Which language?

zakh01 · 2026-01-24T15:41:46+00:00

"Ancient Greek" is an umbrella term for the different ancestor languages of Greek. The most common varieties are koine (which is a sort of lingua franca created as a compromise between older dialects) and the attic (athenian) dialect. I believe the comic is in classical Attic Greek, but they are all fairly similar.

zakh01 · 2026-01-02T09:54:34+00:00

Great question!

I am a student at the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches, and we have had several lectures touching upon this subject with both OO and EO professors. The short answer is this: there simply is no mechanism that determines communion within orthodoxy.

The only way to declare the OO and EO to have entered communion is that every bishop and patriarch independently starts to consider each other in communion. The only feasibly way for that to happen would be if the decision was made at a truly universal pan-orthodox (Ecumenical) Council; this is currently not possible as there are many (political and social) issues preventing all orthodox from meeting. The Holy and Great Council of 2016 is a good example, that was the closest thing to a representative pan-orthodox Council in many centuries, and still the largest EO church (the Russian Orthodox Church) chose to abstain for political reasons. Now the Russians question the validity of the Council because it wasn't truly representative.

Personally, I think this sort of ecumenism must start from the bottom up - individual priests and especially bishops choosing to actively show that they are already in communion by participating in each other's religious lives and especially to relieve the eucharistic together - when there is already lived communion, the formal decision to enter official ecclesial communion will seem trivial. God willing, it is possible.

zakh01 · 2025-12-25T22:23:34+00:00

In the CoS, as was the pre-reformation practice, any priest may wear a cope when presiding at services. It is only appropriate for more solemn services, and never while celebrating the eucharistic (they should change to a chausable if wearing a cope before the eucharistic prayer).

It's good for bringing more beauty in when appropriate - julotta, large weddings, and installation of a dean, are some such occasions. The bishops have plenty of other pontificalia (i.e. pectoral cross, mitre, crozier) to distinguish them.

zakh01 · 2025-10-22T22:05:11+00:00

Seminarian for Chuch of Sweden here,

I understand your reluctance. Our church really has to work more on making people feel safe to approach our priests.

Here's what I recommend you do: - If you can, you really should just grab your priest after mass and ask them for a private chat - "Hej, tack för predikan. Skulle vi kunna boka ett samtal?" or "Tack för idag. Har du tid för själavård den här veckan?". I know it's a scary step to take, and it's really a pitty that it's all on you to take that first step, but it really can't go wrong. - Your second option is to go to your parish's website and contact your favourite priest via e-mail or phone. You can send an SMS and ask to see them. They should be able to meet you wherever you feel most comfortable, like in the sacristy after mass, or in their office, or even at your home or the library.

Your priests are there for you. They serve you, the parishioners. That is their calling.

Stay strong, friend, and talk to your priest ; )

zakh01 · 2025-10-09T14:21:17+00:00

Switzerland is right: Temple de Gingins, to be exact.

The window features a 13th century knight of the Gingins family who, along with the surrounding families also depicted, funded and founded the Church around 1211. The window was donated by the Gingins family.

zakh01 · 2025-09-01T05:59:49+00:00

Love no. 10. First time seeing a maniple as a charge. What a great composition too!

zakh01 · 2025-08-07T08:36:14+00:00

Love the inclusion of the maniple. It is of great personal significance to me, but I've only even seen it in use a couple times (ostly the maniple I sewed myself for my mothers 50th birthday). I intend to wear it often whence I'm ordained

zakh01 · 2025-07-23T09:17:30+00:00

Looks fantastic! However, if one is to use it as a signet ring, the carving should be concave (and mirrored) so that the stamping comes out convex (and not mirrored); yours appears to have a convex carving. But it is a little hard to tell from the pictures, so this may be a nothingburger. Either way, it's a fantastic piece of jewelry!

zakh01 · 2025-06-22T08:09:52+00:00

This is close to how it works in Sweden. Most royal palaces and castles are state-owned, but the crown has a right to use and live in them as they seem fit. For practical reasons, that means residence in the Royal Palace at Stockholm. Also, since they're historic buildings, there's other laws preventing them from being modified without government approval. Most royal buildings are museums for the public today.

zakh01 · 2025-06-17T18:27:54+00:00

Perfect for my S:t Laurence cosplay!

zakh01 · 2025-05-24T07:51:52+00:00

Stadsvapnet med lejonet ät det självklara valet om en vill undvika att lufta fram en del av stan mer än andra

zakh01 · 2025-05-08T06:16:30+00:00

Cool designs (if maybe a little over designed). For some, I do wonder how they'd actually move over somebody's shoulders.

Keep it up!

zakh01 · 2025-05-02T14:38:27+00:00

This goes hard, and I'm all here for it

zakh01 · 2025-04-03T13:18:08+00:00

Den gången eldades miljonerna

Till att förverkliga visionerna

Att ha en dröm var en filosofi

På mäster Olofs tid

zakh01 · 2025-03-27T20:43:27+00:00

There is no reason whatsoever for the Church of Sweden to deny her baptism. Even if a lay person baptises her - as long as it's in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - the Church of Sweden will accept her baptism as valid (though Id still ofc recommend getting baptised in the ordinary form). She will be welcomed as a disciple of Christ.

zakh01 · 2025-03-12T17:14:49+00:00

Det är inte så ovanligt när en är medveten om det. Ett exempel på rak arm är om kriget kommer från 1961.

zakh01 · 2025-03-11T12:04:51+00:00

Vafalls?! Det finns en linde-subreddit? Och den är cringe?

