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Prayer
Jump to new posts Prayers for my departed sister Cheryl by Chad @ 4 minutes 55 seconds ago

My beloved sister Cheryl passed from us yesterday afternoon, after a sudden illness.. please pray for her. Please include the family who are also still grieving the loss of our grandmother Gertrude on Dec. 16th 2011. We have lost two special wo
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: UPI: EWTN has gone to federal court, challenging HHS by StuartK @ 32 minutes 31 seconds ago

I think the Founders had Young Men in a Hurry like Barack Obama when they designed it.
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Mass intentions by StuartK @ 33 minutes 30 seconds ago

Thank you, Neil. When you have a situation in which families have one cousin who is a Greek Catholic priest and another an Orthodox bishop, or where one brother is an Orthodox priest and the other a Greek Catholic reader, or where Aunt Mary is Greek
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
When I was at a Ruthenian parish, someone complained about the use of women as readers. The priest ended that argument by asking, "Are you volunteering to read, then?"
Food - Recipes
Jump to new posts Re: SOUPS by Penthaetria @ Today at 08:47 AM

Absolutely add kielbasa outside the Fast! And leeks are a good choice, as well, but I was going for common ingredients -- things I always have in the house.
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
Mariya, was this originally a Ruthenian parish or another eastern Catholic church? I'm curious how you became MP instead of ROCOR as well; if you like, PM me as its off topic.
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Mass intentions by Irish Melkite @ Today at 03:47 AM

Originally Posted By: AliceOriginally Posted By: StuartKIn both Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches that have a Greek Catholic or Orthodox counterpart, this has long been the case. I am not following who or what exactly you are answering in this p
Food - Recipes
Jump to new posts Re: SOUPS by Irish Melkite @ Today at 03:37 AM

Originally Posted By: Shin I asked a friend about potato soup today and he recommended adding leeks to the potato soup. I looked at another recipe before I got this one and it had kielbasa added to the potato soup! In my experience, both leeks
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
Mariya, Welcome to the forum! I hope you'll enjoy it here. Many years, Neil
Prayer
Jump to new posts Re: prayers for clarity of mind by Irish Melkite @ Today at 03:20 AM

Prayers for our dear brother and friend, Ed, that his spiritual journey be blessed and that his decision regarding his translation to Holy Orthodoxy be spiritually fulfilling and bring him peace of mind, heart, and soul. Prayers also for Ed and his
Prayer
Jump to new posts Re: Kelli's surgery by Irish Melkite @ Today at 03:13 AM

Prayers for Kelli, that the Unmercenary Physicians, the Sainted Cosmas and Damian, guide her surgeons in their care of her and that she be restored to health and be granted many years. Prayers also for her mother, Debbie, that she be granted peace of
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Mass intentions by likethethief @ Today at 12:18 AM

At Holy Virgin Cathedral here (ROCOR) they have every Sat. afternoon a Moleben beside the relics of St. John Maximovitch. They have very specific guidelines for prayer requests (these are only for the living) which include that: Quote:Non-Orthodox
The Christian East & West
Jump to new posts Re: Mass intentions by likethethief @ Today at 12:09 AM

Originally Posted By: Alice The primary prayer for the health of the living and for the repose of the deceased is done by the Church during the Divine liturgy. In view of this, before the beginning of the liturgy one must submit special commemorative
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: UPI: EWTN has gone to federal court, challenging HHS by likethethief @ Today at 12:08 AM

Originally Posted By: StuartK By the way, since when do rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights have to be "accommodated"? “It turns out that our Founders designed a system that makes it more difficult to bring about change than I wou
Prayer
Jump to new posts Kelli's surgery by Communion of Saints @ Yesterday at 11:48 PM

Please remember a young woman, Kelli, in your prayers. Her mother, Debbie, who is one of my supervisors, is very concerned and welcomed her being placed on our prayer list. Prayers for a successful surgery for Kelli on Monday morning, as well as p
Town Hall
This is coming from a President who says there are no "death panels." They are just consultations which will tell the unfortunate patient that HHS has changed the rules. Hospice care will be "revised." (gobbledegook double
Town Hall
What the Administration proposed is effectively "money laundering": religious institutions that object will not have to pay for a policy that includes contraception and abortion services; these will have to be provided free of charge by th
Town Hall
They're controlling the terms of the discussion and everyone else is so concerned with the fox in the henhouse that you've missed the elephant in the parlour. I love a good mixed metaphor. Forget about religious institutions. Consider the ordinary
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: UPI: EWTN has gone to federal court, challenging HHS by likethethief @ Yesterday at 11:12 PM

Originally Posted By: theophanIt was announced today by President Obama himself that he is changing the rule so that the religious-affilaited institutions do not have to provide such coverage in their health care plans. The women working for these i
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: UPI: EWTN has gone to federal court, challenging HHS by Two Lungs @ Yesterday at 10:55 PM

Originally Posted By: theophan ... The only question is who will pay for it and how. ... Actually, there is a question about whether a political appointee should be empowered to make decisions about what you or I or any one else should be required
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
I belong to a parish which was once Byzantine Catholic and has since become an MP Eastern Orthodox parish. I chant the Old Testament and Menaion prayers during Vespers services, because most of the time, it is only between two and four people who co
Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy
Jump to new posts Re: Celebrating the Divine Liturgy "facing the people" by sielos ilgesys @ Yesterday at 10:00 PM

Ay! Dios mio! Que tonteria. Que asqueroso. Que locura.
Faith & Theology
Jump to new posts Re: Byzantine Kiss of Peace by MariyaNJ @ Yesterday at 09:57 PM

I'm kind of sad that we do not have do a handshake or wave after the Gospel like the Roman Catholics. I went to a Coptic liturgy once and I loved their version of the kiss of peace - put your palms together, touch your mouth, then touch hands with t
Town Hall
Jump to new posts Re: "can I change rite & be married priest" by Tamiian @ Yesterday at 07:26 PM

It is certainly easier to become Orthodox
Faith & Theology
Jump to new posts Re: Saint by henrikhank @ Yesterday at 05:28 PM

Originally Posted By: Irish MelkiteOriginally Posted By: henrikhankOriginally Posted By: Irish MelkiteIf you're really asking the broader question as to whether Eastern Catholics read books by Orthodox Saints and other Orthodox authors, as I suspect
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