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A couple of things: About the communion of Copts (I didn't say communion with Copts, because I think it only goes one way in America) thing, my priest explained it in a way that hasn't been brought up here. I should qualify by saying that around here it seems to be more of Greek churches...

Thought I would resurrect this thread and make amends for my earlier unhelpful remark by making a suggestion. I haven't researched this at all as it pertains to the East, but in the West, most of the hymnography used to be the work of monastics, and it was customary for monastics not to sign...

You didn't touch a nerve. I'm just in an awful mood, and I'm pretty snarky even when I'm in a good mood. I didn't mean to come off sounding angry. But I was once told that Orthodox worship was "unbiblical" by someone whose entire church was based around the Purpose Driven book, and that...

Here's a good way of dating some of them: If the translations are hilariously bad and/or clumsy, like they somehow managed to get the words "the" and "thee" back-to-back in a troparion, that translation was done in the 20th century by the Antiochians. (this coming from an Antiochian)

Caveat: I am in no way an authority on anything. I don't speak for the Orthodox Church, for TAW, or anybody but me. And I don't even represent me that well. But, the issue with charity is one close to my heart, because like you I haven't seen many churches address it in what I would...

Regarding liturgy, I think you'll find that an amazing amount of what is said/done/read in the Orthodox liturgy comes directly from the Bible. Some churches even have the relevant Bible verses cited in their liturgy books, and I bet it's online somewhere, though I haven't looked. Having said...

It happens all the time, and probably 90% of the time it's recognized for the innocent mistake that it is, and not freaked out about. My grandmother is Turkish-American, and I don't think I've ever heard anybody accurately guess that. I've never seen her snap at anyone for thinking she was...

You're kidding! I had never noticed! There's a restaurant in my city run by a Ukrainian lady who speaks Russian, but refuses to. And she gets all huffy about it. Like if someone new comes in, assumes from her accent (when speaking English) that she's Russian, and starts speaking Russian to...

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Thanks for the advice, everybody! Clem, are you not aware that I'm from rural Kentucky? A 40-year gap between three generations sounds about right:P Actually, having relatively young grandparents was the main reason I was so keen to start a family right after marriage. My dad's parents...

While we're exchanging stupid name stories, here's one: My cousin works in a maximum security prison. One of his inmates is called "Pretty Boy." Of course most prisoners have nicknames, but this guy was in no way pretty, nor did he look like someone who would relish the nickname "Pretty Boy."...

I actually "pranced" (I like that) the other way, from a new all-convert parish to an older, ethnic parish, a couple of years ago. It was a little different than your situation, though, because a) it wasn't my home parish; I had already pranced a couple of times because of moves and had only...

That's a good idea. I doubt they would qualify and I'm not sure how they would respond to it, but it's worth looking into. I think if my grandmother had a couple of days a week where she could go out without my grandpa (like a "mother's day out" thing), that it would ease the situation...

Of course, but it seems kind of callous to sit back and let them keep endangering themselves (this is really what it amounts to, in their situation and so far from help). I don't think they would ever do that willingly. As I said, my grandpa won't even get in the car sometimes because he...

I should add that even though my mother is retired, my father is not. And he's an elected official five years from retirement, and it would be career suicide for them to move. My aunt is in a similar situation, as she's placebound in her job as well. There are no jobs in my grandparents'...

Hey guys, I don't know if any of you have experience with this, but we're in a bind and need advice. My grandparents have two adult daughters, both of whom live in the same town, about two hours (on a horrible road) away from them. My grandparents ' siblings are all either dead, moved far...

From my experience (my son's name is Aaron), people in the US tend to pronounce "Aaron" and "Erin" almost the same anyway. Interestingly, the names are not related. "Erin" is Gaelic for "Ireland," while "Aaron" is Hebrew, obviously having nothing to do with Ireland. For the longest time, I...

Are they affiliated withe the Apostolic Holiness Church of Jesus Christ Incorporated? (Seriously, their sign says "Incorporated" on it like that. I don't want to be the one to tell them that all churches are incorporated, and refrain from proclaiming it on their signs, but someone should.)

Personally, I was very glad when the Antiochians pulled out of it. The Orthodox presence is not going to change it, and in my opinion, Orthodox involvement in it only reflects poorly on the Orthodox Church.

I'm gonna have to see that thread dug up and quoted before I will believe that it wasn't said in jest. Americans are fully aware of the Old Calendar. In fact, we have churches on both calendars. My priest and his family celebrate holidays on the New Calendar here, and then again with their...