day he angrily confronted the Orthodox Christian missionary to Japan, a Russian priest-monk named Nicholas (Nicolai). Father Nicholas spoke to him:
“Why are you angry at me?” Fr. Nicholas asked Sawabe.
“All you foreigners must die. You have come here to spy on our country and even worse, you are harming Japan with your preaching,” answered Sawabe.
“But do you know what I preach?”
“No, I don’t,” he answered.
“Then how can you judge, much less condemn something you know nothing about? Is it just to defame something you do not know? First listen to me, and then judge. If what you hear is bad, then throw us out.”
After listening to Father Nicholas and learning about the Orthodox Christian way of life, the nationalist samurai who had once endorsed Shintoism now believed in Jesus Christ and was baptized, becoming the first person to embrace Orthodox Christianity in Japan. At his baptism, he appropriately received the Christian name Paul, after St. Paul, one of the Church’s greatest Apostles who, before his conversion, had used his authority to violently persecute the Christian Church. Paul Sawabe would eventually be ordained an Orthodox Christian priest.
Father Nicholas, the missionary who taught Paul the Orthodox Christian Faith and baptized him, was later consecrated as bishop and is today known as St. Nicholas of Japan.

Wednesday 1 December 2010

AGNI PARTHENE - chanted in Greek, Arabic, Serbian, English and Indonesian


AGNI PARTHENE
 chanted in Greek, Arabic, Serbian, English and Indonesian

St.Romonos Melodos choir –Jakarta
Composer:  St.Nektarios of Aegina
1st couplet

 Group 1
(Greek )         Agni parthene Despoina,/ ahrante Theotoke /

Group 2
 Here nimfi animfefte!
(Arabic )       Sali ela ebneki el ellah / wa haneni alya /

Group 1
Here nimfi animfefte!
( Serbian )     Od sila nebeskih viša si od zraka sunca sjajnija/

Group 2
Here nimfi animfefte!      
( English )       Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels. /

Group 1
Here nimfi animfefte!    
(Indonesian )  Lebih trang dari cakrawala / termurni dari cahya mentari/

Group 2  
Here nimfi animfefte!  

(All )
Ton ouranion stration /pason ayiotera /Here nimfi animfefte!


2nd couplet

Group 1
(Arabic)              Sayedata kol el alam / da'emat al batoolia

Group 2
Efrahi ya arousan la arousa laha!
(Greek)              Ahrante nymfi pannagne/  Despoina Panagia

Group 1
Efrahi ya arousan la arousa laha!
( Serbian )          Marijo nevjesto Gospodarko/ izvore naše radosti /

Group 2
Efrahi ya arousan la arousa laha!
( English )           Majestic maiden, Queen of all/ O our most holy Mother

Group 1
Efrahi ya arousan la arousa laha!
(Indonesian )    Lebih terhormat dari Kerubim / tak terbanding kemulya'annya/

Group 2
Efrahi ya arousan la arousa laha!

All
ton asomaton seraphim/ ton thronon ipertera/ Efrahi ya arousan la arousa laha!


3rd couplet

Group 1
( Indonesian)  Salam ya Kidung Kerubim / salam ya  kidung malaikat

Group 2
Raduj se nevesto nenevesna!
 (Arabic)            Zahrat 'adam el fasad / wa kheder el batoulya

Group 1
Raduj se nevesto nenevesna!
 ( Greek  )        here irini kai hara/  limin tis sotirias

Group 2
Raduj se nevesto nenevesna!
 ( English )         sacred chamber of the Word/ flow'r of incorruption

Group 1
Raduj se nevesto nenevesna!
 ( Greek )  here paradise trofis / zois te eoinias

Group 2
Raduj se nevesto nenevesna!

 (All )
Salam ya pohon kehidupan / curahan keabadian /  Raduj se nevesto nenevesna!

4th couplet

Group 1
( Serbian)           Preklinjem te Vladičice /Tebe sada prizivam

Group 2
Salam ya Mempelai yang tak ternikahkan!
(Arabic)            Najeni ya azra'o men / shrouri al radya

Group 1
Salam ya  Mempelai yang tak ternikahkan!
( Indonesian )    Perawan mulia tak ternoda/   ya Bunda Panagia.

Group 2
Salam ya Mempelai yang tak ternikahkan!
( English )         I call upon thee fervently/ O sacred, hallowed temple

Group 1
Salam ya Mempelai yang tak ternikahkan!
 ( Greek ) antilavou mou, rise me / apo tou olemiou

Group 2
Salam ya  Mempelai yang tak ternikahkan!

