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  1. dzheremi

    How Should We Pray - Deacon Gorgorios Dejene (EOTC)

    In this video, Deacon Gorgorios Dejene of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gives a perspective on how to pray as we should. I hope any viewers or listeners will find it edifying.
  2. SaintGeorge

    Esran (SaintGeorge) Returns Again

    Dear Old Friends, It's been quite awhile since I've been here. My last life update post was in 2015 on OBOB. After that, I didn't post until now. Before that, I hadn't been active for about a decade. The people at OBOB and TAW were a central part of my online and religious experience during a...
  3. The Liturgist

    Orthodox Christians As The Victims Of Heretical Sects

    This originated as a reply to a thread, but grew a bit too large, so I made it a blog post. Indeed, it is true that Roman Pagans accused the early Christians of cannibalism, based on a misunderstanding of the Eucharist. Pagan accusations of gross sexual immorality were probably the result of...
    • The Liturgist
    • Blog entry
    • 14 min read
    • arianism assyrian church of the east calvinism eastern orthodoxy gnosticism heresy iconoclasm iconography islam orthodoxy
    • Category: Christian Forums
  4. The Liturgist

    1. The Divine Essence Is Beyond Human Comprehension

    To quote Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky’s classic Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, translated from Russian into English by the great penitent, scholar and abbot Fr. Seraphim Rose, because of God’s inscrutability and existence above and distinct from all of Creation, “...one may speak only of the...
    • The Liturgist
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • divine nature doctrine dogmatics early church fathers essence and energies orthodoxy patristics theology
    • Category: General
  5. The Liturgist

    Vincent of Lerins and Ecumenical Ecclesiology for Traditional Churches

    I wouldn’t dream of denying the Christianiy of a denomination that adheres to the Nicene Creed, like the SDA or the Roman Catholic Church. By the way, all legitimate Christian churches are Catholic, however you define legitimate; the exact qualifications for Catholicity are called ecclesiology...
    • The Liturgist
    • Thread
    • catholicism catholicity ecclesiological problems ecclesiology ecumenical relations heresy nicea orthodoxy protestantism traditional christianity
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Ecclesiology
  6. E

    Why isn't ecumenism taken seriously as a heresy?

    Hello everyone, I am new to these forums. I am a baptized Orthodox Christian. I am not trying to upset anyone with this question, but it has troubled me for several days. I do not go to a 'True Orthodox' church currently, but frankly I am considering it. The ROCOR 1983 anathema against...
  7. dzheremi

    Feast of the Resurrection (Syriac Orthodox) ܩܝܡܬܐ ܦܪܘܩܝܬܐ

  8. dzheremi

    3/31/2020 Midnight & Matins Prayers and Praises @ St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey, TX w/HG Bishop Youssef

    Our beloved father HG Bishop Youssef is livestreaming services from his residence at St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey in Texas. Here are this morning's prayers and praises, for all who are dearly missing being able to gather in our churches: Holy fathers of the desert, pray for us and for the whole...
  9. dzheremi

    OO/EO discussion (not debate): Is it a good thing that we show up in each others' churches?

    Note: Even though I already put it in the thread title, I want to reiterate that I'm posting this in St. Basil the Great's Hall, not St. Justin's, because I don't see any need that this turn into a debate. I don't want one. (This is also why I didn't put it in the general forum.) It's a pretty...
  10. Not David

    Should I venerate Catholic images?

    I see images of Jesus and Mary around here a lot and I feel I should pay respect but I don't know if I should since they were made by Roman Catholics, also I am still confused of the role of statues in Orthodoxy.
  11. Jared H

    Question for Catholics from an ex-Protestant in search of a denomination

    I was raised Nazarene but I think I'm completely convinced at this point that I can't be Protestant. Now I just have to figure whether I should be Catholic or Eastern Orthodox. I really struggle, as many do, with the current corruption of the Church & the Papacy. I understand that it was the...
    • Jared H
    • Thread
    • catholic catholicism orthodox orthodoxy papacy pope pope francis
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  12. dzheremi

    An "April Fool's Day" reminder to seek and be guided by Wisdom

    From today's readings, April 1, 2019 AD/Paremhotep (Baramhat) 23, 1735 AM: From the book of Proverbs, may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen Proverbs 3:5-18 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct...
  13. dzheremi

    Traditional Christian weddings and their hymns

    I dunno why this is a thing I'm into lately (I'm not getting married or going to a wedding soon or anything like that), but I have stumbled upon some very nice wedding hymns/songs from the OO churches (probably because that's a lot of what comes up when you search for things from the Malankara...
    • dzheremi
    • Thread
    • catholicism christianity orthodoxy traditional protestantism weddings
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Traditional Theology
  14. dzheremi

    A Thread of Encouragement (inspired by LaBèlla's request)

    As has been said, it would be good to see some encouragement around here instead of doom and gloom. Okay, then! Let's do it, my friends! After all, our God was and is victorious over death, so what on earth can squash our joy in that fact? It''s perhaps a strange place to find it (not really if...
    • dzheremi
    • Thread
    • christianity encouragement eternal life god orthodoxy
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: General Theology
  15. dzheremi

    The departure of HH Pope Benjamin I (622-659): the Islamic conquest of Egypt enters the Synaxarium

    One of today's entries in the Coptic synaxarium, alongside the commemoration of the Church of St. Macarius the Great, and the departure of HH Pope Andronicus (616-622). The Eighth Day of the Blessed Coptic Month of Tobe, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and...
  16. dzheremi

    First Coptic Orthodox liturgy EVER held in Saudi Arabia!

    Not sure how I missed this one until now. I knew of the talks between HH Pope Tawadros II and the current Saudi crown prince Salman, because it was huge news in the Coptic world when the crown prince visited the Cathedral in Cairo, but I was not aware of anything happening in Saudi proper until...
  17. dzheremi

    Fr. Matthew the Poor (Matta Al-Maskin/أبونا متى المسكين) in Coptologia vol. III, Fall 1982

    Note: I have made some slight revisions to remove cumbersome inclusions of transliterated Arabic words (placed below in italics) where their frequency may inhibit smooth reading, in those cases where removing them would not reasonably alter the meaning of the text itself. The only other changes...
  18. Quid est Veritas?

    The Norman Conquest, Orthodoxy, and Edward the Confessor

    I've run across a very odd phenomenon recently. Apparently Edward the Confessor is considered a saint by both Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Now Edward the Confessor was the last English king of the house of Egbercht, and the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, dying in 1066. Now the Great Schism...
    • Quid est Veritas?
    • Thread
    • 1066 edward the confessor ethelric of durham great schism norman conquest orthodox england orthodoxy romantics sainthood
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Christian History
  19. dzheremi

    Fr. Lazarus El Antony teaches a European on the Jesus Prayer and silence

    For our edification:
    • dzheremi
    • Thread
    • coptic orthodox fr. lazarus el antony jesus prayer monasticism orthodoxy
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Traditional Theology
  20. ChristIsSovereign

    Just Discovered Something

    Was interested in Roman Catholicism, but I was having some curiosity about something. Fr. Victor E. Novak. An Appeal to Traditional Roman Catholics From an Orthodox Catholic Priest / OrthoChristian.Com I read this article and it said that the RCC broke the pact of the 5 patriarchates and split...
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