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I wrote an essay about my experiences with atheism and its philosophical limitations. Please, dear friends, check it out at
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@DrClaytonForre1
@NoctLives
It would mostly be crazy Americans and countryside Russians making this trip. And it would be amazing
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@OrwellNGoode
My Swedish friend told me that it's true and he experienced it a few times. But his mom was different and would go out of her way to feed the kids (saint)
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@UpdatingOnRome
It's not "most often", he just heard that one story of the Franks and is projecting it onto all the other examples
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@Rainmaker1973
Implanting fake memories in someone IS NOT the same as having them acquire the virtues. Virtue is built in the soul through the conscious, free cooperation of the body and mind. It is not reducible to mere memories, pictures, or chemicals!
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Drone picture of the Orthodox Cathedral that St John Maximovitch served in! Xinle Rd, Shanghai
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@tulpapilled
@GinkosTopGuy
Peasants house has his whole family there, his cousins, his grandparents, dogs and sheep, babies running around, no toilet or bath, no privacy, share room with 2-3 others
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Do my Orthodox friends notice something funny about this story
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>be me
>put my trust in princes, and sons of men
>turns out that in them there is no salvation
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In the video game "Persona 5", there is a church location in Kanda, Tokyo. That's exactly where Nikolai-Do is (Holy Resurrection Japanese Orthodox Cathedral)! But they depicted the roman catholic church instead.
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I was blessed to visit an Orthodox Church in Taipei 台北 for the first time in my life! Thanks everyone
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Had a pretty Epickly based time with brothers from Tokyo Orthodox Church. Would recommend you visit sometime
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Beautiful and amazing time at an Orthodox Church in Singapore
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@AtheistTakes
True repentance for this act manifests in deep sacrifice and sorrow, it isn’t just saying a cheap apology
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Father Dimitri and his family would benefit from your help. "Although he receives a stipend for his priestly work, it is not a full-time income and his family is struggling to make ends meet."
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@UpdatingOnRome
It's a cute advertisement, but I somehow feel like American tourists would rebel against it on purpose
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It's just as Elder Thaddeus said. Every single person on earth, even the atheist, yearns for True Love that never changes and never disappears. Because of the curse of death, only God can give us this Love that we need.
Tried to read this to my kids at the book store and had to leave the whole place cause I was crying so hard.
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@orthodox_kid
That's the devil's advice who is trying to gatekeep you from holiness. The Gospel says: “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Will you visit the O R T H O D O X C H U R C H in Hokkaido?
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I despise neoconservative boomers because of their disdain for human life and outright cruelty, which is completely contrary to the Christian spirit. Fantasizing about nuking your enemies is a good example of the neocon ethos.
If Russia uses a nuclear weapon against a NATO country, then this is what will happen to Russia in response.
About 45 million Russians will be vaporized in the first hour. Not much of a life remaining for the other 100 million.
Maybe the people of Russia should stop supporting
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Visited St John of Shanghai today! Plus bonus picture of St Nikolai of Japan
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Number of Chinese American Orthodox Christians I’ve met: 3
We are a rare breed lol
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Met an Orthodox Christian in China whose entire Protestant fellowship converted as a group into Orthodoxy because of the group leader’s esoteric research (pray for them)
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"Woaah! He like totally transcended his humanity! Now he has no name, personality, gender, or memories!"
"He has crucified the old man, Fallen Adam. Dead to the world but alive in Christ, the Son of Almighty God, his personhood will live forever within the choir of the saints."
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Thank you for 888,888 followers. This is very auspicious in Chinese culture
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St Gabriel of Georgia seemed to have the gift of anti-tongues; speaking and not being understood
Spiritual end-to-end encrypted communication
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The Orthodox Little Red Book
Orthodox Prayer book in Chinese came in. Three going to church bookstore, two for friends, one for myself. Thanks for putting it on Lulu
@OrthodoxTao
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@BRYN_BORANGA
I would think that there are more important problems in the UK for the old ladies to be concerned about than street performers
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St Paisios was against polyester clothing (source: Spiritual counsels, volume 1)
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Most Christians I've met are ideologically "bilingual." They know how to navigate both the secular and religious worlds. They can conceive of something even if they disagree with it. Meanwhile, seculars can only understand things through their small-minded & narrow worldview
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Our priest today successfully protected the Eucharist by saying that confession, orthodox faith, fasting, vigil attendance, and preparatory prayer is required before communing
Saw three people (sadly) get visibly frustrated and leave
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St. Paisios on cancer, chemically-treated foods, hormones, and space travel. Hard to believe that this "uneducated" man from the 1980s was able to see so much... a thread 🧵
In the past, cancer was rare. Back then people led a natural life. God still allowed for illness, but
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“Ministers! Gather the Christians!”
