UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:31

It’s quite disrespectful really. He’s a monk, not a celebrity

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:26

i know but he did visit the monastery but this was before the plague happened.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:24

He is a hermit now I thought

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:22

Do you know he is going ?

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:13

Another one from today. The Trisagion. ☦️

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 17:11

Same really. I always choose this setting, as everybody knows it and it is really uplifting

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:54

Some photos from today's service this was after there is a strict no phones rule during liturgy

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:51

I personally particularly like a band during the Holy Friday evening procession

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:39

The problem is that after the 10 commandments there are some other commandments from wish that are attributed to God Himself and it does not make sense

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:31

A procession I took part in August 2022 when I was on holiday in Greece.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:29

It costs money though that way

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:28

Personally I like processions with public roads being cordoned off by the local authority

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:26

Now tell me, this cannot be a mere coincidence

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:14

and from that look how many generations before man was ready for Christ.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 14:53

Yes our past was cruel and barbaric, God could have fixed it all instantly with the snap of His fingers but again doing so would remove our free will

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:31

They all do this with fr zacharias too.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:24

Not really visiting anywhere

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:23

he tends to come and go but doesnt really announce it cause all Romanians swarm around him

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 23:22

I’ll be there next month for a weekend

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 22:57

i keep meaning to ask, if anyone goes to St John the Baptist monastery, can you please discreetly ask when Fr Raphael will be visiting from Romania. thank you!

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:54

The Cherubic Hymn ☦️

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:52

It adds so much solemnity having funeral marches played

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:39

The woman walking past confused on the phone saying "something holy" made me laugh

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:34

Ah yes they love having a band haha

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:29

I think we did have this, the road we processed was quiet

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:28

Feels much more solemn and enables peace of mind

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:27

We like to make a procession in public

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 16:26

Interestingly, I was praying after yesterday's conversations on here and today His Grace gave a sermon about having doubts about God

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 15:14

Today I had the blessing of leading the choir during Matins and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, celebrated by His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene, Assistant Bishop to the Midlands of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. Many Years to His Grace on his nameday, the Feast of Saint Maximos the Confessor! Many Years, Master. ☦️

UK & Ireland Orthodox

21 Jan 2024 14:52

I would say the important things to take from the OT are:

1. The Ten Commandments
2. The history of the Israelites
3. The select stories, morals and bits of wisdom that do still apply to our modern day