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I don't believe any specific food is attached to any specific apostle ... just the number 12 is symbolic of the apostles, and so calls to mind both the Last Supper and the totality of the Church. The only person symbolized in a specific dish (pagach) is the Person of Christ, the bread of the...

I have spent a lot of time researching this (there is no formal 12-course Holy Supper tradition in my parish and only learned of it incidentally) and I have to admit to being frustrated. It is hard to understand which dishes (such as are mentioned in Wipikedia or other places) are essential...

Not always obvious. There are disadvantages also to celebrating OC in a NC world. To wit: work parties and other almost obligatory social events with non-Lenten alcohol and feasting the cultural pull of a materialistic Christmas on children non-Orthodox families who celebrate on a different...

Old Calendar here also, as is my wife, another infrequent TAWer.

Do you do a fish dish? Do you do wine?

Hello to old friends. And a blessed Nativity (past or future) to one and all. For those of you who follow Slavic Orthodox customs, how do you celebrate your Christmas eve Holy Supper? More specifically, which 12 dishes do you eat? Vasya.

[I'm going to post this here, because I am not interested in debate, just in the answer to a serious question, hopefully delivered by serious people.] As I see it, one can approach the saints through the lens of history and through the lens of hagiography. The critical eye, and the eye of...

Hey, Chrysostomos. No fear, my friend. Neither GDE nor I thought that you were accusing us of a lack of critical thinking. I liked what you said, and I wanted to use it as a launching point for a post of my own. You said that "reading it on the Net" is a poor basis for belief, and I agree...

I pray that I don't have to face such knowledge. [Experiential defense Alert] In the meantime, my son (despite an initial three-month hospital stay) is ridiculously healthy. He hasn't had a cold, a fever, or any of the other "common" childhood diseases. One thing that puzzles me is how...

Sorry, Chrysostomos, for singling you out like this. Simply put, the highlighted sentence is not true. Vaccines are broken down into two types: those that help the body fight against a bacterial infection those that help the body fight against a viral infection Getting bits of bacteria to...

I am going to resurrect this thread because there were a couple comments made that I should like to address. The first is here. "I Read It On the Net" Chrysostomos (and Michael), you are correct in stating that "I read it on the net" is not evidence. The net is, in essence, a lot of people...

Thank you for this post, Mytheodos. Vasya.

You are most welcome. Indeed. But you would think some Christian working in the medical fields would have alerted the pro-life groups long before now, wouldn't you? Yes, they could. There is a case (in California, I believe) where a mother who was opposed to vaccines for philosophical...

Ms. Dahl's link didn't come through for me. Here it is again: http://www.dgwsoft.co.uk/homepages/vaccines/alternatives.htm That is www dot dgwsoft dot co dot uk slash homepages slash vaccines slash alternatives dot htm Vasya.

There isn't a large gap between these babies and our vaccines. Here is what is happening, for the uninformed: Back in the 60's, before abortion was legalized, many children were aborted for "psychological" reasons. This was code that the mothers (or fathers) did not want them. Immediately...

Ms. Dahl: You have my sincere apologies for my lack of articulation. I wrote too quickly, and with too much emotion, and that is rarely conducive to clarity. I want to thank you for addressing the issue, as it is something that needs to be on the radar of the faithful. I also appreciate that...

Spyridon: I am not on this forum often enough to know you or the positions for which you habitually stand. And, unfortunately, there is no mutual history of Internet friendship or acquaintance to allow you to read this post without seeing in it a fresh enemy and a consequent need to further...

In a forum where we readily express opinions, often dissenting, on every imaginable topic, why has this subject failed to engender debate? Am I missing something here? Does everyone already know all about this, and are unanimous in their [silent] disapproval? ... I am not looking for a...

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