Comments on: Finding Love, How Lucky and Blessed

By: The Honest Truth

The Honest Truth — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:33:33 +0000

Well for the men and women out there that are married with a family should consider themselves very Blessed to have one another since their life is very much Complete and they certainly do have very much to be very Thankful for which many of us are just very Miserable since we still Don’t have someone to share our life with. I really do Blame God in a way for my Singleness since i Never at all Expected this to happen to a very Good man like me that really wanted that Gift Of Life as well. The very sad thing now is that the women of today are very much to Blame more than God since they have really Changed for the Worst of all over the years compared to the Real Good old fashioned women of years ago when Most of them were the Best at that time which they really Did make a very Good wife too. Today with Most women being very Selfish and very Spoiled has a lot to do with it since they will Only want the Best of all and will Never settle for Less. And i do have friends of mine that are going through the same thing right now as well.

By: andre

andre — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 13:41:43 +0000

In reply to Isaac.

Isaac,
Thank you for your kind words and support. You have a bit difficulty explaining the love in a relationship because there are no good words or ways to express it. Matthew 5:16 is the verse you are looking for.
Please stay in touch.
I bid you peace,
Andriy

By: Isaac

Isaac — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:24:46 +0000

Thank you for this! I see that in some ways, relationships are really taken for granted by some people and treat it as if it were a game. Even marriage life reflects the life of Jesus. Both people in the relationship work to make the relationship healthy and endure the sacrifices and trials together. It really is beyond romantic but a display of true love (I can’t explain this in words). Even then, this type of love is demonstrated from parent to child, friend to friend, etc. It is true, it is kind, it is strong and very genuine. Just like a parent gives the best to their child. There is a passage in the Bible the says to reflect the light so that others may see the the glory of the Father in heaven (Im paraphrasing).

By: andre

andre — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:31:02 +0000

In reply to James.

James,
Thank you for your comment and support of this website. I am so happy that you have a partner you can celebrate life’s joys with and with whom you can share the difficulties. You are one example that God has indeed brought two people of the same sex together.

Concerning your question, it is better to quote an authority of the church:” In the Orthodox Church it is the priest or the bishop who consecrates the marriage, who calls upon God in the name of the community, and asks that the Holy Spirit be sent down (epiclesis) on the man and woman and in this way make them “into one flesh”. In addition marriage is for the Orthodox Church rather a spiritual path, a seeking after God, the mystery of oneness and love, the preparatory portrayal of the Kingdom of God, than a necessity for reproduction.” The quote is from Bishop Athenagoras of Sinope of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. (http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/liturgics/athenagoras_remarriage.htm#1)

I hope that helps to answer your question. Please stay in touch. I bid you and your partner peace,
Andriy

By: James

James — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:32:42 +0000

A theological question: I think that many of us who have settled down with a partner feel that we have been joined together by God even if this is not recognized or celebrated by the church. Some Christian denominations, such as the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) who do not have priests, clearly state in their marriage ceremony that a couple is joined by God and that all those present at the worship service devoted to the marriage are merely witnesses of this. What is the theological role of the priest in an Orthodox wedding?