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7/26/2025, 12:17:26 AM
>>213081379
Who would even come here if they're under 35? What kind of sad existence is that?
Who would even come here if they're under 35? What kind of sad existence is that?
7/17/2025, 12:05:09 PM
>>17849204
All Orthodox monks, when taking monastic vows and canonically tonsured after being a novice for a period of time, abandon all aspects of their previous life, die to the world, and even take new names (not chosen, but assigned to them by their spiritual father)
So there are officially no namefags in our new monastery. I consider this a feature and expect it will increase enrolment.
All Orthodox monks, when taking monastic vows and canonically tonsured after being a novice for a period of time, abandon all aspects of their previous life, die to the world, and even take new names (not chosen, but assigned to them by their spiritual father)
So there are officially no namefags in our new monastery. I consider this a feature and expect it will increase enrolment.
7/14/2025, 3:00:43 AM
>>510318288
God loves us. He did not curse us, we cursed ourselves out of our pride and disobedience. Wanting to live apart from the grace and power and all things upheld by God is like desiring to live without oxygen. You aren't going to get very far before you keel over and suffer all kinds of maladies. That is where we are now.
God loves us. He did not curse us, we cursed ourselves out of our pride and disobedience. Wanting to live apart from the grace and power and all things upheld by God is like desiring to live without oxygen. You aren't going to get very far before you keel over and suffer all kinds of maladies. That is where we are now.
7/3/2025, 3:00:29 AM
>>509356177
The rainbow is real, that wikipedia article is pharisee phanfiction
Noah is my patron Saint. He is described by God as "a righteous man, blameless in his generation" and also described to have been perfectly obedient to God doing "all that God commanded him"
in other words, the two exact and polar opposites of jews both before and after they killed Christ their God and Messiah.
The rainbow is real, that wikipedia article is pharisee phanfiction
Noah is my patron Saint. He is described by God as "a righteous man, blameless in his generation" and also described to have been perfectly obedient to God doing "all that God commanded him"
in other words, the two exact and polar opposites of jews both before and after they killed Christ their God and Messiah.
6/29/2025, 8:25:32 PM
>>76317753
Trust in God. All will be right in the end. Continue progress on yourself. Do silent prayer. Try to sit still, do not think even one word or image for 15 minutes each day. Drive in silence, no radio. Use the Jesus prayer.
Trust in God. All will be right in the end. Continue progress on yourself. Do silent prayer. Try to sit still, do not think even one word or image for 15 minutes each day. Drive in silence, no radio. Use the Jesus prayer.
6/24/2025, 2:25:39 AM
>>508519710
People did in fact die and there were in fact consequences, even if the entire world paradigm did not change as a result.
Even periods like Covid did change the paradigm of the world, so that last point even further fails to hold up your nothing ever happens meme.
People did in fact die and there were in fact consequences, even if the entire world paradigm did not change as a result.
Even periods like Covid did change the paradigm of the world, so that last point even further fails to hold up your nothing ever happens meme.
6/21/2025, 12:27:32 AM
>>508125847
In time my friend. Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople will be in our hands and the white man will proudly raise the Cross and the Swastika over the 3 holy cities.
In time my friend. Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople will be in our hands and the white man will proudly raise the Cross and the Swastika over the 3 holy cities.
6/19/2025, 5:13:11 AM
>>507936245
Good thing the Bridegroom comes at midnight before you, to save us
https://youtu.be/rIG4UBmwF_I
Good thing the Bridegroom comes at midnight before you, to save us
https://youtu.be/rIG4UBmwF_I
6/19/2025, 3:40:10 AM
>>507922959
can I help you at all? I don't want to ask if you have questions because I really am no authority to answer them. All I know is I went through a similar thing as you did, just like parishes all over the country are experiencing with waves of people coming to the Church. I was baptized (and chrismated) on Great and Holy Saturday.
can I help you at all? I don't want to ask if you have questions because I really am no authority to answer them. All I know is I went through a similar thing as you did, just like parishes all over the country are experiencing with waves of people coming to the Church. I was baptized (and chrismated) on Great and Holy Saturday.
6/15/2025, 11:02:43 PM
>>507514342
You ask why the world remains corrupt if Christ is King. This misunderstands God’s *kenosis* (self-emptying). Christ’s Kingdom is not a worldly tyranny but a reign of sacrificial love. He permits human freedom—even to reject Him—because love cannot be forced. The "dumpster fire" you describe is the fruit of human sin, not divine impotence. As St. Paul writes: *"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers"* (2 Cor. 4:4). Yet even in darkness, Christ’s power sustains the cosmos (Heb. 1:3), and His victory over death is the ultimate answer to evil.
You twist Christ’s words. When He declared His Kingdom "not of this world," He revealed its divine origin—not its irrelevance. The Orthodox Church has *always* taught that Christ’s Kingdom *transcends* earthly politics while actively transforming them through grace. We are called to be "in the world but not of it" (John 17:14–16)—laboring for justice, feeding the poor, and confronting corruption precisely *because* Christ is King. To reduce this to "don’t get involved in worldly crap" ignores His command: "Let your light shine before others" (Matt. 5:16).
You mock believers as "losers" while implying *you* see the world’s brokenness clearly. Yet your solution—cynical surrender to "bankers and warlords"—is the true powerlessness. We proclaim Christ’s Kingship precisely because we refuse to accept corruption as inevitable. Through prayer, almsgiving, and community (the Orthodox Way), we participate in God’s renewal of creation—already begun, though not yet fulfilled.
