The most charitable spin that could be put on this is this: The grandmother might be a very pious Orthodox Christian who is not in favor of homosexual "marriage," but she loves her grandchildren, however they came into being. She is concerned about their salvation and asks if they could be...
The problem isn't that the children of unbelievers were baptized. The problem is the way it all came about. For starters, Elpi. misled the metropolitan of the diocese in Greece where it took place. Elpi. asked permission to carry out a "family" baptism, and of course the Greek metropolitan...
If I had to speculate, I would suspect that there are some lax parishes out there with lax priests who don't encourage keeping the fasts or going to confession, or observing other Orthodox disciplines. Such a priest would not be too happy about a member of his parish visiting a monastery and...
This may have been posted before, but in case it hasn't, this is a real treasure:
The Orthodox Word Magazin #1 to #105 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The oldest issue is from 1965. This is the magazine started by Fr. Seraphim Rose and Fr. Herman at the St. Herman...
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