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Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Holy Bible: Divinely Inspired or Human Construct?

The following is one of the papers that I wrote for my first religion class. Quotes from the Pope and some other sources appear throughout since I had to use some Roman Catholic sources as required by my instructor. I actually got an "A" on this paper... I only thought I would maybe get a "C."

Life of an Orthodox Religion Student

I know it has been a very long time since I last updated. For that I want to say to all of my fans and readers I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Annunciation of the Theotokos

Icon of the Annunciation

Every year, on March 25th the Orthodox Church celebrates the Annunciation of the Theotokos. OrthodoxWiki has this to say:

Sunday of Orthodoxy

Triumph of the Icons

The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Lent (which started last Monday for us Orthodox folk). This day commemorates the triumph of the iconodules (or iconophiles) over the iconoclasts. Basically, icons were removed from parishes for a number of years and then after a long struggle the icons were replaced. I'll explain a bit more below.

Quick Update

Sorry I haven't updated in a while; I've been quite busy with work and life in general.

The End of Man: The Proselyte

The End of Man: The Proselyte: A conversation between a proselyte (A) and a man on the bench (B). The proselyte, a rather recent convert to protestantism, spots a...