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Also the instructions for deacons issued by Hg Bishop Youssef of the Southern Diocese says that tonias are to be worn during Vespers and Matins.
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I haven't done a lot of research and imikhail may already have details to hand. But I note that the Marquis of Bute, introducing his translation of the Raising of Incense in 1908 says that the priest and deacons are already vested. I must wonder th…
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We all need a blessing to participate in the service of the Liturgy, it doesn't matter if we are receiving communion or not. In the British Orthodox diocese we do wear tonias for Raising Incense.
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Perhaps you do not agree with the reasoning, but this is because you are not willing to humble yourself before the tradition of the Church and wish to allow your own reason to be the judge of things. It is you who have introduced handedness. Where …
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[Moderator: I have removed some posts that were not helpful to the discussion of tonias]
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It is taken as meaning that the power of God (from the right) conquers and overcomes the powers of darkness (on the left). It has also been taken as meaning that salvation has come from the Jews (on the right) to the Gentiles (on the left).
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Yes. That would make sense as well. Depends on how the mother and child were positioned.
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Its from St Cyril of Jerusalem.
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I can't say what you should do, since you should discuss this with your own priest. I can only say what I would think if you presented yourself for communion with an infant in my own church. In such a case I would be more concerned with safety and …
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Because you are presenting a person to God, and we present with our right hand because it represents the good, the light, the life. It is cultural and symbolic, but that does not mean that it does not have value and meaning. The cross is held in the…
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The right hand, almost universally in human culture, AFAICS, represents the good, the light etc etc. When you are presenting your son for communion there is therefore a sense that you are presenting him with your own right hand. I think it is the s…
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Why must the reason be found in Scripture? Making the sign of the cross is not in the Bible either. But that was also part of the Apostolic tradition. Do you really think that a tradition is 'useless' unless you decide it is worthwhile? I am glad t…
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I find it rather offensive that you should speak of ancient and universal Orthodox tradition in the way you have. It is neither random, nor superstitious. I would suggest that you should refrain from communion if you are thinking in such a way tod…
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I have communed in all our Churches, and Oriental Orthodox Festival has taken place in many of the Churches at which laity from all the Churches have communed as a matter of course. It only requires contacting the priest in advance to ask what rest…
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Thanks for that note. Yes, this is certainly true, and one book I have to hand says that when they were profaned, such as by being worn by heretics, they would be burned.
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The tonia is far from a garment like any garment. It is blessed by a priest or bishop each time it is put on, and it is only put on with the authority and blessing of the priest or bishop, and only for liturgical purposes authorised by the priest or…
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That's not strictly true. Numbers of OO DO participate in the sacraments of the EO, and our own Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria has an agreement to allow full participation in all the sacraments for those in mixed marriages. As in all such mat…
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That's true. He gave us food so that we can live. But He didn't give us life so that we can eat. We sometimes (often) get things the wrong way round.
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I am now able to supply bookstalls at about a 40% discount. If you have a bookstore at your church then please consider getting the person running it to order some books from the Oriental Orthodox Library. There are 34 volumes in the library so f…
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I will be meeting the minister of the Anglican church I hope to use for this mission on Wednesday. Do please pray for me, and for this meeting, so that God's will becomes clearly known and it becomes possible to move forward with firm plans.
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Do you mean that there are no protestant songs sung on the West coast at any meetings? And that no protestant books or sermons or videos are accessed? That is again not what I have heard?
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Unfortunately that's not what I've been hearing from around the world.
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You say.. the church library is full of protestant books.. the more you become extremely against protestant material the more likely you will lose most of the flock of God i.e if our priests can not interest the youth and feed them with guidance T…
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I am indifferent to which direction people use, since both have meaning. For myself, as I was becoming Orthodox many years ago, it was for a while through the study of Eastern Orthodoxy, and I suppose that I absorbed the practice of crossing myself…
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The Protestant "gift of tongues" is not the same as the historic gift. Just because they say it is doesn't mean it is so.
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His uncle was a merchant. He travelled with him. There was a well established trade route between Britain and the Middle East because Britain was a source of tin, among other things. We know, for instance, that at the time of John the Almsgiver shi…
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It is an ancient tradition here in Britain that our Lord came on a trade visit to Britain in the time between his 12th year and his ministry, and that he accompanied his uncle Joseph of Arimathea. For example, St Augustine, writing to Pope St Grego…
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It is said that he made at least one visit to Britain. This was first described in a document that we still have in the 9th century, but it was an older tradition.