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'''I am the founding Sysop of OrthodoxWiki.''' You can contact me by leaving a message on my [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn discussion page], or clicking the [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Emailuser&target=FrJohn E-mail this user] link in the "toolbox" on the sidebar. I can also be reached directly by email at ''info'' at this domain name.
'''I am the founding Sysop of OrthodoxWiki.''' You can contact me by leaving a message on my [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn discussion page], or clicking the [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Emailuser&target=FrJohn E-mail this user] link in the "toolbox" on the sidebar. I can also be reached directly by email at ''info at OrthodoxWiki dot org''.
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We have a great team of moderators on OrthodoxWiki. However, if you have serious concerns about an article and need a quick response, I'd encourage you to let me know directly. I'm not omniscient.
 
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==About Me==
 
==About Me==
I am a [[priest]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]] and a Ph.D. student at the [[Wikipedia:University_of_chicago|University of Chicago]].
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I am a [[priest]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]].
 
 
Other places you can find me are:
 
*[http://www.xcthesavior.org Christ the Savior Orthodox Church]
 
*[http://ocf.uchicago.edu Three Hierarchs OCF at The University of Chicago]
 
  
 
See also my Wikipedia User page: [[Wikipedia:User:Jschroe]].
 
See also my Wikipedia User page: [[Wikipedia:User:Jschroe]].
  
 
My contributions to OrthodoxWiki can largely be described as "[[meta:Metapedianism|metapedian]]" - that is, I spend most of my time here worrying about the structure and community of OrthodoxWiki rather than writing articles. That's the way it is for now, maybe that will change someday!
 
My contributions to OrthodoxWiki can largely be described as "[[meta:Metapedianism|metapedian]]" - that is, I spend most of my time here worrying about the structure and community of OrthodoxWiki rather than writing articles. That's the way it is for now, maybe that will change someday!
 
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==Ryokan #1031==
 
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==A Few Quotes==
 
==A Few Quotes==
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*"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." - Common proverb
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*"Be kind to everyone you meet, because everyone is engaged in a mortal battle." ''The Sayings of the Desert Fathers''
 
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*"Orthodoxy is summoned to witness.  Now more than ever the Christian West stands before divergent prospects, a living question addressed also to the Orthodox world… The ‘old polemical theology’ has long ago lost its inner connection with any reality. Such theology was an academic discipline, and was always elaborated according to the same western ‘textbooks.’ A historiosophical exegesis of the western religious tragedy must become the new ‘polemical theology.’ But this tragedy must be reendured and relived, precisely as one’s own, and its potential catharsis must be demonstrated in the fullness of the experience of the Church and patristic tradition.  In this newly sought Orthodox synthesis, the centuries-old experience of the Catholic West must be studied and diagnosed by Orthodox theology with greater care and sympathy than has been the case up to now… The Orthodox theologian must also offer his own testimony to this world — a testimony arising from the inner memory of the Church — and resolve the question with his historical findings." - [[Georges Florovsky#Quotes|Georges Florovsky]], ''Ways of Russian Theology'' II, pp. 302-304
 
*"Orthodoxy is summoned to witness.  Now more than ever the Christian West stands before divergent prospects, a living question addressed also to the Orthodox world… The ‘old polemical theology’ has long ago lost its inner connection with any reality. Such theology was an academic discipline, and was always elaborated according to the same western ‘textbooks.’ A historiosophical exegesis of the western religious tragedy must become the new ‘polemical theology.’ But this tragedy must be reendured and relived, precisely as one’s own, and its potential catharsis must be demonstrated in the fullness of the experience of the Church and patristic tradition.  In this newly sought Orthodox synthesis, the centuries-old experience of the Catholic West must be studied and diagnosed by Orthodox theology with greater care and sympathy than has been the case up to now… The Orthodox theologian must also offer his own testimony to this world — a testimony arising from the inner memory of the Church — and resolve the question with his historical findings." - [[Georges Florovsky#Quotes|Georges Florovsky]], ''Ways of Russian Theology'' II, pp. 302-304
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*'''Come, O faithful, let us work zealously for the Master,<br>For He distributes wealth to His servants.<br>Let each of us according to his ability increase his talent of grace:<br> Let one be adorned in wisdom through good works; let another celebrate a service in splendor.<br>The one distributes his wealth to the poor; the other communicates the word to those untaught.<br>Thus we shall increase what has been entrusted to us, and, as faithful stewards of grace,<br>We shall be accounted worthy of the Master's joy.<br>Make us worthy of this, O Christ our God, in Thy love for mankind.'''<br> - ''Aposticha from Bridegroom Matins of Great and Holy Tuesday''
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*“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." <br> — Mother Teresa
  
