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(This is Orthodox Forum, please act accordingly) Hello all! This thread is for debate and discussion regarding evolution, creation and Orthodoxy, the twist being that no debate is to be had at all regarding scientific data. Instead, all discussion must focus solely on evolution in the context...

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In light of recent pushes from the pro-abortion political faction in New York and Virginia, I think it is good to look at the historical position of the Church on this matter. From the very interesting blog On Coptic Nationalism and its owner Dioscorus Boles, we read: Coptic manuscripts and...

"Our Church has never hesitated to fight, when it felt it must, for the rights of mankind….there are times when we must risk everything, including life itself, for those basic American ideals of freedom, justice, and equality, without which this land cannot survive. Our hope and prayer, then, is...

Christ is born, uniting the humanity with His divinity without mixture, confusion, or division of any kind, and thus restoring, redeeming, transforming, and saving us. Glory be to Him Who is born miraculously of the Theotokos, St. Mary, on this day, according to the prophetic sayings! We...

"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...

Hi y'all. I have a question for some of you regarding Islam, but it'll take a little unpacking first, so please bear with me. Soooo...in an apparent repeat of my past ban-worthy behavior on Catholic Answers Forums (RIP to that trash heap), some stuff has been goin' on in my inbox here lately...

Let us remember the martyrs of the attack on the bus of Coptic Orthodox pilgrims in El Minya, Egypt one year ago today. 28 people were martyred, and many more were injured. None renounced their faith in the face of death. They were en route to the monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor (Samuel of...

+Sample version of the Shorter Catechism+ ~ Introduction Q . WHAT should be the chief concern of man? A. Man's chief concern should be to seek after the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Matt. 6:33, Matt. 16:26. Q. How do we obtain righteousness? A. We obtain righteousness through faith in...

Hello all, My name is Nicholas and I'm a Christian cartoonist and animator. A couple of years ago, I decided to combine my love for Christianity and cartooning to create cartoons of my character, Father Gabriel. Father Gabriel is an Orthodox Christian priest monk on a journey to spread the love...

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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...

I was watching this video recently because it was marked "Konkani Qurbana" (Konkani liturgy), and I know Konkani to be the language of Goa, which is the most Roman Catholic state in all of India. I knew in brief the story of Mor Alvarez, the Roman Catholic priest who converted to Orthodoxy and...

Hello all, In this thread on the differences in the approach to the Eucharist in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, some of the posts from our Western Christian friends seem to show an understanding of Orthodoxy that supposes that Orthodoxy treats reason as something bad, or to be neglected, or to be...

Can any Eastern Orthodox or Catholics apart of the Byzantine rite explain the essence-energy distinction of God to us western Christians? How do we reconcile it to divine simplicity?

This tiny child, this witness, has some words for the terrorists, and words to say about the seven relatives she lost that day when the workers of iniquity decided to attack a bus full of pilgrims, including children such as her. She reaffirms her identity as a Christian and reports that...

Citing ancient precedent, HG Bishop Rafael, secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has demanded that a church be allowed to be built at the site of the martyrdom of Coptic Christians in the recent bus attack. We shall see now where al Sisi and Co. really are on the 'Coptic...

In this video, Deacon Michael of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Zimbabwe prepares the prosphora/qurban/holy bread for the day's liturgy.