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Monday my Greek class took a field trip to Columbus. Molly came with us :)
We were given an informative tour of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Columbus, Ohio. Their website is very informative.
We got to see the sanctuary of the cathedral and learn about many of the icons. It is so breathtaking and ornate! The ceiling is domed, and a large icon of Jesus is in the center. Ancestors of Jesus, from Adam, are shown around him. In each of four corners are the four saints who represent the four gospels. Looking forward on the wall behind the altar is Mary and the Christ child. All these are mosaics made out of little glass tiles by an artist from Italy.
There is a screen called the icon screen or iconostasion which separates the congregation from the altar area. Pictured on it are angels, the Annunciation scene, Mary, Jesus, and John the Baptist. In the center is the Royal Gate, which leads to the altar. The arch above the gate depicts the Last Supper. The sanctuary also has many stained glass windows of various saints and scenes from the life of Christ. We got to practice our Greek reading the inscriptions on the icons. The Greek there, however, contained abbreviations and was a different dialect from what we are learning. We are learning Koine (or biblical) Greek, but these were written in Byzantine Greek.
The tour guide was very informative. Later, we compared notes about some of the theology and church history she related as compared to what we have learned in seminary, but she was very knowledgeable about the icons and the building history.
After our tour, we went to The Happy Greek for lunch. Our professor, Lee Johnson, had arranged a wonderful sampling of a variety of Greek dishes for us to try. It was delicious! While we were eating, we watched the snow flurries outside.
I really enjoyed this trip! If you are interested in more information about the cathedral, please do check out their website, esp. the page on which they explain the icons.
Today Arlene Webb, another senior at MTSO, and I did our senior chapel, based on the Isaiah 11:1-10 reading for the second Sunday in Advent. Our mediation based around this reading and the hymn, "O come, O Come Emmanuel." I think it went quite well. Afterward, someone even asked if they could use some of material with their congregation on Sunday! If you are interested in seeing a copy of what we did, please let me know. The Seminary Ringers (bell choir) played the prelude and the postlude -- so beautiful!
Unfortunately, since it is the end of the semester, I don't feel well, probably a sinus infection. I went home after chapel today, instead of continuing my shift at work, because I was sweating and hot while shivering and freezing, too. Meh! Stupid sinus headache makes it hard to concentrate.
We are getting a new dishwasher, since our stopped working Friday night. Hopefully we can move the dishes around so they can install it :) It is nice that the dishwasher is part of the apartment, so the complex replaces it, rather than it coming out of our pocket :)
I hope you all are having a great week!
We were given an informative tour of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Columbus, Ohio. Their website is very informative.
We got to see the sanctuary of the cathedral and learn about many of the icons. It is so breathtaking and ornate! The ceiling is domed, and a large icon of Jesus is in the center. Ancestors of Jesus, from Adam, are shown around him. In each of four corners are the four saints who represent the four gospels. Looking forward on the wall behind the altar is Mary and the Christ child. All these are mosaics made out of little glass tiles by an artist from Italy.
There is a screen called the icon screen or iconostasion which separates the congregation from the altar area. Pictured on it are angels, the Annunciation scene, Mary, Jesus, and John the Baptist. In the center is the Royal Gate, which leads to the altar. The arch above the gate depicts the Last Supper. The sanctuary also has many stained glass windows of various saints and scenes from the life of Christ. We got to practice our Greek reading the inscriptions on the icons. The Greek there, however, contained abbreviations and was a different dialect from what we are learning. We are learning Koine (or biblical) Greek, but these were written in Byzantine Greek.
The tour guide was very informative. Later, we compared notes about some of the theology and church history she related as compared to what we have learned in seminary, but she was very knowledgeable about the icons and the building history.
After our tour, we went to The Happy Greek for lunch. Our professor, Lee Johnson, had arranged a wonderful sampling of a variety of Greek dishes for us to try. It was delicious! While we were eating, we watched the snow flurries outside.
I really enjoyed this trip! If you are interested in more information about the cathedral, please do check out their website, esp. the page on which they explain the icons.
Today Arlene Webb, another senior at MTSO, and I did our senior chapel, based on the Isaiah 11:1-10 reading for the second Sunday in Advent. Our mediation based around this reading and the hymn, "O come, O Come Emmanuel." I think it went quite well. Afterward, someone even asked if they could use some of material with their congregation on Sunday! If you are interested in seeing a copy of what we did, please let me know. The Seminary Ringers (bell choir) played the prelude and the postlude -- so beautiful!
Unfortunately, since it is the end of the semester, I don't feel well, probably a sinus infection. I went home after chapel today, instead of continuing my shift at work, because I was sweating and hot while shivering and freezing, too. Meh! Stupid sinus headache makes it hard to concentrate.
We are getting a new dishwasher, since our stopped working Friday night. Hopefully we can move the dishes around so they can install it :) It is nice that the dishwasher is part of the apartment, so the complex replaces it, rather than it coming out of our pocket :)
I hope you all are having a great week!
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