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    O hai

    Alithos anesti! Good to see people from the old days give signs they are still alive. :)
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    Anyone remember UncleBud?

    I remember UncleBud! :) I also remember many others who posted on this thread before me, actually most of them. There are some new names I don't remember seeing before. Haven't been posting much the last couple of years, but I read every now and then.
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    How long is your Sunday Divine Liturgy?

    Is that because the "silent" prayers are read aloud? I think the length of the "silent" prayers is pretty much the only difference between St. Chrysostom's and St. Basil's. In the church where I usually go the "silent" prayers are not read aloud, and it is very difficult to notice if the liturgy...
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    How long is your Sunday Divine Liturgy?

    Church of Finland Divine liturgy 1:30-2:00 h, begins typically around 10 am (some churches the hours begin at 10 am, followed by liturgy, while in some churches they start reading the hours around 9:45, and the liturgy begins after the hours)
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    Who do you stand with?

    He speaks at least Russian. I've heard him converse in fluent and well pronounced Russian with an Estonian, which probably means that his Estonian could be better, but anyway, he speaks at least one of the languages used in Estonia.
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    Who do you stand with?

    I'm not too familiar with the dispute about the use of the name Macedonia, but it made me think about a similar situation closer to me. There is an area called Karelia (where my grandmother came from), part of which is in present day Finland and major part in present day Russia. Confusions are...
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    Georgian Orthodox Church

    I went to Georgia a year ago (also to Armenia). It's a beautiful country where the Orthodox faith is very visible. People visit churches, cross themselves when they pass a church, there are a lot of Orthodox book & icon stores on the streets. In Georgia I visited Tbilisi, Mtskheta (Sveti...
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    Orthodox Phrases in Multiple Languages

    These languages are no major Orthodox languages but still regularly used in Orthodox services: Lord, have mercy. Finnish: "Herra armahda" Swedish: "Herre förbarma dig" Hebrew: "Adonai rahem" Glory to the Father, and to the son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of...
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    Call to murder Jews distributed in Ukraine churches

    Here's a link to the Russian language version of the story: http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=22338 which says: "организатор&#1099...
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    Call to murder Jews distributed in Ukraine churches

    I guess I'm the right guy to explain because I'm the one who put it on the Finnish site... :D (I was recently asked to act as a news editor for them). I took it from Interfax but I use the Russian version of the Interfax site (there are more news there and there also seems to be a time lag on...
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    Use of incense

    Is frankincense the incense the Catholics use? That's the smell I like best. It's used sometimes in Orthodox churches, too, and it seems like it was used more in the past. I didn't know what the name of that incense was so I went to a Catholic store and bought it there. They didn't know the name...
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    How do you celebrate your Nameday!?

    Yes, that's correct, but you know, the Lutherans celebrate certain things on different days than the Orthodox, e.g. St. Michael the Archangel is in September in the Lutheran calendar but in November in the Orthodox calendar. I mean, even if it's November 15 today in both the Lutheran and the...
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    How do you celebrate your Nameday!?

    I've got two name days to celebrate: the Lutheran one and the Orthodox one. :) I usually get more congratulations on my Lutheran name day because there are more Lutherans and the Lutheran calendar is the one most people follow, and I sometimes bring some cakes or pastries to work on my Lutheran...
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    Our Marriage Blessing

    Congratulations, many years! :)
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    By This Tme Tomorrow...

    Many years! :wave: I remember having some contact with you some time back. Don't know if you remember. We were even listed as friends in our yahoo profiles. :)
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    You speak Sweidsh?

    The Bible of Karl XII is even better... :P But, I guess the 1917 translation is good enough. I've got the Karl XII Bible in two versions, one very old, written in old letters and old orthography, and a newer one from 1903. The 2000 translation had no chance making it to the bookshelf under my...
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    I think I took the wrong way

    My impression is that the Serbian church in Sweden is very welcoming indeed, but I don't have any personal experience. Have you been to the following site? It's administered by Fr. Mikael who is priest in the Serbian Orthodox church (he's Swedish). You will find also some information about...
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    [off] Travelling to Greece

    If you go to Meteora by train, it might be a good idea to buy the train tickets in advance. When I was going there I tried to buy a ticket in the morning for the afternoon train, but there weren't any tickets left, not even in the 1st class, so I had to take the morning train, which didn't...
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    Are They Kidding????

    This interesting... Wasn't St. Seraphim of Sarov one of the Orthodox fathers who have prophecied that Russia will play an important role as a "safe haven" when the antichrist will rule most of the world?
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    Church-Slavic?

    That's hilarious! ^_^ I never thought about it that way... As for "Goré iméim serdcá!", I always associated it with 'gory', i.e. mountains -> lets put our hearts to the mountains. What about "i ves zhivot nash Hristu Bogu predadim" -> "Lets give our bellies to Christ the God". :)
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