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If you are Orthodox, of any religious background, what is your view?
I guess I qualify, if Theravada Buddhism could be considered orthodox… I think it is just the modern mindset that traditional roles of women are subordinate and oppressive, when they really are not. Each served a vital role in the survival of the family unit and the community. In fact, anthropologists are now calling first man "gatherer hunters" instead of "hunter gatherers" because it was actually the gathering of food by women that kept people fed. The food acquired by hunting expended about the same amount of calories gained by the hunt, so the ratio was 1:1. Gathering on the other hand, took significantly less calories to do than it collected in food. From there, the role of women evolved as agriculture and industry found their ways into man’s life. These roles also adapted to religious beliefs and practices.
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July 03 2009 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
On the Catholic cross the crossing beam is on the uper part,conversely on the Orthodox croos the crossing beam is right on the middle.Why??
THE KATHOLIKOSIS OUR GREEK WORD ( GR> MEANING UNVIERSAL ) LOOK IT UP 
IN DICITIOARY INTERNATIONAL ONE
AND WE ARE THE FIRST KATHOLIKOS ( UNVERSAL ( CHURCH OF THE BIBLE) GREEK SEPTUAGINT
http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/
AND GREEK NEW FIRST TESTAMENT OF THE WORLD
http://www.greeknewtestament.com/
MEANT FOR ALL THE WORLD.. THERE IS NO JEW OR GREEK AMONG YOU.. GAL.3.28
WE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST.
IS THE ONE YOU DESRIBE THE ONE THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON .. (
http://www.gotquestions.org/gossip-Bible.html
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CROSS AND SLAVONIC CROSSES HAVE THREE BARS TO REPRESENT ..
THE SIGN HUNG ON CROSS ( KING OF THE JEWS IN HEBREW < GREEK AND ARAMAIC ( SORRY RC NOT IN LATIN)
THE SECOND BAR FOR THE HANDS ..
THE THRIRD BAR IS FOR ( THE STABBING BY THE GUARD WHEN BLOOD AND WATER FLOWED FROM THE WOUNDS OF CHRISTJohn 19:34 (New International Version)
34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19:34
THUS THE THREE BARS..
THE GREEK CROSS..USES THE ORDINARY BAR..
I USE BOTH .. A GREEK RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
( MOM WAS RUSSIAN)
THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF CROSSES..
GO GOOGLE SEACH .. HERE IS ONE LINK
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?link=answer&qid=20090624074743AAhxu5T&u=o&update=update&prev_ans_page=1
IC XC NIKA.. JESUS CHRIST CONQUERS ( DEATH)
KYRIE ELEISON.. LORD HAVE MERCY FOR ALL
HERE ARE A NUMBER OF CROSSES. RE GREEK CROSS ( OF MANY FAITHS AND KINDS)
http://www.answers.com/topic/greek-cross
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June 29 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Like, when orthodox churches do missions in other countries like the Philippines, each patriarch does its own mission. Don't you think it would be more effective if they all agreed to have joint missions instead of each trying to establish their own? That way most parts of a low-orthodox country can get churches instead of each patriarch building churches in the same major city.
and who feels that an American Patriarchy should be established to fix the overlapping church jurisdictions in America?
Maybe not one mission of one autocephalous Church, but it is obvious that they should be better coordinated.
On recent talks in Geneva there was set that canonical EO Bishops in diaspora will gather to coordinate their actions.
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June 27 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Like, when orthodox churches do missions in other countries like the Philippines, each patriarch does its own mission. Don't you think it would be more effective if they all agreed to have joint missions instead of each trying to establish their own? That way most parts of a low-orthodox country can get churches instead of each patriarch building churches in the same major city.
and who feels that an American Patriarchy should be established to fix the overlapping church jurisdictions in America?
Maybe not one mission of one autocephalous Church, but it is obvious that they should be better coordinated.
On recent talks in Geneva there was set that canonical EO Bishops in diaspora will gather to coordinate their actions.
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June 22 2009 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Since many Protestants think that Catholics are not Christians, I wanted to see your opinions on the Eastern Orthodox Church.
LEARN YOUR FACTS THAN TALK.. WE ARE THE FIRST CHRISTIANS OF THE WORLD
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES ARE THE FIRST CHURCHES OF THE WORLD
ONE ORTHODOX CHURCH . FOUND AT PETRA JORDON CALLED
ST. GEORGEOUS IS SAID TO BE FROMT THE TIME OF THE PENTECOST.
http://www.goway.com/groups/religious-egypt-and-jordan.html
PETRA IS JESUS THE ROCK
Not petros the Stone in Greek / Pebble in Aramaic
THE EASTERN ORTHODOX KATHOLIKOS ( Gr. UNIVERSAL)FOR ALL) IS THE CHURCH THAT JESUS STARTED AT PENTECOST..
