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I intend to go through the names listed in the topic I read.
But if they have their own sites, why not just give those the clicks?
Out of curiosity, I took some online quiz to "determine" which Christian denomination I would end up into. I still got Eastern Orthodox, although Roman Catholic also showed 100%, and it feels weird to see Lutheran in #3 and #4
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Forgive me, brothers and sisters, as God forgives us all. Blessed Lent.
Abbot of Mt. Athos shares news of his cancer diagnosis:
orthochristian.com
“Christ gave me three priceless gifts”—Abbot Ephraim of St. Andrew's Skete suffering from cancer
“And behold, our good Christ, gave me three priceless gifts, out of infinite Divine love.”
Ended up with the same result pretty much. I guess the test isn't that well made.
Abbot of Mt. Athos shares news of his cancer diagnosis:
“Christ gave me three priceless gifts”—Abbot Ephraim of St. Andrew's Skete suffering from cancer
“And behold, our good Christ, gave me three priceless gifts, out of infinite Divine love.”
I stayed at St Andrews Skete briefly on my recent trip and it left a lasting impression - there's something very special about that place. I had hoped to get a blessing from Elder Ephraim but he was too unwell that night. I got other blessings there though
From Prologue of Ohrid on countries
Haha. I'm LCMS Lutheran. I spent years in discernment for Catholicism (I'm very drawn to TLM - I recognize similarity to our liturgy in it more than the NO) but ultimately remained Lutheran. ...and now I find myself finally getting an idea of what Orthodoxy is....
I'm reading the Prologue daily, I find it hard not to constantly post quotes from it in related threads here. It makes me realise all the more why Saint Nikolai is referred to as the 'Serbian Chrysostom'. Just like how the title 'Theologian' is given to very few saints (only three, if I'm not mistaken), 'Chrysostom' seems to be another rare title and how blessed we are that this was awarded to a Saint in relatively modern times. I wonder if many others have been called 'Chrysostom', other than the original Saint John Chrysostom.
Enjoyed reading this, some encouragement and food for thought during the Lenten struggle:
St. Philaret of Moscow has been called The Russian Chrysostom. A couple volumes of his sermons have been put out in paperback by Patristic Nectar.
I really think we have to split the "Protestant" tag on the forum. Anglicans and Lutherans are more similar to Catholics in terms of church service than the rock band denominations
I don't like the vibes of this vlog. Is this an Orthodox page?Enjoyed reading this, some encouragement and food for thought during the Lenten struggle:
It was recommended by Paul Kingsnorth, a recent Orthodox convert. They are both authors and writers by trade, I believe, so their style is more reminiscent of a storyteller than a normal blog poster, maybe that's why it sounds different. He is Orthodox though from what I can gather.
Edit: I just came across a great article by Paul Kingsnorth actually, I would recommend to read:
A Wild Christianity | Paul Kingsnorth
Through the mouth of the cave I watched the storm front move in from the east. I could already hear . . . .
www.firstthings.com
He's an ex-Wiccan convert to Orthodoxy, often discussing the environment in the context of Orthodoxy, using the term 'Machine' to describe the modern world and how we can resist it, flee from it or cope with it, as with the other author I shared previously.
He's fortunate enough to live in Ireland, which, despite all the NWO nonsense going on over there currently, has a rich heritage of Orthodox saints and many monastic ruins and pilgrimage spots, which he explores in the article.
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Loving his first article, this jumped out at me:It was recommended by Paul Kingsnorth, a recent Orthodox convert. They are both authors and writers by trade, I believe, so their style is more reminiscent of a storyteller than a normal blog poster, maybe that's why it sounds different. He is Orthodox though from what I can gather.
Edit: I just came across a great article by Paul Kingsnorth actually, I would recommend to read:
A Wild Christianity | Paul Kingsnorth
Through the mouth of the cave I watched the storm front move in from the east. I could already hear . . . .
He's an ex-Wiccan convert to Orthodoxy, often discussing the environment in the context of Orthodoxy, using the term 'Machine' to describe the modern world and how we can resist it, flee from it or cope with it, as with the other author I shared previously.
He's fortunate enough to live in Ireland, which, despite all the NWO nonsense going on over there currently, has a rich heritage of Orthodox saints and many monastic ruins and pilgrimage spots, which he explores in the article.
Really hits the nail on the head there.
The whole pursuit of happiness is a vain pursuit to begin with. I've literally once read the word happiness in an Orthodox book (by a Saint) and I never hear a priest talk about it, although fr Trenham has mentioned it a couple of times. Typically though the go to word is joy or satisfaction or peace. Happiness is a pursuit of something in the future, while joy/satisfaction/peace is acceptance of the present. I think they introduced to word happiness to the weight and widespreadness it has now to be the carrot in front of the mule. Happiness than becomes essentially a modernist word, just like they've introduced and brought to the limelight a bunch of new words in the last years. I don't even use it anymore cause I don't want to use their language, for it gives credibility to things that are vain and deceptive concepts to begin with.
It was recommended by Paul Kingsnorth, a recent Orthodox convert. They are both authors and writers by trade, I believe, so their style is more reminiscent of a storyteller than a normal blog poster, maybe that's why it sounds different. He is Orthodox though from what I can gather.
Edit: I just came across a great article by Paul Kingsnorth actually, I would recommend to read:
A Wild Christianity | Paul Kingsnorth
Through the mouth of the cave I watched the storm front move in from the east. I could already hear . . . .
He's an ex-Wiccan convert to Orthodoxy, often discussing the environment in the context of Orthodoxy, using the term 'Machine' to describe the modern world and how we can resist it, flee from it or cope with it, as with the other author I shared previously.
He's fortunate enough to live in Ireland, which, despite all the NWO nonsense going on over there currently, has a rich heritage of Orthodox saints and many monastic ruins and pilgrimage spots, which he explores in the article.
Excellent article, thanks for sharing.
Indeed.
Let's consider some others:
'Self-Esteem'
'Inclusion'
'Affirmation'
As I was reading your post I was struck with the thought that maybe it really has all been engineered for specific generations.
They knew mine would have nothing that gave any sense of real purpose or guidance, so we'd inevitability be depressed. So 'happiness' sounds very good to millennials (just using my experience and reflections as an example)
Once it was all about that, you make it about 'X-affiriming' this and 'X-inclusive' that so that the new generation of slaves might achieve 'happiness', 'diversity' & 'equity'.
Now I'm finally seriously researching Orthodoxy, I notice that the monks and priests are rather stern in general, quite the opposite of the ''doormat'' ''nice guy'' ''turn the other cheek'' Western Christianity impression that I had. What I found really interesting was to notice in a documentary on Mt Athos (which I shared in the Athos thread) I saw 0 times a laughing monk. There was no tension, no fake mask being put on like we all know in our 9-5, it was just sternness, calmness, being who you are. Much like animals in nature for lack of better comparison; they don't try to impress one another etc, they just are who they are. Makes me realize how much we in this fake modernist society put on a mask all the time, perpetuated by social media, the delusional pursuit of happiness (and therefore showing people how ''happy'' you are) and nice guy conflict avoiding 9-5 workplace culture.