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by GOCPriestMark
Sat 14 July 2012 11:20 am
Forum: Book and Media Reviews
Topic: Questionable prayer to our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God
Replies: 11
Views: 8428

Re: Questionable prayer to our Most Holy Lady the Mother of

joasia wrote:

Fr. Mark, please forgive me for offending you.

If you meant something offensive, it did not reach me.

by GOCPriestMark
Tue 26 June 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Patriarch Germanos V Concening the"Name-Worshippers"
Replies: 16
Views: 8240

Re: Patriarch Germanos V Concening the"Name-Worshippers"

So, another question presents itself: Should Orthodox Christians also avoid the term "YAHWEH" and "I am Who am," and prefer the simple phrase: "the Lord God." As far as I know, every icon of our Lord Jesus Christ contains the words "I AM" in the halo (most us...
by GOCPriestMark
Tue 19 June 2012 3:26 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Mass 'conversion' of Evangelicals in '86 (Gillquist)
Replies: 6
Views: 3793

Re: Mass 'conversion' of Evangelicals in '86 (Gillquist)

The "E.O.C." did catechize their members, though, depending on when you joined you might get different info according to what stage they were at in their development. They were pretty decent about teaching basic Orthodoxy, to a point, and at having regular 'teachings' as their understandin...
by GOCPriestMark
Tue 14 February 2012 11:37 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Recommended Iconographers, Anyone?
Replies: 8
Views: 5228

Re: Recommended Iconographers, Anyone?

尼古拉前执事 wrote:

Mother Mariam, on the links page is awesome and very inexpensive. She wrote the Saint Euphrosynos Icon at the main page here at http://www.euphrosynoscafe.com/ and did the iconography in some of the Jordanville Metropolitan tombs.

Perhaps you mean Mother Anastasia?
http://www.iconsnunanastasia.com

by GOCPriestMark
Tue 3 January 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Was Christ Born on Dec. 25th? ( ...and on which Dec. 25th?)
Replies: 14
Views: 6680

Re: Was Christ Born on Dec. 25th? ( ...and on which Dec. 25th?)

For your consideration: The impious were at a loss regarding in what manner they might painfully put the saint to death. They then cast her into a dark and deep prison, until she should perish from hunger. Unknown to those who toiled in vain, the light of the Lord was with her and illuminated that p...
by GOCPriestMark
Wed 21 December 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Book and Media Reviews
Topic: Lives of the Saints?
Replies: 3
Views: 2692

Re: Lives of the Saints?

joasia wrote:

But, for starters, if you want true Christian faith, then at this time of year, I would suggest St. Nicholas of Myra. He is loved by all. And she could be exposed to the true story of St. Nick.

Life of Saint Nicholas by St. Dimitry of Rostov