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by Lydia
Sun 3 November 2013 1:40 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: HOCNA Causes Divisions in Greece, USA, and in Russia
Replies: 4
Views: 110

Re: HOCNA Causes Divisions in Greece, USA, and in Russia

Several possibilities: Metropolitan Ephraim had a serious illness and was never "quite the same." There was a growing dissatisfaction among the monks at Holy Transfiguration Monastery against the leadership. Gregory Lourie took advantage of this turmoil to introduce his pet heresy, "N...
by Lydia
Fri 1 November 2013 1:16 am
Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
Topic: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
Replies: 27
Views: 46117

Re: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist

The author presents that the Eucharist is a an act of communion. Eucharistic adoration is a Latin innovation that is not a part of Orthodox worship. We obey Our Lord Jesus Christ when He says "take, eat." He did not say "worship." And so we do not. This is the preserved faith of ...
by Lydia
Thu 31 October 2013 9:51 pm
Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
Topic: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
Replies: 27
Views: 46117

Re: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist

Another implication of Orthodox Eucharistology is that participation in the Body and Blood of Christ means that we partake of the divinity of Christ... for communion is an actual communion, St. John of Damascus asserts, because through it we have com­munion with Christ and share in His divinity thr...
by Lydia
Wed 30 October 2013 8:54 pm
Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
Topic: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
Replies: 27
Views: 46117

Re: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist

When an Orthodox priests takes Communion to the sick, the faithful present don't prostrate before The Holy Gifts, do they? Are we supposed to?

by Lydia
Tue 29 October 2013 10:39 pm
Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
Topic: Divorce
Replies: 44
Views: 11148

Re: Divorce

Thank you for correcting me, Maria. The children of an annulled marriage are legitimate.
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes both putative and sacramental marriage.

by Lydia
Tue 29 October 2013 9:05 pm
Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
Topic: Divorce
Replies: 44
Views: 11148

Re: Divorce

Does the Roman Catholic Church really take this marriage-divorce thing seriously still? I constantly see them getting married inside of Court and/or marrying outside of their religion to Jews, Muslims, or atheists and yet they aren't being excommunicated or anything. James, In the Roman Catholic Ch...
by Lydia
Tue 29 October 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
Topic: Divorce
Replies: 44
Views: 11148

Re: Divorce

Does the Roman Catholic Church really take this marriage-divorce thing seriously still? I constantly see them getting married inside of Court and/or marrying outside of their religion to Jews, Muslims, or atheists and yet they aren't being excommunicated or anything. The Roman Catholic Church rarel...