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Multimedia
Currently we have several sections of video and audio available. To view the videos and listen to the audios you'll need RealPlayer or another appropriate media player. Once you've installed RealPlayer simply click on the appropriate link below for your type of internet connection.
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Video: Introduction to the Eastern Catholic Churches
A 12 minute presentation that gives a basic historical and theological background to the formation of the Eastern Catholic Churches. This useful tool is ideal for teaching teens, adults and converts.
Video copyright: Eparchy of Parma, used with permission. Video length is 12 minutes. Approximately 2:30 is available for viewing. |
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Video: A Brief Explanation of the Eastern Catholic Churches
The Catholic Church is a communion of churches. It is made up of churches from the Eastern Tradition and the Western Tradition. Every Catholic has a responsibility for understanding the fullness of the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II has said, "The church must learn to breathe again with its two lungs, its Eastern one and its Western one." In assessing the current situation, Cardinal William Baum has stated, "It is clear that, despite progress in this area, there is still a need among Catholics of the Latin tradition for a great deal of knowledge of the peoples, traditions and churches of the Christian East". (Jan 6, 1987, #15)
Video copyright: Eparchy of Parma, 1992, used with permission. Video length is 20 minutes. Approximately 2:30 is available for viewing. |
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Video: Reflections of Glory: The Origins of Byzantine Art
The spiritual and cultural dynamics of early Christianity that eventually gave rise to the art of the Byzantine icon are presented in this video through lively imagery and narration. It offers the viewer a more mature understanding of Byzantine icons by providing the foundation upon which the terminology, concepts and theology of Byzantine icons is blessed.
Video copyright: Eparchy of Parma, 1992, used with permission. Video length is 20 minutes. Approximately 2:30 is available for viewing. |
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Audio: Holy Week and Pascha
The following Divine services from Holy Week and Pascha 2006 were recorded at St. George Parish in Aliquippa, PA and are available in MP3 format. The recordings are not professional quality but are very good. Note that files are very large. They may be played online or saved to your local computer by right-clicking and choosing "Save As". |
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Wisdom from the Church Fathers
| It was said about John the Little that one day he said to his older brother: "I want to be free from care and not to work but to worship God without interruption." And he took his robe off, and went into the desert. After staying there one week, he returned to his brother. And when he knocked at the door, his brother asked without opening it: "Who is it?" He replied: "It's John, your brother." The brother said: "John has become an angel and is not among people anymore." Then he begged and said: "It's me!" But his brother did not open the door and left him there in distress until the next morning. And he finally opened the door and said: "If you are a human being, you have to work again in order to live." Then John repented, saying: "Forgive me, brother, for I was wrong." Sayings of the Desert Fathers |