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Thank you, Fr. Peter. I appreciate this.
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Fr. Peter, do you have a link to that book so it can be purchased online, or is it available for download by His Beatitude?
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Forgive me, since I cannot remember for the life of me which of the Holy Fathers said this, but one of them when speaking about the Great Fast said that keeping the external fast (food, activities, etc.) without keeping the internal fast (prayer, re…
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Thank you, Zoxsasi. No, what happened is not good at all, but things are changing, and God in His Abundant Faithfulness has been the pillar that keeps our marriage grounded and keeps me in line. Please, though, pray for me in my pride. I have s…
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My Brothers and Sisters, My wife came back to me at the beginning of February, and we've since been seeing individual counsellors as well as a marriage counsellor. We thank you all for keeping us in your prayers, and may God have mercy on us and …
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10907.msg132276#msg132276 date=1299529476] Let me encourage you to read the book Unseen Warfare, if you have not already discovered it. It is one of the most important and practical spiritual books I have ever …
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This is also so very interesting! The EO has several liturgies as well, and three of which are the three you mentioned, but we also have a few more. It is very rare for the EO to use the Liturgies of St. Cyril or St. Gregory the Theologian, howeve…
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This is a question I really struggled with when I was still a Protestant, and one of the aspects of the Orthodox Faith that attracted me was Her position on the Hebrew Scriptures (often times incorrectly referred to as the Old Testament): there is n…
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It's really interesting you bring up the Agpeya! We in the EO have the Agpeya too, only in English we call it "The Hours," which consists of First, Third, Sixth, Ninth, Compline, Vespers, and Midnight Hours. We also have Orthros (Matins), which ha…
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I see Anba Bola started this post before I had the chance--not to say I didn't have my chance. I do make a troubling observation, mind you: Stavros, unless you are a bishop, you do not have business interpreting the canons of the Church, since that…
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Hello, it's been a while since I was here. I wanted to address Remnkemi and his response to what I said, and it is true that the H20 description is a false one, but like I said, this is a grossly incomplete illustration. I was in no way suggesting…
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Christ is Born! Let us glorify Him! Welcome to Tasbeha, Abanoub. This is certainly a great site for Orthodox Christians to come and discuss things, have fellowship (especially for those of us who do not have many Orthodox Christians around us).…
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I also watched this series and his perspective of life as metoinia is beautiful. O to live the life of sweet repentance in the presence of God! Another movie you all may enjoy is a Russian movie called "Ostrov," or, "The Island," in Russian. It i…
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[quote author=mikeforjesus link=topic=10381.msg126350#msg126350 date=1294215064] I wonder if this has anything to do with my pathetic post on the topic about divorce... I now believe it is something difficult to bear. I fear by posting this a whole …
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If I may share this, this is a resource that works incredibly, and is especially helpful if you do not have the Orthodox Study Bible published by Thomas Nelson: http://www.gettoknowtheoriginal.net/lectionary.html If you have the Orthodox Study Bible…
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I think it quite disturbing that parents who call themselves Christian and are devout and claim to love the Lord and accept the terrifying grace of the Most Holy Mysteries of the Holy Altar, they still find it terribly easy to condemn someone becaus…
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[quote author=minagir link=topic=10380.msg126347#msg126347 date=1294213748] [quote author=joseph.vandenbrink link=topic=10380.msg126344#msg126344 date=1294211827] If Tasbeha had a "Tag" function, I'd be tagging Fr. Peter (sorry Father, I like pickin…
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One word: Hypostasis. The Father, Son, and Spirit are of the same essence, each separate "persons" (note the quotations), but one Essence. Let's look at the Creed: "I believe in One God:" This is something the Muslims even took from Christian…
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Thank you very much, that makes a great deal of sense and is along similar lines to the Byzantine practice with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. I guess I need to specify this: this priest-monk is in this country for treatment for an i…
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Forgive me, Mina. I'm afraid I've upset you and I meant nothing malicious. I accept your answer, thank you.
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Hi Mina, Thank you for your reply. Please forgive me, I did not mean to communicate that there are things that are not communicated to God in worship. You are surely right: all things we say and do are to and for the Lord, at all times. I have …
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9900.msg121260#msg121260 date=1287990128] Hi, Can someone explain this verse to me? Christ asked us to "carry our crosses ... and follow Him". How? Please answer the following points: a) what exactly is your cro…
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Christ is in our midst! I would like to agree with Mabsoota and her quote of Fr. Peter: the Orthodox Study Bible (OSB) is the best option for an English-speaking Orthodox Christian. NIV, NAB, NASB, NLT, CV, and most other translations are danger…