( 50 Days) IN THE EAST.. Word Geek Examiner: On Pentecost, Whitsunday, and the Chamarita …
The name, Pentecost, comes from the Greek word for "fifty," pentekosta, with the word for "days," hemera, simply understood. …
www.examiner.com/x-3315-Word-Geek-Examiner~y2009m6d1-On-
Pentecost-Whitsunday-and-the-Chamarita-festival
THEY WERE FIRST CALLED CHRISTIANS AT ANTIOCH ( SYRIA)
The Apostles Were Called Christians First In Antioch (Acts 11:26)
http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/audi_first_called_christians.htm
I think you better learn then talk
Jerome translated the Greek New Testament Bible in 4th Century
Check my Friend
A Greek Orthodox Katholikos ( Gr. Universal) Apostolic Christian
Of the GREEK SEPTUAGINT AND GREEK FIRST NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE ( translated in many languages of the world.)
www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/
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June 20 2009 | Uncategorized | 19 Comments »
I am Orthodox, and my priest has a beard. Every other Orthodox priest I know has one as well. Is there a symbolism to this, or is it just a style and there are priests out there who don't have one?
It's in the canons (Canon 96 of the Sixth Oecumenical Synod) that clergy are not to cut their beards, under pain of excommunication. Some take the canon to be for another time, and are either clean-shaven or (not quite able to do away with the canon altogether ) with goatees or have the three-day-stubble look.
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June 19 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Do you just start attending services at an Orthodox synagogue? How do you get to know how to actively practice all of the customs, Shabbat, and holidays right? What would I do on Shabbat if I live with my parents and they don't observe it?
Are any of you baalei teshuva?
Dear Daniel
I would also suggest calling a local Orthodox Rabbi in order to sit down and ask some questions. Possibly he can arrange for some home hospitality so that you can share in the wonder and holiness of a Shabbat. I am amused by my secular friends who see Shabbat as restrictive yet they understand that the lights have to be dimmed in a movie theater in order to view the movie.
An excellent site that I love and would suggest for anyone interested in Judaism is Aish.com
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May 30 2009 | Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
What are the major differences between Eastern Orthodox and Western Christianity and protestantism?
The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 300 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago. The Church is composed of numerous self-governing ecclessial bodies, each geographically and nationally distinct but theologically and sacramentally unified. Each self-governing (or autocephalous) body is shepherded by a Synod of independent bishops whose duty is, among other things, to preserve and teach the Apostolic and patristic traditions and related Church practices. All Orthodox bishops trace their lineage back to one of the twelve Apostles through the process of Apostolic Succession.
Eastern Orthodoxy traces its history back to the Hellenized eastern portion of the Roman Empire, especially Constantinople or New Rome (now Istanbul). It shares the first ecumenical councils, concerning the Trinity and the Nicene Creed, with nearly all other Christians. After the Western Roman Empire fell, East and West slowly grew more separate. Meanwhile, internal schisms and the advance of Islam reduced Eastern Orthodox territory, but the faith spread to the Slavs to the north (including the Russians). Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism split in 1054 over theological issues concerning Western additions to the creed (the filioque clause) as well as the issue of Roman primacy. Later in 1204 Constantinople was sacked by crusaders enlarging the rift between the two. Reunification was attempted during two councils but they were rejected by the Eastern Orthodox people, being considered "robber councils". After Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, the Russian Orthodox Church became more powerful.
Efforts are under way to heal the division that since the Council of Chalcedon (451) exists between them and Oriental Orthodoxy in connection with the proper way to speak of the two natures (one human and one divine) of Christ. They use the Nicene Creed as endorsed at the First Council of Constantinople (381), and reject the Western addition to it of "Filioque", and the many additions used by the Armenian Apostolic Church in the East. They celebrate the same sacraments (called sacred mysteries) as in the other ancient Christian Churches, but have some differences in theology and many differences in practice. They teach the doctrine of theosis (deification), by which Christ makes it possible to partake of the divine, a teaching less prominent in the Western Church. Their Bible is close to that of the Roman Catholic Church: it includes the Deuterocanonical Books, which are generally rejected by Protestants, and a few texts that are not in the Western canon. Eastern Orthodox icons also reflect an ancient opposition to statuary. Most Eastern Orthodox Churches are members of the World Council of Churches, which includes most Protestants, but not Roman Catholics.
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May 25 2009 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Orthodox churches and services are so beautiful and majestic, its hard not to experience the glory of God. Its the closet thing to heaven on earth.
Really? I believe so and I agree with you too.
I am an Orthodox Christian. I was Catholic for a little while but I did not enjoy being a Catholic as much as being an Orthodox Christian. That is because us Orthodox Christians kept the true and pure Christianity and Christian traditions.
Orthodox Christianity is Eastern, and that is what makes it special, remember that Christianity started in Palestine and not in The Vatican.
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May 21 2009 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
I saw this video on utube about Orthodox Christianity, and one of the questions said it was hard to be a convert. Why is that?
Because you have to swear to their tenets.
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May 18 2009 | Uncategorized | 14 Comments »
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