TAW Pics

[paleodoxy]

Since people are starting to post photos of themselves in the CF Character thread, I thought I'd start a new thread dedicated to that! So, here goes. I'll start it off...

http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00751/90/36/751056309_m.jpg

[RobNJ]

Well. a relatively current one
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/WebCam8_23copy.jpg

and an editorial comment:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/VideoSnapshot1Acopy3.jpg


^_^

[Oblio]

http://www.st-innocent.org/StInnocent/images/Consecration/images/img_0791.jpg

+ a larger beard and ponytail (this was at my tonsuring)

[-Kyriaki-]

I posted this a little while ago in the modesty thread, but for everyone who didn't see it there:

http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/3978/2327856580100712226S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2327856580100712226hcsStE)

Me! I'd just finished making that dress, hence the photo.

[Khaleas]

Me when we got married in '05... (who would have guessed... :doh: )

[Michael the Iconographer]

There is already a thread for pictures in the stickys. St. Andrei Rublev thread of pictures. Check it out.

[Khaleas]

There is already a thread for pictures in the stickys. St. Andrei Rublev thread of pictures. Check it out.
Yea, buried who knows where...

[paleodoxy]

Hey, don't mess up our fun, dude! ;)

[RobNJ]

Hey, don't mess up our fun, dude! ;)

Exactly, I can always merge the threads, after this one dies down (sneaky Staff tricks!) :thumbsup:

[disasm]

I'm a little bit of a monkey:

http://gentux.org/disasm.jpg

Yes, I really am upside down on a child rock climbing wall at the park, it's not a fake ;-)

And this is me at Mount Everest!
http://gentux.org/everest2.jpg

okay, so that's me in my office with the help of gimp, but I figured I'd share that one as well.

[Breaking Babylon]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/maryy00/dfhe.jpg

I took this one a few days ago

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/maryy00/Picture017.jpg

I don't know how my eyes came out so bright in this one, might be the shirt?

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/maryy00/dgtjdj.jpg

Another one from a couple days ago

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/maryy00/24536.jpg

The infamous raised eyebrow, in greyscale

One of these days I'll be able to grow a full beard!

[JustinHesychast]

I love seeing what people actually look like! Very spiffy and fun! ^_^

Anywho, here's two recent ones of me:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/1254101900_572fc008f0.jpg?v=0


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1198/1039350999_f382e9649b.jpg?v=0

[paleodoxy]

I posted this a little while ago in the modesty thread, but for everyone who didn't see it there:

http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/3978/2327856580100712226S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2327856580100712226hcsStE)

Me! I'd just finished making that dress, hence the photo.

Nice dress, Kyrie! You must've worked really hard on that!

[Breaking Babylon]

Hey Paleodoxy, your CF character actually resembles you a lot!

[paleodoxy]

Really?

The pic I posted has a darker background. I actually have dark brown hair, not black hair. Other than that, I guess the CF dude is accurate enough.

[Breaking Babylon]

Really?

The pic I posted has a darker background. I actually have dark brown hair, not black hair. Other than that, I guess the CF dude is accurate enough.
Well, there's a resemblance there for sure. Mine looks nothing like me, but I wish I could grow out my beard and stache like that. I can't get past that whole scraggly beard stage, where it's a whole mess of nothing. :P

[-Kyriaki-]

Nice dress, Kyrie! You must've worked really hard on that!

Thankyou ^_^ I really enjoyed making it, and I'm thinking about making another one soon, maybe a different neckline this time to change it up a bit! It's the most comfortable summer dress I own.

[paleodoxy]

Thankyou ^_^ I really enjoyed making it, and I'm thinking about making another one soon, maybe a different neckline this time to change it up a bit! It's the most comfortable summer dress I own.

Looks pretty comfortable to me! (Not that I would know ;))

You seem pretty skilled at dress making. Ever thought of doing it to make money?

[-Kyriaki-]

Looks pretty comfortable to me! (Not that I would know ;))

You seem pretty skilled at dress making. Ever thought of doing it to make money?
I have thought about it, and I really enjoy it! My grandmother taught (and is still teaching) me how to dressmake, and I muddle my way through new patterns, try to recreate garments from ones I already have, etc...It's so much fun.

I would like to get a certificate in it one day, so that I have my qualifications, and if I'm well enough then yes I'd love to do it professionally. There's just not as big a market for things that I like wearing (and making) as I would like.

[Thekla]

I have thought about it, and I really enjoy it! My grandmother taught (and is still teaching) me how to dressmake, and I muddle my way through new patterns, try to recreate garments from ones I already have, etc...It's so much fun.

I would like to get a certificate in it one day, so that I have my qualifications, and if I'm well enough then yes I'd love to do it professionally. There's just not as big a market for things that I like wearing (and making) as I would like.
Then the hours wouldn't be too bad ;)

Might be a neat thing to try ... with a slow start ...

[-Kyriaki-]

The hours would be awesome! Get up and go to bed when I feel like it, work from my living room, take a break or eat whenever I feel like it - sounds like my kind of job :P

Maybe. I'll see, I'll keep making clothes for myself anyway. And for my kids...goodness knows if fashions stay current for kids clothes I'm definitely making my daughters' clothes! Yikes!

[Thekla]

The hours would be awesome! Get up and go to bed when I feel like it, work from my living room, take a break or eat whenever I feel like it - sounds like my kind of job :P

Maybe. I'll see, I'll keep making clothes for myself anyway. And for my kids...goodness knows if fashions stay current for kids clothes I'm definitely making my daughters' clothes! Yikes!
As you have more experience and gain more confidence in your abilities ... maybe even for a few boutiques ?

As for children's clothes -- ends of good quality fabric are inexpensive.
I used to make my kids clothes (not all of their clothes) with these inexpensive ends ... neat "funky pants" for wee guys. :)

[paleodoxy]

Thekla,

You're not allowed to post in this thread any longer until you're ready to post a photo... ;) haha

[-Kyriaki-]

I know of a place where I get printed calico (like what I made that dress out of) about 3 yards wide, about US$3.50 a metre (just over a yard)... all different colours. That place is my favourite to get fabric from!

I have 3m of absolutely incredible black wool with a variegated autumn coloured thread design on it, and I'm trying to get the courage up to make myself something from it! Originally I planned a dress, but I'm tempted to make it a coat or something.

It cost me about $15US a metre...so I better be careful with it!

[nutroll]

Here's a picture of me from about a year or two ago. Perhaps this will give some insight as to why I have such weird outfits for my CF character. I have tons more pictures on my other computer, but I have to replace the power supply. Every so often I decide to put on a weird outfit, or shave my head, or grow a beard or moustache, or shave off a beard or moustache, and when I do, I take tons of pictures. I know that at 30 years old I shouldn't find myself so entertaining, but I still do. And I figure when I'm 90 and I show people pictures of myself, it will look like I did so much in my life just based on all the completely different looks I've had. Or not....

http://www.holy-icons.com/graphics/detective.jpg

[Philothei]

Although I do not like to post pics of myself.... I do not think it is a good idea on the net. I liked all your pics. You guys are brave. I loved your dress Kyrie. I made a couple of dresses for my daughter when she was little too :) it saves money and you can keep it for keepsake.

Nutroll loved your candit pic too! I think guys look better with a beard BTW too.


God bless,
Philothei

[paleodoxy]

Although I do not like to post pics of myself.... I do not think it is a good idea on the net.
Philothei

Chicken ..... Just Kidding :)

[Tsarina]

Although I do not like to post pics of myself.... I do not think it is a good idea on the net. I liked all your pics. You guys are brave. I loved your dress Kyrie. I made a couple of dresses for my daughter when she was little too :) it saves money and you can keep it for keepsake.

Nutroll loved your candit pic too! I think guys look better with a beard BTW too.


God bless,
Philothei

I don't post picture either for safety reasons. I'd had horrible experiences with that in the past.. never again.

