If we see a decline of piety, a failure to understand the Divine services, the reason for this lies outside the Church: it is in the decline of faith in the masses, in the decline of morality, in the loss of church consciousness.
Fr. Michael Pomazansky
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the phrase "loss of church consciousness" reminds me of fr alexander schmemann's diary entries.
oh, and I see you added eugene onegin to your reading list! what translation are you reading ?
GASP. NABOKOV.
Interesting that you think of Fr. Alexander as this quote is from a highly critical review of his book on liturgical theology...
Well, per your advice I thought I would check out the Nabokov translation. And I figure a Russian would probably know better the feel of the original.
really? that's a rather funny coincidence. i love fr. schmemann.
and i'm so glad you're checking out the nabokov version-only be careful to get the two volume one or at least a gigantic one volume one because i made the initial mistake of just getting the translation which is technically volume one and i was missing out on all the good commentary that's in volume two (volume 2 is usually the bigger volume). you'll want to read the commentary, trust me. i mean, even if it's just for the one rant on how american students don't know anything about trees. that rant alone is probably worth the entire thing. nabokov is hilarious.
Yes, I have volume 2 - I found that it's actually a 4 volume set - with volume 4 being a photocopy of an early edition of the text.
how interesting. is it the princeton version?
I believe so, I don't have it with me right now to check, however.
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