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eastern orthodox

  1. S

    Reconsidering Easter Orthodoxy after a very different faith journey

    Dear all, I would be very grateful on some advice when it comes to my faith journey, in these for me and all of us hard times. In short, I was raised in Serbia, in a very loving family, with a mixture of cultural Eastern Orthodoxy (icons, holy water, priest blessing the home for Easter) and...
  2. Euodius

    The Catholic Response to "The Church: Towards a Common Vision"

    Hello, so a Roman Catholic Friend of mine found this document from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity to the World Council of Churches. We've talked about it some and we are both rather disturbed by it. It seems to have gone out when the Amazon Synod was taking up most of the...
  3. Pavel Mosko

    Life of an Orthodox Christian - A Brief Depiction (Pencils & Prayer Ropes)

    A Facebook friend (Father) Barnabas Powell posted this on his Facebook wall. Seems pretty good so far (still watching it)! I really like the artistic style of it. So far it seems like it is a nice little Cliff Notes primer on being Eastern Orthodox.
  4. Pavel Mosko

    Fr. Seraphim's Aramaic Chanting

    I've been interested in this priest and his music for a few years since I like chanting and I also like studying the history of hymnography coming from Judaism onward into Christianity. This priest is Assyrian in nationality but at some point became EO. His music does not sound like...
  5. Pavel Mosko

    Legacy of Ben Lomond Crisis

    I was curious about what lasting legacy the Ben Lomond Crisis has had. I have some personal interest in that because that church was in my parents backyard so to speak. It was the first Orthodox (or Eastern Church of any kind) that I ever attended. I actually thought seriously about...
  6. Pavel Mosko

    Eastern Orthodox on Contraception

    We seemed to have some fun last week when I asked and compared Coptic prayer of the hours to the EO, so I figured I would try something similar on a social issue. Years ago, I got some conflicting information about the Eastern Orthodox take on birth control (in marriage). 1) Before I was...
  7. BNR32FAN

    Question for Eastern Orthodox about the book of life

    I’ve recently seen another aspect of Revelation 17:8 that I think is interesting and I’m curious about the EO’s view on this. A person explained to me that the names written in the book of life before creation could be referring to an elect group that was chosen by God who would undoubtedly...
  8. Pavel Mosko

    Prayer of the Hours

    How similar is the Coptic Prayers of the Hours to the various EO jurisdictional equivalents? (It's content and structure) Prime Secondly, how similar is the chanting style? http://www.agpeya.org/thanksgivingprayer.mp3 Somewhere in one of my book cases I have this book, but I recall it being...
  9. Pavel Mosko

    Leaven From Heaven?

    Hi there! Years ago, I was a member of a church that had it's apostolic succession from the Church of the East (Nestorian Church). I had learned of a curious idiosyncratic belief from the Assyrian Church known as "the Leaven from Heaven". There was a book written in the middle ages...
  10. R

    Panentheism & Palamite Christianity

    I thought the video was an excellent explanation of Panentheism. Panentheism. A Transcendent & Immanent reality. Weak Panentheism. (Palamite Christianity). God is not dependent on man, his divine energies allow us to have our being. Strong Panentheism. - God is dependent on man, for his...
  11. dzheremi

    Question on Simony or some related practice

    NB: I'm posting this here because I think it may lead to debate. I don't necessarily want one. In another thread that is now locked, a user who is a guest to the EO forum basically accused the EO Church of trading canonical recognition of breakaway EO bodies for 'donation' money. I don't...
  12. Milan Polenta

    Greetings

    Greetings... My name is not important on the internet. However to give some context, I am male, 28 years old and living in Toronto Canada. I have much learning to do, although I have done much learning in life. When I was very young, I learned how to learn rather than how to do x-y-z, and that...
  13. L

    Recent Convert

    Hello, I'm a 37 year old man and after being an atheist for over ten years, I have finally decided to become a Christian. I've continued to learn about atheism and Christianity and after reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, it convinced me to convert. I'm interested in Eastern...
  14. Rubricnigel

    Newbie here.

    Hello, newbie here. Im a Greek Orthodox convert (getting baptised around easter) Just want to say hello to all. God bless !
  15. G

    Signed on to see if there are Orthodox Christians interested in starting a Tiny House Community

    I am an Orthodox Christian who is testing the waters and interested in seeking God's will in starting a Tiny House community in California for Orthodox Christians. We have the land with utilities, an old farm house and 20 acres and all the free water we can use. It would need tons of work to...
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