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In Eastern Orthodoxy, incorrupt relics are a very important sign of a saint's holiness and sanctity. There are many stories of saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church who have been incorrupt. In the 20th century alone, for instance, we have St. John of San Francisco, St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos, St. John the Romanian, and others whose bodies have remained incorrupt for decades after their repose and whose incorrupt relics are a continual source of healing for many. Do the Non-Chalcedonians also have saints who are incorrupt? If so, I would be interested in reading the stories of such saints if Non-Chalcedonians would be willing to paste relevant passages from their books. Please also share photos of such incorrupt relics.
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2011, 11:22:57 AM » |
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In Eastern Orthodoxy, incorrupt relics are a very important sign of a saint's holiness and sanctity. There are many stories of saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church who have been incorrupt. In the 20th century alone, for instance, we have St. John of San Francisco, St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos, St. John the Romanian, and others whose bodies have remained incorrupt for decades after their repose and whose incorrupt relics are a continual source of healing for many. Do the Non-Chalcedonians also have saints who are incorrupt? If so, I would be interested in reading the stories of such saints if Non-Chalcedonians would be willing to paste relevant passages from their books. Please also share photos of such incorrupt relics.
Thank you.
I think Dostoevski made the relevant comment on such a mentality in the funeral of the Elder Zosimos. The OO do have their incorrupt saints, but before we go there for your agenda, tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has. |
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2011, 12:11:44 PM » |
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tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has.
This is a different subject which is worthy of a separate thread in a another forum other than "Oriental Orthodox Discussion" where I posted the present message. If you would like to discuss claims regarding RC incorruptibles, please start a separate thread instread of diverting this present one. In this thread, I am interested only in stories of Non-Chalcedon saints whose relics are incorrupt, and photos of such incorrupt relics, for the simple reason that I do not know of any. |
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 12:44:31 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2011, 12:54:15 PM » |
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tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has.
This is a different subject which is worthy of a separate thread in a another forum other than "Oriental Orthodox Discussion" where I posted the present message. If you would like to discuss claims regarding RC incorruptibles, please start a separate thread instread of diverting this present one. In this thread, I am interested only in stories of Non-Chalcedon saints whose relics are incorrupt, and photos of such incorrupt relics, for the simple reason that I do not know of any. So, now you do. And? Btw, I'll add Pope St. Cyril the Sixth (it's not official yet, as the Church doesn't glorify a saint until half a century after his falling asleep, but it is just a matter fo time). http://albionfourthrome.blogspot.com/2011/01/pope-kyrillos-vis-relics-incorrupt.html |
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 01:04:57 PM » |
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Thank you, Fr. Peter, for responding to my inquiry. Of course, I would be interested in reading about more examples if you have time to provide them. I searched through the Coptic Synaxarium and could not find any examples, but perhaps I wasn't searching using the proper words. http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/synexarion/index.html |
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2011, 02:14:45 PM » |
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This is Fr. Andrew the Samuelite who died in late 1989. He was a great modern saint who was blind from infancy and lived to be over 100 years old after living an extremely ascetic life.  May his prayers be with us. Fr. Kyrillos p.s. if the picture doesn't show up, go here: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/standrewsamualiteincorr.jpg/ |
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 02:15:29 PM » |
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There are a lot. Just do a Google for 'incorrupt relics Coptic' and variants.
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 02:17:46 PM » |
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This is Fr. Andrew the Samuelite who died in late 1989. He was a great modern saint who was blind from infancy and lived to be over 100 years old after living an extremely ascetic life. (img) (/img) May his prayers be with us. Fr. Kyrillos tried to fix that. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 03:34:24 PM » |
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I don't know of any in the Armenian Church. Or any particular emphasis on incorruptibility to begin with.
Then again, in a somewhat related aside, the Armenian Church has not glorified a new saint in over 500 years. So that perhaps complicates things a bit.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2011, 04:05:54 PM » |
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I don't know of any in the Armenian Church. Or any particular emphasis on incorruptibility to begin with.
Then again, in a somewhat related aside, the Armenian Church has not glorified a new saint in over 500 years. So that perhaps complicates things a bit.
Wow, that's odd. Weren't there any martyred by the Turks in the last centuries? |
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2011, 04:34:46 PM » |
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I don't know of any in the Armenian Church. Or any particular emphasis on incorruptibility to begin with.
Then again, in a somewhat related aside, the Armenian Church has not glorified a new saint in over 500 years. So that perhaps complicates things a bit.
Wow, that's odd. Weren't there any martyred by the Turks in the last centuries? Sure there were. There's a pretty lengthy list of people who should be saints. But there isn't an accepted process by which that happens, nor does it seem to be of particular urgency. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2011, 04:11:59 AM » |
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Two famous examples from the Coptic Church: Deacon Seedhom Beshay : http://goo.gl/YuFP9 (a Google image search page) Father Botros Banoub: http://goo.gl/4R8BZ (The first 4 pictures) |
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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2011, 12:23:13 AM » |
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The Coptic Church communes his body? (Second picture for Deacon Seedhom Beshay)
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2011, 12:31:28 AM » |
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The Coptic Church communes his body? (Second picture for Deacon Seedhom Beshay)
From what I can see the Priest/Bishop is holding his body not communing it. Do you mind uploading the picture you are referring to? |
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« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2011, 05:08:57 AM » |
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The Coptic Church communes his body? (Second picture for Deacon Seedhom Beshay)
why would the church commune his body?! It seems that seedhom Beshay's body is held in a position to show that his hair is still intact while the bishop is holding his skufia and a microphone. |
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The Coptic Church communes his body? (Second picture for Deacon Seedhom Beshay)
why would the church commune his body?! It seems that seedhom Beshay's body is held in a position to show that his hair is still intact while the bishop is holding his skufia and a microphone. On second look, you're right! I mistook the bishop's gold sleeve for the edge of the chalice. |
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« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2011, 09:22:45 AM » |
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I have heard of saints being found as fresh and supple as the day they died (in British history, St Cuthbert is such an example).
