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Recent content by Prodigal7

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    Questions about iconography...

    My grandmother gave me an icon of the icon “not created by human hands”. It’s one that I treasure. It feels like Jesus is looking right at me as I pray.
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    Questions about iconography...

    Our church bookstore has both printed and painted icons including some from Mount Athos. I have mostly printed icons. I have a couple inherited icons from my grandmother that are old and that have special meaning for me. I am really coming to appreciate the Theotokos. I also have three...
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    purchasing icons, the good, the bad and the ugly

    We buy most of our icons from our church bookstore. We also bought one from Legacy icons. Some members of our church gave us some icons as well. We are starting to have a nice icon corner.
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    Prayer requests post here!

    Hi Everyone and also Army Matt. i am hanging in there with the church. We found a great parish in Texas and oue new priest is a great spiritual father. I have been back in communion for 8 months. I was away from the church so long that rejoining seemed like the goal. Actually, it was only...
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    Back in Communion

    Thank you Father.
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    Christian forums vs Reddit

    I agree with your thoughts. Now that I actually have a parish what happens there is way more important that what comes up online. I guess I have a link to this forum though since I have some really old posts on here. It was part of my journey for sure.
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    Back in Communion

    Hi Everyone, I am happy to say I am officially back in the Orthodox Church. I did my lifetime confession last week and also had my first communion in many years Wednesday night. After not having communion for several decades, I had it twice in one week which is amazing. My wife is going to...
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    Miracles of Saint John Maximovitch

    I think the modern age always tries to explain away the spiritual. Lots of things are not tangible Including our thoughts, feels, and intuitions. My life seems to go worse when I walk around with a flat earth materialistic type of world view.
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    Christian forums vs Reddit

    Hi Everyone. Do you think Christian Forums is shrinking? I don’t do too much online Orthodoxy but I think there is a lot of stuff on Reddit. There is lot of rubbish there to which is why I don’t use it much. ‘Any thoughts? I am sitting in an airport now waiting for a delayed plane…...
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    Orthodox Wanderer (Part III)

    I am close to my lifetime confession. I am going to do it, God willing, in a couple weeks. My wife became a catechumen about a month ago. It’s been a great but also strange journey. My work is transferring me to another state, Texas. I will re-enter the church before I move hopefully. I...
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    About trying to find an Orthodox Church

    I really enjoyed this video. I had all these kind of concerns and worries before coming back to the church.
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    Man of God movie viewing options

    I watched the movie with my wife about a month ago. We really enjoyed it. Our priest told us about it. We watched it on Youtube. There were lots of ads but it was worth it.
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    Prayer requests post here!

    Thank you. I feel like the cold is on an upswing. I am going to go to Vespers tonight and ask for a blessing. I will stand in back not to spread germs of course. My wife and I watched a cool movie about a Saint yesterday called "Man of God" for free on YouTube. Very inspiring.
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    Prayer requests post here!

    It's called the Monastery of St. John in Manton, CA. I am catching a cold today so I am hoping it doesn't get worse. I am supposed to leave on Friday morning. If it's mild I will still go of course. I have been looking forward to it. If the cold gets worse I don't want to spread it to the...
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    Orthodoxy on Time

    I must be new and gung ho because I like to get there a little early.
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