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A catechumen must live as an Orthodox Christian, except taking communion. Fast, do prostrations, confess to the priest (not sacramental confession) , etc. Get the prayers for purity - send an email to me, and I will send seraphim@orthodox.net

Thank you. Of course there is no baptism outside of the church, because outside of the church is not in the church. And therefore it is always allowed to baptize someone who is coming to the Orthodox Church. It is true that there are rubrics in our trebnic to allow for chrismation under certain circumstances. In our day the circumstances are basically never present. The circumstances are that a person has had the form of baptism with three immersions in the name of the holy Trinity. And even if a person has had that form, it is not baptism and is never referred to as baptism but rather as the form of baptism. It is possible to fill that empty form through Chrismation, but if this rite is done and baptism is not done, this does not teach that the person's form of baptism was valid, merely that the church has the authority to fill the empty form. The new heresy which is present and increasing because there are many bishops that are mandating it, and because we live in an age where we don’t want to offend anybody, is that baptism of a person who has previously had some form of baptism is forbidden, with the proviso that this is because they are already baptized. This is a change. There’ve been people received by chrismation for many years, but it was always because the church knew that the form of baptism that they had was empty and it was being filled with the grace of God through chrismation. Now, there are priests and Bishops who are saying that baptism is forbidden because a person is ***already baptized***. This is a non sequitur since baptism is only in the church. If a person is baptized in the church, then they are, forgive forbid the odd syntax, in the church, and they don’t need to join the church. Our practice is to always baptize. There is no ambiguity and the teaching is clear.

@@orthodoxnet And one should always perform a full baptism for the Symbol of Faith itself, and for the prayers that must be read completely, especially the prayers that drive out demons and renounce Satan and his works.Thanks for the answer. Christ is risen.

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@@fogandwhirlwind I am the one in the video and am Priest Seraphim holland, of Saint Nicholas Orthodox church, McKinney Texas. www.orthodox.net seraphim@orthodox.net

@@orthodoxnet Thank you, Father Seraphim

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,

My heart goes out to you! Please send me your name by email so that I can add you to my permanent prayer list. And also tell me if you're Orthodox or not. I'll pray for you in either case. There are many things you can do when you have trouble with lust whether it's for someone of the same sex or the opposite sex. Number one is that you should definitely be praying every day with prostrations that God would deliver you from your sins. You should say it explicitly, something like Lord Jesus Christ help me not to lust after other men. If you prefer not to be so blatant you could say Lord Jesus Christ help me to have Chastity today. If you fall into self-abuse or look at pornography or both, you should say the prayers for Purity and I can send them to you if you send me your email address. You should strive to have a regular prayer life. You should strive to confess regularly. I don't know if you can be completely delivered from all of your passions before you die. That is only for a select few but certainly if you struggle against your passions, God Will Save you. My email seraphim@orthodox.net Surround yourself with holy things like the gospels and the lives of the Saints and the psalter. Don't believe the world. The world wants to kill you. Priest Seraphim Holland seraphim@orthodox.net

@@qxa7878 this depends on your spiritual father and confessor. I tell people to do the prayers for purity, send me an email to seraphim@orthodox.net, and I'll send it to you. And you should always pray everyday against this sin if it is ongoing. And you should definitely confess this sin before you commune again

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Big facts but one day we won't have to in heaven amen😊

Only a matter of time before the persecutions start.

You can say whatever you want. But if you agree with this asshole we will probably call you an asshole.

Luke 18;13, phillipians 2;10-11. Also it’s tradition and the church and the Bible tells us to follow church and tradition -> John 21;25, 2. Tessalonichals 2;15, 2. Timothy 2;2, Timothy 3;15

It came from the early church and early Christian’s

@@jiqian our choir is singing it

@@orthodoxnet Oh, that's wonderful! Would be nice to visit some day, haha. Thanks for all, God bless!

pray to your higher self. be like our creator. love.