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In the Eastern Orthodox Church, there is no official position on it. It is a theological opinion and some believe in them and some don't. I think it became more controversial after the writings of Blessed Fr. Seraphim Rose who wrote about them in hi…
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I wear jeans to weekday services and sometimes Vespers on Saturday night. I usually wear nicer pants on Sunday's and other times when Liturgy is served and usually wear long sleeves but that's just my choice. As long as you dress modest it is ok sin…
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=8254.msg105438#msg105438 date=1250287679] thanks all for your answers. andrew (i hope you don't mind me shortening your 'name'!) in which country were the monasteries you mention? [/quote] Andrew is my name, the nu…
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You must tell your Abouna everything in confession because if you don't then no healing can come. Don't worry about feeling ashamed since we should all feel this way with our sins but when they are confessed then healing can come. Just think though,…
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=8073.msg105440#msg105440 date=1250288127] welcome, andrew.[/quote] Thank you! i've been to an antiochian church, the theology is the same but our liturgical prayers are not 'hidden', so everyone can join in and wor…
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Very nice. I will have to show this to my uncle since he spent some time when he was younger in Lalibela when he was in the Peace Corps. I remember he showed me pictures that he took of the stone churches there; simply amazing.
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[quote author=Ηεζεκιελ link=topic=8232.msg105323#msg105323 date=1250104853] And the Mequteria(it simply means 'counting') is the Ethiopian/Coptic term for prayer ropes. I was wondering how and where the tradition of the Jesus prayer originated. Doe…
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=8254.msg105319#msg105319 date=1250100003] 150 dollars is a lot cheaper than the ones i saw in moscow airport. i suppose the price varies from place to place. i met an antiochian priest who complained they were too e…
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=8073.msg105320#msg105320 date=1250100531] thank you for your explaination. are you EO? it is great to have your insight. i think i will continue to do left to right in EO churches and right to left in catholic and O…
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It is best to read the New Testament a few times before reading the Old I've been told since when you know the New, you can understand better the Old especially the Prophets.
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Hand painted icons are generally pretty expensive. Mounted prints are much cheaper and a lot of people buy those.
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I get where your coming from. The Western church has faced a lot of corruption in it's passed and it is sad and I also believe that that has something to do with people in Western Europe abandoning Christianity. With that corruption came the Reforma…
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[quote author=the_least link=topic=8232.msg105224#msg105224 date=1249672625] i am so lost...what's a "chotki" or a "mequteria" [/quote] A chotki and the mequteria are prayer ropes. Chotki is the Russian word for it, in Greek it's known as a kombosk…
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I have read it and loved it. The second part was good too but I got more out of the first part. Another book on the Jesus Prayer that I really loved a lot in A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos where he…
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There are many reasons and examples of how the Cross should be done. I will offer one of the EO meanings on why it is done right to left though it is an older meaning where the Sign of the Cross was a sign to Christ and when doing the Cross the Jesu…
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[quote author=SuperMAN(BAM) link=topic=8231.msg105174#msg105174 date=1249491406] what about you just read the bible for for the sake of God not for the sake of finishing it! [/quote] For me, it's not about finishing it but it's about me being negl…
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Sadly, I'm with you one this since I have not read the whole thing, not even the entire New Testament but I have read all the Gospels. I am taking the initiative now though to read the whole New Testament through and that is what I'm focusing on.
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=8222.msg105109#msg105109 date=1249160692] Yeah, OK Geomike, but what about in the case where the pain is soooo unbearable and the person is terminally ill? [/quote] Though I am not Coptic, I hope I can offer my vie…
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I also recently found out about an interesting fact that members of the Assyrian Church of the East do the Cross right to left as the Eastern Orthodox do.
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[quote author=Ηεζεκιελ link=topic=8207.msg105042#msg105042 date=1248887368] Thanks for the link ! I see no problem with the title as I think the reference is only to St Anthnoy monastery . As far as I know Fr Lazarus is the only hermit in St Anthon…
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In the opening prayer during confession in the Russian Orthodox Tradition it says that if you hide any sins, then you are guilty of a greater sin. We should be ashamed of our sins but it has to come out in confession; everything has to be said. When…
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[quote author=the_least link=topic=8207.msg104982#msg104982 date=1248585512] is an anchorite the same as a hermit? i don't even get the title "the last anchorite" ... aren't there a lot of people who live alone in the desert? [/quote] Yes, an anch…
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Very nice video. I remember Fr. Lazarus from the Extreme Pilgrim show.
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[quote author=Ηεζεκιελ link=topic=8112.msg104950#msg104950 date=1248468465] Hi Andrew21091, Just a quick message:there are no english translations available on Saint Youstous' life.Not yet.However, there is another Saint named Abdel Messih El Manah…
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Bump Can anyone help out?