 
==Subpages==
 
==Subpages==
*[[/Wiki to-do]] - My personal wiki to-do list
 
*[[/articles]] - links to articles, some by me and many by others
 
*[[/quotes]] - more quotes
 
*[[/thoughts on writing]] - from various sources
 
 
*[[/sig]] - used for signatures to make my talk page more accessible (Did you know you can include any page on the wiki like as template?)
 
*[[/sig]] - used for signatures to make my talk page more accessible (Did you know you can include any page on the wiki like as template?)
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:49, October 28, 2020

I am the founding Sysop of OrthodoxWiki. You can contact me by leaving a message on my discussion page, or clicking the E-mail this user link in the "toolbox" on the sidebar. I can also be reached directly by email at info at this domain name.

We have a great team of moderators on OrthodoxWiki. However, if you have serious concerns about an article and need a quick response, I'd encourage you to let me know directly. I'm not omniscient.

About Me

I am a priest in the Orthodox Church in America.

See also my Wikipedia User page: Wikipedia:User:Jschroe.

My contributions to OrthodoxWiki can largely be described as "metapedian" - that is, I spend most of my time here worrying about the structure and community of OrthodoxWiki rather than writing articles. That's the way it is for now, maybe that will change someday!

Ryokan #1031

Sumizome no

waga koromode no
yuta naraba
ukiyo no tami wo          
owamashi mono wo

If these sleeves

of my black robe
were only wider
I’d shelter all the people
in this up-and-down world

From Ryokan: Zen Monk Poet of Japan, trans. Burton Watson, p. 50

A Few Quotes

  • "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." - Common proverb
  • "Be kind to everyone you meet, because everyone is engaged in a mortal battle." The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
  • "Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair." - The Ladder 5:1
  • "Orthodoxy is summoned to witness. Now more than ever the Christian West stands before divergent prospects, a living question addressed also to the Orthodox world… The ‘old polemical theology’ has long ago lost its inner connection with any reality. Such theology was an academic discipline, and was always elaborated according to the same western ‘textbooks.’ A historiosophical exegesis of the western religious tragedy must become the new ‘polemical theology.’ But this tragedy must be reendured and relived, precisely as one’s own, and its potential catharsis must be demonstrated in the fullness of the experience of the Church and patristic tradition. In this newly sought Orthodox synthesis, the centuries-old experience of the Catholic West must be studied and diagnosed by Orthodox theology with greater care and sympathy than has been the case up to now… The Orthodox theologian must also offer his own testimony to this world — a testimony arising from the inner memory of the Church — and resolve the question with his historical findings." - Georges Florovsky, Ways of Russian Theology II, pp. 302-304
  • Come, O faithful, let us work zealously for the Master,
    For He distributes wealth to His servants.
    Let each of us according to his ability increase his talent of grace:
    Let one be adorned in wisdom through good works; let another celebrate a service in splendor.
    The one distributes his wealth to the poor; the other communicates the word to those untaught.
    Thus we shall increase what has been entrusted to us, and, as faithful stewards of grace,
    We shall be accounted worthy of the Master's joy.
    Make us worthy of this, O Christ our God, in Thy love for mankind.

    - Aposticha from Bridegroom Matins of Great and Holy Tuesday
  • “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
    — Mother Teresa

Subpages

  • /sig - used for signatures to make my talk page more accessible (Did you know you can include any page on the wiki like as template?)


I hereby reissue all of my edits before November 22, 2005, under both the GNU Free Documentation License as well as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (version 2.5 or later), unless explicitly noted otherwise, in conformity with the revised OrthodoxWiki default copyright policy.
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