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Looking at the prayer again, I see I was mistaken.

The last two sentences of the prayer are;
"Deliver me from soul-corrupting harm, praying fervently to Christ. To whom glory and worship are due, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."

Clearly, the prayer is referring to Christ is the one to ...

I read St. John's book on the place of Mary in Orthodoxy, as Nicholas suggested. Good suggestion. However, if the book mentioned the teaching that Mary was sinless, I overlooked it.

And in addition, I came across a suggested morning prayer on an Orthodox website that stated (to and about Mary ...

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Your suggestion about the prayers, fasting, etc. is excellent. I attended Forgiveness Vespers on Sunday, and thought about beginning to fast. Of course, thinking about it is all I've done so far -- Protestant self will in action.

Thinking about the Lenten fast is ...

I am a Protestant considering conversion.

I am trying to take this very slow; becoming Orthodox is obviously a lot different than going a few blocks down the street to another Protestant denomination.

I have made 8 or 10 visits to Orthodox churches of different jurisdictions. I have read ...