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  1. Michael G

    35 Million blessings and nothing to do with them...

    I have 35 million blessings and nothing to do with them. If any of my old friends who used to rep me all of the time see this, post a note on here and I might be willing to give them to you...
  2. Michael G

    Prayers, please.

    I have just been offered the once in a life time opportunity to start up a business as the partner with a retired professional. He has everything we need to start up a studio, but he does not want to run a studio as he is 70+. He has been teaching me everything he knows and wants to continue...
  3. Michael G

    Prayers, Please!!!

    The servant of God, the Subdeacon Jon, was killed in a car accident, last night, near Cleveland, Ohio. Please keep his mom and dad, Lu and Proto Deacon Michael, his Sister, Lauren, and his 2 boys in your prayers. Jon was a friend of mine. May his memory be eternal!!!
  4. Michael G

    What ROME needs to do to rejoin the Orthodox Church

    It seems there is confusion among the Catholics. They think there needs to be a re-union. From the Orthodox point of view, Rome left Orthodoxy. The process began long before the actual Great Schism occurred. So, what does the Catholic Church need to do to rejoin the Orthodox Christian Church?
  5. Michael G

    Lord have mercy on Feisty!

    Feisty, may God have mercy upon you, your family and doctors.
  6. Michael G

    Blessings

    I have 33,000,000 + blessings and have no use for them. Does anyone need them? I don't.
  7. Michael G

    On a long and lonesome highway...

    East of Omaha You can listen to the engine Moanin' out his one note song You can think about the woman Or the girl you knew the night before But your thoughts will soon be wandering The way they always do When you're ridin' sixteen hours And there's nothin' much to do And you...
  8. Michael G

    A brief explanation of the Three Holy Week Icons of Christ

    There are three Holy Week icons of Christ which often get confused. The first is The Bridegroom. This is the icon for Sunday Night of Holy Week starting with Bridegroom Matins, through Thursday night when the Crucifixion is read during the 12 Gospels service. In this icon Christ is depicted...
  9. Michael G

    Sunday of Orthodoxy

    Deacon: This is the faith of the apostles! This is the faith of the fathers! This is the Orthodox faith! This faith has established the universe! Furthermore, we accept and confirm the councils of the holy fathers, and their traditions and writings which are agreeable to divine revelation...
  10. Michael G

    Forgiveness Sunday Thread

    Ok, so this is a day early. There are some who might not be on here tomorrow, and others who might be abstaining from TAW during Great Lent. If I have offended anyone in the past year, I appologize. If you have offended me, I forgive you. O Lord and Master of my life, Grant not unto me...
  11. Michael G

    Prayers, please

    On Sunday morning I went to leave a happy birthday message for an old friend of mine on Facebook. It had been since Oct, 2010 since we last talked. Prior to my moving to Pittsburgh in 2006 we had been very close, great friends for about 9 years. Unfortunately for the past 4 years we had only...
  12. Michael G

    Meat Fair Thread

    Get it out of your system, there will be no more meat until Pascha. What are you eating today? Lunch is smoked ham, dinner is New York Strip.
  13. Michael G

    Coptic Priest killed in Egypt

    Coptic Christian Priest Killed in Southern Egypt - World - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com
  14. Michael G

    Happy Birthday, Andrew!

    God grant you many, many happy heathly years!
  15. Michael G

    Prayers, please.

    Everyone, will you please pray for my Dad, Gary, who is in surgery right now to deal with the effects of his prostate cancer removal surgery in Nov 2009! The surgery should last 2-3 hours and recovery will take about a week. Lord, have mercy!
  16. Michael G

    Happy Birthday, E.C.!

    God grant you many, many years, E.C.!
  17. Michael G

    Happy Birthday, Jenn the Finn!

    Happy Birthday, Jennie! God grant you many years, God grant you many years, God grant you many happy healthy years!
  18. Michael G

    OCA Bishop of Chicago elected by the Synod!

    SYOSSET, NY [OCA] -- During the opening session of the fall meeting of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, which opened at the Chancery here on Tuesday morning, November 16, 2010, Priestmonk Matthias [Moriak] was canonically elected to the vacant See of Chicago and the...
  19. Michael G

    I forgot the name of this heresy...

    What is the name of the heresy that said that a priest was only able to vailidly celebrate the eucharist if he was in a state of grace, ie. without sin on his soul?
  20. Michael G

    Polamalu testimony

    This is truly awesome! YouTube - Testimony Troy Polamalu Pittsburgh Steelers