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by Maria
Sat 17 August 2013 10:24 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: QUESTION: WHO'S THE HEAD OF T.O.C. IN RUSSIA?
Replies: 30
Views: 377

Re: QUESTION: WHO'S THE HEAD OF T.O.C. IN RUSSIA?

There is this link in NFTU: http://nftu.net/seventh-anniversary-of-enthronement-of-metropolitan-raphael-of-moscow/ Apparently, Metropolitan Raphael is in communion with Metropolitan Anghelos of Avlonos (TOC-PC) and Metropolitan John of the Americas and the British Isles. However, they are not in com...
by Maria
Sat 17 August 2013 10:00 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
Topic: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip: every 11 years!
Replies: 21
Views: 4976

Re: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip: every 11 year

The sun just unleased an M-3 Class Solar Flare. SIGNIFICANT FLARE: Sunspot AR1818 erupted on August 17th at 1824 UT, producing a long duration M3-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the action: ... It is too soon to say whether Earth is in the line of fire. Go to www.spacew...
by Maria
Sat 17 August 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Ethnic Dancing: TOCs vs World Orthodoxy
Replies: 17
Views: 5223

Ethnic Dancing: TOCs vs World Orthodoxy

I have never seen parishioners in the GOC-AB Kallinikos parishes do any Greek dancing or hold a parish Greek festival where Greek dancing is done out under the stars at night, so is traditional Greek or ethnic dancing forbidden in the TOCs? In World Orthodoxy, I know that Antiochian and Greek Orthod...
by Maria
Sat 17 August 2013 5:28 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Dances to avoid: quadrille, dirty dancing, etc.
Replies: 4
Views: 2670

Re: Dances to avoid: quadrille, dirty dancing, etc.

The Optina Elders were God-illumined and I am sure their words are true. Yes. Perhaps some dances were started with innocent intentions, :roll: but other dances seem far more insidious. The infamous dance, in which Herod was deceived and promised his step-daughter whatever she wanted, comes to mind...
by Maria
Sat 17 August 2013 2:26 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Dances to avoid: quadrille, dirty dancing, etc.
Replies: 4
Views: 2670

Re: Dances to avoid: quadrille, dirty dancing, etc.

I guess we did do the Quadrille when I was in high school as it was a form of Square Dancing. I remember the call to SACHEZ IN and SACHEZ OUT where we waltzed in and out of the center of the square (Quadrille). I had problems with the call to SACHEZ to the RIGHT and SACHEZ to the LEFT as I tended to...
by Maria
Sat 17 August 2013 1:32 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: The correct way to make the Sign of the Cross
Replies: 32
Views: 13287

Re: The correct way to make the Sign of the Cross

The positive aspects are extremely important. My husband and I live about 1/5 mile from the Angeles National Forest, so we hear a lot of strange noises from mountain lions, bears, skunks, possums, raccoons, bob cats, coyotes, and even the imported red fox. Once we were awakened in the wee hours of ...
by Maria
Fri 16 August 2013 11:30 pm
Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
Topic: Muslims plan March on Washington, D.C. 9/11/2013
Replies: 3
Views: 1188

Muslims plan March on Washington, D.C. 9/11/2013

http://capitolresource.org/activists-plan-million-muslim-washington-march-for-911/ “We as Muslims continue 12 years later to be victimized by being made the villains,” the group wrote in a statement on it’s website in reference to the 9/11 attacks of 2001. They claim the government “exacerbates the ...