However, Philothei you can always tell us who people usually think you look like.
As for me, growing up i somehow resembled Christina Aguliera according to many many people. Now, everyone tells me i look like Shamita Shetty. :scratch:

[Protoevangel]

I usually don't post pictures of myself, either. But since everyone else is, I might as well:

http://www.doggienews.com/uploaded_images/pee-wee-ugly-dog-726165.jpg

[paleodoxy]

Hey, is that that Chupacrabra the lady in Cuero, TX reportedly discovered? LOL

[Breaking Babylon]

According to some weird celebrity look-alike program, I resemble Lance Bass the most. I don't see it at all. :D

[paleodoxy]

As for me, growing up i somehow resembled Christina Aguliera according to many many people. Now, everyone tells me i look like Shamita Shetty. :scratch:

Celebrity look alike is always fun...who do you look most like, etc.

Most people say I look like Russell Crowe.

A lot of people think my wife looks like Sarah Michelle Geller.

We have a friend who looks extremely similar to Natalie Portman.

[Tsarina]

I thought i'd reveal myself. Here's me: :D

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j219/mayemerald1979/Characters/tinkerbell-pixie.jpg

[paleodoxy]

You should be real careful about doing that...You'll start opening yourself up to TAW nick names, like Tinker Bell... lol

[Philothei]

I think I look alike ... let me see... some people used to say I look like Linda Gray the "Sue-Elen" in Dallas...lol... especially her short haircut. It is hard to tell though as I never thought I ever looked like one of them actresses...I find it sort of strange to think of people as "look-a-likes" you get an immediate different or distorted perspective of who they trully are inside.

No offense to anyone though who likes that idea...

Philothei

[Michael the Iconographer]

I usually don't post pictures of myself, either. But since everyone else is, I might as well:

http://www.doggienews.com/uploaded_images/pee-wee-ugly-dog-726165.jpg
And I thought my dog Oliver had a long tongue!

[TrueHope]

WOW! These pics are great!!!! I am one NOT to post me, usually....but here goes...



http://www.catmine.com/pix/caffeine_cat.jpg

But seriously.....

That IS me....every day!!! LOL:P^_^

[AJB4]

Alright, well: Here's my profile pic:

http://www3.foru.ms/images/customprofilepics/profilepic163481_3.gif


And here's a couple I took on the webcam just now:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m142/AJB4/me7.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m142/AJB4/me8.jpg

[DarkNLovely]

I posted this a little while ago in the modesty thread, but for everyone who didn't see it there:

http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/3978/2327856580100712226S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2327856580100712226hcsStE)

Me! I'd just finished making that dress, hence the photo.
Kyrie! You are so adorable!

[DarkNLovely]

http://www.st-innocent.org/StInnocent/images/Consecration/images/img_0791.jpg

+ a larger beard and ponytail (this was at my tonsuring)
You look like your character! Tonsuring? Are a monk?

[DarkNLovely]

Well. a relatively current one
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/WebCam8_23copy.jpg

and an editorial comment:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/VideoSnapshot1Acopy3.jpg


^_^
You also look like your character!

[TrueHope]

This is me with my dearest friend and SF! :liturgy:

This is a first and last...so don't be surprised if I hit the edit button later! ;)

[TrueHope]

Well. a relatively current one
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/WebCam8_23copy.jpg

and an editorial comment:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/VideoSnapshot1Acopy3.jpg


^_^
I just love this!!!!!! God Bless you!!!! (I had to edit this, because my daughter is getting such a kick out of your photo!!!!!!!) (She is STILL laughing!!!)

[cobweb]

Me.... taken this spring when the bushes were blooming in my front yard. I don't have anything more recent because I usually hide from cameras.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/cobweb2/ka2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/cobweb2/ka.jpg

[TrueHope]

Me.... taken this spring when the bushes were blooming in my front yard. I don't have anything more recent because I usually hide from cameras.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/cobweb2/ka2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/cobweb2/ka.jpg
Your skin is incredible!!!! You have such healthy skin! Since I came to Greece, my skin went from smooth and nice to....AHHHHHHHH! What's your secret?

[Michael the Iconographer]

Notice we don't have any pictures of any Frenchmen in this thread! We have Finns, but no French!

[eoe]

First one I could get my hands on was the pic they took right after the St. Baldrick's event.

http://www.stbaldricks.org/ImageRender/ImageRender.html?src=photos/participants/22_after.jpg&hp=225&wl=225&ws=225

Taken at Fado - Atlanta

[nutroll]

I usually don't post pictures of myself, either. But since everyone else is, I might as well:

http://www.doggienews.com/uploaded_images/pee-wee-ugly-dog-726165.jpg

You don't look a lot like your CF character, but you look just like I pictured you.... And don't worry, my facial hair used to come in patchy like that too.

[cobweb]

Your skin is incredible!!!! You have such healthy skin! Since I came to Greece, my skin went from smooth and nice to....AHHHHHHHH! What's your secret?
My secret? A really bad cell phone camera that blurs everything ^_^

[TrueHope]

My secret? A really bad cell phone camera that blurs everything ^_^
Giggle!!! That's my excuse for any thing photo wise!!!!!! lol....

[Oblio]

You look like your character! Tonsuring? Are a monk?

Nope, just a Reader. We are also tonsured but the rite is not the same as the monastic rite.

[Eusebios]

Ok, let me try my hand at this.
http://www.holyassumption.net/display_image.php?ximgid=paragraph_33_2&ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/RdrDon.jpg&archive=0&final_h=160&final_w=106&percent=200
And another with my wife and three of our godchildren:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7916531@N04/469924628/in/set-72157600114366356/

[Eusebios]

Hmm, that last one didn't seem to work, so I'll try making it an attachment.

[Khaleas]

Ok, let me try my hand at this.
http://www.holyassumption.net/display_image.php?ximgid=paragraph_33_2&ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/RdrDon.jpg&archive=0&final_h=160&final_w=106&percent=200
And another with my wife and three of our godchildren:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7916531@N04/469924628/in/set-72157600114366356/
Stylish beard you've got going on there! :thumbsup:

[Eusebios]

Stylish beard you've got going on there! :thumbsup:
Why, thank you, I try!

[Nickolai]

This is the most recent of me, very gangster

And another before I cut my hair.

[silouanathonite]

Here is a pic of me. This was taken a couple months ago.

[Thekla]

Thekla,

You're not allowed to post in this thread any longer until you're ready to post a photo... ;) haha
ticket :)

(10 years ago at Chrismation -- I'm the short one)


http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picke6.tifhttp://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picke6.tif

EDIT: we are experiencing technical difficulties ...
am I off the hook ? :)

[disasm]

ticket :)

(10 years ago at Chrismation -- I'm the short one)


http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picke6.tifhttp://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picke6.tif

EDIT: we are experiencing technical difficulties ...
am I off the hook ? :)
not seeing it

Sam

[fuerein]

ticket :)

(10 years ago at Chrismation -- I'm the short one)


http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picke6.tifhttp://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picke6.tif

EDIT: we are experiencing technical difficulties ...
am I off the hook ? :)
Ahhh, the old 'mess up the link so it looks like your trying when there actually isn't any picture to show in reality trick' eh? ;) Okay... thats a really long name for a trick.

[Protoevangel]

Celebrity look alike is always fun...who do you look most like, etc.
In a slightly more serious note, I don't really have any good pictures of myself. But I have been accused twice of being "that guy from Seinfeld".
http://flash.sonypictures.com/tv/shows/seinfeld/myspace/comment/images/animated_george.gif

[Kristos]

.

[TrueHope]

.
ROFL!!!! That was cute!

I am so lovin this thread right now! It is really nice to see whom you are corresponding with, isn't it?!

[nikostheater]

Yes,it is nice..
:)

[TrueHope]

Yes,it is nice..
:)
So where is yours my family friend from Crete?

[SeekingTheLight]

Ok, well here's one of me and my family, taken last month.
(And how come I can only see about half of everyone else's pictures)? Some load, some don't...hmmm.

http://www.halesangels.net/09-06-2007%2003;32;00PMb.JPG

[TrueHope]

Ok, well here's one of me and my family, taken last month.
(And how come I can only see about half of everyone else's pictures)? Some load, some don't...hmmm.

http://www.halesangels.net/09-06-2007%2003;32;00PMb.JPG
You have a gorgeous family!!!

[SeekingTheLight]

thank you!

