The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

The clergyman's clothing is a symbol of his renunciation of vanity and his submission to the Church's rules. In this sense, it is very important to the faith! As for the specific kind of clothing, this was handed down to us by our fathers, and so we revere it as the tradition of the Church.

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St. Tikhon is certainly a saint.

It is important to realize that there was no idea of "ecumenism" at this time. It cannot possibly be said that St. Tikhon was an ecumenist. He was very strict in his confession and completely understood Orthodoxy and its importance. He died for the faith.

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I was also a World Orthodox catechumen before I found the True Orthodox Church. They would not baptize me, either! This is actually quite common. The World Orthodox do not want to offend anybody. It hinders their ecumenical relations when they baptize converts, because it implies that they do not ...

Those who attack the Church of Christ by teaching that Christ's Church is divided into so-called "branches" which differ in doctrine and way of life, or that the Church does not exist visibly, but will be formed in the future when all "branches" or sects or denominations, and even religions will be ...

Here is the quote from the Apophthegmata Patrum , or the Sayings of the Desert Fathers . It mentions an Abba John, but it does not clarify any further. There were many who lived in Sketis, such as John the Dwarf, John of Thebes, John the Persian, etc., and all of them have teachings recorded in the ...