May God guide you in every question.
May His will be done for your life.
All of Christ's Saints will pray for you.
You are in our prayers as well.
"...casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)
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[quote author=aiernovi link=topic=12408.msg145371#msg145371 date=1317274252]
Thanks for the links. Some very interesting reading indeed. Its really a shame the lengths people will go to for power/attention/money.
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Agreed. Thanks for the lin…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12408.msg145357#msg145357 date=1317261876]
A bit of history ...
Egypt was under the Byzantine Occupation till the entrance of the Arabs in the 7th century. The fortress was under the Byzantine control used by the B…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12408.msg145353#msg145353 date=1317252230]
[quote author=✞TheGodChrist✞ link=topic=12408.msg145349#msg145349 date=1317245608]
But why is it not a Coptic Monastery? Did it ever coexist peacefully with the non-chalced…
[quote author=✞Je Nai Nan✞ link=topic=12401.msg145263#msg145263 date=1317083667]
Guys, can u stand up for our Mother church and comment on this video about why this member speaks wrong of our canons and our Pope ?
Here are the videos you should se…
[quote author=Gay4XC link=topic=12381.msg145170#msg145170 date=1316961051]
Take it from a person who's talked gay kids out of suicide:
Suicide doesn't end suffering. It is suffering that starts even more suffering, both for your own soul and for yo…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=12381.msg145093#msg145093 date=1316802045]
liftmyheart,
I, however, have no good characteristics.
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What, in your opinion, are some good characteristics that you wish you had?
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[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=12381.msg145036#msg145036 date=1316728201]
I'm afraid of being rejected...it's happened way too many times already and it hurts A LOT. Some people just don't understand and can't handle certain things.
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[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12337.msg145025#msg145025 date=1316693759]
With all due respect and disrespect, the article by the OCA priest is a pile of trash feathered with whipped cream to cover the stench of Satan's pull.
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Is t…
As long as you are still breathing, there is still a chance.
Once you decide to cut that breath, you cut every chance of hope.
I don't care how bad your life is, you are still an individual created by God Himself...and you have a purpose in this…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=11593.msg139593#msg139593 date=1308184411]
The Imperial = the Byzantine Church through those eras.
The Church gave sanction and participated in these genocides. A given general also had a dual role as a bisho…
The Holy Spirit is God, but can be depicted in many forms. The Holy Spirit may be seen in a certain visible form at certain holy events. It is not necessarily a dove all the time. The Spirit may sometimes take the form of a dove, as in the Baptism o…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=11593.msg139577#msg139577 date=1308171139]
If the blood of the righteous Abel cried out to God, then I think the blood of our martyrs cry out for an answer as to why they were slaughtered.
I think it shows qu…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11593.msg139549#msg139549 date=1308157932]
The Fathers of our Church have always accepted the sacraments of the Chalcedonians.
This is not a novelty. It was prescribed by the greatest of our Saints.
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T…
[quote author=Stavro link=topic=11593.msg139547#msg139547 date=1308154848]
a) A chalcedonian does not need to get baptized or confirmed in the Church if he wants to join the services of the Orthodox Church (I only refer to the "Oriental" Church as O…
I believe unification is the best option. According to our respective Orthodoxies, they are practically the same. There is no substantial reason for the division to live on any further. We already agreed that our Christology is the same, that both C…
WHY CAN'T THEY JUST LIFT THE ANATHEMAS AND UNITE! ITS BEEN LIKE 15 YEARS SINCE THE LAST MEETING!
Feelings towards us are growing colder and more volatile by the day. People are becoming more extreme in view as time continues to go by.
Why can't we…