“Yes, Supreme Leader Kim”
“Okay men, you will build a beautiful Russian church and worship in it”
“But sir, we are Protestants”
“I don’t care! Go to Russia, learn Slavonic, and become Orthodox. Then make me a church!”
“Okay sir…”
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Just read recently about how St Seraphim of Rose noticed how the peacocks plumage resembles the many-eyed cherubim
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@orthodox_kid
Stay strong bro. Have you tried reading spiritual books when you are feeling weak? St. Paisios "Spiritual Counsels" is like honey for the soul
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Orthodox Church in Japan (Romanian)
I am unacceptably late to my next appointment and took the wrong bus in the opposite direction, so now I’m just getting a night walk
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@AtheistTakes
This proves that Christianity is the stronger belief because it can never be changed 🙏🙏🙏
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I enjoyed reading, and highly recommend, the book "The Lotus Cross" which is a compilation of essays on Chinese Orthodox Christianity written by the Road to Emmaus Foundation.
The book is written with a nuanced, boots-on-the-ground perspective and has valuable info on Chinese
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@owenbroadcast
The compassion he felt for thousands of small creatures allowed his heart to expand and become a more actualized human
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Fr Denis on the Orthodox Church in North Korea 🇰🇵 ☦️
(Source: The Lotus Cross)
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The people of Alaska, baptized Orthodox but lacking church services, were helped by angels.
Likewise, I met people who were baptized Orthodox and were helped by it many years later, even if they didn’t go to church initially.
Can we hope the same for Orthodoxy in China?
It's interesting to see the humility and discernment that St. Innocent used to test visions and angels that appeared to an Alaskan elder.
"Although the teaching of these spirits seemed to be the doctrine of the Orthodox Church, I, knowing that the demons also believe and
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Blessed Feast of the New Martyrs of China! They were slain in the Yihetuan ("Boxer") Uprising in 1900. During this period, the Qing Dynasty had been invaded, pillaged, and economically subverted by foreigners. The overflowing resentment for this was used by the Yihetuan, which
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@SeanRussellbook
Then why did the Romans convert to Christianity when it was just a Jewish sect?
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I am the original author of this meme. Thank you for your appreciation
At the time, it was my own genuine epistemological grievance against materialism - that people trust the chemicals of the brain to say that they’re chemicals.
A dog has no Mind. That’s why it perishes.
Still fucks with me that this is actually where this quote comes from.
This fucking meme.
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I was blessed to visit the original St John of Shanghai cathedral. This is where he served as bishop in China.
It’s currently preserved as a cultural monument but who knows… one day it will open up again
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@emollick
Gonna run into this room and hang up a giant black curtain to destroy all their entropy
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‼️Icon of Saints Elizabeth and Barbara the New Nun-Martyrs has arrived in Hong Kong!
"The heavenly patronesses of the Church in China according to the place of their first burial in the Beijing Ecclesiastical Mission." - Fr. Denis Pozdnyaev
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In Orthodox Christianity, the self is sanctified in God. Even after death, the saints speak as they did on earth. During a medical miracle, St. Paisios said “Get up, lazybones, enough lying around! Everything’s fine with you... let another patient stay here.”
"Woaah! He like totally transcended his humanity! Now he has no name, personality, gender, or memories!"
"He has crucified the old man, Fallen Adam. Dead to the world but alive in Christ, the Son of Almighty God, his personhood will live forever within the choir of the saints."
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Had a great time in the Shanghai Orthodox consulate-church. The Gospel & Epistle were said in Slavonic, Chinese, Greek, Serbian(?), Romanian, and English. Coffee hour in Chinese with OrthoGang = 超级 Epic
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@VLecrubier
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Exactly this, the term and concept doesn’t fully translate into the East Asian mindset
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Chinese Orthodox Christian prayer book has arrived
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Before, I thought the sainthood of the Tsar was craziness! But today I see that it is true wisdom. The Royal Saints are a declaration of war against the world, a fight against the End of History, the piety of noble rulers, and the repentance of Russian people. Celebrate them!
