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QUESTIONS FROM ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST FACEBOOK GROUP
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11/11/2016 QUESTION 1 |
Is it
possible to have a full service of Orthros and Divine Liturgy in
English? |
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24/3/2017 QUESTION 2 |
Father Christopher, should
our kids go for confession? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 8/5/2017
QUESTION 3 |
Hi
Pater another silly topic that keeps coming up, what's the story
behind these supposed anti bad eyes (supposed to protect from
evil eye) ..we had some bad luck recently and some friends
bought this for us ...we have our prayers of course but whats
this origin here ? Is it all nonsense? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 6/6/2017
QUESTION 4 |
Is it possible to have a proxy
in place at a baptism if one of the godparents cannot make the
service? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/6/2017
QUESTION 5 |
In the old testament when God
is referred to, are the writers referring to the Trinity or a
specific Person of the Trinity? In the first chapters of genesis
God refers to "our image" so that's obviously a reference to the
Trinity but in other places where God speaks and acts, whom is
referred to? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 26/6/2017
QUESTION 6 |
In your most recent post you
mentioned that God forbids incest and it was punished. Why then
did God allow Cain to sleep with one of his sister's for the
continuation of the human race and why did He allow Abraham to
marry his half sister? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 4/7/2017
QUESTION 7 |
Hi, Father Christopher, what is
the Church's position on curses? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 10/7/2017
QUESTION 8 |
Hi, Father, you mentioned that
if we have faith, whatever we ask of God it will be granted.
However, sometimes our prayers are not always answered or
answered as we like. Shouldn't we always pray for God's will to
be done and can it be said that unanswered prayers are a sign
that its not God's will or that we are asking for foolish
things? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 10/7/2017
QUESTION 9 |
Father, I have a question. Why
couldn't God and the devil solve their problems and differences
on their own without involving us? 1. We got involved in a war
that we understood almost nothing about. 2. We got blamed for
the war and we bear the consequences of Adam's sin namely
sin, death and suffering! 3. We got saved and one day we'll have
to give an account of our life on earth and we don't even know
whether we will be accounted worthy to enter paradise. This
sounds like taxi bosses fighting over routes, then involving us
in it!! Is this fair on us humans? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 11/7/2017
QUESTION 10 |
Pater, can you please explain
what Psalm 34:19 means and how I can apply it in my Orthodox
life? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 13/7/2017
QUESTION 11 |
Can a father in this Group
please tell me if there is a Saint Demitrius Lekka as my mum saw
him during the time I was in hospital with my first transplant. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 14/7/2017
QUESTION 12 |
Hi, Father I have a question. A
couple of friends and I were discussing Mel Gibson's film "the
passion of the Christ". Was the actual scourging of our Lord as
violent as that as depicted in that film? Some commentators
claim that there are parts in the book of Isaiah which claim
that the Suffering Servant was beaten beyond recognition and his
body marred beyond human likeness. I'm well aware of the fact
that the Catholics of which Gibson is one claim that Christ was
punished for our sins and this explains the bloodied image of
Christ in their literature and films. Some people claim that the
actual passion was even worse in reality! My question however is
was the scourging as violent as depicted in the film?
