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Get thee behind me Satan....

We Orthodox do not depend on Roman Catholic approval of our sacraments to deem them valid. We know our sacraments are valid if that is the correct term. No outside approval is not required.

Good works are a manifestation of Faith and are in seperable ...

Toll houses are NOT dogmatic....

First of all we dont delineate between small sins and large sins.  Mortal sins and venial sins are not part of the Orthodox faith.  Sin is Sin .... Now if one wants to pray to God be he or she in sin Iam Quite sure that if the penitent is sincere that God will hear his message. As to whether or...

We have not changed our reception of Holy Communion. 

You are absolutely correct. We Orthodox should not be too concerned as to what the Romans do with their sacraments. We do need to concentrate on our adherence to the Faith.

God's Mercy is limitless and He will be making the ultimate decision. We do know from scripture that Christ was emphatic "No one comes to the Father except through Me". So, I guess Christ wasnt suggesting that idea and that He was serious about it. Can this also be left up to interpretation? The...

Cup of coffee at our Blessing of the Waters service.

Hi Mor....been a long time... Happy New Year

Another important ingredient to this discussion is the requirement of a General Council of all churches to approve or not approve the Filioque.... This is not even in the offing .... 

See my post, I would have to agree

The way it was explained to me was this: Friday at 3Pm aprox, Christ died on the cross, upon which the skies got dark like the dead of night, birds stopped chirping and the people fled in fear.... That was the end of the first day at that moment.  Second day was the actual end of the natural day...

How is that for coincidence, we are also Catholic....

Kinda sad, most parishes that I have visited have a fairly good crowd for Communion.

Kristos Anesti!

You hit on a very important point in Orthodoxy... a point that is missed even by many Orthodox folks.

I agree.  My growth (17 years since my conversion ) in the faith has convinced me more than ever that there are very substantial differences that will need to be addressed in any serious unification discussions

I like to think in terms of whether one is Roman Catholic or Orthodox Catholic.

Here is another practical reason to believe:  Roman soldiers were sent by Pilate to guard the tomb.  We are not talking one or two soldiers but a guard detachment consisting of enough men to be there on a rotating schedule to insure that the body would not be removed by the followers of Jesus. ...