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We bought our house 10 years ago. Two doors down from us are two elderly sisters who - as far as we can tell - have no other family. Now, they both claim that they worked for many years in NYC - shouldn't they have pensions? I know they have social security, and the one sister still works...

Vassa Larin Please tell me I'm wrong, but it seems to me that she's saying that we should conform ourselves to the current culture and whatever happens to be in fashion right now in order to stay relevant? I mean I know for me and many other converts part of what attracted us to the Orthodox...

Sunday a guy was supposed to come over and power wash our house, so I stayed home from church. Hubman went to Quaker meeting. When he came home he told me there were some visitors. He said one is a man who is currently leaving Eastern Orthodoxy. He also described the guy as the kind of...

My mom is a lone ranger type Christian who tends to think only she can correctly interpret the Bible. But, she came to Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday with me. She was actually really cute trying to keep up with what was going on. I think she was impressed in spite of herself. She told my...

My son told me he wants to be a better Christian, so I told him the Jesus prayer. He also wants to start going to church on Wednesday nights (he currently works on Sundays). Unfortunately, he is in Blacksburg and from what I can see the nearest Orthodox Church is Blacksburg, and Orthodox...

At the ages of 47 and almost 52 - Hubman and I are hopefully adopting a baby in May. There has been a lot of drama and up and down so far, so please pay for all us as we continue on this journey. We thought the adoption was not going to happen, but birth mom assures us that this is what she...

I was in a thread started by a Protestant friend. He used to be an Anglican priest, but may have been defrocked. I'm not sure. Anyway, he was going on about divorce and remarriage, and why should homosexuals accept the moral authority of the Bible when divorce in remarriage is so rampant, and...

I made the accidential discovery of what appears to be a fake Orthodox Church near where I'm from in Virginia. When we were heading for home yesterday, it started storming bad. All traffic on I-81 came to a standstill. So, I jumped off to go on US-11 for awhile. As we were driving through...

who is my spiritual father? Is it my current priest who is my confessor or the priest who brought be into the church and catechized me?

I've been dealing with chronic hives for almost 2 months now. Benadryl does nothing. A friend suggested Zyrtec and Zantac, so I tried that. No help. Then I added Claritin. No help, and I wondered if I was going to accidently going to poison myself with all this mixing and matching. Last...

Today we were told our jobs are being outsourced. 2200 employees impacted. Supposedly we'll be offered jobs with the new company. But, one of the newer examiners said that he's been through this before - we're all screwed, and I already smelled bull you-know-what. So, I'm sure it's going to...

Well, first I have a prayer request for my husband. He's having a bad time at his job. His boss has been screwing him out of hours, but his boss is a moron. He thought since Hubman is salaried that he got paid whether he had hours, or not. But, Hubs is severely depressed about the work...

or am I *stuck* with Mary of Bethany forever? I've grown to be very fond of both St Kassiana and Mother Maria. I was actually ranting and raving about something in front of my husband and one of his Quaker friends, and the friend was a bit taken aback, and said, "Tell us how you really feel!"...

I'm doing an experiment where I'm asking Christians from various backgrounds some questions. CS Lewis once stated that, in his experience, only Catholics and Anglicans could tell him the basics of Christian belief. So, I'm testing that hypothesis. Interviews will be video taped and streamed...

This might sound silly to some of you, but we just learned that we're getting a new priest, and I'm really stressed about what this might mean in practical terms. Our current priest has been very understanding of me continuing to go to Quaker meeting part-time with my husband to keep peace in...

How glad I am that Pascha and Easter won't be the same weekend again for many years? I have had it with people who have to comment on every single Easter/Pascha posting about the supposedly "pagan origins of Easter," "Jesus never told us to celebrate His resurrection...." For me, the two being...

When did the early church start celebrating the birth of Jesus. I need specie references.

Ran across this today and thought I'd share: The Spiritual Pathology of Sola Scriptura – Byzantine Frontier

Someone at church today was telling me it takes about 10 years to become fully Orthodox, and indeed, it seems like the more I learn the more I know that I don't know. I also realize I'm in a uniquely difficult position as far as shedding my Protestant baggage because I still have to attend...

Hubman and I are getting ready to leave for Yearly Meeting - Quaker version of a camp meeting. I have decided and informed Hubman of my decision that how I'm going to get out of membership is to simply stop functioning as a member. I'm not going to write a letter resigning my membership...