Quite enjoyed this discussion with Fr. Joseph Gleason addressed primarily to men. The conversation covers modern culture, what it means to be an Orthodox man, manhood, friendship, pornography, homosexuality, relationships and marriage, family, fatherhood, Church Fathers, and more.
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/iron/masculine_relationships_with_fr_joseph_gleason
There’s scant evidence that the Green Man is a pagan fertility symbol, and there is evidence that it has Christian roots. But either way, I don’t see the problem with using this folk imagery. The main concern is that the coronation turns into a multi-faith free for all..
Читать полностью…Humility is the thought and conviction of our heart that we are more sinful than all men and unworthy of the mercy of God. Reviling ourselves doesn’t mean that we have true humility. True humility is when someone shames and abuses us publicly, and we endure it and say, “God ordered that brother to shame me for my many sins.”
We should receive everything as a command of God. When someone shames you, say that God commanded him to do it. When someone takes something of yours, God commanded him to take it, in order to make you a monk. When you are removed from a higher place, God changed your place so that you would change from your passions and bad habits. This is true humility.
Elder Paisius of Sihla
Only thing I’m really aware of would be vigil lamps, those are something wanted by a few friends.
Читать полностью…Were importing more things after Pascha so if there's anything you'd want, a different type on incense etc, feel free to message me and I can try add it onto our order.
Читать полностью…Brilliant. Please note we don't fullfil orders during holy week we try to keep any work to a minimum during this time.
Thank you very much.
@SidLocal might be interested to know that your shop website has found it’s way into my parish’s WhatsApp group, and the people who source stuff for our shop in there.
Читать полностью…And how is the general religious, societal and political state of the swedish people? Is it similar to those in germany?
Читать полностью…😍 I’m a herbalist so very much approve! Also dedicated to the St Gerard the patron saint of gout
Читать полностью…Child secretly records schoolteacher aggressively enforcing LGBTQWXYZ propaganda:
“You don’t have a choice whether or not you learn about LGBTQ+ and if you refuse to do it, you will be dealt with severely”
If the attractive, hand-painted invitation is anything to go by, the coronation will be a neo-pagan rite in which King Charles III is invested as Archdruid, Master of the Hobby-Horse and Lord of Summer Isle. That’s because the most prominent image in the intricate, joyous floral design – by heraldry artist Andrew Jamieson – is the wryly smiling face of the Green Man. This emerald visage, the standout feature in Jamieson’s elegantly swarming design, belongs to an ancient, pre-Christian divinity who can still be seen in the architecture of British medieval churches, a leafy mug among all the gargoyles.
The face of a fertility cult that existed at the margins of Christianity fits perfectly into Jamieson’s loving recreation of the playful natural imagery that is found in medieval art. In manuscripts from the era, the main text is usually religious and orthodox, while fun and fantasy are given free rein around the margins. Here, the official message of the invitation occupies a central empty square, while the Green Man and his ever-renewing natural kingdom sprawl around the edge in living colour.
Is this cheeky chappy a benign image of Charles III, the environmentalist king? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/05/the-coronation-invitation-review-charles-pagan-party-king