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I would always recommend the Jesus Prayer as the means and method of bringing about the constant remembrance of God. If we become 'pray-ers' then prayer is something that we are always doing wherever we are and do not feel comfortable without doing.…
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Dear binC, We should never act as though the substance of the faith is a matter of no consequence. It is extremely important that as far as is within our own obedience we must share the Gospel of the Orthodox Faith. Everyone needs to become Orthodo…
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Why would that be so? It is God's will that all be saved, and we pray in the Agpeya many times each day, 'God...who calls all to salvation..', so we must believe that God is with all those who seek him, and loves all men, even those who are not see…
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We are not to return evil for evil. It is better to fast and pray and use humbly those means which we have to make concerns known. But there are a lot worse things happening to Christians around the world. I do note that Saudi Arabia has asked to b…
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Personally I don't think so. These religions are not calling out to God. I do think that a Hindu, Muslim or Sikh who was seeking the true God will be heard by Him. But a Hindu, Muslim or Sikh being a committed Hindu, Muslim or Sikh has been deceive…
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If a demon is cast out or is forced to stop oppressing a person then it is because of Christ, not because of the beliefs of the person asking Christ for help. We could ask the question, does God hear the prayers of anyone who is not Orthodox? But i…
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I am not quite sure what you mean about the Coptic heritage containing all the saints? St Severus St Gregory Nazianzus St Basil St Gregory Nyssa St John Chrysostom St Ignatius of Antioch St Polycarp St Irenaeus of Lyons St Justin Martyr St Philoxen…
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The British Orthodox Church is not a Patriarchate. It is presently a diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate under Metropolitan Seraphim. It would be good to have the heads of all of the sister Churches commemorated in the Liturgy. This is sl…
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I am not sure what you mean by 'the Church'? The Church is not clergy. We are not Roman Catholics. We are all part of the Church. If you mean that a person should ideally seek advice from his spiritual father, and his parents and friends, then that…
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There is NOT one perfect person you have to find and marry. The Bible doesn't say that. The Fathers don't day that. It is just something the devil uses so that we can say 'I have married the wrong person'. Apart from the instance of violence and abu…
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I have always thought, even when an Evangelical, that a committed Christian should be able to live with almost anyone as husband and wife. That does not mean we should choose unwisely, but that marriage is an ascesis as much as the monastic life. It…
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This is how monasticism has been described in Roman Catholic circles, but I am not confident it is the basis of Orthodox monasticism. Not that these are not aspects of monastic living, but they are also aspects of all faithful Christian living. To …
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If she is doing a Master's degree then does she not have access to all the journal databases and online libraries etc? Father Peter
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The Church isn't about rites. It's about life in Christ. The Syrians are one of the ancient 5 patriarchates, but the Nubians, and extinct Church, did not have their own patrirach. Nor did the Ethiopians until a few decades ago. For more than a thou…
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Why? The British Orthodox Church is only a diocese especially for British people, and only has a diocesan bishop. It is not autocepalous or autonomous, though of course as a diocese under a Metropolitan there is the usual freedom for our bishop …
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You've just got to do what we all have to do with every sin. Repent, ask God to help you get back on your feet, and carry on persevering. Sometimes we feel even worse because we think that we have let ourselves down, but actually that is pride. We …
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Make sure you draw something every day. You don't need to be at school to practice and use your talent. Make every effort to use it and build up a portfolio so that you do not let the talent go to waste and so that it is ready to be used when and …
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I was starting to make some notes last night, and it is clear that I will not be able to properly cover the topic as I wish in a short article since I already have 60 questions I want to answer, and that it seems necessary to answer. This will proba…
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I must try to avoid Tasbeha so that I can actually get down and write something. I have Word open ready to start a draft! I would say that we inherit the human nature in which Adam was created, and we inherit a condition of life without the indwell…
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This is not the teaching of St Cyril, St Severus, St Gregory and a great many other Orthodox Fathers. It is the teaching of Augustine. We do not inherit a contagion, we inherit a nature which is deprived of grace but in all other respects the same …
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No we are not born with any sin. This is the clear teaching of the Fathers. Our Lord was born into our human condition exactly like us. Willingly enduring the consequences of Adam's sin but not guilty of it, as we are not guilty of his sin, only our…
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I am presently studying the issue of the filioque in preparation for writing an article, and I was surprised to learn in my reading today that the works of Augustine were not translated into Greek until the 14th century. Therefore NONE of our Orthod…
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I was reading about Augustine just now, and interestingly, St Ambrose told him to read Isaiah when he was wanting to become a Christian, because it more clearly foretold the Gospel message. But when Augustine picked it up he found its meaning elude…
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I was recently reading a text by Gregory of Nyssa called 'Concerning Infants Who Have Died Prematurely' in which he says many things, but his position is essentially... But the person who shuns purity of virtue and fosters an incurable illness of i…
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What is 'Original sin'? It is not something that I have read either St Cyril or St Severus speak of. It does seem to me that it is a Western, Catholic and Augustinian idea that has been introduced more recently into our thinking. Why do people bapt…
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ILSM make a a good post. If you are angry then ask for help to find out why and deal with it. In my own case there were relationship issues, but I had to realise that I could not rely on other people to make me feel good about myself, I needed to r…
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It looks like the icon of St Mina has been photo-shopped over the picture of His Holiness. But it is not easy/possible to see if the photo-shopped image is what is in the frame, or if what we are seeing is a photo-shopped merging of two images, one …
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No-one can stop you doing whatever you want, but you have already shown that the process you have adopted is not leading you towards the Christian faith since you do not believe what the Christian faith teaches. I can't think of any who doubt that …
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St Cyril and St Severus are very clear. We are not born sinners, we are born mortal. We are born facing the consequences of Adam's sin, which is a life separated from God and facing both spiritual and physical death, but we are not sinners. St Sev…