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    Can we start a Lenten quote thread?

    Two prayers & hymn: The Lenten Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian “Open to me the Doors of Repentance.” Today is Suspended (English) (Antiphon 15 of the Holy Thursday Passion Gospels ) Today is Suspended (English) (Antiphon 15 of the Holy Thursday Passion Gospels ) - YouTube
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    Memory Eternal! His Eminence Metropolitan Philip

    MEMORY ETERNAL! HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN PHILIP | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, with great sadness, announces the passing unto life eternal of His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Philip, Archbishop of New York...
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    conversion

    Wonderful! The Church of Antioch, one of the ancient patriarchates, is the same one mentioned in the Bible where believers first called Christians. Lord have mercy.
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    conversion

    Hi LP2, Do you know what jurisdiction your parish belongs and the bishop? Your story is interesting. Lord have mercy.
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    conversion

    THE GREAT LITANY OF PEACE Priest: In peace let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy. Priest: For the peace that comes from heaven above and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy. Priest: For peace throughout the whole world, for the...
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    "Assurance"

    It may, but not a guarantee. Again, God alone will judge rightly. Lord, have mercy.
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    "Assurance"

    God is the final judge, not me. I do not decide my eternal fate or anyone else's. "Do not judge", as Christ commanded. We pray: "Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner."
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    "Assurance"

    Orthodoxy leaves all judgment to God. God is the Lord. We pray Lord have mercy constantly and trust in God. God is the righteous Judge. Ours is to run the race. Truly, Holy Orthodoxy has everything needful for salvation in Christ. St Silouan the Athonite: "Keep your mind in hell, but despair...
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    Please suggest russian websites

    Pravoslavie.Ru the website of Stretensky Monastery in Moscow has wealth of Orthodox material in Russian and English. The Stretensky choir performs world wide, and the abbot, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), is author of the bestselling Everyday Saints. Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, Jan...
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    Question

    Kyrie Eleison, Lord Have Mercy Anthony M. Coniaris Many people remember Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were tried in court for treason against the United States. The trial was a long and bitter one. As the final sentence was pronounced, the lawyer for the Rosenbergs cried...
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    Romans 4 and Eastern Orthodox soteriology

    Freedom, Truth, Life is found only in Christ. All else is slavery, falsehood, death. Some related discussions at links. A Modern Conversion Glory to God for All Things Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part 1): Calvinism presents a dehistoricized Bible | Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy
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    Presents all wrapped....

    Christ Is Born! Glorify Him!
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    Question about Sundays DL

    Sounds like a churching of the new infant. Churching is a service of thanksgiving and blessing of the mother and her child when they return to the church after childbirth. It is reminiscent of the Old Testament ceremony of purification (Lev. 12: 2-8) and the presentation of Jesus at the...
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    I'm having a bit of a crisis of faith

    Dearest HM, Truth be told, I'm no better. The Good News is God Is With Us. Christ Is Born. Glorify Him. Matthew (1:18–23 ) Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child...
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    Questions about Ordination and Priesthood

    Are you active altar server/reader now? If not, start there.
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    Same Sex Pair uses Orthodox Wedding Service

    The "grooms" are not Orthodox either, nor the "priest", the chapel, or anything else.
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    Same Sex Pair uses Orthodox Wedding Service

    This was NOT an Orthodox wedding and they are NOT Orthodox.
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    I don't understand a few things.

    A popular book with converts, see Chapter 2 - God as Trinity The Orthodox Way - Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) - Google Books Also, many illuminating topics on Father Stephen Freeman's blog Glory to God for All Things|Orthodox Christianity, Culture and Religion, Making the...
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    Orthodoxy and Anxiety.

    But Truth will not change no matter what you believe. What Orthodox teaching is causing you fear? Holy Orthodoxy is the only church I've heard God called "The Lover of Mankind" at every liturgy and service.