Search results

  1. R

    Urgent Prayers to spare a 16 year old girl's life

    :crosseo: You would think these murderers would have heard of this... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6715313.stm
  2. R

    Married Ring Finger

    It was invented by DeBeers diamond company in the 20th century, who also owns 90% of the worlds diamonds, and keep them out of circulation in order to drive up the cost of diamonds. Truth is, diamonds are not that rare, it is just that DeBeers has a monopoly on them.
  3. R

    The Marriage Thread - Why is there no "until death do us part" in Orthodox Marriages?

    That verse only says that people don't marry, nor are given in marriage in Heaven...it doesn't really answer the question on if someone who is married on earth, is still married in Heaven..at least to me...
  4. R

    The Marriage Thread - Why is there no "until death do us part" in Orthodox Marriages?

    1. There are no vows because we are not supposed to make oaths. The fact that you are getting married is enough of a vow in and of itself. 2. I have no clue, I have yet to ask my Spiritual Father for Buzuxi... 3. 3 strikes and your out is because if you can't get it right by 3 times, you...
  5. R

    The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth.

    And to you.. Trust me, I understand what you are saying, but in this particular instance (and in other's) the translation is correct, and the commas used are correctly placed to convey the intentions of the writer. The easiest thing to do is to show them the rules of the grammar. In this...
  6. R

    The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth.

    What I say is that the Koine Greek doesn't have commas...;) But we never get anywhere with the Greek vs. English translation thing..so the best thing to do in this case is point out the rules of grammer used in that particular verse for the English...
  7. R

    OT-Building vocabulary

    Does anyone know any tricks to help build your vocabulary? Things to read, or anything like that. To help learn the type of words that are not used very often and that would encounter in various exams..
  8. R

    Prayers for all those serving.........................

    It is time for all of them to come home for good...lets pray this happens. :crosseo:
  9. R

    The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth.

    Comma grammer rule # 4... Use a comma to set off parenthetical elements, as in "The Founders Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River, is falling down." By "parenthetical element," we mean a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the essential meaning of that sentence. The...
  10. R

    Patriarch Alexy II of Russia on CBS Dec 23rd.

    I liked the way the Patriach talked about how Orthodoxy survived through all the Communist persecution...many people do not know this. I think it really spoke well for the Orthodox Church.
  11. R

    Patriarch Alexy II of Russia on CBS Dec 23rd.

    It was pretty good...what I found funny was everyone talked in a basic interview style, except the Pope...everything he said was a speech..I guess he doesn't do interviews..
  12. R

    Not living up to what we preach?

    Besides the ignorance of Russia shown by this person, this has to be the most ignorant part of all..... Obviously in all he pulled out of thin air, he missed what Christ said somewhere along the way...maybe you should show him this verse... Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and...
  13. R

    Church Renown?

    :scratch:
  14. R

    I need to stop watching History Channel

    After reading all your posts, I will say that the show in question was not that bad. It was basically a show (and there are a few of them) that talked about various gnostic or other books that were not added to the Bible. The only drawback was that it of course had the Protestant view...but...
  15. R

    I need to stop watching History Channel

    You didn't think of that..that was in the show you watched today..."Banned from the Bible"..
  16. R

    Conception of Christ

    If God just placed Jesus in her womb, then no part of Him was human. If no part of Him was human, there would have been no need to put Him in their in the first place. He would have just "appeared" one day as a man..I mean why go through the birth, and growing up and all that if He wasn't human...
  17. R

    Great Hours for Eve of Nativity

    I honestly have never been to Church on Christmas Eve morning...they don't even have a service tomorrow morning where I go..just the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil tomm night...
  18. R

    Closing the door/curtain during the consecration

    It usually is done in the GOA Churches....just a scattered few that don't..
  19. R

    Great Hours for Eve of Nativity

    icxn gave you something that is probably not going to be what the person is going to experience tommorrow night...but what I gave you is the Vesperal Divine Liturgy that occurs on Christmas Eve... edit: and I just noticed that you were looking for AM :)
  20. R

    Great Hours for Eve of Nativity

    It's the 1st, 3rd, 6th and 9th Psalms as well as 102 (103) and 145(146) along with the Typika and Vespers, followed by the Liturgy of St. Basil... Troparion Mary was of David's seed, So she went with Joseph to register in Bethlehem. She bore in her womb the Fruit not sown by man. The...