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| 14/7/2017
QUESTION 13 |
Father, yesterday I became extremely upset about a piece
of Art that was posted in an arts group on Facebook which
portrays an Orthodox priest molesting a child. The artist
herself apparently is portraying her disappointment in priests
in General because of what they do. I did not post the art out
of respect to you and the members but I have it upon your
requests. We know that such despicable things occur but I am
fed up with the way Christianity is always targeted. I do NOT
feel this is creative art. And for this particular artist to
express her disappointment in priests in general, I have
expressed that I do hope she has reported this to the police and
not just expressed it through Art. What are your thoughts
please. Thank you father SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 16/7/2017
QUESTION 14 |
Hi, Father, I was just wondering what happened to Judas
Iscariot ultimately. We all know that he committed suicide which
is a grave sin. Yet, after he died, Christ died and according to
our Church's teaching He went to preach to the souls in Hades
which presumably the soul of Judas was. According to our Church,
was Judas saved? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/7/2017
QUESTION 15 |
Hi Father Is it true that the
Roman Catholics overdo it when it comes to the veneration of the
Virgin Mary? This was according to what an orthodox priest once
told me. He said we should not honour her too much like the
Catholics or too little or nothing at all like what the
protestants do. However, it appears from our Church literature
that we honour her as much as the Catholics if not more. The
person of the Panagia is held in awe by us Orthodox. Please may
you clarify what the Orthodox position regarding Mary, the
Mother of God is and the proper place we should accord her? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/7/2017
QUESTION 16 |
Can you clarify and explain
what the word "honour " or "venerate" actually entails when we
are told to honour the Saints and how this is distinguished from
worship of God since is there a possibility that too much honour
may amount to worship? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 29/8/2017
QUESTION 17 |
Please can you let me know if
we are still bound by the 10 commandments or if we are exempt
from them as we are Christian. I would greatly appreciate the
time and the knowledge you will give me, thanks in advance for
your help. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 30/8/2017
QUESTION 18 |
Hi, Father According to a book
I read by a Greek orthodox theologian called Francopolous,he
states that people who do not believe in the devil's existence
fall into his trap and this is a way he leads them into
perdition. Another saying goes that the greatest trick the devil
ever pulled was to fool the world into believing he does not
exist. In light of the above was it fair for God to allow Adam
and Eve to be tempted by Satan without warning them beforehand
that they had an enemy?? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 15/9/2017
QUESTION 19 |
Hi Father, What is Hell in the
teaching of the Orthodox Church? In the gospels, Christ
describes a place where there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth and speaks of a worm that does not die.In the book of
Revelations it speaks of a lake of fire.Some priests speak of
Hell merely as a place of separation from God which is the
ultimate suffering in itself.Some Orthodox writings describe the
sufferings of sinners in Hell as analogous to what they did on
earth for example a liar will be hanged from his tongue!! How
should we understand Hell? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 15/9/2017 QUESTION 20 |
Can memorial services and
praying for the dead transfer them from Hell to Heaven?
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| 15/9/2017 QUESTION 21 |
Are the demonic toll gates
which a soul must pass an actual teaching of the Orthodox
Church? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/9/2017 QUESTION 22 |
Hello, Father Christopher What
form do angels have? In some parts of the bible such as the book
of Isaiah they are described as having wings and icons depict
them so. Do they have a particular form? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/9/2017 QUESTION 23 |
Are the fallen angels really
dark in appearance? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 25/9/2017 QUESTION 24 |
Hello, Fr. Christopher I was
just wondering. The gospels have accounts of Christ healing
persons who were demon possessed. Were this actual accounts of
people possessed by demons or were these persons mentally ill?
Perhaps the gospel writers referred to them as demon possessed
because maybe at the time mental illness was attributed to the
devil. How and why would demons possess someone?? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 26/9/2017 QUESTION 25 |
Hi Father, God said to Moses
that no man shall see Him and live. Also in the book of Isaiah,
the angels which accompanied God covered their faces with their
wings in the presence of God. Is this due to the fact that no
creature can bare to look at the Almighty and live or what does
this mean exactly? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 28/9/2017 QUESTION 26 |
Hi, Father If no creature can
behold God in His essence or nature, then what made Lucifer and
his angels think they even had the slightest chance to succeed
in a rebellion against God? Since as one theologian,
Francopolous in his book "on the Orthodox Christian faith" put
it, all of creation constitutes one big zero before God. Also,
angels know more than we do! SEE ANSWER ►►► |
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28/9/2017 QUESTION 27 |
Further to
our brief conversation about Mary Magdalene; the reason I asked
whether Mary had anything to do with the Schism is because I
read that Pope Gregory (the great?!) played down Mary's role as
The Apostle to The Apostles because she was a woman and even
went as far as brandishing her a prostitute; which I understand
the Apostolic Church did not agree with as nowhere in scripture
is this recorded. Miriam (Maria Mary) was a common name and
there is no evidence that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute yet
that is how she is portrayed so I'm thinking sexism goes way way
back ...... SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 1/10/2017 QUESTION 28 |
Father with the holiday of
halloween coming up, what is the view of the Greek Orthodox
Church and what is your opinion? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 5/10/2017 QUESTION 29 |
Good evening, Father I have a
half brother in Cyprus who states that he was given a book to
read by one of his customers which has to do with out of body
experiences. Basically, how this works is that you lie on your
back, mumble something in Latin and then you have an out of body
experience. He claims that he decided to stop trying to have
these experiences because he was shocked by what he saw. He even
claims he saw his own body and that he could travel forward or
backwards in... SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 12/10/2017 QUESTION 30 |
Hi Father According to our church's teaching and to
Christian teaching in general, not only is God the creator of
the universe, He also sustains His creation. Even in the gospels
Christ refers to God sending His sun on the good and the bad and
His rain on the just and unjust. Obviously a hole in the ozone
layer is as a result of man's actions. Therefore this begs the
question, are freakish weather conditions such as tsunamis,
hurricanes and earthquakes caused or allowed by God or are they
the results of sinful mankind abusing his environment? Also
bearing in mind that we've always had freakish weather
conditions to a certain extent. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 15/10/2017 QUESTION 31 |
Hi Father I understand that suffering of humans is a
result of the original sin of Adam which resulted in a fallen
world. In a gospel account, when Christ healed a blind man, He
repudiated the claim, common in the ancient world, that
suffering is necessarily a result or punishment of an
individual's personal sins or the sins of His parents by stating
that the man's blindness was not because of His sins or those of
his parents but in order that the glory of God may be manifest.
