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In the late 1980s I worked in Russia. At that time, religion was forbidden in the country, and Isaac's Church in Leningrad was a museum. On weekends, I met local young people in my age and often visited their homes. To my surprise, I noticed that the homes had an altar with an iconi on it...

We have had similar traits in our marriage at times, we have just decided to do something about it together. Now we have been married for 23 years, time has included both ups and downs. In marriage, both parties must work to make the relationship work and at least one must be flexible. In...

Hi, I appreciate that you still want to stay married. My sister gave me two round rocks lying on top of a moss in a small box as an wedding gift. In her speech at the wedding evening, she gave me a hope that our marriage would look like the two stones. She said that these stones were in...

Hi, I have not encountered such a situation. However, I myself think that as a Christian we can meet people as friends even if we do not agree with them in holy things. Just because I attend a wedding does not mean that I agree with gay marriage. I think we Christians should be tolerant...

This is an intresting question and I give an answear by an Coptic Orthodox viewpoint ( youtube video ). I try to study my own life as much as possible and want to grow in my faith and here down is a little history from our country by Christian view. I live in a small northern country ( Finland...

Here is one other Aramean languag hymn with text :)

I mainly listen to newer music that conveys a Christian message. However, here is the Hymn (Aramean language) in Jesus' own language. Sounds beautiful to my ear and I wanted to publish it here.

It's not my writings, it was a quote from Philokalia by St Diadochos who was born around 400 and died before 486, was bishop of Photiki in Epirus (North Greece). Here is another text from the same author: "Spirtual knowledge comes throug prayer, deep stillness and complete detachment, while...

This is written in Philokalia Evil does not exist by nature, nor is any man naturally evil, for God made nothing that was not good. When in the desire of his heart someone conceives and gives form to what in reality has no existence, then what he desires begins to exist. We should therefore...

Hi, I do not really know the answear to you question. We have two state religions in Finland, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy. I belong to the Lutheran church in Finland, but my interest is in the Orthodox faith. You could say that I am Lutherian Eastern Orthodox. This is what I found from the...

That sounds Ok 😁

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