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On the 350th anniversary of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1662), Professor David Frost, Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, assesses the influence of the Anglican rites on Orthodox theology and worship.

Professor David Frost speaks on Orthodoxy and the Western Rite.

As a former member of the Church of England, he has some interesting comments about the Anglican BCP-derived Liturgy of St. Tikhon. Not really positive comments, however. He seems to be arguing that major parts of the theology and language of the BCP, and likewise the Liturgy of St. Tikhon, are contrary to Orthodoxy.

Any thoughts?

Those parts are eliminated in WRO: that is the reason why (or one of them) it's not "reverse uniatism  (their, i.e. apologists for the Vatican, term, not mine) as is alleged.

Not all of them.

From the Canon:
"All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross for our redemption; who (by his own oblation of himself once offered) made a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again"

And which part of that would/should be troublesome for an Orthodox Christian?

I am a supporter of WRO, but this prayer is Cranmerian.  The Roman Canon should have been used.

and why is that?

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America have launched Faithandsafety.org, a website designed to help parents in guiding their children in the use of social media.

“Our children look to their parents for wisdom and guidance,” said Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. “However, many parents feel somewhat ill-equipped to help their children traverse the unfamiliar terrain of the digital social world...”

Why are child molesters the only one thing you post here about?

Two things: you're forgetting homosexual news.

And antimonarchism.

Lots of good advice here.

That's excellent that you've got a good parish nearby. Keep going on Sundays, read the Gospels, pray for a while every day, and try to make some friends at church. When you're ready to enter the formal conversion process (which, in Greek churches, is usually very simple), talk to the priest about it.

But I have to ask, what does a prayer app do?

It gives you prayers. It's like having a  prayer book in your phone, which you can do too, but in a prayer book you still have to turn pages and go through things sequentially. In the app. you follow links from a menu to straight to the prayer.

Now I gotta ask:

Thank you for your advice about the icons. I'm in no hurry to go through the catchumen process I don't want to rush into anything until I'm absolutley sure. I have already downloaded the OCN app on my phone and a eastern orthodox new testement bible app too.

which Eastern Orthodox new testement bible app? I though I had all the good Eastern Orthodox apps (except of course the OC.net app hint, hint)but I don't have that one.

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In addition to moving the posts that were on topic...

Satisfied now?

Absolutely!

Why are child molesters the only one thing you post here about?

Two things: you're forgetting homosexual news.

When will you see post about rabbi's caught sexually abusing kids?

Why would one need such posts?

[Discussion about GoT and American movie industry was moved here: http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,52004.0.html]

Discussion about GoT and American movie industry was moved here: http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,52004.0.html

In addition to moving the posts that were on topic...

Satisfied now?

Someone's gonna get a green dot. 

Some former mod? It might be a good idea

It's been 3 1/2 years since this thread was active, and there are a ton of new members, and though I have made progress I am still in much the same position, so... bump!

Lo and behold, I'm also anathema stricken! I haven't even played Angry Birds or Solitaire... No video or computer games, ever. 

With all the books you read, who honestly has the time for vidya games?

Actually, you'd be surprised - it's few books I've had the patience to read from cover to cover.

As for wasting time, I must admit I'm quite good at that.