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+ Irini nem ehmot, Comboschini (The Prayer Rope) Meditations of a Monk of the Holy Mountain Athos A few years ago, with the blessings of the very reverend Father Joseph, Abbot of the Xiropotamos Monastery of the Holy Mountain Athos, we reprinted, i…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Orthodox Tradition The Prayer Rope Question: Many Orthodox lay people pray with the aid of a prayer rope. Who introduced the custom of praying by prayer rope and when? Answer: The origin of the prayer rope is attributed to the t…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, The Place of Holy Relics in the Orthodox Church by St. Justin Popovich Without doubt, matter is represented in the human body in a manner which is most puzzling, most mysterious, and most complex. The brain: What wondrous mysteri…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12494.msg146484#msg146484 date=1319430435] Have we returned to this Jewish/Islamic "haram" mentality again? Who cares if you bleed, spit, swim, or do anything else after communion - whether 5 min…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=12494.msg146460#msg146460 date=1319401194] its the notion that Jesus is still in new in a form of bread an wine.[/quote] And this ends after 9 hours? [quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=1249…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=12494.msg146458#msg146458 date=1319399512] first, it is for only 9 hours to not do these things. [/quote] Why 9 hours as opposed to say 1 hour or 12 hours or 5 hours? Seems pretty ambiguous …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=✞Je Nai Nan✞ link=topic=12494.msg146454#msg146454 date=1319392256] See ? I agree with you on that one :P [/quote] As opposed to...
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+ Irini nem ehmot, As I understand it, the idea is that you have consumed Christ and thus He has sanctified every aspect of your body. Thus you are made Holy through the partaking of Him. I personally am not too convinced of this notion as our unio…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, No. The quote does not have the word 'God' in it, though it certainly is implied.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Part 1: A Christian View of Marriage by H.G. Bishop Moussa Christian marriage is different. It has a perspective of its own, which we need to get to know - if we want to get the full picture, and see it in all its purity. For Chr…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, 'Love, and do what you will.' -St. Augustine
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=returnorthodoxy link=topic=12477.msg146267#msg146267 date=1319064397] Anba Mettaos in "The Sublimity of Monasticism" says, Although [the monastic] knows that marriage is Holy, s/he prefers celibacy in monasticism t…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=aiernovi link=topic=12477.msg146264#msg146264 date=1319061899] 1 Cor 7:7-9 For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. But I say to…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=the lord is my shepherd link=topic=12477.msg146263#msg146263 date=1319058850] I agree and wasn't suggesting that this was necessarily a "higher" or "better" option. [/quote] I never said you did, which is why I di…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=returnorthodoxy link=topic=12477.msg146243#msg146243 date=1318990434] I understand that too live as a celibate is a choice not a calling. It is not as if monks do not feel the urge to be married, but rather that the…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Homily 24 on Ephesians by St. John Chrysostom: Ephesians 6:14-17 "Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Homily 23 on Ephesians by St. John Chrysostom: Ephesians 6:14 "Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth." Having drawn up this army, and roused their zeal—for both these things were requisite, both that they should …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Homily 22 on Ephesians by St. John Chrysostom: Ver. 11. "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." He says not, against the fightings, nor against the hostilities, but against …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=Crazy4Christ1 link=topic=12465.msg146139#msg146139 date=1318651635] thanks for the replies. for future reference where in the bible does it say that jesus lived 33 years? [/quote] Nowhere explicitly. Rather, you c…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=TITL link=topic=12429.msg146109#msg146109 date=1318608706] Abraham!! I just finished writing my Sunday School lesson on Hagar ;) [/quote] Wrong. Abraham was married only to Sarah. Hagar was Sarah's personal maidse…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12429.msg146108#msg146108 date=1318608326] As a BTW: the Lord Christ also worked on the Sabbath. [/quote] So? Who knows what can and cannot be done on the Sabbath, the Pharisees and lawyer…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12429.msg146107#msg146107 date=1318608221] There are plenty of people with multiple wives.[/quote] List them. [quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12429.msg146107#msg146107 date=131860…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, The most common time scholars date the birth of Christ is 4 BCE and they date His death around 30 CE.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=ophadece link=topic=12453.msg146124#msg146124 date=1318629211] Dear returnorthodoxy, Are you showing us your true colours now? You're a muslim aren't you? You should have pointed this out long ago so I can reply at …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=returnorthodoxy link=topic=12453.msg146120#msg146120 date=1318621798] Just as a last thing, I would like to hear what you have to say Kephas about the verses which you posted. Do you possibly have a patriotic comme…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12429.msg146104#msg146104 date=1318602608] I also believe that David and Solomon had a multitude of wives and that has been deposed in the concept of monogamy and Holy Matrimony.[/quote] *…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12429.msg145887#msg145887 date=1318290630] St. Paul: "a little (key word: little) wine is good for the stomach." This does not include distilled products. Our Lord never got drunk or dr…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, John 2:13-17 (EOB) said:Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple, he found those who sold oxen, sheep and doves, as well as the money changers sitting [at their booths]. So, he made a wh…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=childofaKing link=topic=12461.msg146052#msg146052 date=1318541502] What would you do if you saw someone cheating on a test/exam? What would be the Christian thing to do? [/quote] Nothing.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, A vote? When did this forum stop being a dictatorship and become a democracy?