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    Prayer request for my uncle.

    Praying for your uncle.
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    i really need help

    As Winter said, your step-father is probably reacting badly to a situation he's not sure how to handle. I'm sure that seems a bit rich from your perspective - and it certainly doesn't excuse his behaviour - but it might explain it somewhat. Sorry to be repetitive, but I can't think of any...
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    Hail Holy Queen

    Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished chidren of Eve, to thee do we send up out sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our...
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    Jesus Prayer

    Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.
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    Dissafected Anglicans, why not the Orthodox Church?

    I've been wondering about the OP myself, being in a traditional anglican parish that may well go down the Personal Ordinariate route... No answers, but there's two major things I suspect come into play, at least in the UK: First, familiarity. Whilst for some the beliefs of the orthodox church...
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    Buddhist Convert to Orthodoxy

    I'll keep a look out for Damascene's book - I must say that I'm usually very wary of anything linking eastern mysticism to anything else (as an ex-physicist I've seen too much junk peddled with "amazing" links to quantum mechanics :scratch: ), but as this one comes so highly recommended...
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    If faith is a gift...

    Give things time... don't expect any lighting bolts! But sometimes faith comes gradually.
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    The Glossary of Orthodox Terminology

    I don't have enough posts yet to be able to submit a web address, but http :// www .typicon.com /Definition.htm will give another useful site if you paste all the bits together - some liturgical definitions useful for newbies eg kontakion etc. If anyone with fuller abilities wants to post...
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    Jordanville prayer book

    In Elizabethan English there was still a distinction between formal and informal second person pronouns. "You" was formal/polite, "Thee/thou" was informal - for prayer the informal form was traditionally used in English, as I believe it is still nowadays in many other languages (certainly so in...
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    By way of introduction...

    *Thanks! - (don't go for this new-fangled ice-cold stuff!)* Btw, for anyone crossing the pond eastward, the Guinness brewery in Dublin is well worth a visit... Very nice bar at the top of it with great views.;)
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    By way of introduction...

    Many thanks for the welcome, the links, and the blessings (I seem to have acquired 600 of them from somewhere... thankyou!). Bit disturbed to find that my health is only 20/100 though! ;) One more question - do orthodox churches have service books, or are you expected to bring your own? Tom.
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    By way of introduction...

    I'm in london - I believe St Botolph is mainly english lang.? Thanks, Tom.
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    By way of introduction...

    Hello, I've been lurking for a bit, and thought I'd introduce myself. My name's Tom, and I'm from the UK. I'm afraid the orthodox marker isn't completely accurate - I'm more an enquirer than a believer at this stage, but I've really enjoyed reading many of the posts here - they've been very...
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