In addition, God allowed Job in the old testament to be tested
by Satan seemingly in order to test him and in a "bet" between
Him and Satan to see whether he would blaspheme God's name if
the Lord ceased to bless him. Yet, even a priest I spoke to many
years ago concerning an earthquake which occurred in Turkey
simply said that sometimes we have to pay for our sins! My
question is simply what are the reasons that God may allow an
individual to suffer? A further question is how are we to
embrace suffering which is seemingly more than we can handle
despite the assurance that we won't be sent more than we can
handle? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 16/10/2017 QUESTION 32 |
Should we show our faith through wearing a cross? Or
should we hide our faith by hiding our cross? As I have heard
that we mustn't show our faith through material but through acts
of kindness and through our charity. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 17/10/2017 QUESTION 33 |
Father, I have a question, If God is everywhere, is he
also in hell? I also want to know do we Orthodox believe in hell
in the sense that God is absent? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 17/10/2017 QUESTION 34 |
Father, after the last judgement what form will our
bodies take? Also at the transfiguration of Christ, when Moses
and Elijah appeared, they were recognizable as such. In addition
in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, the rich man clearly
recognised Lazarus. Does this mean we will recognise and be
recognised by our loved ones after the final judgement? Christ
said in response to a trick question by His enemies that after
this life the resurrected are not married nor are given unto
marriage but are like the angels of heaven and that God is the
God of the living not of the dead. Besides, our marriage
partners, what does this mean for our family relations here on
earth? Will they cease in the after life? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 23/10/2017 QUESTION 35 |
In the gospel of John, where Christ admonishes His
enemies, He describes Satan as the father of lies. What happens
when we lie for a so called good purpose where our aim is for
example to prevent harm from coming to another person or to put
it differently to save an innocent life? Also, is it a sin to
lie where we have to put up with meddling relations or other
people who want to put their noses in our personal lives?
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| 30/10/2017 QUESTION 36 |
Hi, Father, Growing up in a Greek home, we were taught
that burning incense in one's home wards of evil. Is the devil
actual scared of incense and does burning incense protect one
from the evil eye? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 5/11/2017 QUESTION 37 |
Father Christopher Will all the non Orthodox such as
the Roman Catholics, protestants, other Christian groups and non
Christians such as Muslims and Hindus automatically be sent to
hell? Also does God listen to the prayers of the non Orthodox
Christians and to Muslims and Hindus? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 6/11/2017 QUESTION 38 |
Hi, Father, correct me if I'm wrong but from my
understanding of our church's teaching about sacraments, baptism
is a rite or passage into the life of Christ. This is wherein we
die and are born again. Yet baptism by itself does not save us.
