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I've read both books from the author, neither of which I would classify as an "...autobiography of a yogi." There's an absolute ton of information on the internet about anything you'd care to research. The trick therefore is, to use a political phrase, vetting the sources of information one...

If the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is the same as that of the Apostles, holding to the same Tradition; then the terminology of a 'gay family', is as much an oxymoron as 'gay conservative'. Why? There has never been an acceptance in the church of anything deviant from what the Apostles...

Is not this what is done in the secular square, and therefore the reason for the myriad of laws we live under. Why then should it seem wrong for the Church to focus on correcting what we've done wrong spiritually. Is not this what Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did in his earthly ministry...

Mustard Seed Faith --- Sail On Sailor Eric Clapton ----- Angels In Heaven Love Song ---- Welcome Back Phil Keaggy ---- Master and The Musician; True Believers; Salvation's Army Band; etc.... Robert Randolf and The Family Band ---- Going In The Right Direction; Nobody; Why Should I Feel...

Outside of prayers being said in the Divine Liturgy, prayers can; and should, be said at any time for anyone, as the Spirit of God prompts them. That is the whole point of obedience!

Add to your prayers for the memory of His Beatitude Ignatius IV, prayers for the Holy Synod in their election of his successor, and for the Antiochian jurisdiction here in the United States.

It became clear to me when using the Monastic Diurnal from a Psalm of King David: "How can i repay the Lord for all the goodness He has done unto me. I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord...." The Church teaches that the Euchgarist is a 'memorial', i.e., a past...

At a time when I had practically no hair for him to 'snip', I was tonsured a Reader by my bishop. I stood at the lectern and read/chanted at my priest's discretion. And then; I stood ready to help during the Divine Liturgy. Two years later I was "ordained" a sub-deacon. It was very memorable...

"The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape the...

Religious faith is an extremely personal, and volatile matter. Which is why a great majority of people avoid discussing it. The other reason is that to many practitioners of religion cannot defend their religious practice; including Christians. Don't forget too that Christians have an enemy...

Buttermilk pie, Apple, and or Peach (the last two especially with ice cream) Um, um, um, um, um!

My first parish priest, and friend had this to say about coming to Liturgy late: "It shows disrespect to the priest." I would add that it disrupts the worship of those already present, for invariably someone will turn to look and another will notice and in turn, turn to see what mad the first...

May the time you spend here be both a blessing to you and everyone else! WELCOME!!!

It all depends upon what it is your taste buds are excited for!

I do not recommend "church hopping", but; a visit to one or two parishes of differing jurisdictions will allow you to see how the faith you were born into, is practiced in diverse cultures There are tons of books any one here could recommend. On the beginning level I have found nothing as...

Yeah, we (you and I) may both be Orthodox Christians, but we both know there are those whom we see as perishing in their sins. Or at least. floundering in the darkness of their theology, eskewing their opportunity for 'the complete truth'. But even to them God has shown some light. And so...

As has been said; I cannot speak to how Gregory Palamas arrived at his theology. I do think that the majority of Protestantism infatuated with the in-comprehensiveness (whew, is that a word?) of God, balks at the very thought that mere mortal men, can in any way, be like their Creator. And...

As one who had thought they were "into" mysticism: It appears to my mind that the prevailing thought concerning Christian mystics; is that they regularly, or at one time, have conversed with, or received from God, some form of communication/revelation not contained in Scripture. Therefore...

I was accepted into Orthodoxy in a pan-jurisdictional parish, which served the Holy Mysteries in a Byzantine style liturgy. And now I am under my bishop's authority in a Western Rite parish. Which do I prefer, the Byzantine/Eastern Rite. But then, I do love my bishop who tonsured me and...

May his memory be eternal. the sinful and unworthy servant sbdcn moses