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So we heard from St. Vladimir's today, and I've been accepted into the MDiv. program. We'll be moving across the country in a little over a month! :o Prayers would be appreciated…and boxes, if anyone has them...

We all have them, from the Troparion being sung in Ghana to the Serbian songs written by St. Nikolai Velimirovich (who apparently served as the Rector at St. Tikhon's for a while - who knew?! Probably everyone at St. Tikhon's) So here we go, a place for everyone to post their favorite...

Ivan Plis wrote a good article about what Inquirers maybe should be warned about when looking at The Church in an online setting. A lot of us might be seeing this in our friend's newsfeeds or other forums, but for those not plugged into the Orthosphere, this is a good article reiterating some...

To be perfectly upfront and clear, I am not interested in reverting back to Roman Catholicism, but this has been a question I've idly wondered about since I left. If anybody enjoys somewhat confusing hypothetical canon law situations, read on! My father was Roman Catholic, but left before I...

Tried to post a picture of our celebration, but I'm not sure how to shrink it down to a reasonable size, so here's a link to the blog describing it instead. With what wreaths of praise shall we crown Lucy, the namesake of light? What diadem of honour befitteth the brow of her who willingly...

Hey y'all, I'm posting a question for my wife who is currently under a sleeping baby and so can't ask for herself. Tonight we're going to a Roman Catholic Church to visit an exposition of holy relics from many saints. My wife was wondering whether she should cover her head while there...

Yeah I'm going to be that guy and start this topic already. However, this thread is not about the appropriateness of Halloween for Orthodox Christians. It's specifically about a certain question about the holiday. My wife and I don't really eat processed foods, so binging on candy is more...

We've recently started trying to be much more natural in our food - cutting out, officially, all high fructose corn syrup, chemical additives, preservatives, and colors as much as possible, making from scratch when we can and going without when we can't. We also are trying to buy more organic...

Alright Ladies n' Gents, I need to make koliva this week (no deaths, it's for our Slava) but the last times I've tried to make it I have...failed. Miserably. The wheat comes out hard as a rock for some reason. Does anybody have a recipe for this that they've tried that comes out? Any tips? We...

Our son was born! Caspian Robert Athanasius, 9 lbs 4 oz. 21.75 inches but he had what could have been some very serious issues. He was taken almost immediately to our Children's Hospital where he's being kept for observation and tests. They thought he might have seizures. That's turning out to...

My question basically comes down to this: would it be correct to say that while The Church hasn't always seen weddings as a Christian or religious issue, it has always seen marriage as a Christian or religious issue?

I have a project to do comparing/contrasting Islam with Eastern Christianity (let's not get off topic please) and I want to show the comparison of the chants. I would like, if anybody has one, to show a bit of Antiochian Chant with English so people would understand what was being said, but...

Inspired by a few videos I saw on YouTube, I present a list of Things Orthodox Say: “No, I’m not Jewish.” “Are you going to the OCF retreat?” “Wait, tomorrow’s Sunday, what time is it?” “Is she Orthodox?” “Is he...

Has nobody else heard about this? His Beatitude had a stroke and was taken to a hospital in Beirut. Apparently he's in stable but critical condition: Here's the OCA News Brief about it.

Here's a link to the St. Dunstan Psalter I'm putting together my Christmas list, and I'm curious if there's something similar to this Psalter in Eastern style. What I'm most interested in is the chant tutorials. Here's the thing, I don't know much about the musical aspect of our faith, I just...

Assuming you eat meat and it's not a fasting season, would you eat halal meat?

I've been thinking about this. I don't mean Pascha baskets and Icon corners and saying "Lord have mercy" more than anybody else, not the physical aspects of our culture, but the virtues. I've always sort of subconsciously believed that whether you went to a Greek, Russian, Antiochian or what...

Does anybody know where I could get a copy of the music of Ron Ephrem More? Preferrebly a download? I especially want the song "Window on the Wall." Thanks!

This occurred to me today when reading someone's conversion story. It seems like a lot of people, when they hear their friend/child/spouse/sibling is converting to Orthodoxy have misgivings that we are a cult. I really, really don't see this so I'd like to hear the opinions of people who think...

...in March of 2013! So far nobody cares much for our in-utero name of Barsanuphius.