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- Tue 21 April 2015 2:10 am
- Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
- Topic: Three day fast for communion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 24314
Re: Three day fast for communion
There seems to be much variation. I suppose as long as you attend liturgy regularly, local traditions about frequency of communion probably don't matter as much for your spiritual life. I guess I'd say that infrequent communion makes less sense to me: if you are not under a canonical penalty and obs...
- Sun 5 April 2015 3:01 am
- Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
- Topic: Orthodox dating Heterodox Why?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6301
Re: Orthodox dating Heterodox Why?
I'm commenting as someone who attends a "World Orthodox" church (as there are no TO churches near me to attend) and within a 2 hour drive there are several parishes of varying jurisdictions, so there would be the potential for singles (if they were to visit for liturgy or other functions)...
- Sat 4 April 2015 6:23 pm
- Forum: World Orthodox, Name-Worshiping, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: Uniates try to take an Orthodox Church by force
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2700
Re: Uniates try to take an Orthodox Church by force
My impression was the Vatican did play a more significant role in Poland, where it remained relatively strong throughout the Communist period.
- Sat 4 April 2015 4:49 pm
- Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
- Topic: Orthodox dating Heterodox Why?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6301
Re: Orthodox dating Heterodox Why?
Other things to consider: - Cultural incompatibility: if you're a convert in an ethnic parish, there may be cultural or linguistic barriers, even if you share the same faith. When I joined True Orthodoxy, I was told I would probably never get married since I wasn't ethnically Greek. - Lack of matchm...
- Sat 4 April 2015 1:33 am
- Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
- Topic: Orthodox dating Heterodox Why?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6301
Re: Orthodox dating Heterodox Why?
You have a point. Some of the problem may be because, especially in True Orthodoxy, our numbers are very small. I think also it's hard to avoid getting to know people outside your church and your faith, and a lot of what attracts people to each other has nothing to do with religion. So yes, Orthodox...
- Fri 3 April 2015 6:39 pm
- Forum: World Orthodox, Name-Worshiping, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: Uniates try to take an Orthodox Church by force
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2700
Re: Uniates try to take an Orthodox Church by force
The Vatican single-handedly engineered the fall of the USSR? News to me.
- Sat 14 March 2015 11:41 pm
- Forum: Praxis
- Topic: The integral fast of the 3 first days of Great Lent
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10508
Re: The integral fast of the 3 first days of Great Lent
Interesting that it says the three-day total fast is "optional". As for eating meat, do they mean that the people ate meat during Cheesefare Week?