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  1. The Liturgist

    Some interesting theological terms from the Eastern churches

    At times, some members might notice that those such as myself, various Orthodox members like my Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox friends @prodromos @HTacianas @FenderTL5 @dzheremi and other friends of ours such as @ViaCrucis may use a vocabulary somewhat unfamiliar to the average Western...
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    • Forum: General Theology
  2. The Liturgist

    Orthodox Liturgical Music and Concerns about Formalities

    Recently, in another thread in the main Eastern Orthodox forum, I inadvertently made the debate a bit heated by making a stupid, crass and emotionally charged reply of a disparaging nature about Praise and Worship music. To be precise, I called it “trash” and in so doing through negligence...
  3. The Liturgist

    Metropolitan Kallistos, David Bentley Hart, Universalism, and the Church of the East

    What started as a short reply to our pious and reverend Presbyter @ArmyMatt unleashed something of a can of worms in my mind as I realized it crossed the nexus of several areas of theological study I have been focused on for the past decade, resulting in a voluminous post that was only...
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    • apokatastasis assyrian church of the east david bentley hart eastern orthodoxy eschatology metropolitan kallistos ware oriental orthodoxy orthodoxy syriac christianity universalism
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    • Forum: The Ancient Way - Eastern Orthodox
  4. The Liturgist

    Excerpt from dramatic film about Mor Severus and Mor Philoxenus

    it’s interesting how what Saints Severus and Philoxenus say has, through the adoption of Theopaschitism, become prevalent among the Eastern Orthodox, which explains why the tense relations depicted here between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox are no longer the case where it matters most...
  5. The Liturgist

    Billy Graham, And The Three Great Televangelists

    I thought, having recently felt compelled to state the following history in a few different topics, for those unfamiliar with the three great televangelists, Dr. James Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, and Rev. Robert Schuller, or the important work done in the Soviet Union by Billy Graham, the...
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  6. dzheremi

    Statement of the Oriental Orthodox Church in North America concerning the Eritrean Orthodox Church

    From the website of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches, concerning the recent government-mandated deposition of HH Abune Antonios, the sole lawful and recognized patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church: July 23, 2019 To All of the Bishops, Priests, and Faithful of...
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    Question Concerning Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church of the East

    Hello everyone, To cut a long story short, a movie that I was recommended by someone initially brought great shock to me as it featured God the Father being portrayed by a human. I am a Catholic and I felt so appalled by this image that I got into research and found out that the Catholic Church...
  8. dzheremi

    Prayers and Hymns Atrributed to HH St. Severus of Antioch

    (REMINDER FOR VISITORS: You are in the Oriental Orthodox forum right now. This is not a debate forum. This is posted for education and edification only. Negative comments from Chalcedonians or others regarding the saint will be reported for moderation.) Because he is not cross-communally...
  9. dzheremi

    "Christ is born and revealed!" -- Armenian celebration of the Nativity and Epiphany today, January 6

    "Hisoos dzunav yev haytnetsav!", as they say according to the Armenian tradition, which keeps the very old practice of celebrating the Nativity and Epiphany on the same day. And today is that blessed and holy day! Let us glorify Him Who is born and revealed! Khorhoort medz yev uhskanchelee...
  10. dzheremi

    A unique aspect of celebration of the Resurrection in the Coptic tradition: The (Re)enactment

    Christ is risen! At this time in the liturgical year, we in the Coptic Orthodox Church enjoy not only the feast of the glorious Resurrection, but also a unique ritual tied to our liturgical celebration of it: a reenactment of the Resurrection itself, which takes place during the liturgy of the...
  11. Raphael Jauregui

    Thanks be to God! ACLU court action saves Iraqi Christians from deportation (for now)

    ICE, under the US' current Trump administration, was going to deport hundreds of Iraqi Christians who are fleeing persecution in the homelands. 'Death sentence' deportation of Iraqi Christians stayed after ACLU court action | Christian News on Christian Today
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    On the size of denominations and communions

    In another thread, I was enjoying a good but I expect offtopic conversation with my friends @ViaCrucis and @BobRyan about denominational size: Picking up where we left off, it might be interesting to both resume that discussion about the relative sizes of denominations and communions, and...
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    • adventism anglicanism catholicism demographics denominations eastern orthodoxy lutheranism oriental orthodoxy orthodoxy statistics
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    • Forum: Denomination Specific Theology
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