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My Dear Sister in Christ, Firstly, know that you and your family are in my prayers. We all have struggles we must face. That is the essence and the ethos of the Christian life. This is why the Church is known as a hospital. The Church is your refuge. Sometimes in this era of electronics and...

Thank you very much for this post, although I have not met the bishop (yet) or this priest, the bottom line is that if you have a problem with something, saying things against a priest or bishop is still wrong. It still breaks canons and it is something you would need to confess to your priest...

And yet again, we Americans think we know Orthodoxy because we read it out of a book. Amazing, simply amazing. Lay people who get on internet fora and bash a bishop and a priest. None of these posts would be made if you were talking to the bishop himself, nor to the priest. Isn't it nice to...

Lent is over! Can has cheezburger now! Actually, I just did today :)

1. "And there was seen a great sign in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. And being with child, she cried out travailing, and bearing torments that she might bring forth." The woman clothed with the sun, and having the...

We ended up not going today because Katya did not get a lot of sleep cause Talia was all fussy most of the night. Right now they are resting though. Vladika will be back in July for the Parish Patronal Feast (and Talia will be 6 months old!) so we will work towards going then. :)

Bishop MAXIM of the Serbian Church will be in Fresno, CA for the Feast of Theophany. There will be a vigil on Friday night at 7PM and a Hierarchial Liturgy on Sat at 9AM. I am super excited to finally get to meet the bishop after three failed attempts! Anyone else interested in going? :)

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I have been told that the Serbian Church accepts candidates for the Diaconate after completion of this course. The two deacons presently at my parish both went through this. Btw, on a related matter, please pray for me. I am hopefully going ot meet with Bishop MAXIM this Saturday and I hope...

Matrona: The "New ROCOR" has a few websites, one in English put together by Priest Gregory Williams as well as one in Odessa for the head if the "New ROCOR." Both sites have a directory and there *looks* to be a good number of clergy on there but when you compare that to the number of clergy...

Time Out: The Spanking Alternative? FATHER: "...and you will sit here and *think* about what you have done..." CHILD: "Ok dad... (chuckle) I'm thinkin' about it!"

Wow... the history presented by this last document per the "Suzdalites" is a bit enlightening... after 3 yrs with them I had never heard this version of events.... Thank you

There is an OCA mission there too... named after my patron.... the only Church specifically named for Saint Juvenaly of Alaska as far as I know. (yay!)

Rick, If you would post, if for nothing else I would like to read what you have found. :)

Affirmative. It's sad... I had so much invested in that forum for so many years... I am trying to bring some of my old posts over here from there so it is not a total waste...