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Praise God!An update to my post, I considered including that I had heard from another member of my parish that our priest was going to baptize us soon, but decided to wait until I heard from him directly. This Sunday he let us know himself that he plans to baptize us on Pentecost!
That's been mooted. I don't think any plans are concrete yet, that's between our priest and the catuchemens really.What about baptisms at the Vesperal Divine Liturgy on Holy Saturday. Is that happening? ...
We typically have baptisms at the Holy Saturday Vesperal Divine Liturgy as well (for converts). There are exceptions though.What about baptisms at the Vesperal Divine Liturgy on Holy Saturday. Is that happening? Because it was common at St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles a decade ago, before the rush began. And it was a prime baptism day in the Early Church - the Old Testament lessons were read while the energumens received illumination in the font.
Praise God!We're planning baptisms at Pentecost also.
The episode is so horribly-researched and such a disaster that it’s actually what makes me laugh so hard!!! “Sister Roberta” giving a “benediction?!”Apparnetly lots of people have decided to follow in George Costanza’s footsteps in the episode The Conversion, only actually going through with it.
That episode annoyed me by the way, aside from the absurdity of us having a test for prospective converts and of giving people ten volumes of theological books, the supposed Latvian Orthodox priest was wearing a Gothic chasuble and a Jewish cantor’s cap disguised as a Klobuk.
And furthermore, the other problem there is there actually is a Latvian Orthodox Church.
and yet, people actually became Orthodox because the popularity of that episode inspired people to check out the Church.The episode is so horribly-researched and such a disaster that it’s actually what makes me laugh so hard!!! “Sister Roberta” giving a “benediction?!”The “Kavorka,” the weird church sans icons, the Latin chanted by the priest, Geirgecwearing a Catholic choirboy getup kneeling drinking from the chalice…it’s just hysterical!
and yet, people actually became Orthodox because the popularity of that episode inspired people to check out the Church.
whatever gets them in the doorThis is a good point. The episode did manage to suggest that Orthodoxy is mysterious, filled with beautiful women, and that our clergy are a source of wisdom, all of which are accurate statements, although as far as the nuns are concerned anyone hoping to seduce them is in for quite a disappointment and is also engaging in extremely sinful and sacrilegious behavior by even wanting to do such aa thing. I hold our nuns in the highest esteem and am planning to spend a day at the Monastery of St. Barbara in Ventura County at some point in the next few weeks. I will be visiting with an Orthodox female relative who might stay over at the monastery who has also accompanied me on other pilgrimages, and if she does that, there are some decent hotels in the area where I will stay (as they lack a guesthouse that can accommodate families) otherwise we might well drive back on the same day. There is one famous hotel in Santa Paula that was restored as a bed and breakfast a few years ago.
I’m pretty sure we also continue to get converts as a result of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I know it stimulated a lot of attendance at Greek Festivals in GoArch, although I also get the feeling that at least some GoArch parishes failed to use the opportunity provided to actually evangelize, and were happier about increased attendance and revenue from their Greek festival. Fortunately most Greek Orthodox parishes do care more about promoting the Orthodox faith than about preserving the secular cultural heritage of the old country.
My visit to the local Georgian church in the DC area reaffirms all points. There were about 20 or so people in there and the priest began the homily in English, but was nice enough to ask someone to translate it into English for us once he hit the point where his English stopped and his Georgian began. One of the daughters volunteered.This is a good point. The episode did manage to suggest that Orthodoxy is mysterious, filled with beautiful women, and that our clergy are a source of wisdom, all of which are accurate statements,
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