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You break communion with Miette? You break communion like the heretic? Schism for Mother Church, schism for 1000 years!
they should invent a sunday that doesnât have this sinking feeling
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Just got dumped, please pray for me.
Ad orientum or ad populum?
Most Eastern Orthodox services are conducted ad orientum with the priest turning towards the people at specific times. As for my personal preference, I grew up Orthodox so seeing the back is what Iâm used to.
May God bless and keep you and yours. In an answer to an anon you referenced some experiences with Orthodoxy that made you feel you could not ve anything else. Can you give an example?
Sure, one example of this would be the time I was at a random Vespers. I was standing in church looking up at the icon of the Mother of God above the altar. It was dark in the building and I donât know if I had my glasses but I was looking at this icon high up, and suddenly it became very focused in my vision. Like from blurred to sharpened. I started tearing up, it felt like the Mother of God was looking at me. It passed after a few minutes.
I canât really describe these things well. Hope this is what you were after. God bless, and Merry Christmas.
Why Orthodoxy over Catholicism?
Sorry it took so long to answer, Iâve been off this site for about a week and a half.
I wonât list all the doctrinal stuff, Iâll just give my personal reasons.
For me personally, I find Orthodox spirituality more compelling, same with the historical arguments. But truly, the experiences Iâve had in Orthodox worship and living as an Orthodox Christian, by the grace of God, mean I could never be anything else.
Laughter has been implanted in our soul that the soul may sometimes be refreshed
-St. John Chrysostom
Blessed Feast of the Nativity of the Forerunner! (And the anniversary of the overturning of Roe)
Behold Elizabeth who said to the Virgin Mary: âWhence is this to me, O mother of my Lord? Thou bearest the king, I the warrior; thou the Law-Giver I the upholder of the law; thou the Word, I the voice which proclaims // the Kingdom of Heaven!â
-Aposticha for the Nativity of the Forerunner & Baptist John
Lord have mercy! There was NINETEEN year old on the sub. Practically a child still. Give rest O Lord to thy departed servants!
âLenin's first mausoleum was erected on his funeral (27 Jan, 1924). Explosions of frozen ground damaged the sewerage system. In spring, everything melted and the new mausoleum with his body was flooded with sewage.
Saint Tikhon said "The myrrh matches the relics.ââ
I get annoyed by that painting of Christ stepping out of the empty tomb with the stone rolled to the side. That's not what happened, The Risen Christ rises from the dead and passes through the stone. He's GOD, He can do that. The stone is only rolled away to show the tomb is already empty.
Follow to the question I received - this is a good article to read for everyone.
What are we calling a "new convert?" When does one actually get to "teach theology?" I understand the essential point of learning about something and having experience with something before presenting oneself as an expert, but I worry that the post needlessly divides people of faith and negates the insights of those who haven't had the privilege of being raised in your specific religious tradition. Engage in dialogue with "new converts," recall how fortunate we are to come from, in many cases, a tradition of "new converts," and approach these people as fellow siblings, misguided or otherwise, not a dangerous scourge upon perfect theology.
Iâm going to answer your questions/points one at a time, as charitably as I can while not making an enormous post so please bear with me, the answers will be under the cut. Also, I am writing within an Eastern Orthodox Church context.
What are we calling a "new convert?"
âCatechumens will hear the word for three years. Yet if someone is earnest and perseveres well in the matter, it is not the time that is judged, but the conduct.â (Hippolytusâs Apostolic Tradition Chapter 17)
It is very dangerous for new converts to teach theology, especially on the internet.
Hey everyone, feels like all I post these days are health updates. My health has improved from a year ago, but I'm seeing another new doctor tomorrow, and I'm hoping that she'll give me the treatment a bunch of other medical professionals have recommended me. Please pray that we don't get bogged down in nonsense, I'd really like to just get the treatment tomorrow. I really need your prayers. Thank you.
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