tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.comments2024-02-27T20:12:47.755-08:00Starting On The Royal PathJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-9758703315991379442024-02-27T20:00:10.045-08:002024-02-27T20:00:10.045-08:00Since the writing, Subdeacon Nektarios is part of ...Since the writing, Subdeacon Nektarios is part of the GOC-K<br /><br />In ChristAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-46293226240570160412024-01-21T17:18:45.552-08:002024-01-21T17:18:45.552-08:00In addition he imputes envy to His brothers — I th...In addition he imputes envy to His brothers — I think he is stricken with a serious case of projection. Whether they believed He was "mad" or not, all I see is that they were afraid for their little brother. They wanted to warn Him and protect Him. No envy. No vainglory and no envy. Joannahttps://startingontheroyalpath.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-59280299398024248272023-12-30T09:01:34.284-08:002023-12-30T09:01:34.284-08:00Blogger has deleted the RemnantROCOR blog, but arc...Blogger has deleted the RemnantROCOR blog, but archives are preserved in my shared library. Link in sidebar.Joannahttps://startingontheroyalpath.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-846494000849930022023-12-23T10:37:37.408-08:002023-12-23T10:37:37.408-08:00I use the Old Believer Prayer book, for one thing,...I use the Old Believer Prayer book, for one thing, to compare translations. But it is really good for slowing myself down. Since it is a different translation, and I don't have it memorized, it helps me focus better on the words. I especially use it during Great Lent for this. Also, the Old Believers have more prostrations, which is appropriate to do during Lent.Joannahttps://startingontheroyalpath.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-53244033669217268192023-11-29T09:11:53.524-08:002023-11-29T09:11:53.524-08:00I'm especially nervous about the neo-elders th...I'm especially nervous about the neo-elders that are coming out now. Fr. Seraphim warned us that in the end times the true elders will be hidden from view. Any "elder" that defends the new calendar is a false elder — too many saints were martyred defending the old calendar. False elders popular now include the newer-Paisias (Eznepidis), Porphyrios, Sophrony. Joannahttps://startingontheroyalpath.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-23848026352385314332021-07-18T18:01:42.823-07:002021-07-18T18:01:42.823-07:00For a pdf copy of the article in Nov-Dec Orthodox ...For a pdf copy of the article in Nov-Dec Orthodox Word issue #59, email me (email address at the top of this blog).Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-40027240669173241412021-07-13T03:30:56.195-07:002021-07-13T03:30:56.195-07:00Abbot Herman and I drove back in the hearse from R...Abbot Herman and I drove back in the hearse from Redding to the monastery on September 3 with Father Seraphim's body in a coffin. When Archbishop Anthony and Bishop Nektary arrived, Abbot Herman spoke to them about the details of the funeral and burial. I was to be tonsured a reader on that day. However, I stated that I did not want to become a reader, but rather that I wanted to be a monk. I clung steadfastly to my desire for the monastic life that I had formed under the direction of Hieromonk Anastasy, [MP] Bishop Mark, and my first year at the monastery. The funeral was attended by approximately 120 people. I was so overwhelmed by all those events that I do not remember many details. I remember Hieromonk Anastasy came for the funeral. Before the Divine Liturgy, Novice Stephen and I were tonsured riassaphore-monks at the coffin of Hieromonk Seraphim by Archbishop Anthony. In the monastic tonsure I was given the name Gerasim, with St. Gerasimus of the Jordan as my monastic patron and receiving this name in honor of Archimandrite Gerasim (Schmaltz) who had settled at Monks' Lagoon and devoted his life to the veneration of St. Herman of Alaska. It was in such a context that I embraced the monastic life. <br /> The afore scribed excerpt from REPORT OF ABBOT GERASIM (Excerpts from Autobiography of neo-Platina’s abbot Gerasim Eliel) are indeed the most touching of all, to me. +++<br /><br />Steve Browninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936154493792258447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-13249192808824196002018-10-24T11:30:05.094-07:002018-10-24T11:30:05.094-07:00Remnant ROCOR blog has labelled 3 posts "Poli...