When receiving an invitation to a Greek Orthodox wedding, which of the following is correct? A. Guests should avoid wearing black B. Guests are expected to kiss the bride and groom's feet C. The invitation will include a map of local churches D. Guests must bring a bottle of olive oil...
When did Russians start using Cyrillic? The Cyrillic alphabet achieved its current form in1708during the reign of Peter the Great. He introduced lower case characters (before all letters were written with capital letters) and mandated the use of westernized letter forms, making the modern Cyrillic...
How the heck did they pass undetected by Israeli or US intelligence? If they were numerous enough, armed enough, and organized enough to stage a complete overthrow of a government, why did noone suspect or seem to know anything? How were they funded or sponsored? Were they good guys or ba...
The Greek Orthodox Church believes it has maintained and dispersed an error-free faith since the Apostles’ days. However, they prefer the second definition of orthodox, “true praise.” They feel their goal is to “bless, praise, and glorify God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” To ...
I told X since we have zero connection to this JP and he might not even show up, maybe we should consider just finding a Greek Orthodox priest to marry us. X is working on that today. Yikes. The only problem is that Greek Orthodox weddings last like three days. We did get a cake ...
St. Jan did crazy things like, oh, suggest that the bread AND the wine could be provided to the laity in the Mass. He openly questioned the historic episcopate, and started to advocate for only two sacraments (baptism and communion) to be officially recognized. ...
21 And they did not repent of their murders or their [v]sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. The Mighty Angel with the Little Book 10 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, ...
They still did not find the donkeys anywhere. 5 They reached the land of Zuph's clan. Saul said to his servant, ‘We must return home now. We have been away for a long time. My father will start to think that we have become lost. He will not be thinking about the donkeys any ...
Where Did the Word “Easter” Come From? Easter, also calledPaschaorResurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Let’s start withPascha(Latin), which comes directly fromPesach, the Hebrew word for Passover. Going back to the Hebrew Bib...
Where did God dwell in the Old Testament? Where was Samaria according to the Old Testament? When did the story of Moses take place? Where does the New Testament start? Where does Jesus appear in the Old Testament? When does the New Testament begin? When was the New Testament assembled?