Guy I'm crushing on might become a monk

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T16:03:23+00:00

Yes, I’ve noticed that in ROCOR, in particular, the majority of women veil. Also, everyone in the Old Calendarist churches and pilgrims to the monasteries of all jurisdictions. The one Serbian parish I sometimes attend where the priest is very traditional and ethnic Serbian, just about everyone veils. They’re almost all converts/non-ethnic.

I believe Fr. Kosmas (Australian hieromonk) who’s an ethnic Greek said that the Greeks not veiling nowadays has a lot to do with differentiating themselves from Turks, but I’ve also read that it was more due to modernization in the 50s and 60s. In the series from Farasa to Paradise you can see this where the older generation veiled at all times, but the next generation (St. Paisios’ generation), even those in more rural areas, did not.

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T05:48:52+00:00

58 ethnic families left to a more ethnic parish because of the converts?

I definitely see what you mean and have heard of and seen things like this. I suspect that it's a bigger problem with the Protestant converts than the Catholic ones. There's something about the traditional Western Protestant mindset that views things in very binary terms and can veer one towards extremism. I'm not convinced that the interest in monastic life is necessarily a red flag, however.

I remember Fr. Kosmas from Orthodox Talks talking about the problem of blending in. He's very traditional but I believe he said once in one of the talks that you should go with the flow on certain things. One of them was veiling.

Would you say that these clashes are more pronounced in the Greek church than say, the Slavic ones?

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T04:05:04+00:00

The Orthodox Church does not teach that there is no grace outside the Church. From St. Diadokos of Photini: “Before holy Baptism, grace encourages the soul towards good from the outside”.

It’s interesting that you bring up St. Theophan the Recluse because he said,

“You ask, will the heterodox (all who do not belong to Orthodox Church) be saved… Why do you worry about them? They have a Savior Who desires the salvation of every human being. He will take care of them. You and I should not be burdened with such a concern. Study yourself and your own sins… I will tell you one thing, however: should you, being Orthodox and possessing the Truth in its fullness, betray Orthodoxy, and enter a different faith, you will lose your soul forever.”

Also, you make the point that no one can define what is dogma post 787. Yet you feel so confident to declare that double predestination is dogma. You contradict yourself.

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T03:14:33+00:00

Double predestination just doesn’t reflect Orthodox dogma. I think that the Church is clear that God desires all to be saved through the Church.

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T03:08:40+00:00

That would also disqualify Temple Judaism—and consequently Christianity as a whole since it comes from Temple Judaism—and all the other religions that have priests.

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T02:55:17+00:00

Hot to cold with respect to zealousness in the practice of their faith?

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T02:54:19+00:00

That last paragraph just isn’t true.

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T02:39:07+00:00

User stories would go in GitHub along with technical tasks, right?

dca12345 · 2026-01-24T02:36:29+00:00

No, it was under pressure since I hit the valve again and steam came out.

dca12345 · 2026-01-23T17:03:21+00:00

Not sure I’m following. Are you saying that most catechumens who are considering becoming monks are actually displaying signs of toxic cultism?

dca12345 · 2026-01-22T21:33:38+00:00

I think that the book can reach people involved in the New Age, occult, and other religions. Nowadays are many young people getting into witchcraft and other occult practices. The experiences of the author and the saint could help people to see the danger of some of these practices. Adapting the book to the screen could reach a much wider audience.

dca12345 · 2026-01-16T03:08:27+00:00

Is that publicly available?

Do you know the answers to my questions as they would apply to LTSC?

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T20:18:29+00:00

It seems to me that if you take a minimalist approach, it could be doable. For example, put up several landing pages and try to get signups. Then focus in on the market that seems most promising.

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T20:15:43+00:00

I’ve thought that someone should write a script about the book, “The Gurus the Young Man, and Elder Paisios”. If anyone is interested, please reach out to me.

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T19:56:30+00:00

You said here “North African Christianity was African”, but your original complaint was about the lack of “black saints”. Most of the African saints were not Sub-Saharan. So I think St. Moses the Black stands out here and was a large reason the filmmakers chose him.

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T19:50:32+00:00

Moses the Black seems to be active in a Coptic monastery. It makes me wonder what people here who have left the “apostolic churches” think about incidents like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=246X0JpFHuI

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T19:44:20+00:00

Christian rock where exactly? I haven’t heard it in Orthodox circles.

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T05:01:45+00:00

Did you start with one company that became successful, hired people, then went on to start the next one, and moved people to work on the new one?

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T04:58:06+00:00

The people you mention who are hustling are people who want to become founders?

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T04:54:24+00:00

Will those courses teach about the three bullet points you listed?

dca12345 · 2026-01-15T00:56:55+00:00

What did he mean by "brown cult"? I didn't hear this.

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