I post this question with reservations. Still I feel the need for the council of those more experienced than I. I feel need for council from those more...
... JRS: Probably the best thing to do is to plan a "pilgrimage" to a place where there is a community and clergy you feel comfortable with, and have her...
I will not copy this whole issue but I agree with others. Go to another community if need be and have her chrismated and brought into the church. I am so sorry...
Right. So far as I know (and I did look, once upon a time), there is no canon regulating this matter. That's not to say that it isn't a venerable tradition to...
I might add my two cents: I was told that the reasons for priests to celebrate only once a day are to avoid turning the Mass into a commercial endeavour on the...
... While I love the three Masses of Christmas, I add a caveat: Not all the West. The Orthodox of Spain did not allow them, and even the Romanized Mozarabs...
Glory be to God that we have a newly recognized saint. It was a pleasure to attend, with our Archbishop John, and our friends, Joseph and Xenia, the...
The latest at The Hermitage Cell blog: -The Introduction of the Feast of the Presentation into Anglo-Saxon England (historical background) -Entrance of the...
The Office (Introit): O mayest Thou be Present as a Trusted Protection unto Thy servants. + Unto Thee, O Lord, lift I up my soul; O My God, in Thee have I...
*On Gluttony* Constantly reflecting thus and reproaching yourself, decide for yourself how much you should eat and drink every day to satisfy the needs of...
Is Ecumenism is a heresy (doctrinal deviation) or a deviation of praxis? Or both? If we define ecumenism as just simply a branch theory of ecclesiology (that...
... I say both. ... Well it's a denial of Orthodox teaching. ... In theory, not if they deny the statements. However, they still fall under censure from the...
Deipara Press, originally a place for me to publish my own work, is moving in the direction of a "writing collective", where traditional Orthodox authors can...
I posted something titled Anathemas Against the Heresy of Ecumenism<http://orthodoxeschatology.blogspot.com/2008/12/anathemas-against-heresy-of-ecumenism.html>...
The blessings of the Lord be upon you. Fr Ambrose Thank you Father! As for the issue cited, calm yourself my brother! Let me address this (below) as you...
First, Father Ambrose, in answer to your question, I do not filter my wife's websites. I apologize that I am too lax for you. (Father Symeon, since it was...
Furthermore, allow me to add that both those links are to either a HOCNA body or to Gregory of Colorado, who has been condemned by all the true Orthodox, a...
Because of the fact that the two major Western Orthodox lists are not a place to discuss a number of issues, and those issues are not discussed on other...
My name is David I live in Tacoma WA I am an Orthodox Christian and up til recently was a member of the parish Choir. I will be helping in the Alter during...
I just finished a book by the Nun-martyr Maria Skobtsova. I especially enjoyed her "Types of religious life". Wondered if others had read this book. Mother...
... not a ... discussed on ... rite, we ... West in ... and I hope ... Reader Joseph, some of us have very limited time for participating in forums of this...
Welcome to OrthodoxWest, David. How will you be of assistance in the Altar? Acolyte, Reader, subSeacon, etc Again, welcome, monk Symeon moderator _____ From:...
First, I am going to help as an Acolyte and then later on probably a reader in rotation. I've done it a bit in the past, but want a 'break' from Choir duty. ...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
