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🪩🕺🏻 ✨25years of age ✨ 🕺🏻🪩Chestnut is going to look so fly in his hydroplane

[ronjeremysmom]

[krshush]

Obsessed with this lil guy on a cake at my local-ish grocery store bakery???

[krshush]

VALENTINE'S EVE UPDATE:

WHOEVER THIS SPECIFIC DECORATOR IS, THEY ARE ONLINE, AND I'M SO SAD MY FAMILY DOESN'T THINK THEY'RE AS FUNNY AS MEEEEE

[pocketss]

laurie 😔

[starjasmines]

im awfully pretentious for someone who knows nothing and does nothing. solution is to become someone who knows everything and does everything. because i am not getting off this high horse. im velcroed to the saddle. im fused to the horse.

[vexheart]

This

[big-plate-of-tuna]

[busket]

sometimes I think about how rattlesnakes are starting to adapt to bite immediately instead of using their rattle as a warning, because this defense mechanism that says "im here! im frightened! don't come close or ill bite you" has instead ilicited a reaction of "oh fuck a rattlesnake, i should kill it"

so of course every snake that has the instinct to warn humans of its presence gets killed, and only the snakes that bite first and dont make themselves known get to survive. a human who's been bitten is too worried about his swelling ankle to decapitate a snake with a shovel.

it's a good example of how humans make the world more dangerous for ourselves by believing that we have mastery and ownership of it. we think we have the power and importance to control the life around us down to the snakes and insects, but every animal fights for life. and no animal thinks that any human is more important than it's own life.

[fihli]

tumblr for the past day and a half

[orthodoxadventure]

Did you know the Trisagion Service is a memorial service?

The Trisagion Service is a brief memorial service celebrated by a priest on behalf of deceased Orthodox Christians.

Trisagion (Greek: τρισάγιον) means “Thrice Holy” and is the hymn of the angels, “Holy! Holy! Holy!” (Isaiah 6:1). The service is called this because it begins with the familiar prayer, “Holy God! Holy Mighty! Holy Immortal! Have mercy on us,” said three times.

After the beginning prayers, a series of hymns, a litany, and a petition are chanted, asking the merciful Lord to give rest to the reposed among the Saints. The service concludes with the dismissal blessing and singing, “May your memory be eternal.” The family may bring Kollyva to be blessed and distributed among the people.

The service is typically celebrated on the night before the funeral. It can be offered anytime, usually immediately after the person has died, after the funeral, the 3rd, 9th, & 40th days, the 3rd, 6th, 9th, & 12th months, and annually with the larger Memorial Service called a “Mnemosyna” (Greek: Μνημόσυνα) — which means “calling to mind” because they are prayers for the departed.

Saint John Chrysostom says, “The inhabitants of heaven and earth are brought together in a common assembly; there is one thanksgiving, one shout of delight, one joyful chorus.”

In praying the Trisagion, we unite heaven and earth, angels and mankind, Saints and spiritual strugglers, the living and the deceased. [source]

[orthodoxadventure]

Discover Orthodoxy: Journey into the Depth and Beauty of the Ancient Christian Faith

I am currently undergoing this course, and I was recently sent their syllabus. I believe the books and articles mentioned would be of interest to people that are interested in Orthodox Christianity, so I have decided to compile these resources together. It is worth mentioning that these books and articles are intended to be read alongside lectures. But I do believe they should be fine as standalones. These readings are no substitute for a directed Catechism from an Orthodox Priest. If you are interested in something more in depth, please reach out to a local Orthodox Priest for guidance.

(As I can't link to individual chapters in the Catechism Manual, I am using just the one link which you can find in the section: 'The Creed')

The Creed:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 2 - Nicene Creed

Commentary on the Creed by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (+387)

The Lord's Prayer:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 3 - Prayer

Saint Cyprian of Carthage's Commentary on the 'Our Father'

God and Humankind:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 4 - Salvation (Soteriology)

"God and Humankind" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

The Church:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 5 - The Church (Ecclesiology)

"Holy Tradition" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

Worship:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 6 - Worship

"Orthodox Worship, I: The Earthly Heaven" By Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

"The Theology of Worship: A Sense of Wonder" By Metropolitan Kallistos Ware (Chaps from the Inner Kingdom)

"Eucharist and the Kingdom of God" (Parts 1, 2, 3) by Metropolitan John Zizioulas

The House of Worship:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 7 - Walking into an Orthodox Church

