First, a friend asked me why the Orthodox are not as fond of statues (3d) as they are of other two dimensional art. I had found an answer online somewhere but...
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Women in Orthodoxy Past & Present Conference<http://orrologion.blogspot.com/2008/05/women-in-orthodoxy-past-present.html> Friday, June 20 & Saturday, June 21,...
Howdy! My big problem with communicating (with just about everybody) at this point is due to the fact that my path has been "the scenic route." My priest knows...
Howdy! I made a post to an Orthodox forum under this title and many people don't have a clue what I'm talking about. Maybe some of you folks do... Here is the...
I am currently reading "Light from the Christian East" by James Payton, a non-Orthodox Christian, based on an online recommendations. I am reading it following...
Hello everyone, I was a member of this group for a short while last year before my husband and I left the LCMS and became catechumens officially last June. We...
Howdy! I just found this group today. I was born into the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. I was attending Concordia Bronxville during Seminex. In addition to...
In response to Fr. John's reqeust, here is "my story": It all started with a Hatha Yoga class... During the meditation at the end of the class "something...
by Archimandrite Ephrem Lash The hymnwriters of the Church take their inspiration from the Holy Scriptures and the Fathers of the Church, but since the service...
The local pine trees burst forth with crosses on Great and Holy Friday 04-25-08: (You must be logged into Yahoo to access this photo) http://xrl.us/bjw47...
Blessed Easter to all of you! Love in Christ, phos _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself wherever you are....
*Scripture, Icons, and the World We Know* *By Fr. Stephen Freeman* *I ask for grace in writing this, lest I go beyond my ability. It seems to me well worth...
If Lutherans concede that Luther was trying to reform the Catholic Church according to more apostolic standards and not found a new church, how is it they...
Learning to Swim "In the Very Element of Orthodoxy"<http://onelatelycome.blogspot.com/2008/02/explaining-difference.html> One hears that, in foreign lands,...
Emulate the Pharisee<http://orrologion.blogspot.com/2008/02/virtue-of-pharisee.html> The Triodion, interpreting Scripture, tells us that we are to not only to ...
Building the Body of Christ: A Weekend of Spiritual Enlightenment with Bishop Kallistos Ware <http://www.bombaxo.com/blog/?p=496> First Discussion: "My Lord...
"You don't become holy by fighting evil."<http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fasting-without-force/> *The following is taken from **Wounded by Love:...
*"Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth."* (John 9:41) This passage struck me...
... - From *Greek East & Latin West: The Church AD 681-1071<http://www.svspress.com/product_info.php?products_id=3316&osCsid=c3d28d3edc96fde0faf3f2680056715d>,...
I have a question that perhaps doesn't fit but I wanted to ask the group before I bug my priest!! (not that he minds...I think :)) I have children who are...
Good evening, everyone. I recently asked this question of some friends and thought I would also query the list. Perhaps you have heard of the recent avalanche...
The Love of God and the Gospel of Christ<http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-love-of-god-and-the-gospel-of-christ/> by Fr. Stephen Freeman ...
I've run across two thoughts which seem to me as being very different and I was hoping some of you may clarify this for me. One is from Fr. Hogg. I don't have...
