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by Jean-Serge
Thu 23 October 2025 8:32 am
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Prayer for my father
Replies: 25
Views: 24355

Re: Prayer for my father

Thank you for your prayers. He is better back home but there will be a recovery period of unkwown duration and with an unkown outcome for now in order to recover as much as possible strength, capacity of talking etc.

by Jean-Serge
Fri 10 October 2025 3:06 pm
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: Prayer for my father
Replies: 25
Views: 24355

Re: Prayer for my father

Unfortunately, my father, like last year had once again yesterday this type of stroke, maybe a bit more serious. He can only make small sentences (an improvement compared to yesterday) but remains in hospital under observation. May I ask for your prayers once again?

by Jean-Serge
Thu 10 July 2025 6:44 am
Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
Topic: Liturgical Languages Are An Impediment to Evangelization and Missionary Work
Replies: 9
Views: 8714

Re: Liturgical Languages Are An Impediment to Evangelization and Missionary Work

A reality in the French-speaking word is that the vocabulary of people has been going down, including the knowledge of several words. A teacher of religion (orthodox) explained me that she had to explain some basic words that were entirely unknown, or misunderstood (among orthodox pupils).

For ...
by Jean-Serge
Mon 7 July 2025 7:02 am
Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
Topic: Liturgical Languages Are An Impediment to Evangelization and Missionary Work
Replies: 9
Views: 8714

Re: Liturgical Languages Are An Impediment to Evangelization and Missionary Work


I also see the other side where in Russia today, the MP has almost completely abolished the usage of Slavonic and moved everything to modern Russian -- with the hope people will actually understand what is happening in the Liturgy -- but the people there are so secular and atheistic than even in ...
by Jean-Serge
Thu 22 May 2025 4:43 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Lesna: repose of schema-female-monk Angelina
Replies: 14
Views: 9023

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

As far as I know, she was indeed given Was the name Angelina for St Angelina [Brankovic] of Serbia.

by Jean-Serge
Wed 21 May 2025 10:40 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Lesna: repose of schema-female-monk Angelina
Replies: 14
Views: 9023

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


Thanks for this information, Jean-Serge.

Do you know WHEN Mother Angelina was the Abbess ?
Had to be before Abbess Makrina, but directly before ?
Or some years earlier ?

I too am surprised at Met Demetrios' serving the pannikhida, but maybe he was the only clergyman around at the time ...
by Jean-Serge
Sun 18 May 2025 11:38 am
Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
Topic: About a Liberal nun in "ROCOR" - MP
Replies: 67
Views: 377259

Re: About a Liberal nun in "ROCOR" - MP

I thought that once you were a monk, you remained it for life (from what I remember from Saint Nikodemos's Manual of Confession). She could kiss the Pope's hand, write dubious things about sexuality without sanctions... She's a show-woman... Let's wait for the next episodes...