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08-13-2017, 05:16 PM
Orthodox Christianity might be the least cucked version of the faith available but I recently noticed something when I bring it up in conversation - reactions to it are genuinely positive from run-of-the-mill liberals. They're so anti-West and novelty-addicted, *anything* that's different is going to get a positive reception in comparison. Even if it's conservative and filled with fasting days, it's still exotic and interesting.
It's really funny how the decades of mocking nuns and priests have taken their toll. If not for Africa...the Latin Rite would be dead.
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09-06-2017, 06:05 AM
What are your thoughts on the baptist church?
Do you believe that Jesus had long hair?
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09-25-2017, 09:39 AM
I'm going to attend an Orthodox Church Sunday service very soon. I've studied/read about the religion, listened to testimonies, talked with an Orthodox priest once when I went inside a church once at a Greek Festival.
What are some things I should be aware of as a first-time visitor?
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09-25-2017, 01:35 PM
Quote: (09-25-2017 09:39 AM)blacknwhitespade Wrote:
I'm going to attend an Orthodox Church Sunday service very soon. I've studied/read about the religion, listened to testimonies, talked with an Orthodox priest once when I went inside a church once at a Greek Festival.
What are some things I should be aware of as a first-time visitor?
Ask if they have the liturgy printed so you can follow along.
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09-29-2017, 01:36 AM
Made my way through multiple Eastern Orthodox churches - in particular, after Greek, I attended a Russian Orthodox service and a Ukrainian Orthodox service.
Both are extremely similar - unsurprising, as the major portion of Ukrainian Orthodox in the Ukraine are under Moscow's patriarchate. (I believe the majority of United States Ukrainian Orthodox churches are under Constantinople - quite a few are under Kiev's breakaway patriarch. It's very confusing.)
The Ukrainian service was in Ukrainian - Russian Orthodox was in Church Slavonic.
I also attended a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church a few times, and the service was all but identical to its Orthodox counterpart. Oddly, both had kneelers. Thought that was a Catholic thing only.
I am working two jobs now so I will likely visit the final three in the area (two Oriental Orthodox) after New Year's.
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10-01-2017, 09:36 AM
Quote: (09-14-2017 07:38 AM)Ruslan Wrote:
Quote: (09-06-2017 06:05 AM)trumpsta Wrote:
What are your thoughts on the baptist church?
Do you believe that Jesus had long hair?
1 Corinthians 11:13-16
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
God does not contradicts his own word. Jesus had short hair like a man.
Perhaps, but what about Nazirites like Samson?
Also,
Leviticus 21:5 "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard nor make any cuttings in their flesh."
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02-19-2018, 05:06 PM
I know all of the shit I talked about Christianity in another thread, but this Lent I've decided to rededicate my life to the Orthodox Church and Christ. I attended the Vespers service of Forgiveness Sunday last night. I still have my doubts and my criticisms but I can't deny that I feel deeply called in to the Church. I'm going to lay aside my doubt, lay aside my worldly criticisms, and plunge head first. Yeah I talked shit and I'll eat the crow that is my due.
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02-20-2018, 12:09 PM
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