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  1. Vermax

    Saints vs saints the difference?

    Could someone please explain to me how the Orthodox view the idea of saints? Are they, as described in certain parts of the Scriptures every believer, or those that have set themselves apart because of some special act or position held in the context of their religious life? And perhaps some...
  2. Vermax

    Who are your mystics?

    In another thread here someone said the Orthodox faith tradition was "frustratingly mystic". Is it just the Church or some people within it? Have you ever had any priests with the stigmata like Padre Pio? Did you ever have a Sister Faustina? A St. Therese of Lisieux?