Orthodox Catholic Christian • Heritage American: Jamestown Descendant (Bonaventure 1620) • Devotee of Blessed Dositheus of Jerusalem •
Lord, have mercy☦️
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The names of the Orthodox martyrs in Karak in their native Arabic:
1. مازن رسمي القسوس
2. خالد الهلسة
3. فادي الهلسة
4. عاصم البرقان
5. علاء المصاروة
6. ايهاب نايف الهلسة
7. ماهر زريقات
8. مروان الخيطان
9. محمد القسوس
The names of the victims of the terrorist attack on Saint George Orthodox Church in Karak, Jordan:
1. Mazen Rasmi Al-Qusus
2. Khaled Al-Halsa
3. Fadi Al-Halsa
4. Assem Barqan
5. Alaa Al-Masarweh
6. Ihab Nayef Al-Halsa
7. Maher Al-Zureiqat
8. Marwan Al-Khitan
9. Mohammad Al-Qsous
Please keep the 9 in your prayers, they died for the faith of Jesus Christ and are martyrs of the Lord.
The MP (correctly) says that schismatics should be baptized to join the Church, but somehow comes to the ridiculous conclusion that papists and protestants are more likely to have a valid baptism than groups that are identical to them in form and doctrine
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has officially mandated the rebaptism of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians and banned them the use of the Ukrainian language in divine services.
On October 22, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved a document titled "Guidelines for the Reception of Individuals from Ukrainian Schismatic Structures Wishing to Join the Russian Orthodox Church." It applies to people in Russian-occupied territories who were previously affiliated with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), or the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
The document outlines three procedures for joining the ROC. Notably, it stipulates that individuals baptized within the OCU, UOC-KP, or UAOC must undergo the Sacrament of Baptism again to join the ROC. Different rules apply to those originally baptized within the ROC, the Roman Catholic Church, or a Protestant denomination.
Regarding the accession of entire congregations to the ROC, the document states that such a community may not demand a distinct liturgical order or a special administrative status. Furthermore, the use of any language other than Church Slavonic in divine services is prohibited—even though the ROC elsewhere permits the use of various other languages, ranging from English to Japanese.
America should just start considering the Free Associated States (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, & Palau) as American territories
Orthodox hierarchs from across the world Churches joined Patriarch Shio III of Georgia in celebrating the 1700th anniversary of Christianity becoming the nation's official religion.
Romania:
+Nephon of Targoviste
Bulgaria:
+Anthony of Western Europe
+Sionius of Velica
Cyprus:
+Nectarius of Kition
Greece:
+Damascene of Didymoteicho
+Irenaeus of Florina
Poland:
+Andrew of Suprasl
Albania:
+Nicholas of Apollonia
Good news! Using Ancestry DNA, I was able to find my dad's missing family that he's never met before, including a paternal half-sister.
Bad news! He's not my biological father.
