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Laura Sedor
.Post in Fasting Recipes for Orthodox Mobile Web App
I am currently creating an Orthodox Mobile Web Application that is designed to have recipes that are suitable for the Orthodox Christian fast. I would love to have recipes from other Orthodox Christians. If you have any you would like to submit - please feel free to either post them here - or submit them at www.lenten-season.com/submit-recipe-pc.php Also - do you guys think that it is okay for me to use the other recipes that people have submitted on OrthodoxCircle - if I give credit to the poster? Thanks!
GW
.Post in Christ is Risen!
Christos Anesti ??????? ?????? From Greece to all my brothers and sisters Let all pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord; let those who have borne the burden of Lent now receive their pay, and those who have toiled since the first hour, let them now receive their due reward; let any who came after the third hour be grateful to join in the feast, and those who may have come after the sixth, let them not be afraid of being too late; for the Lord is gracious and He receives the last even as the first. He gives rest to him who comes on the eleventh hour as well as to him who has toiled since the first: yes, He has pity on the last and He serves the first; He rewards the one and praises the effort. Come you all: enter into the joy of your Lord. You the first and you the last, receive alike your reward; you rich and you poor, dance together; you sober and you weaklings, celebrate the day; you who have kept the fast and you who have not, rejoice today. The table is richly loaded: enjoy its royal banquet. The calf is a fatted one: let no one go away hungry. All of you enjoy the banquet of faith; all of you receive the riches of his goodness. Let no one grieve over his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed; let no one weep over his sins, for pardon has shone from the grave; let no one fear death, for the death of our Saviour has set us free: He has destroyed it by enduring it, He has despoiled Hades by going down into its kingdom, He has angered it by allowing it to taste of his flesh. When Isaias foresaw all this, he cried out: O Hades, you have been angered by encountering Him in the nether world. Hades is angered because frustrated, it is angered because it has been mocked, it is angered because it has been destroyed, it is angered because it has been reduced to naught, it is angered because it is now captive. It seized a body, and, lo! it encountered heaven; it seized the visible, and was overcome by the invisible. O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? Christ is risen and you are abolished. Christ is risen and the demons are cast down. Christ is risen and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen and life is freed. Christ is risen and the tomb is emptied of the dead: for Christ, being risen from the dead, has become the Leader and Reviver of those who had fallen asleep. To Him be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.
LC
.Post in Christ is Risen!
Truly he is risen! We say that in 6 languages in our church. We also say the Lords prayer in those languages during services. Lot\'s of fun! What an incredible week it\'s been!
John Chan
.Post in Christ is Risen!
Indeed He is risen! Now I just have to get my act together for our service, still three hours away. I\'ve got my OrthoDoc Martins on!
TD
.Post in Christ is Risen!
haha, not offensive, just not polite - friendly, haha... I doubt anyone would take offense... to my halmoni in church I say it the polite way and she goes \\"eung! keurae!\\"
Caroline M
.Post in Lent...then what?
If lent is the Spring time of the spiritual life and if it\'s the time we focus more on our relationship with God in hopes of getting it to a higher level than the rest of the year. And if what we receive in lent is supposed to be our stock for the rest of the year, what do we do after lent? I mean, all what we do during lent, the abstinence, the prayers, the extra readings, meditations...etc. get us closer to God. So, after lent, do we keep fasting the same way to keep close to God? How do we keep what we receive in lent after lent?
James Anthony
.Post in Lent...then what?
In one of the Holy Week services in the Western Rite Vicarate of the AOA, there is what appears condemnations: Jesus is speaking to a Christian recounting what has been done spiritually for him. Then the question is put to the Christian as to why in light of what has been provided, why a victorious life is not being led. The most accusatory and condemning statement is then made: \\"What have I done wrong, testify against me.\\" According to what one\'s station is in life, aged, infirm, young, etc., Orthodoxy grants economy in fasting, lest the practitioner is overwhelmed,. And thus the enemy of souls bolsters his accusations and attacks. In other words; under wise council, we do what we\'re able to accomplish faithfully. Put in other words it reads thusly: We do what God speaks to us about; be it television, food, reading, internet, etc., etc., etc... The spiritual ideal is that there be no let down, drop off, or reneging of any part of our ascetic struggles. But God knows our hearts, for it is He who designed, made, and redeemed each of us. Quite often then in practice; there is always some point where we\'re specifically convicted, to continue fighting the good fight of faith. The asceticism need not be some grand endeavor, but like the majority of our life, one small step at a time. We then are fortified in faith by what God has himself done in us, so that on the great day of Pascha, having confessed our sins, we may confidently receive the Lord of All. The short version of all that is this: After Great Lent, we keep on shedding the dis-obedience/sin, of the world, flesh, and the devil!!!
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