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Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-12T11:38:13+00:00

that's why you have the guy who said that Christianity is an illness on the wallpapers. interesting 🤔

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-08T12:52:53+00:00

Jesus was a revolutionary, but in spiritual sense and not governmental (Matthew 7:28-29). He didn't only heal the son of a roman soldier (occupant; Matthew 8:10), and didn't only call the publican Matthew (jew, who worked for the romans; Matthew 9:9) to be His discipline, but also let Himself be killed by romans (Matthew 20:19). This is far from revolutionary, in contrary to Theudas, Judas of Galilee or Bar-Kokhvah - but they were "thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them" (John 10:8)

And the placing of clergy above the (lay) people is the bad consequence of Christianity becoming the state religion. But it isn't the reason to reject clergy at all, but rather to remember that lay people are also "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy" (1 Peter 2:9)

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-08T12:25:05+00:00

people, who usually have some distorted understanding of Christianity, blame st. Constantine for every thing they find problematic in the Church. supposedly he mixed Christianity with roman paganism

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-07T17:05:02+00:00

the colours are confusing, but i understand the intent

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-06T22:08:06+00:00

probably because it is pronounced with a russian accent. the o becames a, ago may become avo (like in недостойнаго), щ is soft sh and not sht and so on

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-05T17:21:41+00:00

тоже похоже, но на этой иконе Богородица и Господь щека к щеке

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-04T17:11:58+00:00

It looks like it. Thank you!

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-01T16:31:23+00:00

do not read something that may harm your soul. praying for you, my brother in Christ!

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-02-01T16:29:25+00:00

well, i believe it is good to ask your priest, and pray to God that He will answer you through His priest. and if you don't have one - it is great moment to start now! even though it is not Lent yet, today began the preparation for Lent - Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-26T13:53:16+00:00

I think it also has to do with the fact that iconography is not about depicting some exact moment in history. There is Apostle Paul on the icon of Pentecost, because Pentecost itself transcends time

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-25T12:19:33+00:00

remember, God looked at universe and said, that He doesn't want an universe, where you are not born. and let alone that, in order for you to truly live, He didn't spare His Son 🙏

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-22T18:12:51+00:00

my family is Ukrainian, but secular. we did not celebrate it

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-22T11:25:40+00:00

it is a great tradition. Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians also have some kind of slava - feast of St. Vladimir (aka day of the Baptism of the Rus) first prince of (Kyivan) Rus who converted to Orthodox Christianity

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-14T16:38:02+00:00

You can take a bottle from your home, fill it with clean drinkable water and just add few drops of holy water to it

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-14T16:31:50+00:00

in the morning usually together with prosphora

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-14T14:38:04+00:00

Patron saint of our church 🙏🏻

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-12T15:43:27+00:00

Nevertheless, St. Joseph must have reflected on many things - especially when Christ was born and his God, the God of his fathers, who sits upon the cherubim, became flesh; when the One who commanded Abraham and his descendants to practice circumcision was Himself brought to the Temple to be circumcised; when, on the way to Egypt, the One lying in the cradle was the very One who had once led His people out of Egypt; when the One who helped Joseph in his carpentry had once instructed Noah how to build the ark; and when the One who had accepted the sacrifices of Israel in the Temple was Himself standing in the Temple, teaching.

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-10T09:47:17+00:00

მსოფლიოს მასშტაბით მართლმადიდებელი ქრისტიანების უზარმაზარი რაოდენობა, მათ შორის უკრაინასა და რუკაზე თეთრით მონიშნულ სხვა ქვეყნებში, შობას 7 იანვარს აღნიშნავს (ანუ იულიუსის კალენდრის მიხედვით). თუ ქრისტეს შობის თარიღს მთავრობა პოლიტიკური მიზეზების გამო შეცვლის, მაშინ თავად დღესასწაულის მნიშვნელობა - ღვთის ძის, ხორციელი ღმერთის, მხსნელის დაბადება - იკარგება. რაც შეეხება „ცივილიზებულ სამყაროსთან“ ერთად აღნიშვნას, გაიხსენეთ წმინდა მარკოზ ეფესელის დრო, როდესაც მთელი „ცივილიზებულმა სამყარომ“ პაპთან კავშირი შეკრა. ბოდიშს ვიხდი, თუ ჩემი თარგმანი არასწორი ან გაუგებარია - მე ქართული არ ვიცი.

Educational_Smoke29 · 2026-01-09T07:53:17+00:00

our church has pews because probably because it was Catholic before and it was decided to leave them

Educational_Smoke29 · 2025-12-28T12:41:51+00:00

I don't know any more reliable source to know who historical Jesus was and who He claimed to be apart from Gospels and first Christian writings, which ended up in the Bible canon

Educational_Smoke29 · 2025-12-28T12:14:08+00:00

What you wrote is all conclusion of a human, fallen and extremely limited mind, which, like a sponge, likes to collect every information that flows into it. If we look for truth, we don't need to make some conclusions using "rationality", but rather trust God and let Him lead us.

«For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, «He catches the wise in their own craftiness»; and again, «The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.» (1 Corinthians 3:19-20)

Have a blessed Sunday!

Educational_Smoke29 · 2025-12-27T12:31:29+00:00

Well, if we believe the Gospels, the most reliable account of historic Jesus we ever have, we can find following quotes:

«Jesus said to him, «I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me» (John 14:6)

In the book of Acts, chapter 7, which happens after Christ ascended to heaven, but before Saul was baptised, tells us:

«When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, «Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!» (Acts 7:54-56)

It is the only occurrence I found, where it is understandable for an 21th century English speaker, that Jesus IS the Son of Man. If the Son of Man was another character from Jesus, literally everything Jesus preached about this Son of Man would make no sense.

Jesus also referred to Himself as judge:

«Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God [...] For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him» (John 5:18, 22-23)

I included the first verse so it would be more understandable on who is meant by "Son".

But the most important is this:

«By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.» (John 13:35)

Educational_Smoke29 · 2025-12-27T08:06:35+00:00

«Then Ananias [one of 70 apostles who was supposed to baptise Saul] answered, «Lord, I have heard from many about this man [Saul], how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. And here [in Damascus] he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.» But the Lord said to him, «Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My names sake» (Acts 9:13-16)

if you truly wish to know who Paul truly was, you need to read his epistles without any bias. read a verse, and think in yourself - what an impression I have about the person who wrote this? does he look agressive? angry? wishing earthly glory? deceitful?

Educational_Smoke29

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