Nihil Sine Deo

*Iulia*21 years*Orthodox*Romania* A blog about random interesting things that I like. And the central theme, the Eastern Orthodox church to whom I belong to.Plus everyday muses:) About me: Orthodoxy,Christendom,Saints, Iconography, Theology, Chants, Books, Eliade, Roses, Sweets, Cats, Cocoa, Theatre, Tea, Cinematography, Peonies, History, Opera, Travelling, Edelweiss, Hiking, Politics, Lilac, Classical music, Enescu, Folk, Photography, Vintage,Belle Epoque, Zamfir, Pan flute, Folklore, Dog Rose, Church Architecture,Brancusi, Philosophy, Noica, Art, Chrysanthemum, Grigorescu, Fans, Archaeology, Pro-life, Homesteading, Farm Life, Harvest, Wheat, Gardening, Jam, Health, Self-Sufficiency, Medicinal Herbs, Hemp Oil, Natural Healing, Nutrition, Soup, Anti-War, Home-schooling, Education, Forests, Fall, Rural life, Rain, Traditions. Avatar image taken by me at the country-side in my grandfather's garden.Yeah, and that's my hand:) Background and header-Cozia Monastery-taken by me :) Meaning of the name Oroles: http://oroles.tumblr.com/post/32670263997 "I automatically assume people won’t like me, so I don’t talk to them unless they approach me first. I can’t become a part of a crowd because I can’t get past that feeling that I don’t belong. “ — Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia "Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood … We loners … have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating “ — Anneli Rufu Struggle mightily to avoid judging others. God alone has the right to judge. - St Tikhon of Zadonsk The way of the Church is LOVE; it differs from the way of the legalists. The Church sees everything with tolerance and seeks to help each person, whatever he may have done, however sinful he may be. - Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos The Orthodox Church is not primarily an institution. Orthodox Christianity is not a series of rules to live by, nor is it a particular structure of church government. Orthodoxy is not a theological system, nor is its fullest expression limited to any particular period of history or cultural environment. Orthodoxy is nothing less than a relationship with God. - Archimandrite Meletios Webber, “Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God” We must learn to bow down before the will of God and not insist on our will. Obedience to the will of God is carried out through obedience to our elders, parents, teachers, and supervisors at work… If we have obedience we will understand what is required of us. - Elder Thaddeus Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but not everyone has the desire to labor towards this end. I am saying this because it is not enough merely to desire. You need to resolve firmly to achieve without fail that which you desire. You also need to resolve firmly to begin the process itself of labor towards this. - Saint Theophan the Recluse To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind. “ — St. Anthony the Great We're not Jewish, but we are Orthodox. We're not Roman, but we are Catholic. We're not Protestant, but the Bible came from us. We're not Denominational, we are Pre-Denominational. "We cannot give Christ to others unless we have welcomed Him into the central place in our own heart…" - Abbot Tryphon of Vashon Island "If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." - St. Augustine "As a woman, you deserve a man who will slay the dragon within himself first, just as St. George." - Fr. John Moses of Virgina

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Bother 2 whole birds AND a tree with this one (1) easy tune

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I think it's high time these get posted again

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[i-amneveralone-deactivated20201]

I think whats concerning about this question is why are pro life people the only ones expected to actually help women with their babies.

I understand the pro choice movement is focused on preserving choice for women but shouldn’t there also be equivalent energy on also helping women who keep their babies.

Every time this question its asked, it sounds like what this pro choice person is saying “we don’t have the resources to take care of this child so how are you going to take care of them” as if the infant is like a stray dog or something. Pro choice should theoretically support women on both sides because some women genuinely don’t want to abort. Some people dont see infants as an inconvenience.

I say this because the more I interact with pro choice people, the more I see its less choice and more pro abortion/anti children.

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Ngl looks dope but at the same time wonder how pragmatic it is

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Claude Monet Lilacs in the Sun 1872

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Bato Dugarzhapov; Living Water

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Inst @alexandratolstoy

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thats 8 pregnancies minimum,, I say 8 because the first four look like they could be sets of twins

[y-ou-rs-tr-ul-y]

I really do hate people who have more than 5 fucking kids

[sonia-marmeladova]

LMAO not surprising that you people just fucking hate mothers and children. there’s no memeing this, there’s no irony or mockery here—you literally just hate families. you mock yourselves. what else do you think is a plague? puppies? kittens? homes with attentive fathers? loving nontoxic relationships? rainbows? re fucking evaluate your principles my dude

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Anyways, shoutout to my Grandma who had 8 kids and for all the parents who desire big families. Y’all are amazing

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my great-grandma with 18 kids be like

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My grandma 11 kids

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Hermit homes in the Russian wilderness. From the Escape series by Danila Tkachenko.

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Panther in the Rain

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from weheartit

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I have my doubts that the Romanovs are Saints I just don't get it. There, I said it.

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Castelul Peleş, Romania.

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Cave home with a courtyard Tripoli, Libya

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Is this Tatooine

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Cat enjoying the smell of a blossomed tree

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