Most bodies I have seen seem less than fresh. The most recent example was St John the Romanian who died in Palestine in 1960. I would not have expected small children to do anything else but run away in terror should they see him.
St Samuel seems in good shape (since we are discussing OO cases of incorrupt saints) but blackened.
Has anyone a picture or example of a saint found as incorrupt as the day he/she died?
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St Alexander of Svir is kind of yellow but looks in pretty good shape though I haven't seen his face.
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« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2011, 11:11:10 AM » |
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I have heard of saints being found as fresh and supple as the day they died (in British history, St Cuthbert is such an example).
Most bodies I have seen seem less than fresh. The most recent example was St John the Romanian who died in Palestine in 1960. I would not have expected small children to do anything else but run away in terror should they see him.
St Samuel seems in good shape (since we are discussing OO cases of incorrupt saints) but blackened.
Has anyone a picture or example of a saint found as incorrupt as the day he/she died?
I think "incorrupt" has to be understood as a relative term. Obviously, if they were fully incorrupt, they would still be alive. But these relics have been preserved in a way that most ordinary remains are not. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2011, 11:22:11 AM » |
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In Eastern Orthodoxy, incorrupt relics are a very important sign of a saint's holiness and sanctity. There are many stories of saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church who have been incorrupt. In the 20th century alone, for instance, we have St. John of San Francisco, St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos, St. John the Romanian, and others whose bodies have remained incorrupt for decades after their repose and whose incorrupt relics are a continual source of healing for many. Do the Non-Chalcedonians also have saints who are incorrupt? If so, I would be interested in reading the stories of such saints if Non-Chalcedonians would be willing to paste relevant passages from their books. Please also share photos of such incorrupt relics.
Thank you.
I think Dostoevski made the relevant comment on such a mentality in the funeral of the Elder Zosimos. The OO do have their incorrupt saints, but before we go there for your agenda, tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has. Ferapontiousness. |
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In Eastern Orthodoxy, incorrupt relics are a very important sign of a saint's holiness and sanctity. There are many stories of saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church who have been incorrupt. In the 20th century alone, for instance, we have St. John of San Francisco, St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos, St. John the Romanian, and others whose bodies have remained incorrupt for decades after their repose and whose incorrupt relics are a continual source of healing for many. Do the Non-Chalcedonians also have saints who are incorrupt? If so, I would be interested in reading the stories of such saints if Non-Chalcedonians would be willing to paste relevant passages from their books. Please also share photos of such incorrupt relics.
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I think Dostoevski made the relevant comment on such a mentality in the funeral of the Elder Zosimos. The OO do have their incorrupt saints, but before we go there for your agenda, tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has. Ferapontiousness.  |
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In Eastern Orthodoxy, incorrupt relics are a very important sign of a saint's holiness and sanctity. There are many stories of saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church who have been incorrupt. In the 20th century alone, for instance, we have St. John of San Francisco, St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos, St. John the Romanian, and others whose bodies have remained incorrupt for decades after their repose and whose incorrupt relics are a continual source of healing for many. Do the Non-Chalcedonians also have saints who are incorrupt? If so, I would be interested in reading the stories of such saints if Non-Chalcedonians would be willing to paste relevant passages from their books. Please also share photos of such incorrupt relics.
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I think Dostoevski made the relevant comment on such a mentality in the funeral of the Elder Zosimos. The OO do have their incorrupt saints, but before we go there for your agenda, tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has. Ferapontiousness. Yeah... What's up? |
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In Eastern Orthodoxy, incorrupt relics are a very important sign of a saint's holiness and sanctity. There are many stories of saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church who have been incorrupt. In the 20th century alone, for instance, we have St. John of San Francisco, St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos, St. John the Romanian, and others whose bodies have remained incorrupt for decades after their repose and whose incorrupt relics are a continual source of healing for many. Do the Non-Chalcedonians also have saints who are incorrupt? If so, I would be interested in reading the stories of such saints if Non-Chalcedonians would be willing to paste relevant passages from their books. Please also share photos of such incorrupt relics.
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I think Dostoevski made the relevant comment on such a mentality in the funeral of the Elder Zosimos. The OO do have their incorrupt saints, but before we go there for your agenda, tell us what you have to say about the ones the Vatican claims it has. Ferapontiousness. Fr. Ferapont was the one who made a big stink about Elder Zosima's odor of corruption. |
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Yeah, I'm just being dumb.
I don't deny any case of incorruption, but it ain't a deal-breaker.
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