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Some dip their host in the wine and there maybe backwash. The priests I have seen won't even touch a regular host/bread and then touch a gluten free host because of fear of cross contamination. I think there needs to be reasonable accommodation: a chalice or cup just for those suffering from...

Regarding the wine, one has to be careful of cross contamination.

We will have to agree to disagree. The EP's novel interpretation of canon 28 has yet to be accepted by anyone but has been refuted by Russia. The EP has absolutely no authority outside of Turkey and the New Lands, and the New Lands should really be under the CoG for canonical order as well as...

Yes, Greek Archdiocese in the US is by far the largest by counting members with a whopping 300,000 members but it has a smaller footprint. Add on another 15K for its other dioceses such as ACROD, UOC, etc Lets add in every greek in the entire world regardless of whether they are EP, JP, AP, CoG...

IMHO opinion it is the Patriarchate's incessant need to feel important and its grandiose view of its rather small church within the family of Orthodox Churches. It is their attitude of entitlement and its quest for power. It interferes in the affairs of other churches to everyones' detriment...

I would have to say that the most maligned Patriarch of Constantinople in the 20th & 21st centuries and rightly so is Meletius Metaxakis.

I am surprised that you think that. You replied to my post and I replied to yours. If it was not clear how my response was relevant to your reply I will be more than happy to clarify. You said that some people were “mature enough” to tell the difference between an innocent and someone that has...

I guess that sentiment will have to console the victims of the Iraqi Genocide or all the innocents murdered by drone strikes.

Just thought I would add my thoughts: I guess I have a hard time understanding the pro-life movement in general. Believing that abortion is a sin or that life starts at conception is not being pro-life. To be pro-life would mean that we have to address the social and economic factors that...

Thank you for the responses. Albion I think you have it right.

Hi all, The CofE is in communion with the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht yet the CofE has parishes and a diocese that over laps the jurisdiction of these Old Catholic Churches. Why is that the case? In my mind that would be the equivalent of the TEC opening parishes in...

I just went to my first Old Catholic Service a couple of weeks ago. I loved it. The service was truly moving. Only drawback is that the church was 4 hours away but I can still visit occasionally. The Jurisdiction was TOCCUSA.

May seem like a silly question but I really don't know what they do. In my previous Church Affiliations the Bishop was responsible for everything including maintaining order. The priests were seens as his assistants and there was little to no variation in practice or belief tolerated. Obviously...

Excellent point. I am not sure why those thoughts bubbled to the surface. It is not something that usually happens to me. We know from scripture that Jesus was an observant Jew (went to synagogue and to the Temple). I don't know what meaning that should have for us. Especially if history is...

I was reading your post and the following questions popped into my head and are not aimed at you directly so don't feel obliged to respond. I just wanted to write them down and reflect on them. Did Jesus ever visit an Orthodox or Anglican Church? Did Jesus know about or experience our...

Here is the scenario. My wife and I have a 7 month old baby and we live in the midwest currently but our respective families live on the East Coast it about a 18 hour car ride. We haven't had the baby baptized yet because we live so far away from everyone. Any else have this problem? I am...

Maybe a silly question. But what are supply clergy? Are they just retired priests that are available if needed?

That is most certainly true. I have seen with my own eyes. When our subdeacon a former baptist minster married for over 20 years with kids went from an OCA parish to GOARCH parish they told him that if he wanted to pursue the deaconate he would need to have a "church wedding" So you obviously...

Let me give you an example of what I mean. If a married couple converts to Orthodoxy from another Christian Tradition, lets say baptist, if they have been baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, And the Holy Spirit, here in the US they will be Chrismated (confirmed). If they join a slavic...

Strange I have never seen uniformity in the Orthodox or RC Church. So I guess my answer is no.