We have to live a life of repentance nourished by the body and
blood of Christ. We are required to become sanctified or
divinized through the grace of God. In contrast to the
charismatic churches we are not saved once but are in a process
of being saved. Even the thief who died next to Christ and asked
Him to remember him in His kingdom was told he would be with
Christ in paradise but was not deemed a Saint. My question is,
no disrespect intended, how was it possible for the Orthodox
Church to proclaim St Constantine a Saint since he was only
baptized on his death bed? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 6/11/2017 QUESTION 39 |
Good Morning Father, I'd like to ask if God is male as
Adam was made in their image I assumed he would be and seen as
we call God Father and Son. Thank you SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 8/11/2017 QUESTION 40 |
Hi, Father If any rational person witnesses an adult
raping a child, he will try to stop them. Yet an almighty,
omnipresent God allows such things to happen despite the pleas
and prayers of a child and the same God blesses other people
with wealth and cars! Why is that? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 20/11/2017 QUESTION 41 |
Hi Father What effect do external factors have on a
person's blameworthiness regarding sin? We live in a world where
wars, ruthless and corrupt governments, corporations and even
people personally wreck havoc on the lives of others. For,
example a person who was abused may end up becoming an abuser. A
person in extreme need may turn to crime or prostitution. It's
also believed that genetic factors may be responsible for a
person becoming a homosexual. In addition we also have people
who are psychopaths and who have no remorse in inflicting harm
on others. Sin or amartia is a failure to live according to the
will of God. I'm not merely referring to people subject to
various passions such as lust or greed, which must be fought
against, but to genuine victims of circumstances beyond their
control. Sometimes even severe depression may result in a person
having an altered sense of reality and he may commit certain
acts which he wouldn't ordinarily commit. Christ even went so
far as to say that on the day of judgment, man will render
account for every careless word uttered. Can external factors
negate a person's free will in certain circumstances and excuse
them from certain sins? To put it differently, will Christ who
is all wise, omniscient and a loving God take one's personal and
above all external circumstances into account on the day of
judgment? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 28/11/2017 QUESTION 42 |
Hi Father Could this actually be a reality in the next
life? I mean will rapists, murderers, sexual offenders and
abusers be together with their victims should they repent?
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| 30/11/2017 QUESTION 43 |
A priest once told me that all those who haven't heard
of Christ will be judged by their deeds which includes Hindus
and Muslims. If that's true, what's the point of preaching the
gospel? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 4/12/2017 QUESTION 44 |
Is fallen man capable of true love? Christ Himself said
what credit is it if we love only those who love us! Even
somewhere I think in Proverbs it states that a poor man is hated
even by his own family. Furthermore, even when it comes to
choosing life partners, how many of us will choose someone from
a different race group or financially insecure? My question is
,is true, unadulterated love actually an attribute of the divine
grace of God enabling us humans to love perfectly? After all
didn't even Christ say that if we love one another as He has
loved us then all men will know that we are His disciples! Very
simply what is the church's position concerning love?
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| 9/12/2017 QUESTION 45 |
Hi Father Christopher Christ said that all sins and
blasphemies will be forgiven man but he who sins against the
Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Yet certain Saints wrote that
the price paid to redeem us was exceedingly more valuable than
any sin so we should not despair whether our sins will be
forgiven should we repent. In light of the above please may you
explain what is this unforgivable sin? Also, why does the Church
deny a proper Orthodox funeral to those who commit suicide?
Since all sins are potentially forgivable isn't denying a
funeral in the above case actually usurping the role of Christ
who is the ultimate Judge and actually implying that those who
take their own lives won't be forgiven? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 28/12/2017 QUESTION 46 |
A few years back I lost the woman I loved around
Christmas time due to a brutal attack in front of me in South
Africa. As you recall at one stage I even contemplated becoming
a monk and I contacted you personally via e-mail and even called
you. I've asked you questions before but my question now is, was
what happened to me part of some Divine plan? Also how do we
deal with such a traumatic attack? God bless! SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 20/1/2018 QUESTION 47 |
What is confusing is that we are told if we pray then
'God will (might) wave his magic wand' and help us. I read a
story about Syrian Orthodox who were captured by Isis. they were
good and pious people, they prayed and prayed yet their
daughters were still raped and killed and they themselves
suffered unimaginably. so I don't understand why we are
instructed to pray when the results seem inconsistent and
arbitrary at best. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 22/1/2018 QUESTION 48 |
The bible states that we won't be sent more than we can
handle and that we should not lose heart in the face of
temptation since the same experience of suffering is required
from our brethren around the world. Christ also said that not
one hair shall fall from our heads apart from our Father's will.
