Recent content by Tikhon29605

I have met red-headed Palestinians before.  They are rare, but they do exist.

I am a 25 year convert to the Orthodox Church.  Here are some examples of how I have gotten the "Cradle Greek Orthodox" to warm up to me: 1.  In a Greek Orthodox parish:  Find someone approachable (for me, its usually the little old ladies) and tell them that you want to learn more about the...

I found a link for you.  This is the Anaphora of the Syriac version of the Liturgy of St. James, translated into English.  Enjoy! http://sor.cua.edu/Liturgy/Anaphora/James.html

The Syriacs are Oriental Orthodox, not Eastern Orthodox.  What I said earlier pertains to how we Eastern Orthodox celebrate the Liturgy of St. James on those rare occasions when we do (usually only a seminary or a monastery and even then usually only once a year on the Feast of St. James, if it...

The Divine Liturgy of St. James is actually very similar to the liturgies of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil that we use today.  If you are familiar with both of those, the Liturgy of St. James would not be all that different to you. It is a much longer liturgy, but the overall format is...

I noticed this part: uses a uniform translation in the English language among all dioceses; I know we are not at that point yet.  But a uniform English translation would be nice.

The 90s are kind of a blur for me.  I don't remember anything special about them, except that the economy was pretty good. The only decade I specifically remember as a decade was the dreadful 1970s.  We bought a new house and it had burnt orange carpet in it and an avocado green kitchen (floor...

I nominate this for Post of the Month.  +1000

Dear Finn James: Thank you for posting.  As an American I really enjoy hearing the perspectives of people from other countries.  One thing you wrote really made sense to me.  It is a point that I've been trying to make with my fellow Americans about this issue, and it almost never gets heard...

You are reading a LOT into my post that isn't there. First of all, I am not "making up" anything as you claim.  I was describing my personal experience of what it was like to grow up outside the Orthodox Church in an American Evangelical Church.  And I described it well and accurately.  I...

I probably shouldn't say this, but here goes: Father Josiah's sermons remind me of the sermons I heard as a boy growing up in an Evangelical Church in the South.  They were never sermons based on lectionary readings nor where they sermons that went systematically through a book of the Bible. ...

Thanks for the info.  Perhaps I am just old-fashioned, but I just don't listen to music that offends me.  It would never occur to me to protest such music or speak out against it publicly.  Life is too precious and too short to ruin it by fighting at every dragon that comes along. No wonder...

I guess I must be a cave dweller, but who is this Bruno Mars person?  I've never heard of him.

Thank you, Father.  Your posts on this matter have been excellent.

This is just embarrassing. I'm glad I haven't told any of my non-Orthodox friends about Ancient Faith Radio.  This is a terrible witness to to world.