[Tsarina]

You should be real careful about doing that...You'll start opening yourself up to TAW nick names, like Tinker Bell... lol

Lol.. you know what? I wouldn't mind the nickname Tinker Bell, it's cute. :tutu:

Ok, let me try my hand at this.
http://www.holyassumption.net/display_image.php?ximgid=paragraph_33_2&ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/RdrDon.jpg&archive=0&final_h=160&final_w=106&percent=200
And another with my wife and three of our godchildren:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7916531@N04/469924628/in/set-72157600114366356/

Love the beard, Eusebios!

This is the most recent of me, very gangster

And another before I cut my hair.

Nikolai, you took a razor to your face? that's it! I'm coming down to S.C just to beat you up. :P

[Nickolai]

Nikolai, you took a razor to your face? that's it! I'm coming down to S.C just to beat you up. :P

Yup, I decided that I'm gonna keep everything short until I get married, then I'll go for the Russian Priest look again. Although I may get rid of the chinstrap and go full beard again soon, I'll just keep it short.

[Tsarina]

Yup, I decided that I'm gonna keep everything short until I get married, then I'll go for the Russian Priest look again. Although I may get rid of the chinstrap and go full beard again soon, I'll just keep it short.

Sounds like a plan. The Russian Priest look is awesome! :angel:

[fuerein]

Yup, I decided that I'm gonna keep everything short until I get married, then I'll go for the Russian Priest look again. Although I may get rid of the chinstrap and go full beard again soon, I'll just keep it short.
Ahh, the Amish method of growing a beard... Shave until marriage then don't shave after. Speaking of which, last time I let my full beard grow out to a decent length everyone kept saying I looked Amish (it didn't help that we were in a heavily Amish populated place and most people w/ beards were the Amish).

[DarkNLovely]

This is insane! You Orthodox people are so goodlooking! Do you have beauty secrets us furry parasites know nothing about? Some ancient wisdom on how to look good without even trying? Maybe I do need to join. Hmm,.......?:scratch: Lol! Great pics guys! :thumbsup:

God bless you! :hug:

[paleodoxy]

You Orthodox people are so goodlooking! Do you have beauty secrets us furry parasites know nothing about? Some ancient wisdom on how to look good without even trying?

Yeah, the secret is converting to Orthodoxy. Amazingly, after people join the Church, they start looking really, really good.

You should try it... ;)

[DarkNLovely]

Yeah, the secret is converting to Orthodoxy. Amazingly, after people join the Church, they start looking really, really good.

You should try it... ;)
Now that is tempting! LOL!

[DarkNLovely]

Plus it's just not cool being a furry girl! LOL!

[DarkNLovely]

Nope, just a Reader. We are also tonsured but the rite is not the same as the monastic rite.

Of course you aren't! You are married! Boy do I feel sheepish! :blush:

[Tsarina]

paleodoxy.. i can be nicknamed Tinkerbell now, i changed my Cf Character to like like her. :)

[paleodoxy]

Tsarina, I officially dub thee....*drum roll*..... Tinker Bell of TAW!

[Tsarina]

Tsarina, I officially dub thee....*drum roll*..... Tinker Bell of TAW!

Yay!!! :tutu:

[paleodoxy]

Now that is tempting! LOL!

Dark skin beautifies particularly well after a chrismation in the Orthodox Church, I've heard. It's a miracle exclusive of the Orthodox Church...like the holy fire.

;)

Am I not being pushy enough? If not, I can be pushier.

He he

[DarkNLovely]

Dark skin beautifies particularly well after a chrismation in the Orthodox Church, I've heard. It's a miracle exclusive of the Orthodox Church...like the holy fire.

;)

Am I not being pushy enough? If not, I can be pushier.

He he
Hmm, maybe if you push just a teensy bit more......... Lol!

[paleodoxy]

Okay...ummm....

I've heard tell that women converts to Orthodoxy often receive a lifetime supply of cosmetics upon chrismation and baptism.

Oh, and after conversion, all your progeny are guaranteed to look beautiful, too.

[TrueHope]

Okay...ummm....

I've heard tell that women converts to Orthodoxy often receive a lifetime supply of cosmetics upon chrismation and baptism.

Oh, and after conversion, all your progeny are guaranteed to look beautiful, too.
You 2 are too much!

[DarkNLovely]

Okay...ummm....

I've heard tell that women converts to Orthodoxy often receive a lifetime supply of cosmetics upon chrismation and baptism.

Oh, and after conversion, all your progeny are guaranteed to look beautiful, too.
O.K! Now if you tell me I can eat all the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and little debbie I want without gaining a pound, I may have to reconsider my non- denominational status! Because, believe me, I don't get that perk right now! LOL!

[Annabel Lee]

I can't find the pic I posted in the other TAW picture thread!

Anyway, one of these humanoids is me.

http://www1.foru.ms/attachment.php?attachmentid=2008

[paleodoxy]

Oh, I'm so sorry, DNL. You disqualify. Aesthetics has a profound theological role to play in Orthodoxy, yet while we enjoy our food, it is deemed offensively inappropriate to make anything relating to the culinary arts a condition for conversion. I was so hoping you would join us... Now all bets are off... :cry:

[DarkNLovely]

Oh, I'm so sorry, DNL. You disqualify. Aesthetics has a profound theological role to play in Orthodoxy, yet while we enjoy our food, it is deemed offensively inappropriate to make anything relating to the culinary arts a condition for conversion. I was so hoping you would join us... Now all bets are off... :cry:
DARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFL!!!!!!!!! Well, I WILL consider the benefits very carfully and get back to ya! ;)

[Bushmaster78FS]

This is me with my dearest friend and SF! :liturgy:

This is a first and last...so don't be surprised if I hit the edit button later! ;)


We have a woman looks just like you in our church, it must be the greekness :)

[Bushmaster78FS]

I am on an internet connection which is about 1 kb downloadspeed, so I could find my newspaper shot... I hope the page won't get jacked up...

If you like more, go to our myspace page and download some pics from our pics library and post it here for me...

It is www.myspace.com/yasars (http://www.myspace.com/yasars)

My wife would have to approve you though...

http://cms.images.morris.com/savannah/mdControlled/cms/2007/05/02/167220437.jpg

[DarkNLovely]

Well I don't have a pic but here is some cuteness, anyway!

http://www.champbulldogs.com/

[Dorothea]

Here's one I took a few minutes ago. :D

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL577/2409822/10179780/276688795.jpg

[Dorothea]

Me.... taken this spring when the bushes were blooming in my front yard. I don't have anything more recent because I usually hide from cameras.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/cobweb2/ka2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/cobweb2/ka.jpg
Goodness, cobweb! Your CF character looks a lot like the real you! :)

[fuerein]

Alright... Guess I'll add my pic just to be social and all. Just took this with the camera on my macbook which is sitting on my lap, so it isn't a great pic or anything.

[disasm]

All the girls CF characters are realistic and relatively close to their pics ;-) Mine doesn't look like me much at all. Of course that might be the armor I'm wearing. However; it would be fun to wear that around to all my classes one day!

Sam

[Dorothea]

Hmm, that last one didn't seem to work, so I'll try making it an attachment.
Awww. That's a great family photo. You've got beautiful children, Eusebios. :)

[Dorothea]

Yeah, the secret is converting to Orthodoxy. Amazingly, after people join the Church, they start looking really, really good.

You should try it... ;)
^_^

[SeraphimSarov]

I usually don't bother with this, but here it is, taken just moments ago...

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photos/photo29/87/72/5c64dc70cea0.jpg?_rh=6x5i8okq6nyosbzfclvcmwulm

[paleodoxy]

...I may have to reconsider my non- denominational status!

And that's the other cool thing. You don't have to give up your non-denominational status. We're non-denominational, too! In fact, we're PRE-denominational!

:):):)

[nikostheater]

Well,that's my photo,i took it a few minutes ago using photo booth...

[ClementofRome]

I usually don't bother with this, but here it is, taken just moments ago...

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photos/photo29/87/72/5c64dc70cea0.jpg?_rh=6x5i8okq6nyosbzfclvcmwulm


Man Kjell, that is one incredibly industrial looking ceiling!
;)

[DarkNLovely]

Handsome,Handsome! All of you Ortho-dudes are so handsome! Hey Paleo! Maybe if I find a good lookin' Ortho-dude of my own, I'll convert! LOL! Seriously, if I marry a Christian that is not my denomination, depending on what it is, it wouldn't bother me to convert anyway, but to be truthful, I'd prefer not to. But if he's cute, I can always make an exception! LOL!