In light of the above can it not perhaps be said that
notwithstanding the fact that evil does not proceed from God, He
nevertheless allows it and sometimes for purposes unknown to us?
Even in the book of Job ,God asks Job when he questions his
sufferings where he namely Job was when God laid the foundations
of the world. Even St Paul asked Christ for a certain problem of
his to be removed but was told that the Lord's grace was
sufficient for him. Furthermore we are told that we should cast
all our cares upon the Lord and His grace will comfort us.
Therefore in times of suffering in light of the above even when
our suffering is not taken away, am I right to state that we
must not forget that no matter what God is in control and take
comfort from Him? Is it also true that we won't be sent more
than we can handle or is that used in the context of
temptations? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/1/2018 QUESTION 49 |
What is the church's teaching regarding capital
punishment? In the old testament as far as I understand, God
allowed the Jews to seek retribution proportional to the harm
they suffered in order to curb excessive revenge i.e. an eye for
an eye. In the New testament we are taught not only to not sin
but to cut off the roots of our sins for example whoever looks
at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart
and we are taught to turn the other cheek. However ,Christ said
that we should render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars
and the things that are God's unto God. What does the church
teach concerning capital punishment? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 7/2/2018 QUESTION 50 |
Father Christopher, To what extent are the results of
our lives the result of our own choices or the Divine providence
of God? I'm not referring to the topic of suffering which has
been dealt by you. I'm referring to events in our daily lives.
The scriptures state that no man should say, tomorrow we will go
into such and such a town but only if the Lord wills.
Furthermore, someone who is willingly a thief should not say
that it is God's will since it is his choice. In scripture we
read that Job was initially blessed by God and had great wealth.
Also, Joseph in the land of Egypt was helped by God to obtain
favour with the Pharaoh and he told his brother's that what they
meant for him for bad was meant for good for him by God. In the
context of our lives should we be accepted for a certain
position at a company or move to another country, are our
choices or rather the results of our lives solely due to our
choices or is there a synergy of our will and God's will?
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| 24/2/2018 QUESTION 51 |
Hi, Father Christopher, We believe as Orthodox
Christians that God created the universe which obviously
includes Earth and Heaven and as the Nicene creed states all
things, visible and invisible. Man is the crown of God's
creation being endowed with a body and soul. Our soul is so
precious that Christ Himself said what shall it profit us if we
gain the whole world but lose our soul. The question I want to
ask is what is the position of the Orthodox church regarding
human cloning? Apparently its possible and outlawed in many
countries. Furthermore, if such cloning is eventually carried
out will the said clones have actual souls? Will these clones be
actual individual human beings created in the image and likeness
of God or will they be a human creation by mankind who plays
God? The Orthodox church also believes that a human person is
formed in the normal scheme of things at the moment of
conception and before an actual person is born so this also begs
the question, are clones which resemble humans actually human?
Surely the divine command to go forth and multiply did not also
mean cloning! SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/2/2018 QUESTION 52 |
Hi, Father Christopher, We read that in the Old
testament, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Does
that mean that she ceased to exist as a person? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 26/3/2018 QUESTION 53 |
Can you answer my question about a certain part of the
Bible that I don't understand, When Jesus died on the cross, why
did the veil tear directly in the middle? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 26/3/2018 QUESTION 54 |
Hi, Father Christopher We are taught that Jesus Christ
is the "same, yesterday, today and tomorrow" One of the
attributes of God is that He is immutable and does not change.
However, in the Old testament we read how God destroyed the
known world at the time of Noah which presumably included women
and children. We read further that Moses himself had to
intercede for the children of Israel when God wanted to destroy
the Israelis at one point. We even read how Jonah was sent to
the city of Nineveh to warn them to repent otherwise they would
be destroyed. Yet God did not destroy Nineveh and even showed
Jonah by an example of a tree that he namely, Jonah was wrong to
wish for their destruction. God even destroyed the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah. Even the sons of Zebedee at one point in the
New Testament asked Christ if they should pray that a certain
village which refused them hospitality should be destroyed.
