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I pondered a lot before sharing this publicly and I kind of hoped that not a lot of people would read this. But I had to share it in order to encourage the opener of the thread and others to never lose their hope in God, always seek Him because it only takes two steps from your part, the rest...

Also, I consider a fault and lack of faith that "I am normal again". I am seeing and thinking like the world, when I should see and think like God. Especially if I believe I have experienced God. But that's the problem: Jesus Christ is not hegemonic, He does not want to dominate you. He wants...

I experienced something similar last year, around this period of time. I won't say much, just that I fell crazy in love with Jesus Christ and took everything very seriously and when I less expected, but most needed, I felt God's presence (at church, during the Divine Liturgy, once the priest...

Maybe I'm more stupid than the rest of you but I would have liked a definition of the two words. Not all Christians hear the word 'continuationism' every day. Never mind, from the posts out here, I think I figured out what each term signifies. If continuationist mean that you believe the Holy...

Joseph together with Nicodemus took Thee down from the Tree, who clothest Thyself with light as with a garment. He gazed on Thy Body, dead, naked and unburied, and in grief and tender compassion he lamented: "Woe is me, my sweetest Jesus! A short while ago, the sun beheld Thee hanging on the...

The Noble Joseph The noble Joseph, when he had taken down Thy most pure body from the Tree, wrapped it in fine linen and anointed it with spices and placed it in a new* tomb. Come, Let us bless Joseph Come, let us bless Joseph of eternal memory, who came by night to Pilate and begged for the...

Every generation offers Thee its hymn of praise at Thy burial, O Christ. Look upon me and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of those who love Your name. The Arimathean took Thee down from the tree and laid Thee in a tomb. Direct my steps according to Your teaching and let no...

As You are crucified, the Temple veil is torn apart in two, and the lights of heaven hide themselves, as You, the Sun, are hidden underneath the earth. By Your will alone, You set the earth revolving on its course; now, as a mortal man, You sink beneath the earth. Let heaven shake and tremble...

O Life, how can You die? How can you dwell in a tomb? Yet by Your death You have destroyed the reign of death and raised all the dead from hell. We magnify You, O Jesus our King. We worship Your passion and Your burial, for, by them, You have saved us from death. Jesus, Lord, King of all, You...

"Joseph of Arimathea took Thee down from the tree, The Life of all, cold in death. Bathing Thee with sweet and costly myrrh, he gently covered Thee with finest linen and with sorrow and tender love in his heart he embraced Thy most pure body. Trembling at this awesome sight he cried out to...

Today is a chilling day in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Is the day of the Holy and Saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Good Friday is the only day of the year when the Divine Liturgy is not officiated, instead, is a day for vigil, prayer, sorrow (not a desperate kind of sorrow) and awe. I...

Crappy or good, that's not the point. Art can house the demonic. Even genius art. So, the point is: does the art we consume, make us think about our life and death, about our Creator, or it makes us more depressed, more deepened in this world? The purpose of a Christian is to acquire the mind of...

Start your own thread and I'll answer there.

I believe in both a physical and spiritual kingdom. The physical being the Church on earth ('the fighting church), the spiritual being the Church on Heaven (the triumphant Church). I don't think differently than the Holy Fathers of the Church. In order to not deviate this thread from its...

This is an icon by Russian monk Andrei Rublev, painted around 1435. Rublev identified the three angels that visited Abraham and Sarah, with the Holy Trinity. So, he took an icon/image of the Old Testament and used that same image in order to express another spiritual reality: the Holy...

Yes.

I'm sure you had some other things in mind but I just like how your scientific approach agrees (without you wishing for it) with what's been on my mind the last two years: the Christian icon (the symbolic expression of the kingdom of God).

So, there are two ways of seeing the world: from Satan's perspective (worldly way) and from God's perspective (with a repented, actually renewed mind - outwardly). 'Metanoia' means to aquire God's way of thinking and seeing. Saint Paul said something about receiving or waiting for the thought...

Very interesting!

I'm curious what he said to hurt your feelings. Does he know you feel hurt? Did you consider talking to him about it? Some people may offend you without even realizing, others do it with malice; in this latter case, I would avoid their presence. However, if you go at the same church and partake...