Christ is Risen! + Indeed, He is Risen! Dear Fellow members of Christ, I am a convert and ordained reader interested in learning about the Wester Rite. I would...
Dear Father Augustine, Christus Surrexit! I hope your Pascha went well. As per our agreement, we concluded it would be best to talk about these issues after...
Vere Surrexit! ... do right ... in their ... says they ... interpreted ... No, you hadn't given that impression in previous discussions. I was trying to...
Dear Father Augustine, *You write: "No, you hadn't given that impression in previous discussions. I was trying to underline the sincerity and honesty of what I...
The dialogue between Reader Joseph and Father Augustine is an interesting one as it highlights the differing perspectives, though of a personal nature, between...
Christ is risen! Joseph Suaiden wrote to Father Augustine: " ... And we are subject to those canons, lacking authority altogether to overthrow what has been...
... Truly He is Risen! ... I would say that only the Church, in council, can change the force of a canon (such as with married Bishops), without changing the...
... But those are irrelevant, in fact. The Church Calendar is exactly *that*: the Church Calendar. The Orthodox Church, by the way, is not at all alone in...
... Poor St Tikhon. Ever since the hard work towards union between ROCOR and the MP, he's had to have his mistakes re-examined and re-stated as his actual...
Dear Joseph, I'm happy that we are having a civil conversation! ... know that ... precision when ... case, and ... the Old ... with the ... accident. Well, I...
... Actually, this is the crux of the matter. The reason they all stay on the books (even when they contradict each other, or change force), is precisely...
I sense I am going to get it for this one, but I am spouting off a position, and I feel fairly strongly about this. If one is offended, well, I am O.K. with...
Dear Reader Joseph, On the contrary, you touch an experience many of us share, given a few different circumstances. I grew up feeling an alien. My ancestry...
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Americans have no ethnicity? In 15 years of working with expat Americans in the middle-east I never met one who wasn't aware of being an Irish-American or...
Ummmm... yes... I wanted to say Scotto-Russian-Jewish. I grew up with Yiddish, English and Russian. I was a Jew regardless of my baptism. A de facto weirdo. A...
In my previous post I meant to refer to One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn. I went to look for the book and couldn't find it in the transit...
... SNIP> A de facto weirdo. A mysterious person. ***Was an intro.. I am single because I believe a wife should be able to say with Ruth, "thy people shall be...
_____ From: OrthodoxWest@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OrthodoxWest@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Monk Augustine Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:45 AM Fr. Augustine...
Dear Father Augustine: I am glad you feel that this conversation is civil. In my experience, I have found that there is no need to fear talking to us...
Yes, I am blessed, for she is like spring to me, like the millions of white flowers on the trees that brighten the parks in which we walk together. She is the...
1. Provide your first name. Anna Garner 2. Your Country of Residence USA 3. Your Ethnic Heritage. Norman, Welsh, Irish, German (American since early...
Well, this is basically my point. I don't doubt that the calendar was a part of Metaxis' penchant for syncretism - I'm fully aware of that. But, I know that...
I very much regret, Joseph, that I haven't the time to devote to this exchange that it deserves, but let me respond in my scattered fashion ... ... force of a ...
Introduction It just occurred to me that I never have introduced myself, sorry. 1. Provide your first name. *Xenia 2. Your Country of Residence. *America 3....
As some of our conscientious members have already done it is time for our bi-annual self-Introductions. This is done because people come and go and sometime...