[paleodoxy]

Handsome,Handsome! All of you Ortho-dudes are so handsome! Hey Paleo! Maybe if I find a good lookin' Ortho-dude of my own, I'll convert! LOL! Seriously, if I marry a Christian that is not my denomination, depending on what it is, it wouldn't bother me to convert anyway, but to be truthful, I'd prefer not to. But if he's cute, I can always make an exception! LOL!

Yeah, but if you convert to Orthodoxy, you'll have more guys to choose from! ;) Come on! Come oooooon! lol...

[SeraphimSarov]

Man Kjell, that is one incredibly industrial looking ceiling!
;)
It's in the basement of Wheaton City Hall. (As in Wheaton, IL, evangelical capital of the world...)

And thank you... I rather like industrial ceilings. :)

[DarkNLovely]

Yeah, but if you convert to Orthodoxy, you'll have more guys to choose from! ;) Come on! Come oooooon! lol...
Ohhh! I never thought about it that way! Gracious me! What to do? What to do? :scratch: Hmm, I think I'll attend some services first (while simultaneously checking out the eye candy at coffe hour! ;)) and then I'll decide! LOL!

[MsDahl]

These threads are always fun and I agree with DarknLovely, everyone is very handsome or beautiful (depending on the gender of course.)

Although I do not like to post pics of myself.... I do not think it is a good idea on the net.

Someone once mentioned to me the fact that we don't walk around offline with bags over our heads. We even hand perfect strangers our credit cards with our first name and surname. In college, they required our checks to have had our SSN on it. Why would you live your online life as if there was something to fear if you don't do it offline? Also, as long as you are not releasing surnames or any other identifying information, how would anyone be able to locate you based on a picture?

[Sothron]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/Falconfreak/005.jpg

Hope this works? That's me.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/Falconfreak/006.jpg

This is Mrs. Sothron.

[Sothron]

These threads are always fun and I agree with DarknLovely, everyone is very handsome or beautiful (depending on the gender of course.)



Someone once mentioned to me the fact that we don't walk around offline with bags over our heads. We even hand perfect strangers our credit cards with our first name and surname. In college, they required our checks to have had our SSN on it. Why would you live your online life as if there was something to fear if you don't do it offline? Also, as long as you are not releasing surnames or any other identifying information, how would anyone be able to locate you based on a picture?

I agree! Don't be bashful, we're just faces on a screen without any real names or real life information being given out!

[BuriedtoBloom]

I believe Bushmaster takes homes the trophy for "most impressive background".

My account, foundering in its immaturity, cannot yet doggy-paddle in the deep-end of image posting. If you're interested, please copy and paste the link below, replacing the O at the beginning with "h". And, uh, remember! I'm paleodoxy's brother. (His fame precedes me. :D)

Ottp://xbe.xanga.com/5c1d83f552630146109754/t108329111.jpg

EDIT: Fixed link.

[DarkNLovely]

I just love bearded men! (Reminds me of my daddy!) Lot's of the men have one. Is this common in Orthodox men?

[DarkNLovely]

I believe Bushmaster takes homes the trophy for "most impressive background".

My account, foundering in its immaturity, cannot yet doggy-paddle in the deep-end of image posting. If you're interested, please copy and paste the link below, replacing the O at the beginning with "h". And, uh, remember! I'm paleodoxy's brother. (His fame proceeds me. :D)

Ottp://-xbe.xanga.com/5c1d83f552630146109754/t108329111.jpg

(John-boy, feel free to post this for me in your own comment. Yeehaw.)
It don't work!

[JustinHesychast]

Here is a couple more of me, depending on the mood I am in (which obviously impacts my entire dress and look :)).

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2041/wowio1.png

[Sothron]

I just love bearded men! (Reminds me of my daddy!) Lot's of the men have one. Is this common in Orthodox men?

Yes, most do. But not all. ;) Personally my wife can't stand my having facial hair and I'm not a big fan of them myself although I'm indifferent about shaving if left to my own devices.

[BuriedtoBloom]

It don't work!
Thanks! I had put some symbols in there to confuse the message board- now removed.

[DarkNLovely]

Thanks! I had put some symbols in there to confuse the message board- now removed.
I saw it! I mean you no disrespect but you are really cute! I'm saying that as if I would say that to my brother! K? :thumbsup: ( And yes I would say that to my bro! I tell him all the time! He's so cute and skinny and gives the best hugs! I love him!)

[paleodoxy]

And, uh, remember! I'm paleodoxy's brother. (His fame proceeds me. :D)

Proceeds or PRE-ceeds? :D

[BuriedtoBloom]

Proceeds or PRE-ceeds? :D
...well, I don't know if the Church has made a dogmatic pronouncement on the procession of the younger brother as it relates to his activities on message boards, but I will respect your dissent and edit my post.

(I do know the difference in the words. To quote Jim-Bob, "I guess I just wasn't thinking.")

[paleodoxy]

...well, I don't know if the Church has made a dogmatic pronouncement on the procession of the younger brother as it relates to the his activities on message boards, but I will respect your dissent and edit my post.

(I do know the difference in the words. To quote Jim-Bob, "I guess I just wasn't thinking.")

That would be like saying the Father proceeds from the Son. Heresy.

Goodnight, Jim-Bob!

[BuriedtoBloom]

That would be like saying the Father proceeds from the Son. Heresy.

Goodnight, Jim-Bob!
Good-night, John-Boy! (Quick, someone grab the harmonica!... any ol' time Walton fans out there?)

[paleodoxy]

Lol...

[TrueHope]

We have a woman looks just like you in our church, it must be the greekness :)
LOL...Well, actually when I wake up, I look a lot like that helicopter... ready to bite someone!!!! Is that you and your wife on the Myspace? Nice looking couple!!!!

Yo, Nikostheater....Nice pic!

[TrueHope]

Good-night, John-Boy! (Quick, someone grab the harmonica!... any ol' time Walton fans out there?)
Good night Mary-Ellen, Good night Elizabeth....


However, for all you sleepy heads, it is morning here for us starshines across the planet!

[DarkNLovely]

Good night Mary-Ellen, Good night Elizabeth....


However, for all you sleepy heads, it is morning here for us starshines across the planet!
How amny hours are you ahead?

[Dorothea]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/Falconfreak/005.jpg

Hope this works? That's me.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/Falconfreak/006.jpg

This is Mrs. Sothron.
Aww. Cute pics, Sothron, and I love Raulphie on your t-shirt. :D

[Dorothea]

Well, actually when I wake up, I look a lot like that helicopter... ready to bite someone!!!!
^_^ Not a morning person, eh? ;)

[TrueHope]

How amny hours are you ahead?
7-9. 7 East Coast, 9 West. Yup...I just watched the sun rise...the clouds are gorgeous....and the sky a rainbow hue.....I love early morning by the sea!

Dorthea, you look like your character too! And like one of my friends from Boston!

LOL...before the coffee, and where are my glasses...cuz I just can't see in the mornings...and my parrot yelling for my attention while I am making my coffee and dog underfoot....nope...not a true morning person until all that comes into clear focus! ;)

[Dorothea]

Dorthea, you look like your character too! And like one of my friends from Boston!
Thanks, and that's neat. :)

[Michael the Iconographer]

I can't find the pic I posted in the other TAW picture thread!

Anyway, one of these humanoids is me.

http://www1.foru.ms/attachment.php?attachmentid=2008
Hmmmm, which one in the picture is you? J/K How have you been Grammabel Vampire Lady?

[Michael the Iconographer]

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/goltzm/TerribleTowelgolfing.jpg

Me doing what I do best, being a Steelers fan.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/goltzm/michaelandchristmasdogs.jpg

Me and my captors, err, dogs. Tikhon to the left, Oliver center, Brittany the Pooh on the right.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/goltzm/meinswitzerland90.jpg

Me in Switzerland in 1990, when I was 16.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/goltzm/tikhonisahugesteelersfancloseup.jpg

Puppyarch Tikhon.

