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a good starting source is here: https:www.ecupatria.org and look for documents. it is EO site, but it lists the joint agreements made in 1990. the 5th council is called the 2nd council of constantinople and it occurred in 553AD. a comprehensiv…
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similarly, the sacrament of marriage is not just the priest helping two people to make a formal agreement in front of God. of course, this is an important part of it. but in orthodox marriage, both the husband and the wife submit their union to the…
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so, for example in the sacrament of Holy Communion, we can correctly say that we are receiving eternal life in God through faith in Him, as a result of His grace. in this we agree with most protestants. however, we also believe that the act of taki…
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sometimes people are already married and then one of them joins the orthodox church. if this happens, it should be done with the full understanding of the non orthodox spouse, but even then there are significant problems. but the differences that s…
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i have asked a few priests about that, and that is basically right.the physical position of metanoia / metania (in egyptian accent), which is kneeling with the head touching forwards to the ground, is associated with repentance and fasting. we still…
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actually, when understood in the light of the 5th council, it is less problematic.
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ok, you just answered the question i asked in the other thread!our beliefs are the same as the eastern orthodox churches.we have the same Bible and most of our church fathers are the same.for example, saint cyril, saint basil, saint john chrysostom …
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yeah, we don't have these apocryphal books.we have the old testament (including deuterocanonical books such as wisdom of sirach and tobit) and the new testament, and we read the writings of particular church fathers.those writings are less important…
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aah, excellent course, may God bless your service :)
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this book is not canonical, we don't use it.
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yes, i did not meet him personally but the course leaders were in usa.
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no idea, but may the Lord have mercy.
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i did not hear of it, i always thought we got this from hebrew sources.
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and finally: There are also several other references to the Holy Trinity in the Holy Bible. Isaiah refers to this mystery in his book when he writes concerning the sending of the Messiah, the Son of God, by God the Father and the Holy Spirit: “Com…
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more: There are multiple other verses in the Holy Bible that speak about the One God. There are a few verses in the Holy Scriptures where God, or the Lord, is used in the plural but still referring to the One God. For example, when God created man …
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i assume that question is to thutmose. halsawaf, i have a bit more time now, so can post you some more information about the Holy Trinity in the Bible.i'll put it in 3 messages as it is a bit long. it is written by a monk for a class i studied about…
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i am a pale skinned person, and stood out for a few years, but thank God, in my church there are south asians and other africans (that is not north african), and a few other pale people, so i am now less exotic.i think you should visit a coptic orth…
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hi and welcome, learning orthodoxy. sure there are some people in the world who will never accept you, but that is not the correct way. if you look at basil's recent post, you can see that he (and i) had much more positive experiences. there are sev…
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Lots of barbecues and wearing short trousers compulsory in church...
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i have heard that preparing to be a nun/monk, preparing to be married and preparing to be a single person with flatmates who is not actively seeking a husband/wife are all very similar. basically you need to fast, pray, thank God and love him and wo…
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the 1st 8 chapters of the book of romans discuss this very nicely, especially ch 2.
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it is certainly ok to ask abouna about that, the thing about age is purely cultural.
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the command against marrying brothers and sisters came later, not in the time of adam and eve.if you think they lived for 100s of years, the various batches of siblings would be decades apart.they would have had so many children that the children di…
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according to orthodoxwiki, saint epiphanius died 403AD (the source you quoted sometimes misses out the 0 in years, must be a bug on the website), not 43AD.looks like saint spyridon is equally lovely, just less famous.maybe he is commemorated in our …
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the trinity is much earlier than that, try the book of matthew (in the Bible), chapter 28, verse 19.there are lots and lots of early documents (before our patriarch athanasius) confirming that. please keep looking, and keep visiting church and askin…
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welcome, dear friend.sorry i can't write much now as will sleep soon (in uk it is late) and have an early start tomorrow.please come to the orthodox church a lot and feel free to keep asking questions.i was a protestant Christian for more than 30 yr…
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because we never heard of him unless we spent our summer in romania...
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george27, i am with u on this one, well said.
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in case anyone wonders what this is about, it is here:http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/1511in my opinion, if it is on 'tasbeha.org', then it must be ok!;-)i didn't yet have time to learn all the hymns we do sing at church, let alone the others, …