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Norra Re @frenki (1693) • Serbia 14 Jan 20

Maybe some of you didn't know, but today (14.01.) is actually 1st of January by Julian calendar, the calendar that Orthodox Christians use (not all now). Here it has popular name "Serbian New Year", tho it's connected to calendar...

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We will defend our faith with life

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66063) • Serbia 28 Dec 19

Good evening friends For days, terrible things have been happening in our neighboring country, Montenegro. The villain in power is trying to destroy Orthodoxy, which is why my people are preparing for the worst case scenario,...

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Patron saint

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66063) • Serbia 14 Oct 19

Good evening friends I went a few days because we were celebrating. Some may know that we Orthodox have baptismal glory. So we were celebrating and my aunt and brother were coming along with the kids and the girl. I spent time...

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The Orthodox Easter 2018

Albena Ivanova @WriterAI (5373) • Bulgaria 8 Apr 18

The Orthodox Easter 2018 is today, April 8th 2018. I am an Orthodox Christian. We eat painted eggs, roasted lamb meat, green salads meat and sweet breads. Also we drink a lot of drinks: alcoholic and non-alcoholic. We send our...

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Reminder: The Old New Year Festives Have Already Begun

Albena Ivanova @WriterAI (5373) • Bulgaria 13 Jan 17

The so called New Year festives according to the Julian calendar have already begun. Also it is called Orthodox New Year. It is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. It is...

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Reminder: Orthodox Christmas Celebrations

Albena Ivanova @WriterAI (5373) • Bulgaria 7 Jan 17

Today, 7th January 2017, is Christmas day for some of Orthodox Christians all over the globe. Because most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas two weeks after Western churches, holiday festivities are still happening around...

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Orthodox Easter is coming

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 30 Apr 16

48 days of Lent are coming to an end. Passion Week started on Monday. Church people clean their accomodations, bodies, souls. The first ones with broom and cleaning fluid. The second ones with bath sponge and soap. The third...

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Does Changing Religion Can Help Us To Be Save?

arviez @arviez (183) • Philippines 24 Mar 12

I noticed that most born again Christians keep saying that religion cannot save a person from sins but his faith does. If that is the case then why they keep inviting people to join on their church and practice the faith. Why they...

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Why do the Orthodox and Roman Churches deny that Jesus had siblings

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 11 Dec 11

The siblings of Jesus are mentioned in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew and indeed the early Church accepted this. Why then did the Orthodox and Roman Church deside that Jesus was an only child? all the best urban

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Surprise declaration by the pope on slavery

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 10 Dec 11

The Roman Church originally sanctioned slavery, Thomas Aquinas arguing for it and Gregory IX incorporating it into cannon law and some Catholic clergy and religious orders owned and traded slaves. Furthermore, the first...

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A Question For Anyone With Serbian Background

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 15 Nov 09

Is there some kind of holiday today in the Serbian Orthodox church, or something? Maybe this week? A Serbian friend of mine mentioned taking a week's vacation, and the Serbian show that plays on a local station on Sunday...

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Yassou Nona: The role of the Godmother.

katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 11 Sep 09

There comes a moment in the life of every Mama when she hears the words 'let me baptize your child'. This is from the potential Godmother who is a lovely person who then organises a lovely baptism service into the Greek orthodox...

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Religion at schools

violeta_va @violeta_va (4831) • Australia 19 Dec 08

My son is starting school next year and I was told they are going to have religius studies at school once a week. I really dont feel comfortable with this for few reasons: * He is going to be 5-6 when this starts and I belive he...

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Clerical marriage - THE MOST DIVISIVE ASPECT

Khayam @Khayam (346) • Romania 19 Nov 08

The Roman Catholic Church norms do not allow clerical marriage of any sort. It is considered that clergy is married to the Church, as Christ was. The Eastern Orthodox Churches allow clerical marriage for priests, but forbids it...

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What do you think about Freemasonry?

Khayam @Khayam (346) • Romania 18 Nov 08

It is an occult sect promoting evil power or it is just an obscure fraternal organisatin that is compatible with the systems of ethical and spiritual values imposed by world's religions? Christian Churches raised severe...

Do you believe that women should always get married in white ?

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 1 Nov 08

I think the bleief that women should always get married in white is an unnecessary imposition on women by traditionalist society.I think it is an archaic belief that should be relegated to the days of neanderthals and replaced by...

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Christ is Risen!

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 26 Apr 08

I want to wish all my Orthodox friends a happy, healthy, holy Pascha. Do you have any special customs that you do to celebrate this Holy Day?

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Do you have relationships with people of a different religion to yourself?

babykay @babykay (2131) • Ireland 19 Jan 08

I am from a Catholic background. All of my friends and family are the same (Ireland can be pretty monocultural). I am no longer a catholic myself and many friends would say the same. Recently a close friend began to date a Hindu...

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To all christian Orthodox myloters

violeta_va @violeta_va (4831) • Australia 7 Jan 08

I wish you all Marry Christmas and "Jisus was born" (to all that dont know this is the greeting we use for the holidays)

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would u marry your lover from another religion when your parents oppose it..?

meera88 @meera88 (737) • India 11 Mar 07

wat wud u do...when ur lover belongs to another religion n ur parents are strictly orthodox....n dont support these kind of marriages...wat wud u do???

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