Recent content by fr raphael vereshack

Dear jkotinek: You have asked via my private email whether I could answer the questions that Mr Ouch(!) asked. First of all I am certainly no expert on these questions. I am only a fellow traveller along with others. However if I can make a point or two to indicate a possible line of thought-...

Thanks to all once again for their helpful & thoughtful replies. About the use of names I think one of you who wrote, "I think the issue of "no real names" crops up because the world being what it is, a terribly fallen place spinning faster and faster out of control, people here are reluctant to...

Thanks to all for their so kind & thoughtful responses. Some have asked questions but forgive me, I just back in after getting my cat back (accompanied by a nice supper) from parishioners who were cat-sitting while I was away for a few weeks. It is now quite late where I am & I have a church...

The security concerns are entirely valid. I would submit reasons connected in any way with not wanting to be known (again entirely apart from the security issue) is off the mark. What we say in any case should be governed by discretion & charity; anonymity would be like saying that my...

Yes the security concern must be taken very seriously. What I was thinking of was Orthodox first name only, ie the name we use at the Cup or people address us with in the parish. In Christ- Fr Raphael

Thank you Photini & God bless. I do very much 'recognise' you from Monachos. What is the best way to see replies to a thread? I can't seem to find a way to get this through my email. Or does one just keep going back to the thread to check for replies? I am afraid that I am still quite the...

Dear All, This is my first time to this forum. As a word of intro I am Orthodox since 1979. I was pursuing the monastic life within a year of becoming Orthodox. I have been a priest since 1991. I now have a relatively small 'monk size' parish in Canada. I am still relatively new to the internet...