Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.
“God” sent Himself to kill Himself so He could spend part of a weekend dead and then came sort of back “alive” so he could forgive transgressions He designed to be made to excuse descendants who did nothing wrong instead of just letting them into heaven.
"Free yourself from all the fleeting commitments and illusions of this world so that you understand that you do not need to compromise with them to achieve acceptance and praise. Embrace the greatness of ultimate simplicity." 13:25
Cast the first hook (open the mouth of the first fish), Open the Gospel, and the Bible will tell you exactly what you need to hear, Ask the child (Childlikeness "From the mouth of babes") and the child can tell you the right answer..
wait, didnt god set the heavens in there place, how would one be so silly to think the sun doesnt effect everything on our planet? and god certainly placed the sun and the seasons, the sun is quite a perfect symbol for Christ, the physical manifestation of the light of the world. childish astrology is used in a deterministic fashion, that has almost nothing to do with what astrology is. Christianity is a solar astrological tradition, the son (sun) of god surrounded by his 12 disciples, astrology is just a tool kit of symbols and archetypes, is math also evil?
This information is new to me. What can you say? Everyday we learn new new things from our lord. May he grant us abundant mercy and strength to endure temptations and passions from this new and wonderful year, amen! 🙏☦️🫂
when people think of martial arts they think of fighting, if you remove the spiritual aspect out of it, I've literally seen videos of orthodox monks fighting each other at a church, you can see the video of greek monks fighting against armenian monks. They didnt engage in eastern mysticism yet they were fighting and personally I was suprised to see that bcoz I know they're suposed to be peaceful people. Neverthless this happened, I've even seen an orthodox monk throw stones at muslims for causing some kind of disruption at church as well as seen other orthodox priest practise martial arts. I dont think there's a problem with eastern martial arts. I've learned it myself and never had to bow to idols and perform rituals. Its not compulsory. But what should be made mandatory is for every man to know how to defend himself and I can honestly tell you eastern martial arts is on top of that list
I find it a little frustrating that there is no instruction at the church, no intro class nothing. And yet so much behavior is considered "rude". This is rude that's rude. I looked around and guys were putting their hands in their pockets, behind their backs, or just chasing their kids around. What's acceptable wha'ts not? How's one supposed to know? It's really frustrating because it's not really clear what the rules are and they're different from what you say in the video.
My dear brother in Christ, what we have put together after doing a lot of research is the right thing to do in a Orthodox Church. But unfortunately the people is not correctly instructed, or tough. May God bless you ☦️
I am frustrated too. Western orthodoxy seems all over the place, with many jurisdiction's schisming in many areas. Did you know the Greek Orthodox church of America joined the Council Of Churches (as did OCA, and the Serbian OC)? That is a non-profit collaberation of ALL churches to unite! Also, why do the GOC's all have pews? After hearing this video, I'm frightened by how much even my own church isn't following. But regarding frustration, our churches are doing very little to help us, and very little to keep our community strong. I feel like I have no one to talk to about my questions and concerns, and after almost 2 years, there are still a lot of people in my church I don't even know the name of. There are no activities going on to make us feel more together. 😒
My dear brother, I am really sorry for your experience. In some parishes, there are some written guidelines or rules in the nartex. May God bless you ☦️
