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    Multiple name days

    If a person's patron saint is commemorated more than once on the calendar, which day is the person's name day? I've been told by another parishioner that you just have multiple name days, but I've pretty much only heard of a name day talked about as a singular event throughout the year.
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    Fast exceptions

    Is there a standard set of days with fasting exceptions on the calendar? I noticed a difference between my church calendar (physical, sold in our parish bookstore) and the calendar app I use. If the schedule isn't standard across jurisdictions, at what level is it standardized (by calendar, by...
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    Canonical penalties

    I was reading through the canons of St. John the Faster and was surprised at how difficult a lot of the penances seem, typically hundreds of prostrations a day, eating only dry foods during the day, and being barred from Communion for at least a month if not years in most cases. If the penitent...
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    Topics of Discussion with the Heterodox

    Following on to this thread: https://www.christianforums.com/threads/i-will-not-speak-of-thy-mysteries-to-thine-enemies.8169735/ I've wondered about the meaning of that line in the pre-communion prayer as well. I've been reading St. Cyril of Jerusalem's Catechetical Homilies and have noticed...
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    Are saints still commemorated on Great Feasts of the Lord?

    Maybe a silly question, but on Great Feast days (I'm wondering about Pentecost, specifically) are the saints who would usually be commemorated that day still commemorated? I think I remember that being the case, but it's not something I've paid close enough attention to yet where I would feel...
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    Do Catholics have a unified date for Easter?

    It's difficult to find firsthand information on this on sites in English, but I've read that some Eastern Catholic churches celebrate Easter/Pascha according to the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian. For example, this claim is found on Wikipedia...
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    Reception of Converts - Baptism vs. Marriage

    I understand that there are differing opinions on whether to receive converts from Protestantism, who have been given a Protestant baptism, by baptism or chrismation, but I've been wondering: if the idea with either baptism or chrismation is that there's something lacking in a Protestant...
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    Opinions on the New Catholic/St. Joseph's Children's Bibles?

    My wife and I were gifted a children's "Bible stories" book recently, which is fine for the most part but makes some questionable choices with wording and illustration. I've generally found that vintage children's books don't have these problems and am considering getting an alternative for...
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    New Documentary on Early Iconography

    I found this documentary a couple of days ago and thought it did a very good job of laying out the case for early icon veneration. Specifically, it seems to be targeting the aniconic argument that there's not evidence for "cultic use" (veneration) of the examples we have of early Christian...
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    Orthodox Parenting Books

    I'm interested in reading some books on parenting from an Orthodox perspective. Has anyone read any of these, or have any others to recommend? Raising them Right, collected writings of St. Theophan the Recluse, Ancient Faith Publishing (AFP) Parenting Toward the Kingdom, Philip Mamalakis Family...
  11. J

    Experiences homeschooling?

    Has anyone here done homeschooling? If so, what was that process like? I'm curious to hear what has worked for other people and what they would've done differently.
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    GMC General Conference 2024

    The Global Methodist Church held its general conference September 20-26. This article has a decent summary of the results of the conference as well as global events in the affiliations of various local churches: https://thedispatch.com/article/a-new-methodist-denomination-emerges/ Key points...
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    What's a "church name"?

    When meeting people at my church, many of them have given me two names, saying one of them is their "church name." But when I ask for clarification or which one to call them, they've all just said either is fine and not to worry about the distinction. I've also asked my priest if I need to have...
  14. J

    Why are statues more common than icons in the West?

    I was talking with an Eastern Orthodox priest earlier this week about my struggle deciding between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and one of the things about Western Christianity he said was an innovation was the use of statues instead of icons. As I understand it, statues are a form of iconography...
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    UMC General Conference 2024 Results

    Well, this wasn't unexpected, but the 2024 UMC General Conference was everything traditionalists feared and more. Here is a summary of the results of the conference: https://goodnewsmag.org/249154-2/ A summary of the summary: the Book of Discipline was modified to remove not only the...
  16. J

    Mass of the Ages, Part 3

    The documentary series Mass of the Ages recently released the third part of their trilogy: Episode III Has anyone else watched it? I thought they did a pretty good job of showing the initial allowance of the TLM and its restriction under Pope Francis, although they were much lighter on the...
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    How is Dignitas Infinita's teaching on the death penalty not a contradiction of previous doctrine?

    The recently published declaration, Dignitas Infinita, says this about the death penalty: This statement that the death penalty violates human dignity "regardless of circumstances" seems to be saying that the death penalty is intrinsically immoral. The only way I can see this not being the case...
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    Hand tool woodworking

    I'm just getting into hand tool woodworking and so far I'm finding it a great way to relieve stress and work with my hands after a long day of sitting at a desk job. I've been surprised at how effective hand tools are, and even getting top-of-the-line tools you pay way less than you would with a...
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    Have there been any ecumenical councils or attempts at one within Oriental Orthodoxy?

    Basically the question in the title: have the Oriental Orthodox had any councils considered universal, or attempted to have one, since the time of Chalcedon? I'm thinking of something like the Eastern Orthodox council of Crete in 2016. If not, why?
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    How do the Orthodox view Augustine?

    From my interactions with an Orthodox priest and from what I've read online, it seems like the Orthodox have a very low opinion of Augustine. Many seem to be hesitant to refer to him as "Saint" and instead say "Blessed Augustine" or just "Augustine," and I've seen attitudes on him varying from...
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