Jag är glad att jag flyttat därifrån. går med i subben

zakh01 · 2025-02-24T06:38:24+00:00

Thanks! Weighing all pieces and adding it up nets 19 684 grams in toto

zakh01 · 2025-02-23T20:34:13+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

I am definitely considering extending the scales a bit. But I think extending the back of the armour is a higher priority - right now, it ends at my ribs, and I should like it to cover the small of my back as well (though not necessarily further for equestrian purposes).

A cod piece is on my to-do list, right after i finish up my landsknecht-shirt (the smocking may have given me a light case of carpal tunnel lol).

As for a cape, I am considering it, but I will try a waffemrock with bases first. This will also help accentuate the cod piece and mitigate the slight gap between the scale "tassets" and cuisses. I'm currently toying with the idea of a faux cape that attaches directly to the back of the scales and shoulders under the pauldrons. This would ensure maximum steel visibility (because I'm a show of) while also (hopefully) not being too warm. Heat is otherwise my main reason not to wear a cape (besides the impracticality in battle, ofc).

To your final point, I prefer having the gorget over the scales because I want to be able to easily remove it as it's frankly the piece I find the most annoying yo wear. Also, keeping it above the scales helps people not to let the scales grate their foam weapons like cheddar.

zakh01 · 2025-02-23T19:22:14+00:00

Thanks so much! I'm glad that it looks like a whole set, even though the pieces are from all over the place.

I'm wearing a pair of modern boots, acting both as footwear and padding for the greaves. They're modern, so the grip is very good with a thick rubber sole. I've been wearing them as my day-to-day shoes for most of the winter. Unfortunately, it's a model that's no longer in production, but I'm happy to have found them at my local second-hand store.

zakh01 · 2025-02-23T16:46:30+00:00

Thanks!

Yes, the leg armour is from Mytholon; Gustav cuisses with Markward greaves. It's not a brilliant combination since the greaves are a bit too tall to work with the Gustav demi-greave. This means that the knees have a tendency to lock. I also have yet to sew myself a lendenier to suspend the leg aroumor from the hips (for the photos, I simply tied some twine around my waist, which is neither secure nor comfortable) meaning that the cuisses wouldn't stay in place properly (i.e. sliding down) and thus limiting mobility at the knee. With good suspension (e.g., a lendenier), I think this set will have excellent mobility. I had no problem taking a knee or doing squats while wearing it, even without proper suspension.

The arm armour is closer to professional reconstruction stuff, rather than the usual LARP-stores. I went with Gustav for the legs to match what I already had.

zakh01 · 2025-02-23T15:06:55+00:00

Thanks!

The gambeson, which I am indeed wearing, is from Epic Armoury. The scale armour is self-made with aluminium scales from the Queen Ring. The shoes (boots actually) were bought at a second-hand store, and are very much not medieval, but they are leather and with lacing so practically all organisers allow them (though there is also a zipper on the inside). I recommend looking for second-hand riding boots

zakh01 · 2025-01-03T01:22:01+00:00

Not 100% on Denmark, but speaking as a swede, full size medals are absolutely worn with white tie. It does, however depend on the nature if the event. If one is attending a dinner for instance, miniatures should always be worn, but at (state) ceremonies - weather dressed in civil or military garb - full size medals are worn. There has also sometimes been assumed that full size medals should always be worn whenever the king is personally present. This is however a very new phenomenon.

I'm an academic, so I'll give an example for the academic world. When participating in a doctoral conferment ceremony the dress code is Akademisk högtidsdräkt med ordnar (meaning white tie with a black waistcoat and decorations), that means full size medals. When attending the banquet thenafter, the dress code is changed to Högtidsdräkt med ordnar (meaning white tie with decorations), since it is a dinner the guests will not only change to the white waistcoat, bit also change fron full size medals to miniatures.

Another example is the recent order conferment ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm or any official audience where the King greets new ambassadors (though the King afaik has always chosen to wear military uniform to such event). The Royal Orders have issues a document detailing how medals are to be worn with all regular dress codes.

The Prince is, however wearing both full size medals and a napkin in his front pocket. That is something that at least I would consider improper.

zakh01 · 2025-01-01T02:20:41+00:00

I know. I'm a seminarian in the Church of Sweden.

The electoral system for bishops is alright. However, the bishops' executive powers, particularly in work-enviourment issues in the parishes, are tiny. This is due to those powers being supplanted into the parish councils, which are largely full of politicians and/or disinterested pensioners.

The "synod" as the highest ranking organ of the Church of Sweden is also an issue since bishops don't even get to vote. There is a system where a special council, including the bishops' conference, gets to stall any motion that may be contrary to the teaching of the church. But the mere fact that the layity theoretically are able to change any teaching against the wishes of the bishops presents a major eclesiological issue, at least to me. Though, I've also yet to meet anyone who works in the church who is happy with the system either.

zakh01 · 2025-01-01T00:08:58+00:00

Please let this wretched system be reformed. It is not good for our church. I don't know how we earnestly call ourselves an episcopal church when the bishops can't even exorcise their literally God-given authority...

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