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  • ...|Eastern Christianity]]. The exact words of the prayer have varied, from a simple form such as "Lord, have mercy" to an extended form: :"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner."
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  • innumerable sins, am in a state contrary to nature. :Kontakia of St. Romanos, A Prayer.
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  • ...ally on evangelism and on the notion of American Orthodox Christians being a "[[diaspora]]." ...council or [[synod]] ''per se'', but it had many of the characteristics of a synod, particularly the conciliarity or ''[[sobornost]]'' which results in
    32 KB (5,021 words) - 01:06, April 1, 2013
  • [[Image:J019.jpg‎|right|thumb|A 100 knot prayer rope.]] ...: mătănii, Serbian: бројаница, Bulgarian: броеница) is a loop of knots, usually made of wool but sometimes of wood, that is used dur
    6 KB (1,024 words) - 09:17, December 26, 2023
  • ...''' is one who is sent by the Church to preach the [[Gospel]] of Christ to a non-Christian people group. The word "missionary" is the Latin equivalent o ...[[Gospel]] of the Kingdom shall be preached throughout the whole world as a witness to all nations; and then the end of the world shall come” (Matthe
    56 KB (8,683 words) - 12:06, January 29, 2024
  • ...ng time." The knife was double-edged, five centimeters wide, and resembled a sword. It was engraved on its blade with "666" and "satan." ...Optina Pustyn monastery in Central Russia. All three monks were killed by a satanist on Easter night in 1993. We would like to pay homage to the memory
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  • .... To consider oneself a saint - that is a clear prelest because the closer a man is to God, the more he sees his imperfection, and all true saints consi Strictly speaking, any human error i.e. any acceptance of a false thought as truth can be the beginning of prelest: "The source of self
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  • Below is an incomplete list of Orthodox blogs. Although a few of them are run by official Orthodox Church entities, the majority offe ...e expected that some of the links will no longer work. Please also note - a number of blogs here may not have been updated in quite some time, yet they
    105 KB (14,307 words) - 01:45, August 15, 2023