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  1. The Liturgist

    The Orthodox stayed true

    Remember, this beauty that St. Vladimir’s envoys experienced still exists, despite Turkish control and profanation of Hagia Sophia, in a great many Orthodox parishes and monasteries, even those which use the English language. You can see what they saw now. More than almost anyone else...
  2. The Liturgist

    The Orthodox stayed true

    No, I don’t think @rockytopva intended to do that; and indeed if he were pursuing a Hellenocentric model he wouldn’t be quoting the Primary Chronicle and referencing the conversion of the Kievan Rus. Rather, it is the case that after 1054, the Byzantine Empire and its allies such as Kievan Rus...
  3. The Liturgist

    The Orthodox stayed true

    They still are, although unfortunately the Turks control Hagia Sophia and the Cathedral Typikon which was used there and in Thessaloniki and I think in Athens is no longer in use; the Hagia Sophia also had a massive choir and a large number of deacons, resulting in very majestic services...
  4. The Liturgist

    Ecumenical Patriarch question

    No, his authority is limited to those areas under Constantinopolitan jurisdiction, which include all areas of Greece that free of Turkish subjugation after the initial revolution, including Thessaloniki, Crete, Mount Athos, Patmos, and most of the islands of the Aegean Sea, and also what is left...
  5. The Liturgist

    Fast exceptions

    My comment was not a question but rather, I am just bewildered by that decision.
  6. The Liturgist

    Ecumenical Patriarch question

    There are also churches under him which are not recognized as canonical by most Orthodox churches, for example in Estonia and Ukraine. The current Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North America when Metropolitan of Bursa authored a paper that made the absurd claim that only the EP could grant or...
  7. The Liturgist

    Ecumenical Patriarch question

    No
  8. The Liturgist

    Christians join Jewish, Hindu plaintiffs in Texas lawsuit against Ten Commandments in schools

    What we really need is legislation mandating the Holy Cross and the reproductions of the icon of our Lord and the Theotokos painted by St. Luke, the Christ Pantocrator Icon, the Icon Not Made by Hands, the Ladder of Divine Ascent, the Iveron icon and other wonder-working icons and icons of...
  9. The Liturgist

    What did Jesus mean by "night is coming"?

    Please forgive me as I value and love you as a brother in Christ and don’t wish to frustrate you. I will, if you wish, try to write a very exact and concise answer of my own to this question, but I need a bit of time since as you know, my habitual style is long winded and meandering and I do...
  10. The Liturgist

    What did Jesus mean by "night is coming"?

    No, only a few of the more silly members like me, indulge in that vice, but not in conversation with you, and of that vice @ViaCrucis is completely innocent. I assure you, his reply was concise, which is why I am urging you to reach out to him to obtain specific clarification rather than...
  11. The Liturgist

    What did Jesus mean by "night is coming"?

    I could - perhaps you could be more specific? Because the entirety of what @ViaCrucis wrote seemed to me an explanation of what he believes our Lord meant. I don’t want to put words in his mouth by trying to summarize, but perhaps you might want to ask ViaCrucis to explain it to you another...
  12. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    Fox failed to mention the attrocities committed against Roman Catholics, for example the Martyrs of Gorkum, whose feast was this week, who were the victims of shocking cruelty. Thus, as a Protestant martyrology his work is acceptable, but reading an account of the period of 1500-1900 without...
  13. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    Which makes sense, because anti-Catholic translations of the Bible such as the Geneva Bible contain inline doctrinal comments which the less educated faithful could confuse with the text itself, and any Bible not produced under ecclesiastical scrutiny might contain errors. Thus it makes sense...
  14. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    You’re reading Romans 14:5 in isolation and in contradiction to the rest of the pericope. Reread it together with Romans 14:6-20 The Incarnation and the Resurrection are not man-made ideas, and the celebration of Pascha even predates the Resurrection, but acquired its specifically...
  15. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    It’s not a false accusation; I’m not accusing you of anything, I am trying to understand why you posted what you did. If you did not intend to deny that the fingers of Christ are the fingers of God, then why did you post the above in a response to my post where I said the same fingers that...
  16. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    Of course it does. Take a closer look at Romans 14:5-20
  17. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    I agree that Sacred Scriptures show that three persons of the Holy Trinity, one God, do not work against each other, for a house divided cannot stand. Therefore why do you deny that the fingers of Christ are the fingers of God? The denial contradicts the principle of divine unity you are...
  18. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    Yes there is - Genesis 1, entire, and Romans 14:5-12, and Colossians 2:16.
  19. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    The point you’re missing is the unity of God - God Holy Spirit and the Only Begotten Son and incarnate Word of God, our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ are consubstantial, of one essence, that of the unoriginate Father. You’re creating a division between the persons of the Holy Trinity that...
  20. The Liturgist

    Spanish Inquisiton

    All days are now sanctified for Holy Use, since Christ commanded us to pray without ceasing. The Sabbath is specifically the day on which Christ rested in the tomb, thus fulfilling the prophecy of Genesis 1 and the Decalogue. Thus, the Orthodox Church correctly observes the Sabbath by...
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