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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 07:09:16 PM » |
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al-Majdu li-llaah!
Many Years!
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2009, 07:12:32 PM » |
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al-Majdu li-llaah!
Many Years!
I second this! Glory to God! Many Years to Father John!!! |
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2009, 07:23:06 PM » |
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Many years to Fr. John!
May the Lord bless, multiply and save the Church in Pakistan!
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2009, 10:49:25 PM » |
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I might mention that his name is Arabic, meaning "Enlightenment/Illumination," and he is serving a land sorely in need of it.
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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.
A hasty quarrel kindles fire,
and urgent strife sheds blood.
If you blow on a spark, it will glow;
if you spit on it, it will be put out;
and both come out of your mouth
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2009, 12:36:07 AM » |
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Axios! Axios! Axios!
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 01:30:23 PM » |
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What excellent news!!!
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2010, 01:40:48 PM » |
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Glory to God! I've heard of 3 Pakistanis over the last couple years who were interested in Orthodoxy. Now they will have a priest. Thank God!
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2010, 03:07:18 PM » |
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Many Years to Fr. John!
Lord Have Mercy!
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2010, 02:38:30 AM » |
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Axios! Glory to God!  |
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« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2010, 04:48:17 AM » |
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Many years to Father John!
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2010, 05:02:15 AM » |
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This is rather an old thread that has been raised from the dead, but it is always good news.
There are other Orthodox in Pakistan and it isn't clear to me if the thread means that Father John is the first Pakistani Orthodox priest, since he is not the first Orthodox priest in Pakistan. I tried to follow the link provided but it was dead. Is there more recent news elsewhere?
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« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2010, 11:11:11 AM » |
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There's an Orthodox parish at the Russian embassy in Islamabad. A priest comes from Russia twice a year to serve liturgy. Good to see the country has at least one permanent priest.
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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2010, 10:36:59 AM » |
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This is rather an old thread that has been raised from the dead, but it is always good news.
There are other Orthodox in Pakistan and it isn't clear to me if the thread means that Father John is the first Pakistani Orthodox priest, since he is not the first Orthodox priest in Pakistan. I tried to follow the link provided but it was dead. Is there more recent news elsewhere?
I was recently with Met. Nektarios, and, although we didn't talk much about Pakistan, my impression was that Fr. John was the first of several native men that His Eminence has ordained. His Eminence has also just managed to get the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom translated into Punjab, which the people on both sides of the border prefer to worship in. |
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