If ya wanna BECOME, or ARE Orthodox, or BELIEVE you are Orthodox: Go to church. Submit. Struggle. Sacrifice. Be accountable to the Body, your priest/spiritual father/one another. Love & forgive 1 another. Otherwise, all is blather & dross. (Or 😉 just "social media")

It’s is a traditional practice of the Russian Church that should be followed but often due to members living larger distances from the parish it’s hard to enforce without overburdening people. More should make the efforts to be at Evening Services!

I stand corrected. x.com/nickhintonn/status/205…

I convince my friend to give church one more try, and he gets greeted by a sea of puppets singing children’s songs like a cult with a craft budget.

Day 1,345 or so that no one is on record saying "Everything is real & straight." 🤔

I grew up Baptist. No offense to Baptists, I get it 😎👍 ... but they'll stand inline for 2 hours for a good hotdog. (🤔 OK ... Even a mere hotdog.)

I can't believe St Luke the Surgeon followed me on his feast day, I literally venerated his relic last night

The Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship (@OrthodoxLudwell) has announced that its annual conference will take place Sept. 12–13 at Rough River Dam State Park, bringing together Orthodox Christians and interested visitors from across the South for a weekend of education, worship, and fellowship.

St Luke of Simferopol, pray to God for us!

Last night in Taos. Y'all might need to zoom in on that last pic - 👽 🤔?

Y'all do me a favor. Snap a pic of your pfp & @ handle, laminate it, and add lanyard. "Friend or Foe" - ? See? Apocalyptic [friend or foe] visas / battle control. 🤔. On second thought ...

BREAKING: Israeli settlers are burning Taybeh in occupied Palestine. A village that has stood for thousands of years. A place where Jesus once walked. Home to the oldest living Christian community in the world. And not a peep from Western mainstream media.

Jay's [intentional & intellectual] over-the-top-ness is unique. You might not like or agree with it. Feelings? Don't matter. I salute apologists! Past, present, future. I'm not one / I'm not smart. I do appreciate those who are. Anyway 🫡 JD.

Still hangin in Taos. Diocesan gathering in Denver in a couple days. (For those wondering 🤭)

There is no such thing as internet Orthodoxy

Pacea nu înseamnă lipsa problemelor. Înseamnă prezența lui Dumnezeu în mijlocul lor.

Update from Taos.

I wonder: On the Last Day of X -- which, ofc, will come -- will Truth prevail? Or - falsehood? ** Some of you, I understand/gut-wrench, believe you know the answer. ** I don't / You don't. Persevere!

I was raised Mormon and it took me a long time to understand how fundamentally different it is from historic Christianity. Even as recently as 3 years ago, I didn't get why it was a big deal that we didn't believe in the Trinity Mormon theology does not present God as an "uncaused cause", existence itself, the "Logos". In Mormonism, God *is* a "man in the sky", a created being, someone who was once human but is now exalted within our known universe. This opens up a lot of problems imo. For example: what happens when death and evil are overcome on our planet, and you reach exaltation? You are now a God of a new universe/planet to create a new race of humanity and evil arises all over again and the drama continues into eternity? There is no message of the ultimate overcoming of death/evil as in historic Christianity In all my childhood and young adult instruction in the LDS church, I never learned that Jesus was "God in the flesh" or anything like that. Jesus really was taught as a distinct BEING from God the Father (who again... Is a *created being*). It is a fundamentally different Christ that is believed and worshipped.