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  1. tapi

    The Angel Cried Jazz-version

    Done by two choir directors in Joensuu, Finland :)
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    EP to grant autocephaly to Ukraine

    There are reports (for example from a Finnish bishop attending the synaxis of all bishops under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which is taking place right now in Phanarion,) that the Holy Synod of Constantinople has made an official decision to "grant autocephaly to Ukraine."...
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    Putin sinless

    There has been some controversy on this forum about President Putin's seemingly close relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church. Indeed some members have hushed off any implications about the fact that Putin might just using the Church to advance his political goals and have presented him as...
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    Russian Orthodox Priest Says Football Is Gay – Because of Its Shoes

    http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-orthodox-priest-says-football-is-gay--because-of-its-shoes/503090.html What kind of witness is this? :doh: The Christian mission of sharing the light of the gospel seems to have been exchanged with crude moralism, something that is all too...
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    Prayer request

    Please pray for Ritva who contracted Hep C through blood transfusion when she gave birth. She doesn't have much time left; please pray for her. The doctors did say that if they would find a compatible liver for transplantation it would still be possible to do it.
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    Urgent prayer request

    I just got message from my father that my mother Eija had a heartattack and was taken to the hospital. I don't know anything else about the situation :( Please pray.
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    Just incredible, had to share

    I just noticed this video in the suggestions bar while watching something and decided to take a look and it's just an incredible account of the mercy and love of God by an Orthodox priest who has been working in maximum security prison for over two decades.. Glory to God ! Also yet more...
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    Orthodoxy and nuclear weapons

    I know we've had few discussion about conventional firearms in this forum, but I'm not sure whether or not weapons of mass destruction have ever come up before. There seem to be mixed feelings about weapons of mass destruction in the Orthodox world. Patriarch Kirill stated in 2009, that...
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    Moscow Patriarchate ceases to recognize Danish and Swedish Lutheran baptisms as valid

    http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1758334/orthodoxy-disallows-dk-baptisms/ The Russian Orthodox Church has ceased to recognize baptisms performed by Danish or Swedish Lutherans as valid, and will in the future require a rebaptism for people who wish to become Orthodox who have been baptized...
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    Getting to know God - Through love or through pain ?

    In his testimony, Brazilian mixed martial artist and champion Vitor Belfort restates the phrase often said about getting to know God - that it is through pain or through love. Of course this isn't the case for everyone, but I think it's true for many, including myself. It was through some...
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    Another ONE ?

    First Justin Bieber then Rebecca Black now Devin Fox? LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpWfA...feature=relmfu
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    Why are all topics concerning recent OCA episodes being locked?

    This is an honest question; what's the reason for locking all these topics ? Will we brush this subject aside and pretend it's not happening, or will we talk about the differences in opinions about these matters in a constructive Orthodox Christian manner, while trying to gain an understanding...
  13. tapi

    This seems like fun!

    So go ahead and ask anything :)
  14. tapi

    Something to lighten up your day :)

    LOL :D YouTube - Sexy Saxman Serenade (oBlogueiro cut!)
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    My grandfather is having neurosurgery right now

    Please pray for my grandfather Lauri, he is having neurosurgery due to cerebral hemorrhage :crosseo:
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    Hi ! New on the forums.. kind of..

    Hey all, I'm Tapio from Finland. I've already been hanging out here for a while, mostly lurking on TAW, but haven't really been active in conversation. Anyways it's nice to meet you all! I'm 23 years old. Since finishing high school in '06 I've been working part-time as something like an...
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    Is this righteous and non-harmful teaching?

    Hello! I've been looking on the net for orthodox christian teaching and I stumbled upon this sort of a video blog from the orthodox christian monastery in Canada - The all saints monastery. I don't have 10 posts yet so I can't post the link but you can easily find it by performing a google...
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    Greetings to all from a new believer :)

    Hello! I'm a fairly new believer and have been searching and praying to find the right place for me in christianity. I've found myself to be drawn quite strongly towards orthodoxy and I'm going to have a meeting with the vicar bishop of the area soon. I sent him an email some time ago asking...