‼️🚨🇷🇺☦️ What apostasy, liberalism and communism took from us.
The Russian Royal Family leaving the Divine Liturgy on Sunday.
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Please pray for me if you can, I’m struggling
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Exchanging pictures with your Christian pen pals is like a trading card game. From Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Osaka!
#OrthoAsia
#正教
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St Elizabeth the New Martyr, whose feast we celebrate today, spotted in Tokyo Nikolai-Do
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It's interesting to see the humility and discernment that St. Innocent used to test visions and angels that appeared to an Alaskan elder.
"Although the teaching of these spirits seemed to be the doctrine of the Orthodox Church, I, knowing that the demons also believe and
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Happy Saints Peter and Paul — and Paisios — Day!
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In the Tokyo subway, Nikolai-Do Orthodox Cathedral outranks the nearby colleges and hospitals. The Japanese government knows what's most important! (Ochanomizu Station)
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> Traveling to Japan
We’re back
> Nativity Fast starting
It’s over
> Japan has seafood
We’re back
> Nuclear radiation has poisoned the fish
It’s over
> St Paisios said we can do the Sign of the Cross when eating radiated food
Boys, are we so back?????
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The Soyence Fiction / Neo-Buddhist idea that you need to become an empty shell to be enlightened is a psy-op from the fallen angels who want to evict you from your body so that they can take it for themselves
"Woaah! He like totally transcended his humanity! Now he has no name, personality, gender, or memories!"
"He has crucified the old man, Fallen Adam. Dead to the world but alive in Christ, the Son of Almighty God, his personhood will live forever within the choir of the saints."
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St Gabriel of Georgia on the true meaning of fasting
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Guys we are so back. Taipei Orthodox Church for Holy Unction! Thank God, and thank you to the new friends that I met! #東正教
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The Chinese Martyrs, by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, published in 1934. Thread🧵
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@HidamariSneed
Japanese men really be looking at a bunch of numbers and thinking that’s the basis of attraction
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Elder Thaddeus and A Cure for Burnout:
Eight years ago, a man came to me, visibly sad. His eyes were full of tears. "What is it?" I asked him. The man had two sons. One of them, a student of medicine, had stopped going to the lectures at his school for the past two years. There
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Being able to become Orthodox Christian is a privilege and we need to take advantage of it.
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Icon corner reveal
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American “Buddhists” when they see Buddhism outside the US: “Huh??? why is it so different?!”🤪😡😡
American Orthodox when they see Orthodoxy outside the US: “Wow, it’s just like back home” 🤩🙏
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I used to be atheist since I thought that was very smart, then I later became a Hellenic/Daoist perennialist because I realized religion must be true. I chose Christianity at first arbitrarily, then as I studied it more I realized Christianity is the only self consistent faith.
@OrthodoxTao
Hi Tao, I hope everything is going well in your life. 🙏 I'm glad you become Orthodox
Apologize me, I found it amazing seeing a chinese coming to Orthodoxy.
What's the story behind it, what opened your heart? From what I saw you used to be heretic at first
P.S: I'm romanian
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@Ancient_Masc
It was not simply one bishop. Serbia, Georgia, and Moscow rejected the false union. Orthodoxy is not just the local Papist religion of the Roman Greeks. It is a religion for the whole world.
Moreover, after the false union, God withdrew His protection from the Eastern Romans
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Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Inside Russia
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The “submission of the Russian Church to the USSR” is a typical slander that actually proves the truth of Orthodoxy.
The Church went underground and had bishops, priests, and monks in the catacombs, with secret liturgies, ordinations, and many martyrdoms. Even during tremendous
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I like how the Saint literally resurrected from the dead but only one sentence is dedicated to that fact
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@Philosophi_Cat
Pagan idols are not just harmless materialist pieces of art. It’s anti-traditional to view it this way. They were treated as gods, and Romans killed Christians for refusing to worship them. If someone murdered your dad over a dumb lifeless statue, wouldn’t you seek to destroy it?
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BROS, there actually is a toll-house for stealing tweets, let the reader be warned... (from Fr. Seraphim Life and Works)
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