Presumably the sons of Zebedee were influenced by the Old
Testament image of God when they made that request. Yet in the
New Testament the focus is on the overwhelming love of God for
mankind who so loved the world that He sent His only begotten
Son that the world may be saved through Him and not for the
world to be condemned. My question is ,why does there appear to
be such a difference between the ways God is depicted in both
Testaments? One explanation which I thought of was that in the
Old Testament, God had to manifest His power as events in the
Old Testament were basically a war between the true God and
false gods. What does the church say? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 5/4/2018 QUESTION 55 |
May I ask what is your view of the Turin Shroud?
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| 28/4/2018 QUESTION 56 |
Pater, I need help explaining to a Greek American woman
on why it can be dangerous if we dream of our dead loved ones, I
have said that it is possible that it might be a demon disguised
as our loved one. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 7/5/2018 QUESTION 57 |
If I may ask, is it true that if a member of the Greek
church has a relationship with a Muslim or Jew, that they lose
their chrismation? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 10/5/2018 QUESTION 58 |
Does God have a specific plan for our earthly lives or
is everything which happens to us here on earth because of our
choices or outside circumstances? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 14/5/2018 QUESTION 59 |
Hi, Fr Christopher If our lives are the results of our
own decisions and external circumstances, then is there any
point to praying to God when we face difficult times? Does He
decide if He will intervene to help us? Should we therefore
merely pray that God's will be done in everything and for
strength to endure whatever we must put up with? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 16/5/2018 QUESTION 60 |
What's the position of the Church concerning divorce? A
priest once told me persons who wanna divorce must go to an
ecclesiastical court and that divorces are allowed only in some
cases. What happens if someone is married to a lunatic who is on
drugs and beats them and their child? Will the church
ecclesiastical court give a divorce? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 19/5/2018 QUESTION 61 |
If you get a chance can you please explain the
difference and creation of the Cypriot Orthodox Archdiocese
Church. And the rules if any that they follow which differ from
the Greek Orthodox Church. This is a bain of contention here to
no end, so your guidance would be most welcome. SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 21/5/2018 QUESTION 62 |
Hi, Father Christopher, a relative of mine decided to
marry someone who was non Orthodox. However, their local priest
asked her mother to baptize her fiancé as he then was. They then
married after a while. However, this would mean that in reality,
she married her God-brother which is forbidden by our Church!!
What happens in such a situation? Above all what happens when
they have children? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 25/5/2018 QUESTION 63 |
Are the Old testament characters such as Samson and
Moses actual historical characters? Also was the exodus an
actual event? There are no historical records that the Israelis
ever were in Egypt and there are no records which shows that any
Egyptian pharaoh was drowned! SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 31/5/2018 QUESTION 64 |
What is the Orthodox church's teaching about God the
Father? We are taught that God the Son was active in the Old
testament and appears to Moses and leads the Israelis out of
Egypt. What are we taught about the Father? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 2/6/2018 QUESTION 65 |
Fr....what's the church's stance on yoga and meditating?
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| 10/6/2018 QUESTION 66 |
Hi I have a question. We read that that God through the
saints still performs healings. But why haven't we seen anyone
with AIDS been healed? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 18/6/2018 QUESTION 67 |
Hi, Father Christopher! If we go back to the Genesis
story of creation, we read that Eve was created out of a rib of
Adam. Why was Eve created in that specific manner and not the
same way as Adam? Also, since she was made from Adam's rib,
doesn't that possibly mean that she was somehow related to Adam
since in a sense she was made from a body part of his? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 21/6/2018 QUESTION 68 |
Hello, I wanted to find out if we as orthodox Christians
are allowed to go and visit other churches just for fun or to
attend weddings and baptisms? I'm not talking about being
baptized and joining other churches but just to go visit? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/6/2018 QUESTION 69 |
Hi, Father Christopher You said that we can go to
another church and pray but we must be aware that they don't
pray to the same God as we do. To which God do other churches
pray to? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 24/6/2018 QUESTION 70 |
Hi Please may you explain the Muslim concept of Allah.
Do Muslims have the same beliefs regarding God as the Jews do?
Or is the concept of Allah totally different? SEE ANSWER ►►► |
| 25/6/2018 QUESTION 71 |
Hi What's the difference between Hell and Hades? Also
after the final judgment will all those who don't go to heaven
end up with the devil in the pool of fire? Also is there a
difference between paradise and heaven? SEE ANSWER ►►► |