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Because my heart knows things that my brain cannot begin to figure out.

Where exactly is this commandment? If you're referring to Romans, then I don't think it quite says as much as many stretch it to say. All it says is to render under Caesar that which is his. It never explains what Caesar's is, though. In those times, the Emperor personally owned the currency...

I don't vote, and I didn't vote on Tuesday. I personally identify as an anarchist. I don't throw my weight behind any degree of evil, "lesser" or otherwise. All politicians will invariably have evil aspects, whether this be a feature of themselves or merely a facet of the office which that...

From Wikipedia (which I know isn't authoritative, but they're normally good on better known topics like this one: "Saint George (c. 275/281 – 23 April 303) was a Greek who became an officer in the Roman army. His father was the Greek Gerondios from Cappadoccia Asia Minor and his mother was...

------------------------------------------------------------------ Anyway... Ariadne, I feel as though you think that we've making some unfair assumptions about you here, and that may very well be the case. In response, though, you seem to have made a bunch of assumptions about the several of...

I get ya, Rus. I wasn't trying to say that you were, either, and I apologize if I came across that way. I was just trying to say that one could take it the wrong way. "I didn't mean to sound harsh, but the danger is THAT imminent." This is obviously the most important part. Ariadne, if you...

I wasn't really disagreeing with you, Rus. I just thought that maybe your tone was a bit much. I've largely agreed with what you posted, including your last post. I just don't think that it's ever our place, really, to say whether someone, who is ostensibly in good standing with the Church...

I posted in this thread without really looking at the pages preceding the page that I posted on. I didn't realize there was this side-discussion going on. That said, I think what you said might come across as a little harsh, Rusmeister. The Church's stance on this is clear, yes, but its...

That's a very nice article. Thanks for that. I do wonder, though, that given the sparse and vague, at best, Biblical support for the anti-abortion stance, how most protestants justify their vehemently anti-abortion stances. For us, the fact that anti-abortion seems to be so ingrained in our...

Reminds me of this:

Yes he is. I thought that he was just the Metropolitan of the area surrounding Mount Athos, since Mount Athos is directly under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, but apparently he is technically under that Patriarchate as well, and Athos itself is under his jurisdiction. The Church of Greece elects...

Ah, I suspected that it was going to be something along those lines. :P

What does that have to do with the topic at hand? Did you miss the rest of the thread?

A priest, Archimandrite Theoklitos, that I befriended in Greece during my time there was enthroned recently as the Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion. He was actually the chancellor of the Metropolis of Mantineia and Kynouria, whose jurisdiction my mom's village was under, and...

That picture no load-y for me. :|

Sorry to somewhat re-rezz this thread, but this topic is of great interest to me. I discovered the Orthodox understanding of panentheism while writing a paper for my Christian Theology class last semester. Both Bishop Kallistos Ware and Dr. Alexei Nesteruk were included in the Eastern section...

Sorry to somewhat re-rezz this thread, but this topic is very interesting to me. I discovered the Orthodox understanding of panentheism while writing a paper for my Christian Theology class last semester. Both Bishop Kallistos Ware and Dr. Alexei Nestoruk were included in the Eastern section...

So first you were someone baptized Orthodox Christian and went to an Arabic parish as a child; now you're an Israeli, and we're all goyim? He's just a Jewish troll, ladies and gents.

Most threads around these parts tend to (d)evolve into discussions about alcohol. +1 for Scotch, -1 for Scientology.

The Divine Liturgy has much more to do with theology, philosophy, and history than it does with aesthetics. The aesthetics really only come about out of respect for the theological, philosophical, and historical significance of the Divine Liturgy. "Theology without action is the theology of...