Order of the Reader and How Did I Become One 

Ask for God to help you and he will

Pray on it, he will guide you

Yes. No furhter questions.

Novus Ordo in a nutshell...

What do you have against the Leftist Indoctrination camps?

@Cariss Stewart Only 2 years now of trauma haha, my last english class was essentially a nightmare of all the stereotypes, and I barely took any classes. There is a seminary not TOO far away but I get wanderlust fantasies of just moving to Russia, but I'm immature.

Holy Trinity Monastery in jordanville NY is a seminary. Its ROCOR, just a suggestion if your near it

@Jephtha Holt That's about a couple hours drive maybe and I would have to take a bus :( I can't see myself doing that 5 days a week, or even taking a dorm if they have it.... I'm fairly close to nyc. I'm so confused on what to do with my life but I definitely feel close to the church, my interests focus in history I think. But thank you I will remember it

@@seronymus yeah I'm all the way by Rochester so it's a long was from here too. Then again God never told us service was a cake walk. Have faith in God and in his plan. Also yes you would live there as basically a novice for 4 years until your course is complete.

I serve as a reader in two Churches here in Serbia. In one we do readings in Church Slavonic (except for Epistle and Parimie) and in other one everything is in Serbian.

So glad!

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I’ll say a Mi Sheberach for you tonight. Good to have as many bases covered as possible ✡️!

I will pray for you

@@dylanchouinard6141 It means a lot to me. Thank you

Lord have Mercy

Hey chief Not the man, plus its been a year but here's my five cents The intercessory prayer to the Mother of Our God differs in kind from say asking your mom to pray for you, or asking your departed grandma to pray for you (as since Christ destroyed death and not a single soul remains in the grave, she is very much alive, just not in body), or asking a saint to pray for you (same as grandma but you're hoping for a bit more pull and assurance, on account of a saint being by definition someone we're certain made it to the throne of God). This difference of a kind comes from the custom of the kings of Judah, of whom the Christ Jesus is the fulfillment and chief, to place their mothers at their right hand as their prime advisor and aid. She has His ear as the Queen-Mother of all creation, hence we hymn her as the highest of all creatures (more honorable than the cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the seraphim etc). Basically, she's the prime minister in that monarchy. Secondly, she is His mom. If she can have mercy on us, his crucifiers, we can be sure we are forgiven. God suffers injustices unto himself, but He will right the wrongs done to his servants - of mortal souls no-one has a better case to condemn us than her. Thirdly there is a ton of theological implications of her being pregnant with and giving birth to God, as Paradise/Heaven is defined simply as the presence of God's dwelling. Garden of Eden, the burning bush and the ground around it that Moses must go barefoot on, mount Sinai, the tabernacle, the temple, even the heart of a man immersed in earnest prayer - are heaven by the presence of God. And so was she, and on go the treatises that I'm not smart enough to read. Fourth point is similar with its theological implications that are too smart for me, but this time it's about the Word of God taking on flesh and human nature from her and by her means. The humanity of Christ the God-man is due to her and that's also important enough to write books about. I don't get it so I just pray.

Always Serbian

At my church in the US we rotate between serbian, church slavonic, and english

Why? ​@@lpetarp3915

I believe so, that's the way it works in the Oriental Orthodox Churches

Readers and singers may marry under canon law, so may Subdeacon if they are engaged before they are elevated to the position. There were serious arguments over this in the Church Councils.

Nope, generally not done in Serbia; readers in general don't wear cassocks here.

Чтец :)

Why?

The book contains many details which are easy to abuse literally and become paranoid and terrified of the end of the world, look how Evangelicals make theories today about Antichrist (may he not be imminent, Lord have mercy!)

seronymus That makes a lot of sense. I actually went through a bit of a Book of Revelations phase when I was kid. It was around the same time everyone was panicking about the Mayan 2012 prophecy. I definitely see the reasoning behind that decision!

@Dylan Chouinard it happens to me too, I look at world news a lot (bad habit)like about NATO vs Russia and I already suffer extreme anxiety and I make myself nauseous and scared about ww3 and then antichrist, getting shot down by drones or something my imagination runs wild.... please pray for me because I hate living in fear

seronymus I don’t know if Jewish prayers would be of much comfort to you, but I can give you some advice. First, take a deep breath, I would suggest a method called square breathing: inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, exhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, repeat. Also try grounding yourself in the physical world, that’s one of the best ways to remind yourself that your paranoia is just in your head. Since your (presumably) an Orthodox Christian try grounding with an icon. Look at an icon and describe who is it of. What is their story? What are they wearing? What’s the purpose of their iconography? How does the icon feel in your hands? Etc. You can also do this with anything in your environment, even yourself (focusing on the feeling of your feet on the floor is very popular). I hope that helps and I’ll still pray for you if you want.

@Dylan Chouinard You are a jew? I'm honestly flattered, thank you for your advice and I will do that, any prayers are helpful but I'm just mystified right now. If you don't mind me asking, well I'm not sure precisely how to word this but I ask innocently - what brought you here? And, why don't you hate Christians especially Orthodox given the history of your ancestors? And please excuse me a thousand times for this question too, but it has been driving me mad and all I desire is real feedback - what do you think about your people having been so involved in movements like communist revolutions and today being.... I'm sure you already know the conspiracy theories. Please know that I love everyone and try and fail to imitate Christ, and I love you and thank you for your kindness. I apologize again, I just want your perspective and story on, you know what I mean. I know I'm on a tangent but this is rare chance for me given the circumstances. And sincere thanks again for the breathing, it helps. I will pray for you too!