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Turn yourself in. Apologize to the family and friends. Pray for God's mercy. Don't make excuses about why you did it. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

Yeah, I'm not too keen on the new look either. Sam

If by elect, you mean those who choose to answer, I would agree. But I have a feeling you mean those God chooses to allow to answer, and are removing free will from the equation of being elect. Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing...

That's the point. None of us are capable of salvation on our own. Only through Christ are we capable of accomplishing it. Just as only through Christ overcoming death, are we capable of being resurrected. If Christ didn't overthrow death, we would be enslaved to it for all eternity, but through...

Well, a year down the road, and my journey is just beginning. Newly Illumined as of Saturday! Thanks for all those on here that have been praying for me. Don't stop, I need those prayers even more than ever now. Christ is Risen!

I have two suggestions. The first one, knowing how awesome you are sunlover, I know you're already doing, but pray. Pray about it, and pray, not my will, but Thy will be done Father. Second, he is 20. When I was 20, if my mom asked me about my relationships, I don't think I would have...

Here's a link I found that has a summary of the meaning of each of the days of Holy Week. http://www.monachos.net/library/On_the_Services_of_Passion_Week Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

Actually, a number of the Saints are given the title, equal to the Apostles, both male and female. Mary Magdalene, St. Helena who found the true cross, St. Cyril and Methodius teachers of the Slav's, Saint Innocent of Alaska, etc... Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

I'm sorry, I worded that kind of wrong. Your confession is always to God. But the point of confessing with a Priest as a witness is that the Priest can help you overcome some of your problems. He can give you advice. Also, he can hold you accountable if you merely confess without repentance, or...

God forgives and I forgive. I'll be praying for you. The end of Lent is tough. The demons really do start coming at us from every direction as the Father's say. God Bless, and I'll see you after Pascha! I'm probably going to disappear pretty soon myself until after Pascha. Lord Jesus...

If you read those 5 points again, not a one of them actually describes what someone needs to do to be in our out of the Church, it's more of 5 points the Orthodox Church believes about the Church. Being in the Church doesn't mean salvation, being out of the Church doesn't mean not salvation...

Orthodox don't really keep check lists of being "in" or "out" of the Church. You can believe the exact same doctrine, and still choose to not be in communion with the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. I guess the questions we would ask is who is your Bishop? Is your Bishop in communion...

I think if I remember right, Ticker was baptized Orthodox as a child, which came up in a previous thread last fall. With that being said, pay close attention to what you say before you take communion: "and make me worthy to partake without condemnation of thine immaculate Mysteries" Taking...

Catholic refers is a joining of two greek words, kata olos. Many people tend to only look to the last word, "olos", which does refer to the universal Church. However; ignore the first one, kata, which the best way to translate it would be the whole, or fullness their of. So it doesn't refer to...

So again, we come full circle, if it doesn't match your interpretation of the bible, you reject it. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

Actually, I was referring to the Luther and Calvin quotes you double posted to prove your point. Oddly, the Orthodox happen to be before Luther and Calvin, so we accept their theology as being slightly flawed. But since you seem to trust Luther for your authority, I'd like to point out the fact...

small 't' tradition, and I have seen priests without beards, such as Fr. Peter Gillquist. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

It's the prayer of St. Ephraim: We say it during every pre-sanctified Liturgy, we first said it at forgiveness vespers, and I try to add it to my daily prayers during the weekdays of Lent. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

Because salvation is becoming one with God, as the Trinity is one with each other. If you choose to stop becoming one with God, then you won't become one with God. That being said, I take more comfort in my relationship with God in Orthodoxy not having eternal security, than I did in the...

I disagree, we have the Apostles, and the equals of the Apostles, of which many women fit into that category, such as the myrrh bearing women at the tomb. We also give Mary, the mother of God, special honor higher than any man because she's the only one who gave God something he didn't have, his...