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  1. ChristIsSovereign

    Interested in Orthodoxy (No Church, Though)

    I'm a soon-to-be-ex-Protestant who has found that his beliefs are almost Orthodox in nature. There's still things that I wrestle with but I would love to have some questions answered. I believe in: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist Praying in the presence of a priest Reverent...
  2. Stabat Mater dolorosa

    Annihilation, Scalfari, The Pope and "Gaudete et Exsultate"

    As Im quite sure most of you have noticed in the recent weeks, Pope Francis caused quite a havoc due to his apparent denial of hell. I have been faced with widespread questions by Protestant family since this very heterodox interview by the the pontiff. It is tiresome and tedious I think we all...
  3. Quid est Veritas?

    Aerial Tollhouses in Orthodoxy

    I saw this discussed in another thread and was intrigued. Apparently some Orthodox believe that after death there is some form of Tollhouses that they need to pass through, where demons accuse the soul of sin and he then needs to clear it through Angelic help or intercessory prayer and on his...
  4. dzheremi

    "We are all going to die for the Lord. We don't belong to earth; we belong to Heaven."

    The Orthodox faith of the Coptic Church shines through the darkness in the wake of the bus attack in El Minya. We are once again blessed to have so many martyrs, all witnesses to Christ and powerful intercessors for the believers. The martyrs are our strength, the cross is our life, the Lord is...
  5. P

    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...
    • Paul Yohannan
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    • Forum: Denomination Specific Theology
  6. P

    Why I am compelled to dispute Adventism

    I do not hate Seventh Day Adventists. I furthermore do not uniquely object to their doctrines; there are several other denominations I am rather more aggrieved with. For example, many of the liberal mainline Protestant churches such as the UCC, the PCUSA, and so on, at times seem to exist only...
  7. P

    Adventism refuted by Orthodoxy

    The SDA faith is characterized by an extreme opposition to Roman Catholicism. The Pope is considered to be or to have been the Beast, almost all aspects of doctrine held by Rome are rejected, even including basics such as the date of Pascha, and so on. Now, all of this is predicated upon a...
  8. dzheremi

    Coptic Orthodox Divine Liturgy Celebrated in South Africa

    "Divine Liturgy Celebrated in South Africa July 9, 2011. Prayed in Coptic, English and isiZulu. This was recorded at the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of St Mark the Apostle and St Samuel the Confessor located in Pretoria." (The isiZulu portion, beginning at 9:24, is amazing.)
  9. I

    Women in the Orthodox Church

    I have two questions that I hope someone can help me with. The first one is regarding clothing: I know that modesty is important in the Church, for both men and women, but are there clothes that a woman can never wear (or a man for that matter)? Nowadays women wear pants, suits, etc.; would...
  10. JM

    Pray without ceasing.

    In 1 Thessalonians we read, "Pray without ceasing." I am currently re-reading Ignatius Brainchaninov's work on the subject which outlines the Eastern Orthodox tradition of saying the Jesus Prayer, with this verse being cited as the reason given for the practice. Somehow, according to Eastern...
  11. J. Elias

    The black sheep here

    Good morning, and God bless all! I am a student of theology and philosophy at Oral Roberts University, born and raised Charismatic non-denominational, and was very surprised to begin losing faith in Protestantism when my studies commenced. Unfortunately, due to the highly...
  12. dzheremi

    A brief testament to the Orthodox faith by Fr. Moses Curley

    Fr. Moses Curley is a Coptic Orthodox hegoumen who came into the Coptic Orthodox Church after some time in the Serbian Orthodox Church, and before that in the Anglican church. In the following video he shares a little bit of what makes the Orthodox Church and its faith so amazing and beautiful...
  13. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Eastern Orthodox priest survives tropical hell of Papua New Guinea

    Eastern Orthodox priest survives tropical hell of Papua New Guinea Archpriest Nikolai Nesprava is known in as “extreme father.” In the summer of this year, he traveled to the jungle of Papua New Guinea. The priest wanted to get acquainted with the life of aboriginal people, who live under the...
  14. Abel Gkiouzelis

    From Texas Baptist to Orthodox Saint? - By Terry Mattingly

    From Texas Baptist to Orthodox Saint? by Terry Mattingly Wherever bishops travel, churches plan lavish banquets and other solemn tributes to honor their... Read more
  15. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Jim & Nancy Forest: Becoming Orthodox - From USA to Netherlands, from Protestantism to Orthodoxy

    Becoming Orthodox by Jim Forest I am sometimes asked how the son of atheist parents ended up not only a Christian but a member of the Orthodox Church. In fact it wasn’t so big a leap as it sounds. For starters my parents weren’t people for whom atheism was a religion unto itself. Their...
  16. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Nilus Stryker, San Francisco: Through the Eastern Gate - From Yoga & Buddhism to Orthodoxy

    Through The Eastern Gate Nilus Stryker, San Francisco, California, USA From Yoga & Buddhism to Orthodoxy Nilus Stryker, San Francisco, California, USA: I had been a Buddhist for ten years. I was ordained after seven years of study with my teacher in a small family line of the Nyingma Lineage...
  17. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Creation: Genesis contradictions? - by Don Batten

    Genesis contradictions? by Don Batten Between the creation of Adam and the creation of Eve, the KJV/AV Bible says (Genesis 2:19) ‘out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air’. On the surface, this seems to say that the land beasts and birds were...
  18. Abel Gkiouzelis

    “Stop following me! We’re not related!”

    Source: LETTERS “Stop following me! We’re not related!”
  19. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Yoga and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Are They Compatible? - Dr. Christine Mangala, India

    Yoga and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Are They Compatible? Dr. Christine Mangala, India Dr. Christine Mangala was raised in India and brought up a devout Hindu. Her family was close to one of India’s leading Hindu gurus and teachers. Now an Eastern Orthodox Christian writer and teacher, she...
  20. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Father Simeon de la Jara from Peru: On a righteous path from Peru to Mount Athos, Greece

    Father Simeon de la Jara from Peru: On a righteous path from Peru to Mount Athos, Greece When Miguel Angel de la Jara Higgingson was seven, his mother had a vision. She sensed that her son would some day leave her for a “far away place, like an island, there where people of solitude lived who...
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