Archimandrite Boniface Luykx of Mount Tabor

11 FOLLOWING THE· STAR FROM THE EAST

Essays in Honour of Archimandrite Boniface Luykx

Edited by Andriy M. Chirovsky

The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies Paul University

Ottawa Chicago Lviv STUDIES, VOLUME ONE

The Sheptytsky Institute presents two major series of scholarly publications:

Studies: original monographs, festschriften, etc. Documents: translations, republications of classic works in revised formats

V Archimandrite Boniface of Mount Tabor Monastery

V i TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface by Rev. Andriy Chirovsky ix

Following the Star from the East by Archimandrite Boniface Luykx xi

PAIU ONE: Reflections and Reminiscences

Congratulatory Letter from the Most Reverend Innocent Lotocky, Eparch of Chicago 2

The Lamb of God by Most Reverend Bishop Innocent Lotocky Eparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago 3

On the Wings of the Dawn: The Reminiscences of Archimandrite Boniface at His Golden Jubilee Interview by Father of Mount Tabor 9

Abbot Boniface Luykx as Liturgist and"Liturgisatel" by Rev. Peter Galadza 31

Abbot Boniface Luykx: An Annotated Chronological Bibliography Compiled by Rev. Peter Galadza 41

A Summer That Made a Difference by Rev. Ignatius Roppolo 49

The Light of Tabor in Northern California byErasmo Leiva-Merikakis 53

By Their Fruits Shalt Thou Know Them: The Monastery of Mt. Tabor and its Charism in Northern California byRev. Steven A. Armstrong, S.]. 59

PART 1WO: and Religious life

Spiritual Fatherhood in Eastern Monasticism: by Fr. Joseph of Mount Tabor 69

The as Philosopher by Rev. Edward Wojciekowski 81

A Monastic Compass by Rev. Bruno Barnhart 86

One Hundred Years of Service and Praise:The Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate by Sr. Angelica Hodowansky, SSMI 96

vii PART THRE E: Studies in Iconography

A Theological Commentary on the Iconography of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Church in Chicago by Rev. Andriy Chirovsky 109

Images, Spirituality and Law by Richard Stith 120

A Comparative Study of the Theological Approaches of Saint of Damascus and Saint of Studion to the Iconoclastic Heresy by Br. Athanasios de Passalacqua, Aggregate of Mount Tabor 136

The Melkite Icons by Br. John M. Samaha, S.M. 154

PART FOUR: Studies in liturgy

The Sunday of Pascha by Rev. David M. Petras 161

The Liturgical and Monastic Context of St.Basil's De Spiritu Sancto by Rev. Ludwig 176

Religious Practices in Kievan Rus' by Rev. Casimir A Kucharek 184

PART FIVE: Other Studies in Theology and Church History

The Philosophical Presuppositions of the by Rev. Robert F. Slesinski 203

Time in Eternity, Eternity in Time: On Contemplation and Action by David L Schindler 215

Salvation Theology in the Festal Letters of St.Athanasius of Alexandria by Hamilton Hess 229

Anamnesis: Reading The Sacred Memory of Mary through Eastern Eyes by Rev. Stephen J. Juli 242

Between East and West: The Balkan Churches in the First Christian Centuries by Charles A. Frazee 254

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