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by Xenia1
Mon 17 November 2003 12:32 am
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Fasting
Replies: 226
Views: 49507

St. Seraphim's, Fr. Seraphim's church, is in Seaside. I attend vespers there ocassionally, as I live in Seaside.

What church do you attend, Justin?

-Xenia

by Xenia1
Tue 28 October 2003 12:45 am
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Prayer request for my cat
Replies: 5
Views: 2011

Dear Valentina

You are NOT a whacko. You are a person who loves deeply.

-Xenia

by Xenia1
Sun 26 October 2003 6:32 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Dr. Laura is completely off her rocker!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 6365

Bitterness, etc.

Just because God forgives does not mean there are no consequences to sin. Well, that's certainly true. I came from a protestant church situation before converting to Orthodoxy that left me very bitter. I went to confession and my bitterness is now gone. I've spoken with some of the old church peopl...
by Xenia1
Sun 26 October 2003 6:13 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Dr. Laura is completely off her rocker!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 6365

Dr. Laura has been saying this for years.

However, Christianity is all about forgiveness. Without forgiveness, there is no Christianity. Dr. Laura is a moralist, but she has never been enlightened by the Holy Spirit. She has her opinions and that's all we can say about her. We can all bring to mind, as many in this thread have, verses about...
by Xenia1
Sat 25 October 2003 6:37 pm
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Prayer request for my cat
Replies: 5
Views: 2011

Oh Valentina

I am praying for your cat. I know how worried you must feel. I love my cats, too.

-Xenia

:cry:

by Xenia1
Thu 21 August 2003 6:36 pm
Forum: Book and Media Reviews
Topic: What Books Are You Reading?
Replies: 115
Views: 30349

books

The Bros K is my absolute favorite book. When I first read it, I thought it was a great atmospheric murder mystery. When I read it after living as a Christian for a few years, I noticed some "spiritual stuff" that I had skimmed over the first time. And now that I'm Orthodox... Murder? wha...
by Xenia1
Wed 20 August 2003 9:32 pm
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Missing Prayers
Replies: 9
Views: 4224

My situation

I work at a Protestant high school, and we are expected to attend staff devotions half an hour before school starts. These devotions are very "Protestant" and were not profitable for me, so I decided to quit attending them and spend the half hour at home, saying my beautiful Orthodox praye...