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Justin, this made me think of a quote that addresses your concern as to whether or not God is useful. Please bare with me, the quote speaks about monasticism and the modern mind, but you could easily substitute God for each monastic reference and it would fit. "What does monasticism offer to...

I wanted to mention a very nice blog kept by Fr. Jonathan Tobias, an Orthodox priest, which I've been following lately: http://janotec.typepad.com/terrace/ Check it out, controversy and all, you'll be glad you did!

I was stung by a whole nest of yellow jackets when I was a toddler...I tell you if you want to suddenly achieve superhuman speed, voluntarily upset a nest of yellow jackets. My mom couldn't catch me, I was running around like a little wild man. I also can be strange about having my foods...

I practice a Russian martial art called Systema, I can arc my right eyebrow (a recessive trait) and give "the peoples' eye" for all to see, this is also possible because I have a slightly weaker right eye (lazy eye), and one time I had 14 teeth taken out of my mouth in one sitting at the dentist...

I have some Scotch-Irish blood in me, so this does give me some warm fuzzies. Still, as Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, "ain't nothing like the real thing, baby." http://christinthemountains.blogspot.com/2007/02/from-roman-byzantium-to-old-regular.html

Thank you to all who replied, y'all have been very helpful! One thing's for sure, I am not lacking in sources to research now.

Anyone know about this saint? He's on the OCA homepage's list of Saints for today and his icon is fascinating.

Hello Everyone, I am taking a Philosophy of Religion class and want to write a 15 page paper on (what else?) the Orthodox view of God. This is difficult because the arguments for and against God in the class have a Westernized rational bias and Orthodoxy doesn't seem to compartmentalize it's...

Lord, have mercy. I remember first hearing about Fr. Calciu in the book Christ the Eternal Tao by Heiromonk Damascene. He came to one of the brotherhood's monasteries in northern California in 1997 and gave a speech about his experiences with the uncreated light. Here is the second of two...

Hey folks, I was talking online to my friend (just friends) about the topic of marriage and we got into an argument about the nature of love (the kind found in marriage). I told her that I wanted to eventually marry a virtuous Orthodox girl and have a marriage blessed by the Church. My belief...

Hey all, I remember there are some Matisyahu fans on this site. I know there is alot of his footage already available online, but I ran across this on another forum and couldn't resist cross-posting it, enjoy! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8487550175627977202&q=matisyahu&hl=en

I welled up with tears reading this, praise God!

Thanks Choirfriend, Ramesses, and United in Christ, turns out the track is actually #7, my mistake, mystery of mysteries, Who is so great a God as our God?

Hey, folks, I've got this beautiful song stuck in my head: http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/threeholies-hymns/hifi.m3u it's the 6th track, entitled Who Is The Great Lord, and I think the language is liturgical Greek, but I may be wrong. I was wondering if anyone who understands the words...

I just started a thread...to say I love you...and I mean it from the bottom of my heart! I love every one of you and wish I was a better Orthodox Christian because of you.:)

Thanks once again all for your good advices!

Greetings in Christ, e-Church fam! I'm taking a prolonged hiatus from the dating circuit, and have no intentions of dating again until I am ready to marry, awaiting some financial independence and greater maturity in my friendships in the meantime. But I need some practical advice, as...

Not sure if this has been posted here before, but a link I found very interesting and relevant to this topic here: http://www.pravmir.com/article_72.html This is an interview conducted with a contemporary African father in the Congo, he talks about Orthodoxy in the Congo and how near the...

Please pray for my grandma's physical and spiritual health, her name is Peggy. She is wasting away in a rest home, she is in her 70s and suffers from a degenerative mental condition and scizhophrenia. We just want her to get well so she can be home. God bless y'all and you have my prayers.

Maybe you can find someone on this site, but you will have to first make a livejournal profile and then join this community: http://www.livejournal.com/community/orthodox_single/ Anonykat, I still would love to see a website for single Orthodox...there are almost none out there. And any...