Jacob's Well

Jacob's Well Magazine of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, Orthodox Church in America.

Benedict Sheehan and Talia-Maria Sheehan, in a beautiful essay in our newest issue:"Many Orthodox believers today seem t...
19/10/2023

Benedict Sheehan and Talia-Maria Sheehan, in a beautiful essay in our newest issue:
"Many Orthodox believers today seem to have constructed an image of tradition as, essentially, a perfect harmony without dissonance. Thus, when they encounter dissonance of some kind within the church—whether in the form of opposing perspectives, beliefs, or modes of behavior, or simply in the form of doubt, questioning, or criticism—they tend to assume that the dissonance needs to be eliminated, that the opposition must be silenced, and that alignment needs to be reasserted at all costs, lest the harmony of the tradition be damaged. However, anyone who has undertaken even a cursory study of church history will probably suspect that such a picture of a changeless, unbroken harmony doesn’t quite match up with the facts on the ground."

In Praise of Dissonance: Reflections on Stability, Harmony, and Tradition BENEDICT AND TALIA SHEEHAN On November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge failed spectacularly. That morning, only four months after it had opened, the structure started shaking in the hard wind.  Drivers felt their cars slid...

During his time in Russia, Fr. Michael Meerson (of Christ the Savior Orthodox Church in NYC) worked with Alexander Men t...
17/10/2023

During his time in Russia, Fr. Michael Meerson (of Christ the Savior Orthodox Church in NYC) worked with Alexander Men to publish samizdat. He had to flee the country to avoid imprisonment, and when he came to New York he stayed with Alexander Schmemann and found his way to St Vlad's. In the newest issue of Jacob's Well he looks back on his two mentors.
"In the decades since they reposed, as I’ve reflected on my experiences with them, and have pored over their writings, I’ve realized there was a remarkable overlap in their apostolic work."

Fr. Men and Fr. Schmemann, each in his own way, became a living embodiment of the same theme: “Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday and today and forever."

Here are our diocesan graduates!
09/10/2023

Here are our diocesan graduates!

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09/10/2023

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The Two Alexanders in My Life:Fr Men and Fr SchmemannV. REV. MICHAEL MEERSON Fr. Alexander Men and Fr. Alexander Schmemann never met. They lived and worked under totally different circumstances. The life of each was short by modern standards. Fr. Men was assassinated in 1990, at the age of 55, after...

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09/10/2023

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Christianity’s Asian FutureDAVID ARMSTRONG Palm Sunday mural discovered at Christian temple in Oocho, 7th-9th century. Museum of Asian Art, Berlin. “The most holy one of great wisdom is equal to emptiness,” wrote the author of the seventh century CE text Discourse on the One God. “He cannot ...

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09/10/2023

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Working with Discord to Achieve Interpersonal HarmonyJohn Livick-Moses Who among us doesn’t crave peace, harmony, and love in our lives and relationships? We all want to get along with our families, friends, and romantic partners. Yet, as the adage goes, ‘to err is human,’ and with any human c...

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05/10/2023

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A Unity of VisionA Tribute to Dr. Albert RaboteauDoyin Teriba “Have you heard about Albert Raboteau?” a friend asked me after Divine Liturgy. We were in the sanctuary at Holy Trinity, the Greek Orthodox cathedral on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. I was still wearing my cassock, basking in the af...

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05/10/2023

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Religio as a Universal Human Quality:On the Harmony of Faith TraditionsJesse Hake Christians today slip easily into thinking that our faith is in competition with other religions. In fact, however, for most of Christian and pre-Christian history, there was a widespread understanding that everyone sh...

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05/10/2023

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Family Fissures:On the Challenges and Joys of Blended FamiliesAmelia Anzoulatos When Katherine created an account on Orthodox Circle, the social networking platform for Orthodox Christians, in 2012, she didn’t realize others had already started using it as a way to meet future spouses. “I was ju...

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05/10/2023

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Letter from the Catskills: A Teen Parishioner on the Lenten RetreatBeatrice Olderog A Lenten retreat provides an opportunity for us to step away from our busy lives and focus on our spiritual growth. It allows us to disconnect from the distractions of daily life and engage in activities that foster....

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Jacob’s Well Magazine

Jacob’s Well is the official magazine of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)

Both clergy and lay people from the Diocese volunteer to write, edit, design, and produce artwork for the publication. Each issue has a theme which is covered in a collection of “Featured Essays”. In addition to those essays, other topics such as liturgy, theology, parenting and family life, Diocesan life, science, the arts, and reviews of books, film, and music are covered by separate articles. Two issues a year are published in the Spring and the Fall.