[TrueHope]

Those pooches are so cute! I love pets! Hmmm...let me see what I got of my pooch and parrots....

http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/11/39/95/26/misc_112.jpg

P...Our princess...NO hands pahleeeeze...but give me a MIRROR anytime!!!

http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/11/39/95/26/madge_12.jpg

Yup...that's my siamese twin....glued to my head all the time!!!

http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/11/39/95/26/madge_11.jpg

Hey...don't mess with me MAMA!

http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/11/39/95/26/misc_710.jpg

Sneaky little git...she knows NOT to go on the bed!!!!

And me and my hub with our priest...

http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/11/39/95/26/p_09410.jpg

[Vasileios]

OK, first the portraits!

1995, 18 years old
Title: "I wish I had thicker facial hair"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/vicold.gif


2002, right before I joined the army
Title:"If I tilt my head like this, the end of my hair touches my leg"
Subtitle: "Decent facial hair"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/vic.jpg


2002, right after I left the army
Title:"I have no hair"
Subtitle:"Obligatory passport photo look"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/vic_passport.jpg


2005, my magnum opus in photography!
Title:"Autotrichographia"
(loosely translated as auto-hair-ography or smth :P)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/autotrixografia.jpg

[Vasileios]

My beautiful wife, Kalliopi
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/popgazi.jpg

Outside St. Nectarios, Aegina. L-R: My sister Marina and her husband Elias, Kalliopi, me and my father
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aigina.jpg


Aegina, St. Nectarios church, the analogion, me and my brother Manolis
Title: "If we study hard maybe one day we will be chanting here"
Subtitle: "Wishful thinking"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aiginapsalter.jpg

[TrueHope]

Your wife is GORGEOUS!

I love Agios Nektarios! We go every year!!! Awesome pictures!!!

[ma2000]

I usually don't post pictures of myself, either. But since everyone else is, I might as well:

http://www.doggienews.com/uploaded_images/pee-wee-ugly-dog-726165.jpg
You're gorgeous, Protoevangel! :P :D

[DarkNLovely]

My beautiful wife, Kalliopi
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/popgazi.jpg

Outside St. Nectarios, Aegina. L-R: My sister Marina and her husband Elias, Kalliopi, me and my father
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aigina.jpg


Aegina, St. Nectarios church, the analogion, me and my brother Manolis
Title: "If we study hard maybe one day we will be chanting here"
Subtitle: "Wishful thinking"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aiginapsalter.jpg
What lovely family you have! I love the name Kalliopi! It's so pretty!

[nikostheater]

LOL...Well, actually when I wake up, I look a lot like that helicopter... ready to bite someone!!!! Is that you and your wife on the Myspace? Nice looking couple!!!!

Yo, Nikostheater....Nice pic!
Thanks TrueHope...
:)
I have better pics but i could not post them because of attachment fiel constraints..

[Nickolai]

My beautiful wife, Kalliopi
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/popgazi.jpg

Outside St. Nectarios, Aegina. L-R: My sister Marina and her husband Elias, Kalliopi, me and my father
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aigina.jpg


Aegina, St. Nectarios church, the analogion, me and my brother Manolis
Title: "If we study hard maybe one day we will be chanting here"
Subtitle: "Wishful thinking"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aiginapsalter.jpg
Your wife is wearing a Blind Guardian shirt!!! Definitely a keeper!!! hahaha

[nikostheater]

TrueHope great pics!
I saw you at last!
Vasilios,great!
I want to go to St.Nektarios one day..
Oh,and i see your wife likes Blind Guardian..cool!
I am not the only one that likes Dream Theater,Blind guardian and such here...:P

[ma2000]

You all have lovely pics!
It's great actually seeing you, everyone!
Forgive me if I don't comment on each photo, but you all look great!

[Nickolai]

I am not the only one that likes Dream Theater,Blind guardian and such here...:P
Don't forget Dragonforce!!! Through the fire and the flames we carry ooooooooooonnn!!!!

[TrueHope]

You all have lovely pics!
It's great actually seeing you, everyone!
Forgive me if I don't comment on each photo, but you all look great!

Here's me with my sister's husband. I'm the one on the left.
Awww, ma2000! How cute!!! So that is somewhere near my hub, eh?

That is a great pic!!! Glad to meet ya!

[DarkNLovely]

You all have lovely pics!
It's great actually seeing you, everyone!
Forgive me if I don't comment on each photo, but you all look great!

Here's me with my sister's husband. I'm the one on the left.
Awwww!!! What a cute pic!


Man I wish I had a digital camera so I could post one! *sigh*

[ma2000]

Awww, ma2000! How cute!!! So that is somewhere near my hub, eh?

That is a great pic!!! Glad to meet ya!
It's great seeing you too! :hug:
Actually, the pic was taken at my cousin's wedding in Timişoara, 600 km away from Bucharest.

[ma2000]

Awwww!!! What a cute pic!


Man I wish I had a digital camera so I could post one! *sigh*
There is a rumour that they hand out digital cameras at Orthodox baptisms... :P

[DarkNLovely]

There is a rumour that they hand out digital cameras at Orthodox baptisms... :P
LOL! Oh you guys are making this way too tempting! LOL!

[fuerein]

LOL! Oh you guys are making this way too tempting! LOL!
Just make sure your first words when they lift you out of the water the third time are: "So Fathen N, where's my camera, my X, my Y, my... I got told I get those at baptism". Those need to be your very first words out of the water. :)

[Asinner]

My beautiful wife, Kalliopi
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/popgazi.jpg

Outside St. Nectarios, Aegina. L-R: My sister Marina and her husband Elias, Kalliopi, me and my father
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aigina.jpg


Aegina, St. Nectarios church, the analogion, me and my brother Manolis
Title: "If we study hard maybe one day we will be chanting here"
Subtitle: "Wishful thinking"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aiginapsalter.jpg

Finally! ^_^

Your family is beautiful. :)

Love,
Christina

[DarkNLovely]

Just make sure your first words when they lift you out of the water the third time are: "So Fathen N, where's my camera, my X, my Y, my... I got told I get those at baptism". Those need to be your very first words out of the water. :)
Hehe! So noted! And if if I don't get them, I'm coming after Paleo for my lifetime suppy of cosmetics and Marius for my camara! ROFL!

[TrueHope]

There is a rumour that they hand out digital cameras at Orthodox baptisms... :P
Yes, I heard that too! So ya better run now! ;)

[SeraphimSarov]

Don't forget Dragonforce!!! Through the fire and the flames we carry ooooooooooonnn!!!!
Ugh, nerd metal...

[Sothron]

Aww. Cute pics, Sothron, and I love Raulphie on your t-shirt. :D

Thanks! Christmas Story is one of my all-time favorite movies and my parents get me a new Christmas Story t-shirt every year for Christmas lol.

[TrueHope]

Thanks! Christmas Story is one of my all-time favorite movies and my parents get me a new Christmas Story t-shirt every year for Christmas lol.
It was THAT Ralphie? I was trying to figure that one out!!! LOL. That's cute! I want a Ralphie T-Shirt too! ;)

[Sothron]

I've got a closet full of them at home. And yes, that is THE Ralphie! He's not enjoying his soap treatment in that shirt though.

Edit: this site has some of them http://stylinonline.stores.yahoo.net/christmasstory.html

I honestly don't knwo where they find a new one each year but I've got at least ten of them now.

[TrueHope]

I've got a closet full of them at home. And yes, that is THE Ralphie! He's not enjoying his soap treatment in that shirt though.

Edit: this site has some of them http://stylinonline.stores.yahoo.net/christmasstory.html

I honestly don't knwo where they find a new one each year but I've got at least ten of them now.
HAH...what a HOOT! I love it! I gotta order a few of those babies!!!!:pray:

[silouanathonite]

I've got a closet full of them at home. And yes, that is THE Ralphie! He's not enjoying his soap treatment in that shirt though.

Edit: this site has some of them http://stylinonline.stores.yahoo.net/christmasstory.html

I honestly don't knwo where they find a new one each year but I've got at least ten of them now.
Those shirts are awesome. The first on my list going to be Thundercats.

[Sothron]

Check out their GI Joe shirts. I like the first Storm Shadown one and you can never go wrong with Cobra shirts.