"Furnishing and use: architecture and liturgy" by Rowland J. Mainstone

"Praying with Icons" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

Icons:

Continuation of the 'Praying with Icons' by Kallistos Ware which is mentioned above

Catechism Manual: Chapter 8 - Veneration & Intercession of Saints & the Theotokos

Holy Scripture:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 9 - Bible

The Sacraments:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 10 - Sacraments

"Orthodox Worship II: The Sacraments" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

"The Eucharist" by Fr. Alexander Schmemann (Missing PDF)

"Of Water and Spirit" by Fr. Alexander Schmemann (Missing PDF)

"On the Priesthood" by Saint John Chrysostom (Missing PDF)

"Soul Mending" by Fr. John Chryssavgis (missing PDF)

"The Inner Way" by Joseph J. Allen

"Marriage: The Sacrament of Love and Communion" by Fr. Alikviadis Calivas

"Marriage in the Orthodox Church" by Stephanos Charalambides

"The Sacrament of Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective" by Fr. John Chryssavgis

"The Reception of Non-Orthodox into the Orthodox Church: Contemporary Practice" by John H. Erickson

"Confession and Spiritual Direction in the Orthodox Church: Some Modern Questions to a Very Ancient Practice" by Metropolitan Job Getcha

"Some Reflections on Confession" by Fr. Alexander Schmemann

"The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

"Ordination - A Sacrament? An Orthodox Reply" by Metropolitan John Zizioulas

"Some Reflections on Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist" by Metropolitan John Zizioulas

Orthodox Christian Asceticism:

Catechism Manual: Chapters 11 & 12 - Orthodox Ethics / Life

"Orthodox Worship III: Feasts, Fasts, and Private Prayer" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware (Missing PDF)

"Feasting and Fasting" by Sister Vassa Larin

The Liturgical Calendar:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 13 - The Liturgical Church Year

"Some Common Misconceptions about the Date of Easter/Pascha" by John Fotopoulos

"Date of Easter and Calendar Revision" by Fr. Paul T. Verghese

"The Development of the Christian Year" by Hugh Wybrew

The Ecumenical Councils:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 15 - Ecumenical Councils

"Byzantium I, The Church of the Seven Councils" by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

Baptism:

Readings from Saint Nicholas Cabasilas' "The Life in Christ"

Eucharist:

Readings from Saint Nicholas Cabasilas' "The Life in Christ"

Clergy:

Catechism Manual: Chapter 14 - Clergy

The Divine Liturgy:

Commentary on the Divine Liturgy by Saint Nicholas Cabasilas

[pastelclownkitty]

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[pastelclownkitty]

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[pastelclownkitty]

I DO NOT CONSENT TO YOU COMMUNIZING MY FUCKING OVARIES!!!!!!

[foralteregos]

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[pastelclownkitty]

yeah no i dont care if i have 121 followers youre not doing that to me

[i-give-you-a-fish]

You get a Common Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

[pastelclownkitty]

you know what. i may be getting jumped by tumblrians but at least i have my clownfish. its me and you against the world buddy

[levil0vesyou]

Our clownfish

[pastelclownkitty]

I CANT HAVE ANYTHING IN THIS FUCKIBG WORLD

[circusclownproductions]

“Can I be mean for a second” I would not care if you killed the bitch in front of me. Now what’s bothering you queen

[catboybiologist]

"Can I be mean" is a way to instantly activate the bitch instinct in a group of women who are desperately trying to get you to respect yourself

[catboybiologist]

You utter "can I be mean" and I am already bundled up with a blanket on a couch with Rosé poured. We are out for a walk. Where did that couch come from

[weepyemperor]

Hey boss man can't come in to work today. I'm just not feeling the love. You know how it is. Not feeling the love. At all

[lilboreddev-blog]

reblog if your name isn't Amanda.

[thatblackwatchdouche-blog-blog]

2,121,566 people are not Amanda and counting!

We’ll find you Amanda.

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

[revevif]

healing happens in circles, not lines. you will return to old places with new eyes.

[fairycosmos]

i will never get over the way time and the environment behaved so differently when i was a kid. a saturday afternoon felt so vast and long. i could get absorbed into the colours and atmosphere of a tv show. even the food was better. even the air

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

get my pussy up.....get my money up...... (chanting) (barren stone temple) (voice reverberating) get my pussy up...... (cobweb sounds) (crumbling support beams) (emptiness) get my money up.....

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