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Which country are you located?
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Good is Our Lord, and Healing is in His Hand. The Lord is Magnified for He has shown both for this man.
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Get rid of the cell phone and try written communications. By going through the effort of handwriting different discussion points, it will self-limit, because of the sheer effort, how much and what is discussed.
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Act like your Father, Who is in the Heavens--is your Father; In the example of the Son; and in the fulfillment of the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It's actually quite simple.
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There are a whole list of reasons for these things as they happen, none of which are require a long-winded listing. I would say my above post covers the issue without touching on extended babbling.
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Silence is golden during Lent. I appreciate that silence during the Covenant Thursday Liturgy in the different movements of that Rite/Liturgy.
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Judging by the recording (not that I am an authority), this is an old recording and from an era where some clergy would introduce different things as being a "renaisance or revival" without having a canonical basis. His Holiness, along with the pro…
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I am not attacking their use of the Coptic Rites. I am attacking its usage for the sake of proselytizing.
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It is a simple technique employed by the Roman Church: 1. Bribe some members to convert to the Roman banner. 2. Make them elevated ranks in the church. 3. Use the appearance of the indigenous church to make it illusory. 4. By making the appeara…
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No comment.
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Fixing the alhan junkie issue: keep the microphone for the priest and get rid of all other microphones. We will see how many stick around after that intervention.
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Very simple, the more persecution, the more we return to prayer and begin to band together. The more we lavish in being spoiled brats, the more time we have to gossip, plot, politicize, and be involved in making factions. Persecution, on a philosop…
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Actually, there is one aspect to the Petrine Primacy that is not discussed and is a direct consequence of acceptance. The Roman Church has quite an elaborate system for channeling funds to the Mother See. All jurisdictions are required to send an …
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Don't hold your breath. Certainly not in our lifetime. Lots of meetings go on, but no concrete advancement. Common Declarations are signed but no advancement. Having sat in on these joint dialogues, sometimes the Latins will try to sound polite, b…
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Actually, to be exact, this Pan-Orthodox Council has been talked about for over one century (the course of the entire twentieth century).
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There has been much talk over decades of a Pan (Byzantine) Orthodox Council to be assembled, but there has never been a time table. I have not heard that there was one upcoming. Is there? When? If my understanding is correct, there is too much i…
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Correction: She was dead 23.2328742903479237529 hours.
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Sasi, The article, as with a lot of media write-ups are both intentionally and unintentionally misleading. The two prelates that are photographed have no authority to sign any declarations of unity. Bp Angaelos is a General Bishop and he has no r…
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They recognize the litany of the heretics: Nestorius, Paul of Samosata, Theodore of Mepsuestia, etc as saints. They hail fire and curses upon St. Cyril of Alexandria. His Eminence, Metropolitan Bishoy, the current Secretary of the Holy Synod has …
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My Dear Father, As I have prayed the Lord's Prayer with you several times, so I emphasize that the Almighty that we pronounce as Our Father, will take care of your friend with every phrase from that prayer. How fortunate is your friend that he has…
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You have to put it into perspective. They are trying to make a statement as they march out into the neighborhood, which for all intensive purposes is HOSTILE towards them as a people and a religion. Assiut, used to be a province of Christian major…
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His Holiness was at Cleveland and returned to Egypt for the Nativity. He delayed some of his treatments, which put him in a rush to return to Cleveland after the Nativity. I am only reiterating the plea that was put forward in the announcements fo…
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It's funny, the Armnians have the stole arrangement for the reader in the Syriac representation as their own arrangement for deacons who serve exclusively at the altar with bishops, and catholicoi.
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Mabsoota, Armenians: No, only one staff. Other Orthodox: Yes You can think of the two staffs as being: (1) Liturgical and (1) for all other purposes. That is probably the easiest simplification.
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The picture is of (from left to right) Archbishop Khajag Barsamian of the Armenian Church (the Primacy jurisdiction of the Eastern United States relating to the Holy See of Etchmiadzin) using the regular shepherd's crook (crozier), Bp David of the C…
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Minagir, There is an ugly aspect to the "diaconate" that is developing. It is the concept of "thuggism". It is being loud and violent in the altar. It is being a cry baby, and a reflection of being ill-prepared and ill-disciplined for any rank i…
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I'm not sure what you mean. Do you have pictures? There is usually a black ebony staff with a white or decorated top as I alluded to previously. This is a walking staff (pastoral staff) similar to the shepherd's crook. Is this what you mean?
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Orthodox Response: It is bad.
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I'm not going to comment on the ladies, the girls, etc. The real problem, and deserving of the criticism, are in the deacons. Did the deacons show up prepared?...No. Did the deacons arrange for coverage for the Liturgy?...No (It's amazing they have…
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The three that IMike listed are correct. An episcopal dispensation can remove the layman from the equation.