[RobNJ]

A pic from when I was 8 & a pic from when I was 16

[Michael the Iconographer]

A pic from when I was 8 & a pic from when I was 16
Rob, the picture of you at 16 looks very much like a late '60s hippie!

[RobNJ]

Rob, the picture of you at 16 looks very much like a late '60s hippie!

Late '70's guy doing yard work ;)

[Kristos]

Oddly, this picture is of me and my 2nd daughter before I even thought about converting to Orthodoxy...

Must have been some sort of Russian monk look, but I didn't even know it:)

[Dorothea]

Thanks! Christmas Story is one of my all-time favorite movies and my parents get me a new Christmas Story t-shirt every year for Christmas lol.
hee hee. That's neat. :) We watch it every Christmas. :D

[Dorothea]

My beautiful wife, Kalliopi
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/popgazi.jpg

Outside St. Nectarios, Aegina. L-R: My sister Marina and her husband Elias, Kalliopi, me and my father
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aigina.jpg


Aegina, St. Nectarios church, the analogion, me and my brother Manolis
Title: "If we study hard maybe one day we will be chanting here"
Subtitle: "Wishful thinking"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/aiginapsalter.jpg
All your pics are awesome, Vasileios! Love those St. Nectarios church pics. My sis and nieces and parents were just there at that church visiting back in July!

[TrueHope]

All your pics are awesome, Vasileios! Love those St. Nectarios church pics. My sis and nieces and parents were just there at that church visiting back in July!
I can't say it enough.....I LOVE IT THERE! Vasileios! Is not the energy going up the stairs the best thing you have ever felt???!!!

[TrueHope]

Oddly, this picture is of me and my 2nd daughter before I even thought about converting to Orthodoxy...

Must have been some sort of Russian monk look, but I didn't even know it:)
She is sooooooooo beautiful there! (Missing little baby sighs....at the moment listening to my 3 babies...barking and yelling at each other....Ahh, the good ole- days!)

[Tsarina]

A pic from when I was 8 & a pic from when I was 16

Cool! i love the long hair/beard look.:cool:

[Bushmaster78FS]

Handsome,Handsome! All of you Ortho-dudes are so handsome! Hey Paleo! Maybe if I find a good lookin' Ortho-dude of my own, I'll convert!!

You know that's gotta be before the wedding, you convert first and the guy marries you.

[Bushmaster78FS]

1995, 18 years old
Title: "I wish I had thicker facial hair"
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dungeonvic/vicold.gif



Wearing my favorite album's t-shirt... Looking a lot like my own brother... myspace.com/revelation


... somehow seeing the t-shirt, I started humming "Blackened"...

[EricTheRed]

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z269/ericloveswar/IMG_5229.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z269/ericloveswar/Possum006.jpg

I h ave shorter hair cut now

[DarkNLovely]

You know that's gotta be before the wedding, you convert first and the guy marries you.
Would I have to HAVE TO convert, or is it optional?

[Michael the Iconographer]

Late '70's guy doing yard work ;)
You are not denying the hippie part!

[RobNJ]

You are not denying the hippie part!

Well, I was listening to to the Ramones & The Clash, in that era too..along with some Motorhead, etc.

[Bushmaster78FS]

Would I have to HAVE TO convert, or is it optional?

How shall I put this? My godmother, as an Orthodox, married a muslim, the dude never became Orthodox. She was considered to be in a "not good standing" with the church because what she did was not allowed. So as far as I know, an Ortho-dude would not marry you unless you are also a good standing Orthodox. Someone might chime in with the details and "why"s...

[nutroll]

Would I have to HAVE TO convert, or is it optional?
I believe that all of the jursidictions allow for marriage to a non-Orthodox, but Christian, spouse. However, those who are serious about their faith will no doubt want an Orthodox Spouse for a number of reasons. The most obvious is just because it is easier. You can attend church together, pray together, raise children in the same faith together and there is no source for conflict in regards to religion. However, more important than this is the reality that a husband and wife and their children are a small church together. A married couple works out their salvation with each other, and through each other. If they can't agree on basic and fundamental issues, it makes it that much more difficult to support each other to grow into God's kingdom. And I would imagine that a good non-Orthodox Christian would want someone who would likewise support them in their faith. So a non-Orthodox to Orthodox Marriage is most likely going to between nominal Christians on both sides. My parents, on the other hand, were both very devout (Dad-Orthodox and Mom-Presbyterian) and their marriage ended in large part because of religious matters. That in turn had a very polarizing effect on me and my siblings with regards to religion.

[DarkNLovely]

I believe that all of the jursidictions allow for marriage to a non-Orthodox, but Christian, spouse. However, those who are serious about their faith will no doubt want an Orthodox Spouse for a number of reasons. The most obvious is just because it is easier. You can attend church together, pray together, raise children in the same faith together and there is no source for conflict in regards to religion. However, more important than this is the reality that a husband and wife and their children are a small church together. A married couple works out their salvation with each other, and through each other. If they can't agree on basic and fundamental issues, it makes it that much more difficult to support each other to grow into God's kingdom. And I would imagine that a good non-Orthodox Christian would want someone who would likewise support them in their faith. So a non-Orthodox to Orthodox Marriage is most likely going to between nominal Christians on both sides. My parents, on the other hand, were both very devout (Dad-Orthodox and Mom-Presbyterian) and their marriage ended in large part because of religious matters. That in turn had a very polarizing effect on me and my siblings with regards to religion.
I 100% agree! Nail right on the head! It's still unequally yoked. That being said, no Orthodox would marry me then! I'm a hairy tic for sure!

[Tonks]

Taken at Fado - Atlanta

An Orthodox in an Irish bar? That's gotta violate some rule, somewhere. :P

[authiodionitist]

I 100% agree! Nail right on the head! It's still unequally yoked. That being said, no Orthodox would marry me then! I'm a hairy tic for sure!
I'm sure you're lovely! I mean, look at the quote beneath your alias!

[DarkNLovely]

I'm sure you're lovely! I mean, look at the quote beneath your alias!

Is that a proposal, aouthio? :blush: :P

[Philothei]

I 100% agree! Nail right on the head! It's still unequally yoked. That being said, no Orthodox would marry me then! I'm a hairy tic for sure!
On the contrary I know of marriages with heterodox that are very happy and succesful. In my experiences I also have seen many orthodox to orthodox marriages ending unsuccesfully ... too. It is sad but let us not make generalizations that divide and missinform than unite and give the bigger picture of interfaith marriages. The chances are fifty fifty either way, IMO anyways.

God bless,
Philothei

[Philothei]

How shall I put this? My godmother, as an Orthodox, married a muslim, the dude never became Orthodox. She was considered to be in a "not good standing" with the church because what she did was not allowed. So as far as I know, an Ortho-dude would not marry you unless you are also a good standing Orthodox. Someone might chime in with the details and "why"s...
BTW marrying a muslim is like marrying a non-christian and it is a different story. In our Church one member has to be Orthodox and the other party has to be Christian (baptized in an Church that states their belief in Trinity) in order for the couple to be married in the Orthodox Church. They do not have to be both Orthodox. Just a claryfication.

God bless,
Philothei

[DarkNLovely]

BTW marrying a muslim is like marrying a non-christian and it is a different story. In our Church one member has to be Orthodox and the other party has to be Christian (baptized in an Church that states their belief in Trinity) in order for the couple to be married in the Orthodox Church. They do not have to be both Orthodox. Just a claryfication.

God bless,
Philothei
O.K. Well I have never been baptized, so could I be baptized in an Orthodox church or do I have to become Orthodox?

[Philothei]

if you decide to become Orthodox yes you can be baptized. You will have to contact an Orthodox priest in your area and start the process of catechumanate depending on your Spiritual guide it can take months to a year or more.

You can start by attending services also at your local Orthodox parishe(s).

God bless,
Philothei

[EmperorConstantine]

Note too self: scan picture from school ID.

[Protoevangel]

You're gorgeous, Protoevangel! :P :D
http://www.bumperart.com/ProductImages/2004040288_Display-35.gif (http://www.bumperart.com/Geek.htm)

[AJB4]

Since people are starting to post photos of themselves in the CF Character thread, I thought I'd start a new thread dedicated to that! So, here goes. I'll start it off...

http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00751/90/36/751056309_m.jpg
That picture reminds me of John Stamos. :D

[paleodoxy]

Never heard o' the guy...