<br />Remnant ROCOR blog has labelled 3 posts "Political Correctness"<br />http://remnantrocor.blogspot.com/search/label/Political%20CorrectnessJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-32493900380046321052018-08-12T19:47:51.832-07:002018-08-12T19:47:51.832-07:00Another occult healing therapy is hypnosis. Never...Another occult healing therapy is hypnosis. Never submit to hypnosis. Never.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-60985592951375201762018-08-05T19:57:01.217-07:002018-08-05T19:57:01.217-07:00Contact me for help locating Orthodox Word magazin...Contact me for help locating <i>Orthodox Word</i> magazines.<br />joannahigginbotham@gmail.comJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-16697432021557695012018-03-21T10:53:16.977-07:002018-03-21T10:53:16.977-07:00Vladimir Moss has valid criticisms of Romanides:
h...Vladimir Moss has valid criticisms of Romanides:<br />http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/downloads/345_AGAINST_ROMANIDES_3_.pdfJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-5321149975766095192017-01-14T08:03:31.160-08:002017-01-14T08:03:31.160-08:00Thank you for this. I attended a Vietnamese Paris...Thank you for this. I attended a Vietnamese Parish for several years and recognized a lot of the culture in this. There is an old Chinese woman online who scavenged the dumpsters for many years in an upscale neighborhood. She and her husband had 2 children and found many babies in the dumpsters. They rescued 30 or so, raising some and finding homes for others with friends. Finally at 80, she found a boy! The life of these people is so perfect in "podvig" yet with no pretensions of dogma except that she valued recycling and not throwing away anything of value...especially little humans. If you respond I'll send the link. People like her and others today who live heroic lives with insouciance remind me of the Banquet where the King's friends refuse to come, but the lame, the halt, and the blind do come. God calls everyone, I believe....very mysterious.Deanna Johnston Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744327857949123458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-72584365373667607422016-11-03T12:08:44.467-07:002016-11-03T12:08:44.467-07:00The Survival course is absolutely free of any char...The Survival course is absolutely free of any charges. Fr. Seraphim would have wanted the Survival Course to be distributed to everyone who is interested at no cost. Fr. Seraphim gave this series of lectures openly at no charge, and anyone could attend the series, and all attendees were permitted to record it. This is a transcript of one of the recordings kindly shared with all people for free by an anonymous person who was present at the lecture. <br /><br />However, since Platina is making a stink and claiming to have copyrights of EVERYTHING to do with Fr. Seraphim, the person who is sharing this transcript, (that he/she made himself/herself from his/her own tape recording); the person wants to be anonymous.<br /><br />The Survival Course is not like one of Fr. Seraphim's polished writings, – he is just speaking, and speaking to an audience of varied educational levels. Please print it out a copy for your parish library.<br />Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-14735862222999561942015-10-07T08:30:40.631-07:002015-10-07T08:30:40.631-07:00I predict he will find it right away. He should, ...I predict he will find it right away. He should, though, be embarrassed to write anything, because it would show again how obsessed he is with what we do. If he would mind his own business, and conduct his business honestly, then he would not even be in our field of vision.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-73058957374991739932015-09-07T18:17:21.119-07:002015-09-07T18:17:21.119-07:00Acquisition of Holy Spirit, Kontsevich
out-of-pri...<br />Acquisition of Holy Spirit, Kontsevich<br />out-of-print book<br />download 21.1 MB<br /><a href="https://app.box.com/s/06s45utme75mlhz98gaj4az112ci91sx" rel="nofollow">https://app.box.com/s/06s45utme75mlhz98gaj4az112ci91sx</a>Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-6303659014106359872015-07-25T09:31:10.961-07:002015-07-25T09:31:10.961-07:00Hello,