 (All )
Pokaži me naslednikom/ večnoga života / / Salam ya  Mempelai yang tak ternikahkan!


Monday 29 November 2010

Preparation for Nativity feast at St. Ioann Sunday School Holy Epiphany Parish Jakarta

Nativity feast St. Ioann Sunday School 2009 Holy Epiphany Parish Jakarta

The children of St. Ioann Sunday School started preparing the feast of Nativity. They are practicing troparia of Nativity in Greek, Slavonic ( Serbian ) and Indonesian, Kontakion and Canon of Nativity also some performances such as drama, dancing and tableau. 

The children will chant:
Xristos Gennatai in Greek and Indonesian, just like they ever chanted last year.

 
Ipartenos Simeron in Greek and Indonesian, 

Bozicni tropar ( Troparion Nativity in Serbian )


  


Itinerary the Nativity feast of St. Ioan Sunday School :




They were very excited  and seemed can't wait for  the  coming of the joyous Nativity feast this year!

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES

Let every nations glorify Him!  Chirst is Born!

INDONESIAN ETHNICS
JAVANESE
KRISTUS SAMPUN TINELAR!
MULYAKEN PANJENEGANIPUN!
From: Dimitri, a native Javanese
SUNDANESE
KRISTUS PARANTOS MEDAL!
MULYAKEUN MANTENNA!
From: Asep, a native Sundanese
BALINESE
HYANG KRISTUS EMBAS!
DURUSANG NGATURANG PEMUJA!
From:Fr. Stephanos, a native Balinese
BATAK
NUNGA TUBU KRISTUS I!
PASANGAP IBANA!
From: Basilios, a native Batak
PADANG
ALMASIH ALAH LAHIA!
MULYAKANLAH INYO!
From: Esther, a native Padang
TORAJA
DADIMO TU KRISTUS!
PAKALA’ BI’ I!
From: Prochoros, a native Toraja


ASIAN COUNTRIES
INDONESIAN
KRISTUS TELAH LAHIR!
MULIAKANLAH DIA!

CHINESE
JI-DU DAN-SHENG LIAO!
基督誕生了
RONG-YAO GUI-YU TA!
榮耀歸於他
From: Seraphim Davidson from Taiwan
HINDI
 CHRISTU JANM HUA!
UNKI MAHIMA KARO!
From:George Alexander, a native India
JAPANESE
HARISTOS UMARERU!
ハリストス生まる!
AGAME HOMEYO! 
あがめほめよ!
From: Miho Ochiai, a native Japanese
KOREAN
DONG JEUNG NYO RO BUTEO NASHIN GEURISUDO-YEO!  
 동정녀로 부터 나신 그리스도여!  
DANGSHIN-GEO YOUNGKWOANG-EUL DOLRI NAEEDA!    
당신께 영광을 돌리나이다!
From: Fr. Daniel Na, a native Korean
FILIPINO
SI KRISTO AY IPINANGANAK!
ATIN SIYANG DAKILAIN!
From: reader Gregory, a native Filipino



MIDDLE EAST
ARABIC
ALMASSIH WULID!    
 ! المسيح ولد
FAMMAJIDUHU!            فمجده  !
From: Botros Abu Shanab, a native Palestinian



EUROPE

ENGLISH
CHRIST IS BORN!
GLORIFY HIM!

FINNISH
KRISTUS SYNTYY!
 KIITTÄKÄÄ!
From: Pekka, a native Finland
SWEDISH
KRISTUS FODES!
LOVSJUNGEN!
From: Pekka, a native Finland
GREEK
HRISTOS GENNATAI! 
ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΑΤΑΙ!
DOKSASATE!    
ΔΟΞΑΣΑΤΕ
From: liturgy book
SERBIAN
HRISTOS SE RODI! 
Христос Се Роди!
VOISTINU SE RODI!  
ваистину се роди!
From: Slavica, a native Sebian
RUSSIAN
KRISTOS ROZHDAETSYA! 
Христос рождается!
SLAV’TE EGO!     
 Славьте Его

SPANISH
¡CRISTO NACE!  
GLORIFIQUELO!

PORTUGUESE
CRISTO NASCEU!
GLORIFICA-LO!

ROMANIAN
HRISTUS S-A NASCUT!
SLAVA LUI!
From: Geanina, a native Romanian
DUTCH
CHRISTUS IS GEBOREN!
VERHEERLIJKT HEM!
From: Ortodoxe Kerk
GERMANY
CHRISTUS WIRD GEBOREN!
VERHERRLICHT IHN!