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by Barbara
Thu 3 July 2025 1:47 am
Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
Topic: Mel Gibson on Mt Athos
Replies: 4
Views: 266

Re: Mel Gibson on Mt Athos

Thank you !
What does "Sedeprivationalist view" mean ??

Yes, that's a great characterization that Mel Gibson's views are ambiguous. Good point. I couldn't recall reading exactly what he is.

The sole thing he does want people to know is that he ONLY attends the Traditional Latin Mass

But-which ...
by Barbara
Wed 2 July 2025 4:52 pm
Forum: Political and Social Issues
Topic: Iran commentary by top observers
Replies: 10
Views: 662

Re: Iran commentary by top observers

A man named Winston wrote after the latest Professor Marandi interview ONE SENTENCE which sums up EVERYTHING !

"Incredible that I am an American and trust Professor Mirandi more than anyone in my own government."

Here is the video with the same nice young Iranian man, Nima Alkhorshid [last name ...
by Barbara
Wed 2 July 2025 12:02 pm
Forum: Political and Social Issues
Topic: Iran commentary by top observers
Replies: 10
Views: 662

Re: Iran commentary by top observers

Important news of the puppet al-Sharaa [Jolani - whose very nom de guerre means from the Golan Heights] :
his govt is ready to completely surrender the Golan Heights to Is not real in return for MERE recognition by is not real of the new Syrian regime !
Appalling !

Bad as Bashar Assad was, he had ...
by Barbara
Tue 1 July 2025 12:02 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Upcoming Fr J Suaidan v Dyer ?
Replies: 9
Views: 810

Re: Upcoming Fr J Suaidan v Dyer ?

I came across one social media person, Theophan the Recluse Fan, a former Protestant, who asked :

"Is it possible to be an Orthobro but not be a Dyerite?"

and explained :

"I keep seeing people saying they were discouraged from Orthodoxy by Dyer and the Dyerites."


Do we know who this ...
by Barbara
Mon 30 June 2025 10:11 pm
Forum: Synaxarion Orthodoxia
Topic: "I was there too": Fr. Moses of Optina
Replies: 7
Views: 6406

Re: "I was there too": Fr. Moses of Optina


"He Created the Conditions for the Existence of Eldership
On St. Moses of Optina"

Father Nikolai, tell us about the St. Moses’s early life.

—Timofey Putilov, the future Elder Moses, was born in the town of Romanov-Borisoglebsk (now Tutayev in the Yaroslavl region) into a large merchant’s family ...
by Barbara
Mon 30 June 2025 12:36 am
Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
Topic: Mel Gibson on Mt Athos
Replies: 4
Views: 266

Re: Mel Gibson on Mt Athos

Fascinating story told in a comment to the above picture posted about Mel Gibson.
[The spelling leaves something to be desired, though !]

The writer has a Serbian last name, Stojkovic, and of course Hilandar is the Serbian Monastery on Mt Athos

"I was in Chilandar few years ago. The brethren ...
by Barbara
Mon 30 June 2025 12:27 am
Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
Topic: Mel Gibson on Mt Athos
Replies: 4
Views: 266

Re: Mel Gibson on Mt Athos

Many people's eyes caught that Mel Gibson has a nicotine tin in his shirt pocket. I have seen construction workers using that ZYN energy-boost < I guess it is. Anyone know ?

People are speculating that Mel Gibson has converted to Orthodoxy, but i doubt that.

They are negatively observing his ...