(1795-1868) (Reprinted with Permission) Editor’s Introduction: In the Arab Catholic world there is a rich treasury of liturgical rites. The Ancient Syrian Rite — that of Antioch — is the “parent rite” of five “children”: The Maronite Rite, discussed at … Continue reading
On 11 February 1869, Mother Irena Makrina Mieczyslavska (1784-1869), the Ihumena, or abbess, of the nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great in White Ruthenia (today the Republic of Belarus), died in the odour of sanctity in the … Continue reading
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