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by Barbara
Tue 19 March 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Proto-ecumenism before the 1920s
Replies: 16
Views: 231

Re: Proto-ecumenism before the 1920s

Please do, Jean-Serge.
And have an edifying 1st Week of Lent, hopefully somewhat relaxing, too

by Barbara
Tue 19 March 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Prayers requested
Replies: 3
Views: 52

Re: Prayers requested

Oh no ! Is the surgery a major one ?
And dental problems are ALWAYS very, very vexing
Sorry about all that !

by Barbara
Mon 18 March 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Sarah Riccardi-Swartz:Menace Supreme
Replies: 23
Views: 458

Re: Sarah Riccardi-Swartz:Menace Supreme

Sarah Riccardi marshals a phalanx of like-minded opponents of Orthodox traditionalism and general conservatism to gather at a conference she has organized at Northeastern University in Boston next week. Notice who has the haloes : not Saints but ONLY American political figures ! This depiction reve...
by Barbara
Sun 17 March 2024 12:06 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Meagan S, SarahR Attack Rocor, Fr JohnWhiteford
Replies: 4
Views: 80

Re: Meagan S, SarahR Attack Rocor, Fr JohnWhiteford

An Orthodox American man named Michael, I think, wrote the following retort to Meagan Saliashvili in relation to the Texas Monthly article : " Saliashvili is a Georgian surname, I can only assume she is Georgian. So, she should know firsthand that being far right is not incompatible with Ortho...
by Barbara
Sat 16 March 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: Synaxarion Orthodoxia
Topic: St Amvrosy of Optina
Replies: 7
Views: 1050

Re: St Amvrosy of Optina

And a similar eerie tale : "...in Shamordino, knocking was heard at the doors and windows, etc. When they communicated this to the Elder, he said, "Well, he won't knock anymore." "But who is knocking, Batiushka?" [the nuns] asked [Fr Amvrosy] . "He who was knocking won...
by Barbara
Sat 16 March 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Synaxarion Orthodoxia
Topic: St Amvrosy of Optina
Replies: 7
Views: 1050

Re: St Amvrosy of Optina

Meanwhile, a good ghost story for Forgiveness Sunday : Hieromonk Dorotheus related the following about himself: "After my entrance in 1874 into the Optina Monastery, the obedience of working as a cook was entrusted to me. A half year passed, and then I began to have fears at night in my cell, ...
by Barbara
Sat 16 March 2024 11:32 pm
Forum: Synaxarion Orthodoxia
Topic: St Amvrosy of Optina
Replies: 7
Views: 1050

Re: St Amvrosy of Optina

Why did i write the post above ? Because I fear that the likes of Sarah Riccardi and Meagan Saliashvili will feel emboldened at some point to start criticizing the Optina Elders and maybe Valaam Elders. These liberal-leftists or others might insist that the monasteries were "misogynistic"...