Yes. Please email me. I will give you a c...Hello,<br />Yes. Please email me. I will give you a contact person in Australia.<br />Joanna<br />joannahigginbotham@gmail.comJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-49189845735626931792015-07-25T03:50:07.727-07:002015-07-25T03:50:07.727-07:00I am very interested in the Orthodox faith, I live...I am very interested in the Orthodox faith, I live in Brisbane on the Southside, is there a Church you could suggest for me. Thank-you.the-real-crazy-cat-ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383743360159132060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-68491735687026868382014-10-27T15:41:39.076-07:002014-10-27T15:41:39.076-07:00I wonder how long it's going to take Suaiden t...I wonder how long it's going to take Suaiden to find this and write another cranky post.minas christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064528824910674906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-86506660857096582352014-10-24T13:01:37.219-07:002014-10-24T13:01:37.219-07:00Here is an example of ECafe blind leading the blin...Here is an example of ECafe blind leading the blind.<br /><br />http://rocorrefugeesreadmore.blogspot.com/2014/09/example-of-ecafe-blind-leading-blind.html<br /><br />Theodore Irtel is a pseudo-elder. The Orthdoox Word magazine went downhill after Fr. Seraphim died in 1982. Certainly there are some good articles, if you know how to pick them out, which to trust. Theodore Irtel might be one of the first pseudo-elders promoted by Platina. Others came later, such as pseudo-elder Sophrony ("We Shall See Him As He Is").<br /><br />It is best to stick with the Orthodox Word magazines that were published before 1982 or before.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-51910929507265440962014-04-22T08:54:40.570-07:002014-04-22T08:54:40.570-07:00Fr. Seraphim Rose was at odds with Dr. Kalomiros n...Fr. Seraphim Rose was at odds with Dr. Kalomiros not just for his evolutionism. He also criticized Dr. Kalomiros (privately) for making "himself notorious in Greece for starting his own schism from the Old Calendarists over the issue of the Icon of the Trinity showing God the Father as an old man – he insists the icon is heretical and justifies the breaking of communion with those who venerate or even tolerate it."<br /><br />Genesis, Creation and Early Man, 2nd edition, page 645Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-15332349888988736982014-04-15T16:32:44.003-07:002014-04-15T16:32:44.003-07:00Where did the Bible come from?
http://www.orthodo...<br /><br />Where did the Bible come from?<br /><br />http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/bible/<br /><br />http://sjkp.org<br />Where Did the Bible Come From?<br />Fr. Gregory Williams<br />Nearly any conversation with a protestant Christian is certain, sooner or later, to lead to an assertion that he believes only according to what (he thinks) the Bible says. Rarely is any serious attention given to how this holy Book came to be in his hands. This brief account explores that history (leaving detailed documentation to other, more scholarly, works), and shows how it is that the Bible is the "child" of the Church -- not the other way around.<br />Item# 2036. (DC: X) Saddle-stitched. $2.00.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-18207229184191901312013-07-25T18:45:48.915-07:002013-07-25T18:45:48.915-07:00
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http://remnantrocor.blogspot.com/20...<br />Related post:<br />http://remnantrocor.blogspot.com/2013/07/optina-elder-barsanuphius-on-football.htmlJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-80997408243062209552013-06-24T16:29:28.622-07:002013-06-24T16:29:28.622-07:00Some of the books in the series are available here...<br />Some of the books in the series are available here:<br />type "Optina" into the search box<br /><a href="http://www.sjkp.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.sjkp.org</a><br /><br />Some others might be found at Platina or on Amazon.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-4017406947137602552013-06-24T16:15:04.390-07:002013-06-24T16:15:04.390-07:00photos from Orthodox Word magazine #117photos from Orthodox Word magazine #117Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237541551373915150.post-86847316741497548002013-06-21T12:31:36.873-07:002013-06-21T12:31:36.873-07:00Thank you, Minas, I had forgotten about the except...Thank you, Minas, I had forgotten about the exception of the widows. This custom does seem to be forgotten – what a shame.<br /><br />The (Slav) priest whom I heard this from had told it to my teen-age daughter. Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000679422093371576noreply@blogger.com