You did until you made it to 11 posts. The word actually means newbie in Russian! It is pronounces roughly "Nouvou".
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Nicholas wrote:You did until you made it to 11 posts. The word actually means newbie in Russian! It is pronounces roughly "Nouvou".
Of course, if this was TRULY a TRADITIONAL Orthodox board -- the correct language to use would be GREEK!
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They say that I am bad news. They say "Stay Away."
Yes, and the particular Stephen was Saint Stephen the Protomartyr.
I tried various forms of the name and got told this or that name was not allowed so many times I was getting dizzy. Having a French son-in-law I was 'inspired' to try Etienne and hey presto! "No problema, you know what I mean!"
If Etienne was not accepted I would have had to really think, a sometimes painful exercise