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  1. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is a ’sin’ & anti-vaxxers must spend their life repenting

    I have called no one stupid or crazy. Perhaps I am stupid and crazy. In any case, this forum is not for me, I have discovered, and I wish all of you the best in your enlightened discussions of the pressing issues of our faith and times. The interactions I have had here over the past three days...
  2. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Mutual Support for Disabled and/or Homebound Orthodox Christians

    God bless you. Thank you for your clarifications.
  3. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is a ’sin’ & anti-vaxxers must spend their life repenting

    Your logic is that because "the world" that produced a new treatment for an emergent disease is the same world that legalized abortions, it is enmity against God to be vaccinated. "The world" also produces cancer treatments, life saving medications that many people rely on to survive, and yes...
  4. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Mutual Support for Disabled and/or Homebound Orthodox Christians

    As someone who is both disabled and poor (as a result of being disabled), I can tell you that this kind of attitude ("Someone should do something for/about 'those people'!") is among several related reasons why I left the Church, and why a mutual support thread for people who are disabled and/or...
  5. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Mutual Support for Disabled and/or Homebound Orthodox Christians

    In the United States, at least, accommodations in places of worship are wholly dependent on virtue, where in other cases (shopping centers, day care centers, theaters, private schools, and so on), they are mandated by federal law. This is the difficulty for many people, as their needs may be...
  6. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Mutual Support for Disabled and/or Homebound Orthodox Christians

    I'm very glad that you have been able to advocate for yourself, that others have advocated for you, and that your priest has freely adapted to your situation. This sounds like a model for accessibility, at least with respect to participation in the Divine Services!
  7. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Mutual Support for Disabled and/or Homebound Orthodox Christians

    Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord, have mercy on us. Due to disability, I am unable to attend Divine Services in person. I also know firsthand how it is to be "different" in church, and to have a priest who does not seem to know how to provide guidance and support in this...
  8. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Hesychasm tradition and Eastern Orthodoxy

    Thank you for posting this. I was pleased to see the discussion of the Hesychast Controversy. Rather than diving into the Philokalia, though (and I added this thought in more detail to the video's comment section on YT), new practitioners of the Jesus Prayer would do well to read St. Ignatius...
  9. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Unusual Semantrons

    Have always loved the sound of the semantron. Not sure if either of these passages holds a possible answer but thought they were worth consideration: "Larger and smaller semantra have been used, the smaller being sounded first, followed by the larger, then by those of iron. Theodore Balsamon...
  10. Joanna-Innokentovna

    What are you reading?

    I am currently "going back to basics", beginning with: The Law of God by Serafim Slobodskoy On the Prayer of Jesus by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov A Spiritual Psalter by St. Ephrem the Syrian/St. Theophan the Recluse
  11. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is a ’sin’ & anti-vaxxers must spend their life repenting

    Politics is not the province of the Church but the well being of its people is, especially as our ability to safely attend services is in question. As someone with preexisting conditions who is able to receive a vaccine, I gratefully did so, and will have a booster soon. There are others who...
  12. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Mutual Encouragement During the Fast & Feast of the Nativity

    [If this post is in the wrong place, or if posting festal images here is disallowed, my sincere apologies and thanks for your patience - this is my first post here.] Thanks be to God, and thank you for your prayers. This is a season of fasting, almsgiving, prayer and internal reflection for...
  13. Joanna-Innokentovna

    Prayer requests post here!

    May the Lord God have mercy on all of us.