Christ’s Kingship is not diminished by human failure; it is glorified in saints who embody His love in brothels, prisons, and war zones. The "invisible dude with a beard" *is* fixing the world—through His Church, one redeemed heart at a time. Your despair is understandable, but as Fr. Seraphim Rose said: "Do not be overcome by the apparent victory of evil."
You ask why the world remains corrupt if Christ is King. This misunderstands God’s *kenosis* (self-emptying). Christ’s Kingdom is not a worldly tyranny but a reign of sacrificial love. He permits human freedom—even to reject Him—because love cannot be forced. The "dumpster fire" you describe is the fruit of human sin, not divine impotence. As St. Paul writes: *"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers"* (2 Cor. 4:4). Yet even in darkness, Christ’s power sustains the cosmos (Heb. 1:3), and His victory over death is the ultimate answer to evil.
You twist Christ’s words. When He declared His Kingdom "not of this world," He revealed its divine origin—not its irrelevance. The Orthodox Church has *always* taught that Christ’s Kingdom *transcends* earthly politics while actively transforming them through grace. We are called to be "in the world but not of it" (John 17:14–16)—laboring for justice, feeding the poor, and confronting corruption precisely *because* Christ is King. To reduce this to "don’t get involved in worldly crap" ignores His command: "Let your light shine before others" (Matt. 5:16).
You mock believers as "losers" while implying *you* see the world’s brokenness clearly. Yet your solution—cynical surrender to "bankers and warlords"—is the true powerlessness. We proclaim Christ’s Kingship precisely because we refuse to accept corruption as inevitable. Through prayer, almsgiving, and community (the Orthodox Way), we participate in God’s renewal of creation—already begun, though not yet fulfilled.
Christ’s Kingship is not diminished by human failure; it is glorified in saints who embody His love in brothels, prisons, and war zones. The "invisible dude with a beard" *is* fixing the world—through His Church, one redeemed heart at a time. Your despair is understandable, but as Fr. Seraphim Rose said: "Do not be overcome by the apparent victory of evil."
6/15/2025, 11:02:43 PM
>>22829447
You ask why the world remains corrupt if Christ is King. This misunderstands God’s *kenosis* (self-emptying). Christ’s Kingdom is not a worldly tyranny but a reign of sacrificial love. He permits human freedom—even to reject Him—because love cannot be forced. The "dumpster fire" you describe is the fruit of human sin, not divine impotence. As St. Paul writes: *"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers"* (2 Cor. 4:4). Yet even in darkness, Christ’s power sustains the cosmos (Heb. 1:3), and His victory over death is the ultimate answer to evil.
You twist Christ’s words. When He declared His Kingdom "not of this world," He revealed its divine origin—not its irrelevance. The Orthodox Church has *always* taught that Christ’s Kingdom *transcends* earthly politics while actively transforming them through grace. We are called to be "in the world but not of it" (John 17:14–16)—laboring for justice, feeding the poor, and confronting corruption precisely *because* Christ is King. To reduce this to "don’t get involved in worldly crap" ignores His command: "Let your light shine before others" (Matt. 5:16).
You mock believers as "losers" while implying *you* see the world’s brokenness clearly. Yet your solution—cynical surrender to "bankers and warlords"—is the true powerlessness. We proclaim Christ’s Kingship precisely because we refuse to accept corruption as inevitable. Through prayer, almsgiving, and community (the Orthodox Way), we participate in God’s renewal of creation—already begun, though not yet fulfilled.
Christ’s Kingship is not diminished by human failure; it is glorified in saints who embody His love in brothels, prisons, and war zones. The "invisible dude with a beard" *is* fixing the world—through His Church, one redeemed heart at a time. Your despair is understandable, but as Fr. Seraphim Rose said: "Do not be overcome by the apparent victory of evil."
You ask why the world remains corrupt if Christ is King. This misunderstands God’s *kenosis* (self-emptying). Christ’s Kingdom is not a worldly tyranny but a reign of sacrificial love. He permits human freedom—even to reject Him—because love cannot be forced. The "dumpster fire" you describe is the fruit of human sin, not divine impotence. As St. Paul writes: *"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers"* (2 Cor. 4:4). Yet even in darkness, Christ’s power sustains the cosmos (Heb. 1:3), and His victory over death is the ultimate answer to evil.
You twist Christ’s words. When He declared His Kingdom "not of this world," He revealed its divine origin—not its irrelevance. The Orthodox Church has *always* taught that Christ’s Kingdom *transcends* earthly politics while actively transforming them through grace. We are called to be "in the world but not of it" (John 17:14–16)—laboring for justice, feeding the poor, and confronting corruption precisely *because* Christ is King. To reduce this to "don’t get involved in worldly crap" ignores His command: "Let your light shine before others" (Matt. 5:16).
You mock believers as "losers" while implying *you* see the world’s brokenness clearly. Yet your solution—cynical surrender to "bankers and warlords"—is the true powerlessness. We proclaim Christ’s Kingship precisely because we refuse to accept corruption as inevitable. Through prayer, almsgiving, and community (the Orthodox Way), we participate in God’s renewal of creation—already begun, though not yet fulfilled.
Christ’s Kingship is not diminished by human failure; it is glorified in saints who embody His love in brothels, prisons, and war zones. The "invisible dude with a beard" *is* fixing the world—through His Church, one redeemed heart at a time. Your despair is understandable, but as Fr. Seraphim Rose said: "Do not be overcome by the apparent victory of evil."
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