In the first couple of seconds, you see an orange thing (bag?) on the ground, then later you see a lady putting money in it. People don't usually lay money on the ground, right?
Are deacons allowed to wear their tonia outside of church?
I guess I sorta like this video because of the hymn choice, but also kinda don't because they're doing it for donations? :o
[quote author=+Marmar+ link=topic=12737.msg149720#msg149720 date=1325327602]
We must to make the cross from left to right! It's wrong to sign the cross from right to left.
Because it means: "That we are transformed from darkness to light with the po…
The original question arose after lvnvrfails13 and I were watching Fr. Peter give a sermon (on youtube) and he signed the cross.
Thanks for the information; I learned a lot!
Right on Jimmy!
I get what Remnkemi is saying, and I don't agree with it. WWJD isn't Protestant mentality, if it were, they would look like the Orthodox church.
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12726.msg149525#msg149525 date=1324912788]
Peter, I am not attacking you, I think the WWJD campaign is a little ridiculous. The Orthodox answer is not WWJD. If you think about it is a ridiculous Protestant invention…
I want to publicly apologize to Father Peter; It wasn't right for me to open my mouth and question a priest--under any circumstance.
Forgive me, Father. It won't happen again.
Father Peter,
I have nothing against serving the poor and needy, nor am I looking for a commandment to do so. I simply wanted to understand the correlation between Christmas and doing charitable deeds.
Personally, I would much rather serve the ne…
This sort of makes me cringe a little because I feel like the main reason Christmas is more joyous than any other Feast is because that's how the westernized media intended it to be, not the Orthodox. I thought our ultimate joy is in the Resurrectio…
Wow! I'm still trying to digest that last post.
As I reread it about 43 more times, can you explain why helping the needy during Easter isn't encouraged as much as Christmas?
If giving to the poor is big during Christmas, than shouldn't it be ev…
I have two questions.
Father Peter mentioned doing good deeds and helping the needy during Christmas to restore the true meaning, but I don't understand how Christmas can be restored if we help the unfortunate. What does it mean to "restore Christm…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12653.msg149351#msg149351 date=1324472058]
Everyone talks the talk, but their "ain't" no walk. All quack, quack, quack....
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...I should have definitely read this before posting anything!! :o
I'm not the official Orthodox voice on this site, only the Guardian of Credibility, but I don't think the pills will make you a bad Christian. I would take them if I were in your case.
Being scared/worried all the time doesn't sound normal.
Defin…
How do you say 'blind' in Arabic? Na3ma? No, that's grace... um, I don't think I can do this..
I called him once a couple of years ago (I've had his number for a while), but once he answered "allo?", I got scared and hung up. I haven't called back…
[quote author=coptic legend link=topic=12699.msg149289#msg149289 date=1324394580]
If we are going to take out the beautiful songs made by hillsong we better replace them with something which is equally or more intense songs from the heart
Now if we …
I'm not sure why you keep bringing up sickness, Heaven's forbid.
So out of those billion things I can do, why should I do any of them when I can just focus on my career? does the world need me to make a unique difference?
I wouldn't look at it that …