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I can answer general questions about the teachings of the Orthodox Church and Orthodox monasticism, particularly differences from Protestants and Catholics.
Orthodox Christian convert from Protestantism over 30 years ago.
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1 year seminary training. 30 years research.
I enjoy helping people become more aware of the vast treasure of the ancient Christian Faith that has been safeguarded by the Holy Orthodox Church for over 2000 years.
Orthodox comes from the Greek: Ortho Doxa, which has several meanings: Right Glory, True Praise, Correct Doctrine. The Orthodox Church teaches that it has correctly preserved the Apostolic Witness from the time of our Lord's Incarnation th until the present day.
Our Lord, God, and Savior, Christ Jesus, did not give us a book. He gave us the Church, the continuing worshipping community of believers. It is in the Church and through the Church that the compendium of writings that we call the Bible was created.
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The immediate family members of the deceased traditionally wear black clothing for at least forty days. During this time they do not participate in social occasions — parties or family celebrations — and
The preferred Orthodox term is "theosis" but it is essentially the same as deification. That is we conform our image to the image of Christ so that the image of Christ is reflected in us and we begin to
I am not sure exactly what the question here is, but of course in Orthodoxy we refer to major holy days as feasts. A feast is first and foremost a celebration, but that celebration mostly occurs in Church
The Jews were told not to picture God because they needed to be aware that they could not "see" God, that God, at that point, was beyond their ability to truly comprehend. Any "image" would be limited

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