Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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.
Labels:
Fr. Pavel Sawabe,
Japan Orthodox Church,
Orthodoxy in Japan,
日本正教会,
沢辺琢磨
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:
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!
Labels:
Nativity feast,
St.Ioann Sunday School
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! | |
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