Paisius Saxon

☦️︱Tessa enthusiast︱Slavophilic hellenizer︱"I am a Russian & the son of a Russian, but my faith & my religion are Greek."-Patriarch Nikon of Moscow & all Rus'

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I've just created a StrawPage to replace Curious Cat. Ask me anonymous questions or send me a doodle there.
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@HistoryDrove "Was I on to something here? Do these people exist?"
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The Nabokovian foot fetishist who writes about feet like Humbert Humbert writes about "nymphets."

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@DeanChatt I posted the rest of the text in replies. In context, St Tikhon of Moscow said accusations came from Latins & Uniates (See the 3rd image). In the 4th image, St Tikhon alludes to when Uniates used physical or violent threats against the Orthodox in the USA.
https://t.co/ZNTNPhnj7d

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1/2 The second quote in the OP comes from a sermon of Saint Tikhon preached on the 14th week after Pentecost at the consecration of a temple in the village of Vostok in Canada, on August 26, 1901.

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Accusing Orthodox Christians in America of being agents for the Russian state isn't new. When St Tikhon was a bishop in the USA in 1901, he labeled the accusation that any convert to Orthodoxy becomes a Russian subject & forcibly swears loyalty to the Tsar as "all mindless words"

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@Redivivus144 The article is just a compilation of multiple authors including the former Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America not 1 guy. So this isn't a matter of a random guy's opinion on the internet. This is how the terms are understood by actual Eastern Orthodox scholars

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@Redivivus144 See what Orthodox clergy have written on this. Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, etc. don't always fit into boxes people put them because such usage is informal or colloquial not an official status. 1 can go to a "Russian church" but the patriarch is Greek
https://t.co/ZLb7LxWBCI

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2/2 Here is the last portion of the sermon from 1901. If you want to read more check out this book.

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1/2 The second quote in the OP comes from a sermon of Saint Tikhon preached on the 14th week after Pentecost at the consecration of a temple in the village of Vostok in Canada, on August 26, 1901.

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@TheGoiler @OrganlessSultan Hmmmm..... This requires me to put my thinking cap on.

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These scanned images above are taken from this book "Letters to His Family" in case you ever want to pick it up yourself. It's mostly addressed to his sister Maria tho. The latest version has Saint Sophrony on the subtitle, but my older copy says Archimandrite Sophrony.

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In a letter of St. Sophrony of Essex dated 1978, he recounts the biggest highlight he saw in all of Italy was seeing the Shroud of Turin in person. He was convinced it's the genuine burial-shroud of Christ originally kept in "the Orthodox East." In other words, an Orthodox relic.

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Eastern Orthodox saint, Sophrony of Essex, considered the Turin Shroud as authentic. God waited until the invention of photography to reveal its image. St Sophrony would always have a photo of the negative as inspiration to paint icons of Christ. God had given us His photograph.

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The first two pages above are from the book Seeking Perfection in the World of Art. The last two pages are from the book 'Being.' Both books are by Sister Gabriela, a spiritual child of Saint Sophrony. Saint Sophrony had mentored Sister Gabriela in the subject of icon painting.

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Eastern Orthodox saint, Sophrony of Essex, considered the Turin Shroud as authentic. God waited until the invention of photography to reveal its image. St Sophrony would always have a photo of the negative as inspiration to paint icons of Christ. God had given us His photograph.

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For decades, experts dismissed the Shroud of Turin as fake. New science suggests they were wrong, and probably lying. Jeremiah Johnston with the evidence that it is in fact the actual burial shroud of Jesus.

(0:00) What Is the Shroud of Turin?
(11:09) The Historical Evidence of Jesus’ Crucifixion
(16:33) What Kind of Scientific Testing Has Been Done on the Shroud?
(25:28) The Gruesome Details Crucifixion
(40:26) What Happened Leading up to Jesus’ Crucifixion?
(44:07) The Flagrum Used to Torture Jesus
(47:25) Is This What the Crown of Thorns Really Looked Like?
(51:50) Where Did the Shroud Come From?
(58:39) The Face of Jesus
(1:01:20) Johnston Debunks Claims That the Shroud Was Man-Made
(1:13:48) Why Isn’t the Shroud on Display Anywhere?
(1:15:50) The Problem With Carbon Dating
(1:16:47) The Deliberate Attempts to Hide Information About the Shroud of Turin
(1:20:51) Is Information About the Dead Sea Scrolls Being Hidden?
(1:28:19) Will There Be Further Study of the Shroud?
(1:28:48) The Spear That Stabbed Jesus
(1:30:09) The Intersection of History and Christianity

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@sjmaniyatt Ok, I can share some morning prayers out of this prayer book later.

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Prayers are for our benefit like hygiene in our daily routine for health. Morning prayers help us to go by the day in the Lord's will & evening prayers give us protection at night for we're in unending war with demons. Every time I say this evening prayer I feel it does something

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@Joyousmud What is meant by hiding your brother’s sin above is not concerning the scenarios you're bringing up. It is not asking you to be complicit or silent when someone is committing evil against someone else. It is about focusing on your sins, repenting; not meddling in others' business

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A brother asked an elder: If I see my brother fall into sin, is it good to hide him? The Elder answered: When, out of love, we hide the sin of our brother, then God also hides our sins; but when we show our brother's sin before others, then God also makes our sins known to people

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@Joyousmud As I said priests aren���t allowed to publicly reveal what others have confessed at the sacrament of confession. However, if someone confesses murder they won’t just standby. They will tell the person to turn themselves in & won’t say aloud the absolution until they're in custody.

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@Joyousmud This in no way is encouraging sin. It's about not showing "our brother's sin before others," meaning publicly telling people what sins other people have committed. Those icons above show the sacrament of confession; priests can't publicly reveal people's sins heard in confession.

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@HistoryDrove The English version of the Jordanville Prayer Book also states "the seed of corruption is in me," so I am used to saying that for this prayer.