Who is he?

[TrueHope]

Never heard o' the guy...

Who is he?
Are you serious>?????? Oh my. He started off as Blackie on General Hospital back in the 80's, then did the show with those goofy looking olsen twins...as their uncle.

[paleodoxy]

Are you kidding me??? I don't look anything like the Olsen twins' uncle! lol

[MsDahl]

John Stamos is a good looking fellow. He is also getting better looking with age! It's not an insult..lol

[DarkNLovely]

Those pooches are so cute! I love pets! Hmmm...let me see what I got of my pooch and parrots....

http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/11/39/95/26/misc_112.jpg

P...Our princess...NO hands pahleeeeze...but give me a MIRROR anytime!!!

http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/11/39/95/26/madge_12.jpg

Yup...that's my siamese twin....glued to my head all the time!!!

http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/11/39/95/26/madge_11.jpg

Hey...don't mess with me MAMA!

http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/11/39/95/26/misc_710.jpg

Sneaky little git...she knows NOT to go on the bed!!!!

And me and my hub with our priest...

http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/11/39/95/26/p_09410.jpg
True! You are just too cute! Plus I haven't heard someone say "little git" in forever! I love it! LOL!

[Philothei]

Since people are starting to post photos of themselves in the CF Character thread, I thought I'd start a new thread dedicated to that! So, here goes. I'll start it off...

http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00751/90/36/751056309_m.jpg
so... have you ever considering doubling in for
Stamos? lol...

You all look so good. THope is your priest an Archimandrite? They say at the seminary that if your cross shines in pics you will become a bishop...lol... any chances there?

God bless,
Philothei

[rusmeister]

My little pic really IS me with my daughter, so you can see where the hat comes from!
http://kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/images/avatars/1582211948455360635143b.jpg

Don't pay any attention to that red and yellow stuff at the bottom. It don't mean nothin'... ;)

[Jacob4707]

I thought i'd reveal myself. Here's me: :D

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j219/mayemerald1979/Characters/tinkerbell-pixie.jpg

And here's me:

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/peter_pan/jeremy_sumpter/peterpan7.jpg

[Tsarina]

And here's me:

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/peter_pan/jeremy_sumpter/peterpan7.jpg

LoL!

Okay, i'll be Tinkerbella, and you are now officially Tinkerbell of TAW. :cool:

[Jacob4707]

LoL!

Okay, i'll be Tinkerbella, and you are now officially Tinkerbell of TAW. :cool:

My picture is not of Tink,* so you can still be Tinkerbell. :)

* 1) No wings. 2) It's a male.

[Tsarina]

My picture is not of Tink,* so you can still be Tinkerbell. :)

* 1) No wings. 2) It's a male.

Didn't notice that there wasn't any wings. I'll take back the Tinkerbell nickname. :D

[Jacob4707]

Didn't notice that there wasn't any wings. I'll take back the Tinkerbell nickname. :D

However, if you're Tinkerbell, then you're my partner:

http://www.butterflies.radish-spirit.com/images/filmph/pt-81.jpg

[Tsarina]

However, if you're Tinkerbell, then you're my partner:

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.25.03/gifs/pan-0352.jpg

Howdy partner!

We need to make a little change though. But you will have to help me since you have bigger hands.

Our task should be to sew a modest dress that I (Tinkerbell) will wear. I don't like this tiny green dress.
Oh, oh! and a matching green headscarf please! :D

[Jacob4707]

Howdy partner!

We need to make a little change though. But you will have to help me since you have bigger hands.

Our task should be to sew a modest dress that I (Tinkerbell) will wear. I don't like this tiny green dress.
Oh, oh! and a matching green headscarf please! :D

You'll have to get Wendy to do the sewing for you.

[paleodoxy]

That or Kyrie... ;)

[Tsarina]

You'll have to get Wendy to do the sewing for you.

We have to assign the role of Wendy to someone on TAW for this task to be done. :cool: Hmmmm... who can we pick?

[paleodoxy]

Kyrie! Kyrie I tell you!

[Tsarina]

Kyrie! Kyrie I tell you!

Great idea!

Kyrie... :pink: will you become Wendy? Tinkerbell needs help with an outfit.

[Jacob4707]

Great idea!

Kyrie... :pink: will you become Wendy? Tinkerbell needs help with an outfit.

And ... my shadow is coming loose again.

[TrueHope]

We own and LOVE this version of Peter Pan!!! I wish I were as beautiful and patient and with such a lovely accent as their mother....
All my girls and their friends cry in this version....(???? Must be a kid thing, cuz I am the biggest cry baby in movies and I just don't get it! lol)



Philothei...re: the cross...He has been asked to be Bishop in Rome, Astoria, NY (But he does not speak English at all...so we were doing simple lessons for a bit) and....I forget where else....He chooses to live a humble and simple life....but the stories he can tell.......will blow your socks off! That cross actually cracked in half while in Italy on vacation, when he demanded one of his SC tell the truth...and when she lied, it cracked....and everyone there tweeked! Can you imagine? And I couldn't go on that trip due to needing a baby sitter!

[Jacob4707]

We own and LOVE this version of Peter Pan!!! I wish I were as beautiful and patient and with such a lovely accent as their mother....
All my girls and their friends cry in this version....(???? Must be a kid thing, cuz I am the biggest cry baby in movies and I just don't get it! lol)

This lengthy review:

http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/peterpan.php

points out some things about the movie that you may not have thought about. The film is deep in the ways the review describes - depths/layers that previous versions of Peter Pan never portrayed. Which is why I, too, really like it.

[TrueHope]

This lengthy review:

http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/peterpan.php

points out some things about the movie that you may not have thought about. The film is deep in the ways the review describes - depths/layers that previous versions of Peter Pan never portrayed. Which is why I, too, really like it.
Actually, (I read the review, just now) And much of what was discussed, I had thought of, thus, in agreement with you, my sheer love of this particular version. I particularly like Tinkerbell's jealous role and how she viciously attacks Wendy by banging her head and telling the Lost boys to shoot down the Wendy Bird....in desperate, raw insane jealousy. Yet she too, turns around....it is an emotion filled movie for sure. I also liked the symbolism of the kiss....when her aunt speaks of her Mother's kiss, that Wendy too, owns one....and the sheer shock and joy on everyones faces.

[-Kyriaki-]

*ears prick up*

sorry all, i've been away from the internet.

sewing, sewing you say?

*gets out needle and thread*

I have black shadow-thread here, for loose shadows...and...hm... tinkerbell, we'll have to see about a pretty green dress ;)

[Asinner]

I posted these in General Theology and wanted to share them with you.

This is me with my mother, who in her last months of life, was filled with Grace. May her memory be eternal.:crosseo:

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0120.jpg

[Asinner]

My family at my mother's funeral.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0152.jpg

[Asinner]

4 of my 5 children.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0151.jpg

[Asinner]

There's Theophorus on the right.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0155.jpg

[Asinner]

My very supportive cousin and me.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0130.jpg

[Asinner]

Me and my uncle from Sweden (my mother's brother).

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0125.jpg

[Philothei]

Beautiful pics! May the memory of your mother be eternal.


God bless,
Philothei

[Asinner]

Beautiful pics! May the memory of your mother be eternal.


God bless,
Philothei

Thank you, Philothei!:hug:

[Oblio]

Me and my uncle ...


... went riding down
South Colorado, West Texas bound ...

Thus fulfilling the TAW Law :)

[Asinner]

"This is the song the Grateful Dead played more than any other, cover or original, all the way from 1966 to 1995." (didn't know this :P )

'Twas the very first concert Theo took me to.:amen:

[JustinHesychast]

Here is my Lord of the Rings Online guy. Before anyone says it doesn't count, it totally does. He's my other half. :D

Behold! Celenadan of Lothlorien, Elven Guardian!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1394/1375575611_60c4234dc4_o.jpg

[Dorothea]

My family at my mother's funeral.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0152.jpg
What a beautiful family you have, ASinner. :)

I'm enjoying all these pics. Such a good looking bunch we have here. :thumbsup:

[Xpycoctomos]

Here's a picture of me from about a year or two ago. Perhaps this will give some insight as to why I have such weird outfits for my CF character. I have tons more pictures on my other computer, but I have to replace the power supply. Every so often I decide to put on a weird outfit, or shave my head, or grow a beard or moustache, or shave off a beard or moustache, and when I do, I take tons of pictures. I know that at 30 years old I shouldn't find myself so entertaining, but I still do. And I figure when I'm 90 and I show people pictures of myself, it will look like I did so much in my life just based on all the completely different looks I've had. Or not....

http://www.holy-icons.com/graphics/detective.jpg
that is an awesome picture. It has an artistic memorable quality to it.

