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Did you send an email or a pm as I haven't received anything yet. Father Peter
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Yes, unfortunately that is very true in the Catholic context. In England the redundant church buildings tend to be Anglican and Protestant due to declining congregations. The Protestant ones are usually no more than 150 years old. The Anglican ones…
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That's a good idea ilovesaintmark. I have just emailed someone I know who has already brought an ancient church back from absolute ruin and so has great experience in what might be required. Father Peter
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May the Lord have mercy on you all. What are the children's names? PM me if you want. God bless you all and surround you with his comfort. Father Peter
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How was the purchase funded though? Father Peter
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I would imagine that this property is in need of renovation which is why it is at a lower price. I looked at another empty Church building in Chatham and the Anglicans wanted £250,000 to take out a lease, and then wanted £10k's of rent each year. …
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mezza, Why do you think that Catholics do not believe in saints? Every Catholic Church is named after a saint. They have saints days. They have the relics of saints. They have statues of saints. God bless you Father Peter
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Here is the building I would like.... http://www.michaelparkes.co.uk/properties/property/chapel/st-bartholomew's-chapel/ It is in the town where my own tiny little chapel is situated. This ancient building dates in part from 1078 and so is 900 yea…
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There is even the remains of a 12th century French Abbey for sale... http://www.abbayedebival.com/ Only €450k Father Peter
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I would love to be able to convert a larger old church property into an Orthodox church and centre for mission and education. But finds are currently less than a few £000 so God and/or a millionaire benefactor would have to intervene. Here are vari…
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Here is a list of Anglican churches available for other uses. Many will be turned into houses or businesses. I would love to be able to convert one for Orthodox use. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/diocesesparishes/rcsale/ Father Peter
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Dear mezza That is the same person. God bless you Father Peter
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Saint Augustine is a catholic saint. He is not normally called a saint in Orthodox Churches. God bless you Father Peter
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We did discuss this a little while ago and I said the following.. We shouldn't think of chastening as punishment. It is not punishment at all, even if it is sometimes hard to deal with. A football coach will chasten one of his players who is not p…
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I don't see how you can be Orthodox and Catholic at the same time. Which beliefs would you go with when there is a contradiction or difference of faith? Would you accept the Pope of Rome as the universal bishop of the whole Church, or reject this …
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Aidan, The catechism of the Catholic Church states... The essential rite of the sacrament follows: Baptism properly speaking. It signifies and actually brings about death to sin and entry into the life of the Most Holy Trinity through configuratio…
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I think the protestors came across as rather sad people who had nothing pleasant to say. Truly thank God their voices were drowned out by the obvious joy of so many Catholic Christians. 650,000 out on the streets and at events witnessing to their va…
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Dreams don't always or often have meaning. And we are usually taught not to pay attention to dreams. I would imagine that you have things on your mind which spill over into your dreams. This is a natural consequence of stress and anxiety and not ne…
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Yes, they are close in the sense of having a veneration of saints. But the figures on this particular bracelet are not Orthodox. They are all to do with particular Catholic devotions. There are bracelets that are made by Orthodox and which have Ort…
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Zoxasi, There are married priests in the Catholic Church. Some are those who joined the Catholic Church from the Anglican Church. And there are married priests and deacons in the Eastern rite Catholic Churches. There is regular discussion within …
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I think that we have to understand that at all times and in all places there have been sexually predatory people who have taken a great deal of effort to get into situations where they are able to work out their perverse desires and ambitions. In th…
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Zoxasi, Yes there is dialogue about the points which are still an issue, and this dialogue has been going on for some decades at the highest levels in our Orthodox communion. Here is one of several statements which His Holiness Pope Shenouda has …
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If you read the website that the image is linked to it seems the blogger bought this bracelet in South America, so it will be a South American Catholic bracelet and not very Orthodox.
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Ioannes, I don't think you are a heretic at all, but I do think that the Fathers, while being strict about the faith, did not show disrespect to others. And I do think it is important for us to respect others. The visit of Pope Benedict has been hug…
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Let's not turn the forum into facebook folks. It makes it harder for visitors to find the content. Father Peter
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I have to say that your views do not represent at all the many fruitful interactions which I have had with Catholics both before and after my ordination. And clearly your views do not represent the opinions of our own Coptic Orthodox bishops, or the…
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Its just finished. Bishop Angaelos was on TV a lot. I have to say you all come across as a pretty miserable bunch of folk. :-( I don't think you appreciate the value and importance this visit has for Britain. Father Peter
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The trouble is that likely buyers of my book are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church and other Oriental Orthodox communities and these are not concentrated anywhere near where I live. Indeed I don't know any Copts who live in my home town. So my m…
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I guess that pornography and all of the low level sexualisation we see all around us affects us in a rather in your face way, and although we must struggle against it, and often fail, nevertheless it is not secret and we can choose to use strategies…
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I've sold 34 copies so far since it was published. I guess most people, and I include myself, have lots of books they could and should buy. There are millions upon millions of books after all. I did email all the priests and bishops in the West, b…