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Greetings in the Lord, all! Today a priest was incredibly rude to me in church. And thinking back I have known many priests with grisly personalities. Though, I have met a some very kind ones as well. I was wondering, has this been my bad luck, or is there some sort of tendency for this among...

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Could somebody tell me about him? I have read some bios on the net about Fr. Paul Florensky, but they don't explain why he is controversial? Or what is the Orthodox understanding of this Priest who from what I gather, is a martyr? P.S. I wrote St in brackets and with a question mark, because I...

This is a site that acts out stories from the Holy Bible using LEGO, but in a very clever, interesting way. Chech it out http://www.thebricktestament.com/

I understand that their lives are to be found generally in the Holy Bible. But I was wondering if there are any Orthodox sources that contain the lives of the OT saints with some Orthodox understanding added into it. I would like to add that I don't just mean big OT saints like Sts. Moses...

How do you say James in Russian?

Is the name Justin the same name as Justinian?

http://asna.ca/dvd.html I just bought this DVD set a few days ago, and I have to share it with the rest of you. The talks given on it were awesome. Especially the one given by Hieromonk Ambrose (Fr. Alexey Young), who actually met St. John of San Francisco, and was a spiritual child of Fr...

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.'' - St. Augustine of Hippo

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http://www.asna.ca/saints/life-st-arsenychahovtsov.html Icon of Saint Arseny (Chahovtsov) by the hand of Protodeacon Nazari Polataiko. This short history of an extraordinary man will have been entirely successful if by the end the reader is...

Alright, alight, you guys get the point. There is so many different ways people seem to spell the name Demetrius in English. And I was wondering if we had anybody here would who could tell me the general way one should spell the name when writing it in English?

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There were many great Saints who were Kings, Emperors etc.. But many obviously like all of us, had faults. And I was wondering about how St. Vladimir was able to have the Pagan Rus baptized? Was it by force? Was it by peaceful means? Any information about this saint would be appreciated.

Just to sort of play off the head covering thread for the ladies. I thought I would make a poll for us guys. So do you have a beard?

I know Jasmine is an Arabic name, but I was wondering if there are any Saints who bear this name? It's just so popular, I thought maybe one might have had it. Does anybody have any information on it? Thanks in advance!

Greetings friends, I was wondering how Holy Communion works in your Churches? I was wondering if any non-OOs were able to receive it? In Christ, Andrew

http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Main_Page This site could use a lot of additional information, so if anybody has anything he/she could add, that would probably be a big help for them.