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Six years ago today Byzantines.org was re-born OrthodoxChristianity.net. Congratulations on 6 years! History of OC.net - http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,12640.0.htmlThe first thread - http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,2.0.html |
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2008, 12:49:02 PM » |
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Huzzah! Many years!
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2008, 12:49:28 PM » |
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Happy Birthday OC.net and may you have many more.  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2008, 03:35:38 PM » |
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"And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it." - Luke 8:21
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2008, 04:19:45 PM » |
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Hooray for us!
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If you're living a happy life as a Christian, you're doing something wrong.
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2008, 04:45:03 PM » |
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Wow! That last year flew by!
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"Christianity is not a philosophy, not a doctrine, but life." - Elder Sophrony (Sakharov)
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2008, 05:36:05 PM » |
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Wow, how time flies. Happy Birthday, OC.net, and many years!
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"It is remarkable that what we call the world...in what professes to be true...will allow in one man no blemishes, and in another no virtue."--Charles Dickens
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The Right Blowhard Peter the Furtive of Yetts O'Muckhart
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EXTERMINATE!
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2008, 05:57:51 PM » |
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Wow, how time flies.
Yup. Time's fun when you have flies. Happy Birthday, OC.net, and many years! INDEED! |
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2008, 06:01:28 PM » |
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Many Years! |
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Love never fails.
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2008, 06:03:40 PM » |
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Many years!
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As a result of a thousand million years of evolution, the universe is becoming conscious of itself, able to understand something of its past history and its possible future.
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« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2008, 07:46:36 PM » |
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Many years!
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I believe in One God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian Orthodox Christian (1900-1975)
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minasoliman
Mr., Sir, Dude, Guy, Male, tr. Minas in Greek, Menes in white people Egyptologists :-P
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Pray for me, Sts. Mina & Kyrillos VI for my exams
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« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2008, 08:00:07 PM » |
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Amen! Many Years!
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Vain existence can never exist, for \\\"unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain.\\\" (Psalm 127)
If the faith is unchanged and rock solid, then the gates of Hades never prevailed in the end.
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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2008, 12:50:59 AM » |
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A belated Happy Birthday from member #235.
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"Religion is a neurobiological illness and Orthodoxy is its cure." - Fr. John S. Romanides
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« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2008, 10:34:49 AM » |
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Happy Birthday!!! Congradulations!!!
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"loving one's enemies does not mean loving wickedness, ungodliness, adultery, or theft. Rather, it means loving the theif, the ungodly, and the adulterer." Clement of Alexandria 195 A.D. http://ancientchristiandefender.blogspot.com/ |
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« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2008, 12:56:16 AM » |
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« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2008, 01:41:39 AM » |
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Happy Birthday!!!
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Asemănându-te obiceiurilor râvnitorului Ilie şi urmând Botezătorului pe drepte cărări, Părinte Antonie, te-ai făcut locuitor pustiului şi ai întărit lumea cu rugăciunile tale. Pentru aceasta, roagă-te lui Hristos Dumnezeu, să mântuiască sufletele noastre.
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« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2008, 07:24:02 AM » |
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Happy Birthday!! Many Years to our forum!
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""Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.""
— Iroh- Avatar:The Last Airbender
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« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2008, 12:37:01 PM » |
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Many years! I've learned so very much through this forum, so I'm grateful for its existence. May it continue to prosper, and may we all strive to devote our lives increasingly to the One Who is the reason behind it all.
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+ Our dear sister Martha (Rosehip) passed away on Dec 20, 2010. May her memory be eternal! +
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« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2008, 12:36:37 PM » |
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Wow. Has it been six years already? Time flies... |
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"I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks". - C. S. Lewis
The Katana of Reasoned Discussion
For some a world view is more like a neighborhood watch.
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Fr. George
formerly "Cleveland"
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« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2008, 01:09:52 PM » |
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Wow. Has it been six years already? Time flies... Time certainly flies when you're wasting posts... http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,7837.0.htmlCongrats, Ebor. Your thread has surpassed 100 pages at 45 posts/page. |
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain
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Fr. George
formerly "Cleveland"
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Posts: 19,668
May the Lord bless you and keep you always!
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« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2008, 04:51:35 PM » |
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A web archive of how OC.net has looked throughout the years: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net |
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain
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Fr. George
formerly "Cleveland"
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Faith: Orthodox (Catholic) Christian
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Posts: 19,668
May the Lord bless you and keep you always!
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« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2008, 05:43:41 PM » |
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Some interesting facts:
- The average daily posting rate over the last 10+ months (since the CAF surge) has been just over 236 posts/day, which is nearly 6 times the posting volume of OC.net's first month (Oct 2002).
- By the end of the first 3 months, OC.net had 147 registered users. As of now, it's had over 2,700 people register (nearly 20 times the total at the end of the first 3 months).
- OC.net has enjoyed nearly double the number of posts as other similarly-marketed (Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic) websites since August 2007.
And an observation:
- Despite some claims to the otherwise, and thankfully despite some of our "growing pains," the site still manages to have quite the diverse crowd within its posting ranks; with New Cal EO's, Old Cal EO's, Old Calendarist EO's, OO's, EC's, RC's, and various Protestant groups represented (and somehow managing - most of the time - to debate and disagree without being completely rude).
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain
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« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2008, 08:39:22 PM » |
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^ The diversity of Jurisdictions and the civility of the forum is what I like about this forum. Keep up the excellent work!! |
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Ebor
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« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2008, 11:06:31 PM » |
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It's all my fault. 
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"I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks". - C. S. Lewis
The Katana of Reasoned Discussion
For some a world view is more like a neighborhood watch.
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Nigula Qian Zishi
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« Reply #25 on: October 07, 2008, 10:10:14 AM » |
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Wow, how things have changed over those 6 years. Robert was in Rome and planned to be in Europe (at seminary if I remember correctly) for quite a while, Father Anastasios was a uniate Byzantine Rite Roman Catholic student, Phil was at SUNY, and I was at the end of my catechumenate in ROCOR. Since then, all of us original 4 administrators of OC.net had became clergy (save for Robert) and half of us original 4 of us have married and half of us have resigned the site as administrators too. What a storied 6 years it has been!
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