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It was the case in all old English Churches until the Middle Ages that people would stand, or if weak and infirm would sit on the benches around the edge of the wall. This is where the saying, 'The weak go to the wall' comes from. Father Peter
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The facts of the Quartodeciman controversy which took place in the first half of the second century prove that Pascha was not celebrated every 33 years. The question developed into whether it should be celebrated with the Jews on the 14th Nisan, or …
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Why? When did this change take place?
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The Church never celebrated Pascha only once every 33 years. I have no idea where the writer you linked to got that idea. The Jews celebrated Passover every year and the Church remembered the events of Pascha at around the same Passover time each ye…
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Do you mean that all the churches you normally worship in have pews? It is normal practice for there NOT to be seats. In my own little Church we only have seats around the outside of the building and most people stand for most of the service. Ho…
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You see that I have to wrestle with God's will as well since I would wish to be able to dedicate all my time to these things, but at present God would seem to want me to do other work much of the time. Father Peter
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Maybe I will write a general paper considering the issues across the Oriental Orthodox communion so that no one is singled out. But it does seem to me to be a serious matter. Father Peter
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A duke is the highest rank of nobility, but not of royalty. Father Peter
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Lol! Rublev's icon is not naturalistic at all. The proportions of the angels are all elongated. Their features are stylised. They are not the representations of real people sitting in a studio. The fact that Greek and Egyptian styles of iconography …
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Then.... We should reject it utterly as a false methodology. The Church will not lack a youth, but there will always be some youth who choose to abandon Orthodoxy. We must not corrupt the truth to try to keep them. The mega churches in the US are f…
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Lifeindeath, naturalism has no place in the Church iconography. It has nothing to do with ability of artists. The introduction of sentiment and emotionalism through naturalism in art is deeply un-Orthodox. It seems that we need to learn again in ou…
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Orthodoxy does not give us the freedom to do what we think is fun in the Church. Everything in the Church is there for a purpose to form our spiritual lives. We do not choose what we like, rather we embrace a life of spiritual discipline that extend…
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The prophecy in Daniel does not refer to the ministry of Christ. It refers to the length of the tribulation at the end (in one way or another). Why would a calculation from the calendar, and there are thousands of such calculations which are possib…
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But we don't know how old our Lord was when he ascended to heaven.
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I am confused as to why becoming more Christlike requires us to sing Protestant songs?
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It has had down sides as well I would say. I am sure that others can think of some. But teaching people about the faith is something that has always taken place. It is not new. Even if it had become less productive by the 19th century. The Sunday …
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Sorry, I don't mean to contradict you at all but you are very wrong on this. There are rules about the art that is to be used in our Churches. It has nothing to do with artistic technique in the world around us. There is a style of iconography whi…
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Are Protestants going to Hell? I don't think I will answer that question. I'll answer some others. Do we all deserve judgement? Yes we do. Will God have mercy on whomsoever He will have mercy? Yes, He will. Are there Protestants who have done…
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Icons are not meant to be 'aesthsetically pleasing'. This seems to be another side of the Protestant influence. I would suggest, epiphania, that with an interest in art you should really study the meaning and history of iconography. I think you wo…
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We know that the Protestant Churches do not teach the true Faith. This does not mean that we need to judge any particular Protestant, not least because we do not know how much of the Protestant teachings they have accepted, and we do not know their…
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dzheremi, what is a shame is that there is such a high quality of Coptic iconography being produced at the present time, such that whenever I produce some printed or presentational material I always want to use that rather than Westernised sentiment…
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Lol! I agree with you that the line is not clear. I wonder if there is a difference between the non-liturgical performance of musically accompanied poetry (as it were) and the introduction of evangelical style songs to be sung as worship? I guess …
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LOL!, or rather what is the opposite of LOL. C[ry]OL? There is always something we can do when we see things that do not belong to Orthodoxy creeping in. If no-one says anything then they will come to dominate. At least we can (probably) raise our …
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One of the main issues I have with modern Protestant worship songs is that they tend to exclude people. We have discussed this in my own Church since most of us are converts. In a modern charismatic church, generally speaking, if you are feeling ha…
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Lol. When you put me on the spot I can't immediately think where I can find a gallery for you. ..... A large proportion of the books here, for example, have non-Orthodox covers. One example is this... This is not an icon, and certainly not a C…
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Non-Orthodox songs are not necessarily Christian at all. That is the problem. Those of us that have converted are able to testify to our own experiences. We know what we are talking about. Simply because a song mentions Jesus doesn't mean that it …
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Thanks for these suggestions. I will follow them up. Father Peter
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I have no problem with someone composing an Orthodox song and singing it with guitar accompaniment. There is nothing wrong with songs, as long as they are Orthodox. But there is a difference to listening to someone who has composed a thoughtful and…
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I am not happy with it at all. It is indeed Protestantism creeping in by the back door. Father Peter
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Is that the correct URL? I am mobile and can't check but the word orthodox is misspelled. Father Peter