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What is the correct finger position when making the sign of the cross? As an Eastern Orthodox can I use both finger positions? I'm referring to the two-finger and three-finger positions.
A friend of mine (a Rassaphore) has been blessed by his bishop to leave the monastery and marry. He came to another country, and the archimandrite of the local monastery told him he was already tonsured as a monk of the first…
I want to enter into the Church and catechumenate with my two young boys. But my wife is a non-practicing Roman Catholic, who lives a completely secular lifestyle.
I am new to Orthodoxy and a catechumen at the moment. Since starting that over a year ago I’ve faced many challenges. A month ago, my husband told me that he will leave me and the children. Can this separation be a godly…
I try to read the books of the church fathers, pray, but when I do it in a public place I have thoughts like "I am better than them" "Let them see that I am praying" I am fighting these thoughts but I feel weak. I want to…
My eldest daughter has entered into a relationship with a young man of Indian heritage who wears a turban and does not share our Orthodox Christian faith. The emotional weight of this situation is becoming overwhelming. How…
The apostolic teaching says even pagans will be judged according to how they've lived. But Orthodox believers will be judged more strictly because they have the Body and Blood of Christ, yet they still sin.
Ever since I became a catechumen and learned about monasticism, which was almost a year ago, I have had a desire to enter into monastic life.
Is it that if God calls you to the monastic life, any attempt at marriage is bound to fail, or do we always retain genuine free will to choose our path – with God blessing us?
Often, I wake up feeling unwell, and with a swimmy head, until I have some caffeine. Is it actually better to pray before my drink even though I don't feel well?
