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  1. gurneyhalleck1

    What have you all been up to? Let’s Revive TAW. Our forum is dead as a door nail!

    For corn sakes, people! This subforum used to be vibrant and helpful, alive, useful. Now it’s about as lively as a Democrat fundraiser! So what have yall been up to? Let’s talk, darn it!
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    Why Every Christian Should Have a Prayer Rule - Fr. Josiah Trenham

    Prayer is the oxygen of the Orthodox Christian….
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    GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA: “I WILL NOT RENOUNCE MY IDENTITY EVEN IF IT MEANS DEATH”

    A few days ago, 48-year-old Johnny S., a Greek Orthodox Christian from Syria, found the courage to leave his home in Latakia, where he has been confined since the atrocities began on March 6. Since then, he has only been out to get water and food, and the electricity has been out for about a...
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    USAID BEHIND ANTI-CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION: THE ORTHODOX VIEW WITH PHILIP CHAMPION

    Very disturbing stuff! https://orthochristian.com/167381.html
  5. gurneyhalleck1

    Please pray for Father George…

    Please remember Archpriest Father George in your prayers. He is having a quadruple bypass surgery. We’re not sure as to when, but it’s coming soon….Father has been through the mill over the years as some of you might recall, but he announced it to the parish with a smile today and reminded us...
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    Canon 28 Chalcedon clarification

    So recently I’ve been fascinated with Canon 28 of Chalcedon. It seems like everyone has their own version of history as to how this went down and what the final result was? Some say because Pope Leo refused to sign off on it, it died on the vine. Some say the Orthodox Church went on and passed...
  7. gurneyhalleck1

    Is it just me?

    I haven’t been here in a while. I used to love TAW. Is it just me or is this place dead now? Very little posting, not much fun or lively discussion like 10-12 years ago? What happened?
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    Holy Resurrection Cathedral Japan visit June 2024

    i took the family to Japan in June. We were there ten days. Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka. While in Tokyo we went and took the metro train to see Holy Resurrection Cathedral, St. Nicholai of Japan’s church. What a blessing.
  9. gurneyhalleck1

    Ever read something that you no longer can find and feel like you're losing your marbles?!

    A few years ago, I swear I remember reading on my Orthodox app (Orthodox Calendar). It was about a saint, female saint, who had died and at the Great Council after days of debate, heated arguments, prayers, and discussion, they placed the teachings of Arius in the coffin of this saint along...
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    Massive Anti-Pride Parade in Belgrade!

    Bishop Nikanor is kicking butt and taking names! Last night, thousands of Serbs marched through the main streets of Belgrade in protest of the Euro Pride march expected to be held in the capital city next month. Estimates of the number of participants vary. Balkan Insight reports 5-10,000...
  11. gurneyhalleck1

    Reader Joseph’s Turkey Trip

    Ok….Some of you asked. Be careful whatcha wish for! ^_^^_^:sorry:
  12. gurneyhalleck1

    Patriarch Kyrill Delivers Speech on Forgiveness Sunday

    Anyone have an opinion on this? I can’t fathom talking up the threat of LGBT in the West and justifying bombing fellow Orthodox Christians on Forgiveness Sunday? https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1011020/war-in-ukraine-is-a-metaphysical-battle-against-a-civilization-built-on
  13. gurneyhalleck1

    Impassability and the Passion, etc.

    Hey Everybody, I haven't posted a thread in some time, but I got to thinking the other day about impassability, and I often wonder if most folks (myself most definitely included!) understand it and how it relates and works with the Lord and His Passion as well as His Life? I think of the idea...
  14. gurneyhalleck1

    January isn’t going very well!

    So in 15 days… Kate got a cold during Christmas vacation 4 days I caught it 7 days—-both missed Christmas My best friend and his wife got COVID My godmother just died I tested positive for COVID today My daughter tested positive Missing Holy Theophany Little frustrated with 2020–too
  15. gurneyhalleck1

    Prayers for my Dad...and Mom

    Good Morning, After the way the COVID thread went and the direction I've seen TAW take, I've really tried not to post here. It's a shame because I miss so many people and have really wanted to be here. However, I'm really uncomfortable with the degree to which some posters have gone to create a...