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• I hope nobody takes me serious.  I just hijacked this thread to be funny.  Although there may some truth in my observations.

  in How should you deal with people who think they are super saints? Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• Also, I might add, there is another subset that actually grab your hand to kiss it and turn it so that their lips land on their own hands and kiss their own. It's called:  "the kiss the hand swindle".  You get duped into thinking that someone is go…

  in How should you deal with people who think they are super saints? Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• Actually kumbaya can be carried in quarter metre by cymbal and triangle.  It would make for a great fireside.  I take your word, since I just solved the mire of the situation.  I hope you fulfill your word and join me. By the way, have you noticed …

  in How should you deal with people who think they are super saints? Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• Minagir, I will if you agree to join in a chorus of the same.

  in How should you deal with people who think they are super saints? Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• Sixth Rule:  do not try to ignore or circumvent the other five rules.

  in How can I change someone? Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• To get them to stop, let them kiss one hand and then turn around and let them kiss the other hand.  It kind of follows the concept of turn the other cheek. Also, you can reach for some hand sanitizer to show your disapproval. I know the type of pe…

  in How should you deal with people who think they are super saints? Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• Some atoms are synthesized, such as Einsteinium.  One of my favorite atoms.  Atoms are not eternal. Only God the Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, is Eternal. Atheist are just sour people who are:  arrogant, naive, or trying to displace their…

  in God and the Atom Comment by ilovesaintmark March 2010
• The famous verse:  "faith without works is dead" from the Epistle of St. James, highlights that--works are the physical manifestation of faith, i.e., 'an incarnation of faith'. In the same way Our Master, is the physical manifestation of the Love o…

  in Why did our all- knowing God create the angel Lucifer in the first place? Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• The priests are under strict ordinance from the hierarchy, in the United States, not to carry out any matrimonial rite without a wedding license issued by the given authorities and jurisdiction.  The priest faces the penalty of being defrocked. No …

  in Only Church Wedding Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• First rule:  You cannot change anyone. Second rule:  Only the person at hand can change themselves. Third rule:  God can overrule Rules 1 & 2 (in His Own Way). Fourth rule:  Pray dearly for your friend. Fifth rule:  Be an example in a loving…

  in How can I change someone? Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• I am curious as to why the church in Toledo, contracted a Russian priest to do the icons for the church?  Moreover, his motivation for adopting a hybridization with the Neo-Coptic style of Dr. Isaac Fanous?

  in The Icons Of St. George, Toledo Ohio Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• The Pantocrator Icon is gorgeous.  The colors and representations are very rich in color.  The lighting seems very nice.

  in The Icons Of St. George, Toledo Ohio Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• The Nativity, Entry into Egypt, the headdress for the Virgin Mary in all of the settings, the Patristic Fathers, etc.

  in The Icons Of St. George, Toledo Ohio Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• It's not so much Isaac per se, but rather the Neo-Coptic style that he formulated.  If you look closely at certain icons, you can see the influence.

  in The Icons Of St. George, Toledo Ohio Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• The icons are pretty.  They look like a hybrid between byzantine and neo-coptic.  Was the artist given Isaac Fanous' portfolio and asked to emulate? 

  in The Icons Of St. George, Toledo Ohio Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• They are forbidden by their religious affiliations, but it relies on their conscience, greed, and stupidity factor.

  in Performing Abortions Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• There is one for the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil.  It is in a hard-cover large red bound book.  I had gotten it from a church in Chicago.  I believe if you go on St. Mark--Washington D.C. or the affiliated website:  Orthodoxbookstore.com, you may be…

  in Piano Sheet Music Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• The general format from Bishop Paula, who is in charge of marriage/annulments/divorce issues is that the preference for a time of instruction, as a catechumen, prior to the matrimonial sacrament being carried out. As I said, or inferred, baptism is…

  in Marrying an American Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• Thanks, but it doesn't change the matter.  You don't become Orthodox overnight.  Coptic is one thing, Orthodox is another.  You can be Orthodox and not eat moulokhia or fava beans. I was just mentioning some of the pitfalls. Why would a priest say …

  in Marrying an American Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• The key word you said is "belonging to the same church".  This process does not happen overnight.  The process as you mentioned is nominal and does not incorporate one into the Body of the Church.  You did not mention what the fiance's background is…

  in Marrying an American Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• Going vegan allows us to symbolically return to our original state in the Garden of Eden, like our father Adam and mother Eve.  They did not eat animal flesh. As well as all of the other things cited.

  in The significance of Food Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• Go with the shibshib therapy.

  in Little Brother problem Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• am sorry. but it's true. ppl don't like the slow base and classic christian taranim (spiritual songs) anymore. they just like some one who sings like singers out there......taranim that have some beat and not ones that stay in the heart and you actu…

  in Haidy Montaser Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• well yeah. that's exactly the reason that made her famous... This comment is priceless!

  in Haidy Montaser Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• Cleanliness is next to Godliness

  in Christian Sayings/Slogans Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• Sorry, misspell.  It should be St. George Stop.

  in which churches are in/near talaat harb area of cairo? Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010
• There is a defined metre.  I disagree with the previous cadets.  Specifically, you have to watch for the break points relative to the colon mark (an ending of the "estikona", in english--the quartet phrase). Moreover, don't do it in any of the vern…

  in Psacha Psalms Comment by ilovesaintmark February 2010