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by Jean-Serge
Sun 18 May 2025 9:31 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Lesna: repose of schema-female-monk Angelina
Replies: 14
Views: 2501

Re: Lesna: repose of schema-female-monk Angelina

Suaidan wrote: Sun 18 May 2025 9:13 am

Because prayers for the repose of a venerable nun is more important than partisan bickering?

This is not an ecclesiological or canonical argument but a sentimental one... The risk is also to cause displeasure among the synod of Agafangel...

by Jean-Serge
Sun 18 May 2025 8:13 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Lesna: repose of schema-female-monk Angelina
Replies: 14
Views: 2501

Lesna: repose of schema-female-monk Angelina

Mother Angelina, who had been for a long time the higumen of Lesna monastery reposed on May 17th, 2025. This was announced on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10212681181701047&set=a.10200672378128463

Strangely, Metropolitan Demetrios of GOC-Kallinikos in America, who was privately ...
by Jean-Serge
Sun 20 April 2025 5:48 pm
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Unity
Replies: 12
Views: 16417

Re: Unity

By cyprianism, I mean : "behaviours, writings that let think implicitely or explicitely that world orthodoxy still belongs to the Church of Christ and/or still has mysteries, which equals to the same because mysteries are the monopoly of the church of Christ".

by Jean-Serge
Sun 20 April 2025 5:44 pm
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: CHRIST IS RISEN! 2025 AD/7533 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 11221

Re: CHRIST IS RISEN! 2025 AD/7533 AM

Indeed He is risen !!

by Jean-Serge
Tue 18 March 2025 4:57 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: What to Pray When the Presanctified Divine Liturgy Isn’t Offered?
Replies: 4
Views: 1818

Re: What to Pray When the Presanctified Divine Liturgy Isn’t Offered?

You are welcome. Here are some sources in different languages. You might try using automatic translators (AI like Chatgpt translates quite well).

In Russian : https://www.patriarchia.ru/bu/2025-03-22 (Simply change the date in the address and you'll get the structure of the service for the day ...
by Jean-Serge
Tue 18 March 2025 5:59 am
Forum: Praxis
Topic: What to Pray When the Presanctified Divine Liturgy Isn’t Offered?
Replies: 4
Views: 1818

Re: What to Pray When the Presanctified Divine Liturgy Isn’t Offered?

Hello, yes, there is a way to proceed, even in parishes when the pre-sanctified are not served. You will still say the vespers... It is described in the book "The order of divine services according to the usage of the Russian Orthodox Church" by Peter Fekula and Matthew Williams, published by Saint ...
by Jean-Serge
Sat 8 March 2025 6:12 pm
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Fasting = one meal per day?
Replies: 71
Views: 151822

Re: Fasting = one meal per day?

Yes, water and drinking (not alcohol) is/was allowed before the 9th hour... If you read Russian, this is the best explanation and description of the fasting rules that I ever could find in an article (try automatic translation with AI if needed). The fasting rules as described in the Typikons ...