Joseph Aleksandr
Newbie
 Offline
Faith: Orthodox Christian
Jurisdiction: Antiochian
Posts: 1
|
 |
« on: November 16, 2009, 12:01:47 PM » |
|
My wife and I converted to Orthodoxy some 5 years ago. Prior to our conversion, I was Roman Catholic and she was a fundamentalist Protestant. We have one daughter, who is four. (Four and a half, as she'd be quick to point out.) We were chrismated before my daughter was born, and our daughter was baptised and chrismated a little over 4 years ago.
Earlier this spring, my wife reverted to the fundamentalist church she grew up in. I told her that I could not stop her from doing so, but that I could not allow our daughter to attend that church. In September, at my wife's request, we separated. She has now insisted on taking my daughter to church with her on alternating Sundays. This is over my opposition, but, legally, there is nothing I can do to stop this.
Please pray for all involved, and please especially pray that my daughter will not be drawn away from the Orthodox faith. Pray for my soul as well, as I am dealing with a lot of anger and despair.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
recent convert
Orthodox Chrisitan
High Elder
Offline
Faith: Christian
Jurisdiction: Antiochian (N.A.)
Posts: 1,645
|
|
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2009, 12:11:00 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Antiochian OC N.A.
|
|
|
|
SolEX01
|
|
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 12:45:43 PM » |
|
Lord have Mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Rosehip
|
|
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2009, 01:10:54 PM » |
|
Lord have mercy! I pray that your differences can be worked out and that reconciliation between you and your wife can be effected!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
+ Our dear sister Martha (Rosehip) passed away on Dec 20, 2010. May her memory be eternal! +
|
|
|
|
Papist
|
|
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2009, 01:56:36 PM » |
|
Lord have mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"The only-begotten Son of God, wanting us to be partakers of his divinity, assumed our human nature so that, having become man, he might make men gods." - St. Thomas Aquinas
|
|
|
Heorhij
Hoplitarches
Offline
Faith: Orthodox
Jurisdiction: GOA, for now, but my heart belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Posts: 8,576
|
|
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2009, 02:07:22 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Love never fails.
|
|
|
Fr. George
formerly "Cleveland"
Administrator
Domestikos tou thematos
Offline
Faith: Orthodox (Catholic) Christian
Jurisdiction: GOA - Metropolis of Pittsburgh
Posts: 18,998
May the Lord bless you and keep you always!
|
|
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2009, 02:25:21 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain
---------------------
Ordained on 17 & 18-Oct 2009. Please forgive me if earlier posts are poorly worded or incorrect in any way.
|
|
|
|
HandmaidenofGod
|
|
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2009, 03:11:12 PM » |
|
Lord have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jer 29:11
|
|
|
|
stashko
|
|
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2009, 03:40:22 PM » |
|
Lord Have mercy !...Amen
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
 ГОСПОДЕ ГОСПОДЕ ,ПОГЛЕДАЈ СА НЕБА ,ДОЂИ И ПОСЕТИ ТВОЈ ВИНОГРАД ТВОЈА ДЕСНИЦА ПОСАДИЛА АМИН АМИН. |
|
|
|
Riddikulus
|
|
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2009, 06:58:04 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
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)
|
|
|
Michał Kalina
proud Podlachian Belarusian parajournalistic engineer in spe
Section Moderator
Hypatos
Offline
Faith: Christian
Jurisdiction: Diocese of Białystok and Gdańsk / Diocese of Warsaw and Bielsk Podlaski
Posts: 15,424
OC.net's trickster
|
|
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2009, 03:48:19 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
formerly known as mikeDespite being a Polish citizen I am not a Pole.  Long live Belarus! "It's my constitutional right!" |
|
|
LizaSymonenko
Христос Воскрес!!! Christ is Risen!!!
Global Moderator
Toumarches
Offline
Faith: God's Holy Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church
Jurisdiction: Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.
Posts: 7,573
|
 |
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2009, 05:14:35 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.
—St. Isaac of Syria
|
|
|
|
Alveus Lacuna
|
|
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2009, 12:43:56 AM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
PeterTheAleut
The Right Blowhard Peter the Furtive of Yetts O'Muckhart
Section Moderator
Exarchos
Offline
Faith: Orthodox Christian
Jurisdiction: OCA
Posts: 26,042
EXTERMINATE!
|
|
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2009, 12:04:02 AM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Knytshade
Newly Illumined 1-1-11
Member
Offline
Faith: Eastern Orthodox
Jurisdiction: ROCOR - Midwest Diocese
Posts: 135
Beloved Michael: my patron--I thank God for you!
|
|
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2009, 12:09:38 AM » |
|
Lord have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"If you leave me free in my religion, I will be very eager to carry out your commands. But if you try to force me to change my faith, I will first surrender my head. I was born a Christian and a Christian I shall die."
--St. John the Russian to his Turkish master
|
|
|
Sakeneko
Member
Offline
Faith: Orthodox Christian
Jurisdiction: OCA
Posts: 109
|
|
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2009, 02:16:13 AM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
ytterbiumanalyst
|
|
« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2009, 11:40:56 PM » |
|
Lord have mercy. Welcome to the forum!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"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
|
|
|
|
ozgeorge
|
|
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2009, 12:12:40 AM » |
|
Lord have mercy on your handmaiden protected by holy Baptism and sealed with the Holy Spirit.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If you're living a happy life as a Christian, you're doing something wrong.
|
|
|
sohma_hatori
Earthbending Novice
Sr. Member
Offline
Faith: Eastern Orthodox
Jurisdiction: Ecumenical Patriarchate: Orthodox Metropolis of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
Posts: 524
The Blind Bandit
|
|
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2009, 01:17:45 AM » |
|
Lord have Mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
""Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.""
— Iroh- Avatar:The Last Airbender
|
|
|
|
