Recent content by JohnTh

Yes, sure. It is the first stage of sin. However, you are not to blame for this stage since you cannot stop it.

Agree with the post. I respond just to say that I know priests which did the same for the people with Tuberculosis and AIDS.

Elder Joseph Hesycast, Elders Daniil and Ephraim of Katounakia officially entered today in the Church’s Calendar May have their prayers and intercessions!

Wait,wait,wait... this doesn't mean that we do not forgive them. We must avoid them because of the damage provoked by them. We must always love them.

God forgives and I forgive. Forgive me a sinner! Here is a bonus.

The Ladder. Each Great Lent.

Jesus said: „I will ask you a question and if you will answer me, I will answer you also: What is love?”

Wait, wait, wait... confession is not an informational act. Do what you can with sincerity and God will do the same. Here are some advice and, also, know what thoughts we should confess. Besides the spiritual plane above, yes, have a list.

Yes, you should know the golden rule of fasting. Upon this, you must know which is its scope and the relationship with the sickness. Take it easy, do not go directly to „no oil”. Eat with oil as an oikonomia at the beginning.

Yes, and it has a reason. Three days of fasting means that Saturday should be a fasting day which is against canons. As a note tough: In Mount Athos tough there is Saturday from afternoon as an ascetic practice because it prepares better the body and thus the soul for the Holy Communion...

???!? From where you got this? I know only one source of such a quote.

There are a lot of good responses in this thread, however I think that holy fathers had some concrete „do this and that” about this matter. Of course, the general principles outlined here apply but sometimes we just need some more concrete advice in certain areas.

Yes, I know very well how it is. :) ...however you do it wrong: you need to just ignore all these things and concentrate on Christ. Holy Fathers and the real, deep spiritual life is much more intense that the circus you describe. Also, do not be afraid: if you will advance in your spiritual...

It represents the fact that the Patriarchate / Church of Romania never deviated from the canonical path of Orthodoxy. The first patriarch, Miron Cristea, received as a gift the white veil from a Slavic church (from metropolitan Dyonisios of Warsaw/Poland). For the Slavs this represent their...

Do not be. You must know their big secret.