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  1. MDuce

    Merry Christmas and a question

    Merry Christmas to all of you. My best whishes in this blessed day. A question (I'm afraid this is not the right place for this question but I don't know which is): the bread dipped in wine shared in Orthodox's ceremonies has alcohol? Is that wine alcoholic? I do not mean the Eucharist but...
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    Orthodox position about Roman Catholic baptism

    Hi. I would like to know if the Orthodox Churches recognizing the baptism of a Catholic who want to be part of Orthodox. If someone can teach me that, I'll be thankful.
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    Catholic baptism and Orthodox Churches

    Hello. I hope this subforum is the right place for this question: someone knows if the Orthodox Churches recognizes the Catholic baptism? I mean if it is valid for them... Thanks.
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    A question about icons symbology

    Hello. I found some icons of Saint Mary Mother of God (theotokos) with a Jesus child in her arms, and Jesus holds a papyrus. So, what calls my attention is the papyrus in the hand of Jesus child. Because Jesus adult holding a book is a common representation of Jesus Christ as Pantocrator. This...
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    Introducing myself

    Hello. I'm Duce and this is my first post here. I'm Roman Catholic but since a short time I become very interested in the Orthodox tradition. This interest started because a friend of mine told me about the orthodoxian teachings and it seemed to me very deep and inspiring. Things like the...