[Xpycoctomos]

Although I do not like to post pics of myself.... I do not think it is a good idea on the net. I liked all your pics. You guys are brave. I loved your dress Kyrie. I made a couple of dresses for my daughter when she was little too :) it saves money and you can keep it for keepsake.

Nutroll loved your candit pic too! I think guys look better with a beard BTW too.


God bless,
Philothei
I don't like to post pics of myself either. Although I did do a little chapstick diddy on here one night some years ago when I was really board. That's it. It was kind of funny... in a really stupid/inspired-by-boredom kind of way.

But yeah, in general I prefer the anonymity of the Net.

[Xpycoctomos]

I usually don't post pictures of myself, either. But since everyone else is, I might as well:

http://www.doggienews.com/uploaded_images/pee-wee-ugly-dog-726165.jpg
THat is the UGLIEST thing I have ever seen. Is that this years ugliest dog? I remember last year's. That was bad... but, I don't know which one is worse between the two. I think I've been traumatized.

[Tsarina]

*ears prick up*

sorry all, i've been away from the internet.

sewing, sewing you say?

*gets out needle and thread*

I have black shadow-thread here, for loose shadows...and...hm... tinkerbell, we'll have to see about a pretty green dress ;)

YAAAY!... long one, please. :blush:

[Xpycoctomos]

I am on an internet connection which is about 1 kb downloadspeed, so I could find my newspaper shot... I hope the page won't get jacked up...

If you like more, go to our myspace page and download some pics from our pics library and post it here for me...

It is www.myspace.com/yasars (http://www.myspace.com/yasars)

My wife would have to approve you though...

http://cms.images.morris.com/savannah/mdControlled/cms/2007/05/02/167220437.jpg
Don't ask me why, because now I have no idea, but before this pic, I thought you were from Asia... guess not :)

[EmperorConstantine]

Today I was at the Fair (during school, too!) because I helped man the JROTC booth we had. So we were in our uniforms ;)

http://a684.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/110/l_9ea105b9e45d7b0115fbbbc274268693.jpg

That's me in Class B standing next to a car I payed $5 for a ticket in a raffle (they said that I'd have better chances winning the Lotto! ^_^)


And this is my baby:
http://a827.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/127/l_3fc852409cf3de4903fe0892e0a714c2.jpg
1991 Honda Civic! 38 miles a gallon! It cost my dad $600 used in Miami in 2003-04ish and it cost $1100 to ship it to Federal Way, WA last February!

But yes, this is my baby. :bow:

[ma2000]

My family at my mother's funeral.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/christina_p_h/DCP_0152.jpg
Memory eternal!

You have a wonderful family!

[ma2000]

That's me in Class B standing next to a car I payed $5 for a ticket in a raffle (they said that I'd have better chances winning the Lotto! ^_^)

Now, did you go get a blessing for that ticket? ;)
Nice to finally see you!

[TrueHope]

All these pics are great!

Though the response about the years ugliest dog....Got me so cracked up!!!! This is a great thread!

[BabyLutheran]

a pic of my family . R-L top row: 19 year old son Russell, me, my wife Karen.

R-L bottom row: Nic, a French exchange student we hosted last school year, 8 year old daughter Grace, and 18 year old son Dale

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/namtrag/xmas.jpg

[rusmeister]

That's it - now we have to sticky this thread, too.
Wonderful pics, people!
Do y'all have your photos on some kind of webhosting? (ie, you're not just uploading them from your computers, are you?)

[BabyLutheran]

photobucket.com

You upload your pics there, then you just click to copy the link and insert it in your post on here and voila!

[fuerein]

That's it - now we have to sticky this thread, too.
Wonderful pics, people!
Do y'all have your photos on some kind of webhosting? (ie, you're not just uploading them from your computers, are you?)
Normally I post my pictures that I'm going to be using on message boards to Flickr, but the one I sent to this thread I did just attach to my message directly from my computer. Flickr is my prefered method though.

[Breaking Babylon]

Photobucket is a great suggestion, but the king of hosting is ripway.com. They give you 30 megabytes of storage absolutely free.

[Annabel Lee]

Beautiful pictures, everyone.

Here's my three dancing daughters. A normal person would have deleted this blurry pic but I liked it. It has a ghostly, otherworldly quality.

http://www1.foru.ms/attachment.php?attachmentid=36218

[BabyLutheran]

awesome pic, they are always better unposed!

[disasm]

That's it - now we have to sticky this thread, too.
Wonderful pics, people!
Do y'all have your photos on some kind of webhosting? (ie, you're not just uploading them from your computers, are you?)
http://gentux.org/gallery

If anyone wants a free account, PM me.

Sam

[TrueHope]

a pic of my family . R-L top row: 19 year old son Russell, me, my wife Karen.

R-L bottom row: Nic, a French exchange student we hosted last school year, 8 year old daughter Grace, and 18 year old son Dale

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/namtrag/xmas.jpg
Another gorgeous family!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And for the ghostly dancing daughters...I love that pic! I love hauntingly beautiful things! Very cool

[RobNJ]

Beautiful pictures, everyone.

Here's my three dancing daughters. A normal person would have deleted this blurry pic but I liked it. It has a ghostly, otherworldly quality.

http://www1.foru.ms/attachment.php?attachmentid=36218

FANTASTIC PIC!!!! :clap:

[Asinner]

Annabel Lee,

What a beautiful picture! :)

Love,
Christina

[Andrew21091]

Me:

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7818/1002807editedrk5.jpg

[Dorothea]

Wonderful pics, everyone!!! :)

[ma2000]

Beautiful family, Orthowannabe!
Nice to see you Andrew!
You have talented dancing daughters, Anabel! :)

[SaintPhotios]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/DavidShankle/david3.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/DavidShankle/david1.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/DavidShankle/david2.jpg

[SaintPhotios]

Ohh yeah, and I couldn't let you guys miss this one.....

this is me throwing the signature George W. Bush "victory thumbs" with my siblings....

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/DavidShankle/Picture032.jpg






http://files.blog-city.com/files/M05/127853/p/f/bush_thumbs_up.jpg

It's uncanny..... I know.

[paleodoxy]

Didn't go through.

Your voice so goes with your face. This is the first time in my life that a picture of someone looked exactly what I had pictured the person looking like! Incredible!

[SaintPhotios]

Didn't go through.

Your voice so goes with your face. This is the first time in my life that a picture of someone looked exactly what I had pictured the person looking like! Incredible!
haha, that's weird man... I've heard myself recorded before, didn't really like it. But at least I won't surprise anyone.... so for the TAW members that won't get the chance to talk to me, just imagine what I look like I would sound like..... and you're right.


btw, I fixed the Bush victory thumbs..... its epic.

[paleodoxy]

There it goes, lol. That's awesome!

[JuvenalyMartinka]

Wow, this is such a great thread. I gotta add some pics too.

I do not have enough rep to add pics or a real link so let me see if there is something I can do to make this work.

picasaweb.google.com/MishaMartinka/PicsOfMyWifeAndI

[Greg the byzantine]

I remeber when we used to have the photo gallery up in the stickies.

So here is the most recent picture I could find. I'm soaked on the Maid of the Mist Boat ride in Niagara Falls back in August.

http://www1.foru.ms/attachment.php?attachmentid=107070&d=1190291574

[RobNJ]

I remeber when we used to have the photo gallery up in the stickies.

So here is the most recent picture I could find. I'm soaked on the Maid of the Mist Boat ride in Niagara Falls back in August.

What happened to the going-over-the-falls-in-a-barrel pics,we were expecting?^_^



BTW... that thread is still up there, we're leaving this one down here- and then adding to the other thread later