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Recent content by 88Devin07

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    Father Nathan Monk stepping down from priesthood in support of LGBTQ?

    He was ordained in fall 2012, it also seems he was received into Orthodoxy that same year. Not even a year in the Orthodox Church and he's already headed out the door.
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    The Unofficial, Official List of banned topics during Great Lent!

    I've always wondered, is beer okay in Russian fasting? I've normally fasted from it in college because me and my friends drank so regularly (and got drunk once a week or every other week). But now I don't drink nearly as often.
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    ugh... I just visited the schismatic "traditionalist Orthodox" website to see what they were saying about the new Pope and the EP. I wished I hadn't. How can they even call themselves Orthodox? If some think that our "speaking the truth in love" is hate speech, they need to see that site. You...
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    What do you base this on? Surely you don't buy into those ridiculous Malachy prophecies.
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    Why do you call them "Catholic Church" instead of Roman Catholic? You should know that we are the Catholic Church.
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    Good sign? Or no?

    The EP isn't a great Ecumenist heretic like some Old Calendarists in Greece like to think he is. He knows his boundaries and the things he shouldn't ever do. If he were to receive any sort of sacrament from the Roman Catholics, especially communion, he'd be excommunicated by most if not all...
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    It doesn't all tie together, why would the Roman Catholic Saints prophecies about Popes be any concern to us as Orthodox? Those prophecies are a bunch of hooey anyway, just like the Bible Code stuff.
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    Boom, called it!
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    I dunno, but I think it is definitely a safe bet the Russian Patriarch isn't. He is one of the major Patriarchs who hasn't ever met with the Pope in recent years. However I could see them sending Metropolitan Hilarion Alfayev as a representative.
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    Supposing I returned

    No to the three in red. If you returned, you'd be received through profession of faith and chrismation. Traditionally this would include a special chrismation either for Anglicans, or for former Orthodox. For a friend of mine who left Roman Catholicism, there is a special chrismation "service"...
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    Modernization of The Orthodox Church

    I have no problem with cultural parish events, I think they're a great thing. People SHOULD celebrate their ethnic identity. But I don't think that it should be something that excludes others, or that comes before being Orthodox. The purpose of cultural parish events like Greek Festivals, Slavic...
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    Modernization of The Orthodox Church

    Church should definitely have Youth Groups, but that doesn't mean they get a separate service or get to leave in the middle. Even the little ones need to stay for the entire Liturgy. As for Liturgy, if you look at the past 2,000 years, while the Liturgy has changed, it hasn't been all that...
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    Pope Francis I: A Friend to the Orthodox?

    I don't see a problem here, I think it's wonderful. It was nice to see our Pope of Alexandria attend the enthronement of HH Pope Tawadros. Not so much abot reunion discussion, but its sad to see extreme Old Calendarists in Greece condemn us if we even sneeze next to a Catholic.
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    New Pope

    I'd say Axios to the Oriental Orthodox, but never to schismatic "Orthodox" groups, nor to Eastern Catholics. We're far closer to the OO than to the RC. I could see reunion with OO in a century or two or three. For the RCC to rejoin will take much longer.
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    Turkish Gov't "at work" on reopening Halki seminary

    Remember though, just a couple months ago they returned all the land to us.
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