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  1. Andrei D

    Why is TAW an endless source of temptation lately?

    I have no good way to write this post. Any way I tried seems to be filled with too much pride and judgment. I really want to say this though. I can only hope most of you will just understand what I am talking about in spite of my confusing words. There was once a TAW I joined, where we actually...
  2. Andrei D

    "During Fasts...

    ...the devil has a lot of work to do; he has no rest and struggles hard to: stoke vanities spark angers loosen tongues empty hearts darken minds shackle wills disguise prides uplift humilities unbind abstinences multiply judgements shorten patiences delay penances lull consciences diminish...
  3. Andrei D

    Man of Faith! Man of Vision!

    Patriarch Bartholomew | orthodoxyindialogue, October 26, 2021
  4. Andrei D

    Great Martyr and Myrrh-streamer, pray for us

    ...so we are granted the courage and humility to stand against all tyrants, and may the Lord have mercy on us and save us through your prayers! This procession with St. Demetrios in Thessaloniki filled me with joy! Was live streamed on Romanian TV, but now can't find a longer clip...
  5. Andrei D

    Halloween

    I realize that this has probably been discussed or you are quite well knowledgeable about this, but since I haven't really thought of it before I do not know. I would really appreciate some thoughts as to whether / why we should / shouldn't be involved in the celebrations. And to what extent...
  6. Andrei D

    [ORTHODOX subforum!] Questions from Sunday School

    I believe that questions of little children are quite thought provoking, or at least useful to understand how things we (think we) know are seen from a completely different perspective. I'll start with today's questions I heard about from class and from a child after class. You could please...
  7. Andrei D

    Akathists, psalms etc.

    Glory to God. Do you have any recommendations for some of these things in English: I was looking for the Akathist to the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in English... I don't even know if the Akathists are universal or various national churches use their own... Is there a source, a put...
  8. Andrei D

    Why does this bother me so much?

    I honestly don't know, just that I had trouble listening and I felt very troubled. Even felt the need to pray right away and felt not quite right. Again I do not have the wisdom to comment, but I am curious what you think.
  9. Andrei D

    Fasting with the shrimps?

    Hi, I haven't been around here in ages. I hope everyone is hale and hearty. I am asking this merely for curiosity because I had a bit of a debate with someone recently: do you eat shrimp and other crustaceans during fasts? What about mollusks and other "sea food"? And if so why? I honestly do...
  10. Andrei D

    [TAW] Synthetic / bullet point Orthodox apologetics?

    I don't really like the idea of arguing points of faith or doctrine, but recently I have come across more and more genuinely good people, who are nice friends and who really interested in learning more about stuff. But I find myself at a disadvantage because it is difficult to argue points of...
  11. Andrei D

    Sad, very sad, but front page news, wow...

    Video: Parishioners see Virgin Mary painting crying at Chicago church facing foreclosure Lord knows if this sad turn of events will not perhaps make some folks curious, and some of them will step on the path and a few of them might end up home.
  12. Andrei D

    Blessed feast!

  13. Andrei D

    hmm?

    This was advertised recently by PewDiePie which means it is going to get a lot of users in a very short time. It seems like a game, only it isn't. They claim to be creating a new economy, an Ark that will survive the coming socio-economic flood... Your lifetime converted to currency and then...
  14. Andrei D

    I love this new trend in the "skeptic/atheist" community

    This is very close to my own journey away from Orthodoxy, to atheism and then back. Such simple truths and so hard to get them back. It is amazing how many recent re-converts from atheism are in the comment section as well.
  15. Andrei D

    We're getting there - Abortion is Morally Good

    Abortion Is Morally Good Sarah Jones, New York Magazine May 21, 2019
  16. Andrei D

    Just thought I'd share

    I have been away for a while, busy with family issues and a long trip. Thank you for your prayers. I do not know what exactly I'm trying to say, because I am so overwhelmed, but I thought I'd share anyway. It is still amazing to me how great are the treasures our Church has, everywhere, really...
  17. Andrei D

    Lord have mercy. My mom was diagnosed with cancer.

    I am ambivalent about sharing this. On the one hand I am struggling to cope with my feelings about it. It happened very recently and serendipitously, so I thought everything was going to be fine, but with each new test, the situation seems to be worse. We still don't know much about the exact...
  18. Andrei D

    Wait, what?

    When Americans Say They Believe in God, What Do They Mean? A few head scratching highlights: "Sizable minorities of Catholics (28%) and mainline Protestants (26%) say they believe in a higher power or spiritual force, but not in God as described in the Bible." "...just six-in-ten Catholics...
  19. Andrei D

    Everlasting life

    And so it begins Billionaire, 32, pays £7,000 to have operation that will definitely kill him