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by Maria
Mon 17 December 2012 11:21 pm
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Please pray for a miracle (spiritual and physical)
Replies: 12
Views: 6030

Please pray for a miracle (spiritual and physical)

Please pray for me.

I have a brain aneurysm in the basilar artery near CNV (Facial Nerve). This aneurysm is increasing in size as I have been experiencing "vascular loop syndromes" which include headaches, dizziness, and pain and fulness in the ear.

Surgery is not an option.

by Maria
Mon 17 December 2012 11:12 pm
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Athonite Pilgrims - Share Your Experiences Here
Replies: 16
Views: 9232

Re: Athonite Pilgrims - Share Your Experiences Here

Ah ! This is the reason I was given a sight of a black pickup truck Friday with the license plate : GREEK I couldn't figure out what the meaning would be for me. I was racing back to a Chevron station. I was so tired that I had driven off when the gas pump didn't accept my credit card, forgetting t...
by Maria
Sun 16 December 2012 12:43 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Jerusalem Patriarchate Leaves America
Replies: 25
Views: 8288

Re: Jerusalem Patriarchate Leaves America

Thank you for the helpful description of the correct process. Did you happen to hear what the Blanco [is Plano the same area ?] supposed monastics had done to make their MODERNISTIC - I had not realized that side of the story, ahaha - icon stream myrrh ? Did the story ever get out ? Now that it's s...
by Maria
Sat 15 December 2012 10:21 pm
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Jerusalem Patriarchate Leaves America
Replies: 25
Views: 8288

Re: Jerusalem Patriarchate Leaves America

Oh my gosh, Corona ? I don't know where that is, but the name caught my attention, today especially ! Shrewd of you, Maria, thank you for explaining this apparent fraud -- i don't think it was publicized, so maybe there was too much doubt. Plus, as you say, there was no apparent move to secure a se...
by Maria
Sat 15 December 2012 10:10 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Lesson from Hurricane Sandy - Prepare
Replies: 14
Views: 4878

Re: Lesson from Hurricane Sandy - Prepare

The average person has almost no real spiritual life, so of course they are empty inside and seeking from outside something to energize them. Exactly, we have witnessed an increasing number of violent shootings and murder-suicides, which are signs of the increasing loss of faith. Sons are turning a...
by Maria
Sat 15 December 2012 9:32 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Lesson from Hurricane Sandy - Prepare
Replies: 14
Views: 4878

Re: Lesson from Hurricane Sandy - Prepare

I personally do NOT advocate delving into such matters very much, though I have in the past. The reason is because these things are rabbit holes that can distract us interminably from our proper focus and attention on the things that truly benefit our souls and prepare us for our departure. I think...