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Priest Faces Criticism over Churching Decision
Please join us in welcoming H. Alethia to the Onion Dome family. Here is her first article.
FAWKSWASH, Md. – Allison “Panteleimona” Berry, a newly baptized Orthodox Christian, had been looking forward to her January illumination for about a year. According to her, her baptism fell a bit short of expectations.
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Similarities Between Orthodoxy and Other Christian Faith Communities
First published April, 2009.
In presenting Orthodoxy to the West, it is important to emphasize similarities between the Orthodox and other Christian faith communities. For those who have a hard time determining what those similarities might be, here is a handy list.
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Greek Priest Sent to Bed Without Supper for Translating Liturgy
First published on December 13, 2002.
ATHENS HEIGHTS – In a move that surprised exactly no one (except perhaps Mr. Stanley Majors of Pretoria, South Africa), Father Irmanos Spartopolis of Athens Heights, Greece was sent to his room without supper by His Grace Bishop SPARTOS Irmopolis for translating the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom into modern Greek.
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Guide to Orthodox Vocabulary for Catechumens and Converts
From the January, 2012, church bulletin
In Orthodoxy we use a lot of words and phrases that are not common, or are used in an uncommon way, or are from languages other than English. Some of our catechumens and convert families have expressed dismay at learning them. Here’s a handy guide to some of the ones people most commonly trip over.
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Tagged Church Bulletin, Hymnody, Orthodox Vocabulary, Worship, Youth
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From the Choir Director to the Choir at All Saints of Kamchatka Orthodox Church
DATE: 01/15/12
FROM: Elizabeth Blankenship
TO: Kamchatka_Choir_Mailing_List@yahoo.com
SUBJECT: No Practice This Thursday
For those of you not in church this Sunday, or not paying attention, there is no choir practice this Thursday (January 19th). We will resume normal practices on the 26th. It’s important we’re all there on the 26th. We have to learn the new Cherubic Hymn since Father thinks the one we’re using now is sucky, his word not mine.
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Seven-year-old Accidentally Breaks Fast with Pâté
DES MOINES, IOWA – If choking down the non-fasting food becomes a podvig, does that mean it’s acceptable to break the fast? When seven-year-old Katrine (“St. Katherine the Great”) Sanderson opened her family’s fridge, all she saw to eat was a weird tin of stuff and some Oreos.
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