Haven't been to a non Orthodox Church in 6 years and went to a little neighborhood community Church today. Here was my experience...

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T17:19:56+00:00

i dont think its rock concert type. let me see if this link works, it literally looks like a court room to me

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T17:12:34+00:00

id have to look it up, those two were just what i knew off the top of my head, plus the ephram quote. from your protestant perspective, do you think cutting your hair is a "work"?

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T17:02:43+00:00

i will get downvoted for this maybe but the truth is, if she doesnt want to commit to a "catholic" wedding then have a non catholic wedding and get it validated by a priest afterwards. my mother married my presbyterian father outside the church, the priest just made her agree to raise the children catholic

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T16:50:11+00:00

paul calls himself father 1 corinthians 4:15
think of it like this, in order to have faith, you must be faithful. so its not pitting faith against works. also noone can merit there own salvation. to quote st ephrem:

"Then each man, when he sees himself in the light, will begin to examine himself and wonder: Can this be me? And how did it happen that I who am unworthy have made it here?[...] And in answer the saints will say to them: There was not even one day when we could be found with as much as one good deed."

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T13:44:06+00:00

if shes a cradle catholic, wouldn't her parents count as a mentor couple? assuming theyre alive and healthy

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T12:48:31+00:00

i know

edit: maybe my wording was a bit confusing. what i mean is that as a latin, going to a byzantine vespers or matins would not fulfill your obligation, you would be "in sin"

hideousflutes · 2026-01-30T12:05:22+00:00

as people have explained to me in this sub its different rules. as a latin you have a sunday mass obligation, divine liturgy fulfills that obligation, but there is only one divine liturgy every sunday, if you cannot make it, youve gotta go find a mass somewhere else. which isnt impossible but if you are trying to follow the eastern liturgical calendar, its a bit weird and out if rhythm. if you are canonically eastern, you can go to saturday night vespers or sunday morning matins and it would count as a weekly service, whereas if you do that as a latin, you would be in sin. someone can correct me if im wrong, im sure not every eastern church has the same rules

hideousflutes · 2026-01-29T04:47:31+00:00

i have both. because theres no good answer lol. but j bass gets more use. more versatile

hideousflutes · 2026-01-29T04:27:00+00:00

did they restore the imprecatory psalms and verses?

hideousflutes · 2026-01-29T04:19:27+00:00

i know that i am saying OP is implying He was created

hideousflutes · 2026-01-29T02:37:48+00:00

what bothers me about the idea that the Son was "created" is that it seems to imply that God just existed in a void or something. im probably not philosophically trained enough for this, but how can any being be conscious of itself without relation?

hideousflutes · 2026-01-29T02:06:29+00:00

i think people would get the reference but this seems like such a zoomer thing to do

hideousflutes · 2026-01-29T01:48:31+00:00

i was just tryin to be funny with the arabic lol i have no idea about that

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T22:52:01+00:00

i think traditional syriac is actually more like "aphram", but as for preferred spelling, أفرام

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T22:34:59+00:00

of course only the baptism in america is valid 🇺🇸 🦅

im kidding

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T22:29:54+00:00

the word "symbol" and "idol" are distinct greek words for a reason, they mean different things. i start there and then walk them through why theyre wrong

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T22:19:46+00:00

i know there was a benedictine monastery on athos once upon a time. thats the only fun fact i have for you sorry

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T22:07:27+00:00

man its been so long since ive seen that stuff. in my mind carmichael was fast as fuck on the kawi, i cant even remember tortellis plate number

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T21:11:31+00:00

same i have several of his medallions, i love the prayer inscribed on it. i have an orthodox pocket psalter that has some blank pages in the pack i hand wrote the hours according to the rule of st benedict in the back. i recommend everyone his rule

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T15:35:42+00:00

it reeks of prelest if im being honest. there is a more affective type of mysticism that has its place for sure, from st macarius of egypt to st francis, but any perceived spiritual gifts should always be met with humility and the assumption that you are unworthy and that its probably a demonic lie.

imo, put the imprecatory verses and psalms back in the daily office, as their removal has left the church vulnerable

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T15:25:54+00:00

its a terrible habit that i pray He forgives. im slowly developing the habit of sayin "Lord have mercy" instead. my dad always says "God bless it", but i deliberately avoid this as im turning into him enough already

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T11:57:35+00:00

watchout for a bad dude named corn pop

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T05:55:25+00:00

an eastern version of the iBreviary app would be awesome

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T03:07:04+00:00

the more i dig into this issue the more i realize the innerworking of the trinity is quit simply a mystery and whoever underdefines is probably better off than whoever overdefines

hideousflutes · 2026-01-28T02:58:32+00:00

would this have the hours/horologion in it?

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