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For those of you who are familiar with this ancient practice, I have a question... Do Byzantine Catholics still have a 40 day blessing for mother and child? Why don't roman Catholics do a 40 day blessing anymore?

Hi everyone, I was wondering if there was any news coverage on the Prayer vigil /protest, that occured yesterday at Ground Zero in New York City. The only church that was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks was St.Nicholas Greek Orthopdox Church and it has still yet to have been rebuilt. The...

So many here in TAW have either a conversion story or a re-vert story. But I am curious, would you share briefly what was it that ultimately conviced you that the Orthodox church was the true church? (again I'm looking for that defining moment,that piece of the puzzle that fit , not a 5 page...

I have a question. i am a bit confused. It is my understanding that the Roman Catholic church accepted the Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870) as the 8th Ecumenical Council. According to this Orthodox time table this was the context of that council: 879-80 AD —Council of...

Does anyone know if this is a church by church issue or a jurisdictional one.. Can an Orthodox Christian be a member of the Parish council if they are not in good standing? IE: married outside of the church?

Kali Anastasi everyone here at TAW:crosseo:

the Joint Coordinating Committee for the Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, September 27 - October 4, 2008 The Role of the Bishop of Rome in the Communion of the Church in the First Millennium<br /> This document...

Hi all TAW'ers I was just wondering how many of you attended churches that utilize the old calander and are still awaiting Christmas?

My Roman Catholic friend who has been attending our GOA parish for several years (her hubby and children are Orthodox) has decided to convert for the unity of her family. She has asked her mother-in-law to be her Sponser at her chrismation. I don't think this is allowed. I told her to inform the...

Did I hear the part corectly, that the the Turkish govt will only allow a "Turkish citizen" to hold the position of of the Patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul)? What does that mean tfor the future?

Is there any hard statistics that the Orthodox are about 300 million. this guy i know(RC) keeps insisting there are only 150-200million and where is the additional 100 million comming from. So can any one point me to a good statistical site?

Our Parish begins the Divine Liturgy at aprox.9:45 am (immediatly following Orthos). The parishioners generally finish recieving communion around 11:15-11:30am, the Priest then does the prayers for the repose of the Departed souls (I was recently told that his was not actually supposed to be...

Hi there, I was just wondering what the process is in the Anglican church for baptism, communion , and confirmation. Is it like the Orthodox (infant baptism, communion, and confirmation all done at the same time) or is it like the Roman Catholics (infant baptism, 6 to 8 years later first...

Last night I was watching "The Dark Ages" on the history channel. The were discussing the events leading up to and then arising from this time period. They then began to discuss the rise of Christianity and so fourth. It was very interseting but 1 thing really bugged me...They kept calling the...

so, I've been thinking.... when this whole juristiction thingis finally sorted out, what do you all think we will call ourselves ??? -The American Orthodox church -The American Greek Orthodox Church (Greek being the language of the new testement church) -The United Orthodox church any...

When the the church of England split from the Roman Catholic church why did they not rejoin the Orthodox communion? I heard that some attempts were made?

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ok, so me and my RC apologist friend were having a discusion on the difference between the CCC definition of Original sin and I showed him the Orthodox study Bible's definition. He then questioned the part where it stated that since original sin does not carry guilt, for a person is only guilty...

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