Thank you, Father Deacon. I tried responding to you offlist with a little more detail as to why this was a concern for me, but somehow your e-mail address...
I am no priest, but were I a priest I certainly wouldn't deny the comfort of communion to a soldier bleeding on the field of battle, or to the victim of an...
yeah i dont see any reason to deny Communion in such a case --- would it be denied to menstruating women? if our blood literally becomes Christ's blood then...
Communion is never denied to Orthodox Christians who are in danger of death, despite the fact that they are bleeding. It is normally not given to someone who...
XB! Actually, yes. Menstruating women should not recive Holy Communion, partake of prosforka or venerate the cross/icons. This is the reason that they are not...
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Fr. John Whiteford ... [ml] Thank you, Father -- that was my original question, and that was my understanding of the issue. ...
... Of course. Menstruating women may not approach the Mysteries. The menstrual flow is a reminder of death, which our sinful fallen nature has brought upon...
Actually, it's a sign of life. One reason why women do not serve in the altar. You are miracle workers already. The reason why priests cannot serve liturgy...
Just in time for the end of the Paschal period: http://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2008/06/serbian-pascha-folk-song.html Fr. John Whiteford St. Jonah Orthodox...
In orthodox-rocor@yahoogroups.com, "Fr_David Straut" ... There is a Mac widget which provides a list of the saints commemorated on the current day and brief...
http://natapoume.pblogs.gr/2008/06/272530.html June 2, 2008 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARMED GREEK POLICE PLAN TO FORCIBLY REMOVE PEACEFUL MONKS MOUNT...
Does anyone know of any biographical information (preferably in English, but Russian would be better than nothing) on Fr. Sergius V. Bulgakov, author of the...
The video is also on YouTube in 10 parts, this is the link for the first one http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0rDr85g0upc (this has English subtitles; click on...
... What a treat! I hope everyone views this very touching and beautiful video. Is my guess correct that all the scaffolding on the building at the start of...
No the video starts out in Belgrade and the scaffolding is probaly for repairs to a building bombed by NATO. The Monastery of the Pillars of St George...
***For those who get their television by cable or satellite, there's a program of interest on the National Geographic Chennel this evening at 8 p.m. It is...
Moscow, 6 June 2008 (Interfax): Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations...
... AID=/20080610/NEWS/806100308 -- "No new church has been built from scratch on the West Coast since one was built in Seattle in 1936, according to Kyrill." ...
... JRS: But surely the Kazan church in San Francisco doesn't predate 1936? The church in Burlingame CA was built from the ground up in 1964, on the site of a...
I'm quite sure our Cathedral in Los Angeles was built from scratch starting in 1979--and I believe the Monterey parish church and the Santa Rosa parish church...
All those Churches were buidings converter to a Church use, the original post was not about Churches established, but Churches built on a vacant lot from...
