St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church
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- Q: Are you rigidly bound by your Tradition. Can it change
- Do you know what was the first liquid and solid that was consumed on the moon
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Koinonia May & June 2014 ASK FATHER NICK
CONTINUED Q: How is seniority determined among Clergy: Deacons, Priests, & Bishops? ~ Subdeacon Billy Poulos
A: Very Simply: 1. Seniority is Determined by date of ordination, oldest date being senior, 2. Rank or Title-Offikion, trumps date of ordination date, 3. Same Rank or Title-Offikion, is trumped by the date of ordination, oldest date being senior.
Q: Are you rigidly bound by your Tradition. Can it change? ~ A Malone University Student Visitor
A: The Tradition as a set of basic principles outlining our worldview is a constant. Its very constancy, however, sometimes will even demand change. As a simple instance of this, by Tradition our worship is to be celebrated in a language under- stood by the worshipping congregation. This means the Tradition not infrequently requires a change in liturgical language. As another instance, the Tradition also requires constant change in ourselves as, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we grow spiritually and respond ever more fully to the call of God in Jesus Christ.
A: On July 20, 1969, two human beings changed history by walking on the surface of the moon. But what happened be- fore Buzz Aldrin (born in Glenridge, NJ) [the 2nd person to walk on the moon] and Neil Armstrong (born in Wapakoneta, Ohio) [the 1rst person to walk on the moon] exited the Lunar Module is perhaps even more amazing, if only because so few people know about it. The fact is that Buzz Aldrin took (Holy Communion as recognized by his Presbyterian Christian Church) on the surface of the moon. Some months after his return, he wrote about it in Guideposts magazine.
The background to the story is that Aldrin was an elder at his Presbyterian Church in Texas during this time period in his life and knowing that he would soon be doing something unprecedented in human history, he felt he should mark the occa- sion somehow. He asked his minister to help him. And so the minister consecrated (according to their Presbyterian Protes- tant tradition) a communion wafer and a small vial of communion wine. Buzz Aldrin took them with him out of the Earth's orbit and on to the surface of the moon. He and Armstrong had only been on the lunar surface for a few minutes when Aldrin made the following public statement:
“This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.” He then was directed by NASA to end radio communication and there, on the silent surface of the moon, 250,000 miles from earth, he read a verse from the Gospel of John and he took his holy communion.
Here is Aldrin’s own account of what happened: "In the radio blackout, induced by NASA, I opened the little plastic pack- ages which contained the bread wafer and the wine. I poured the wine into the chalice our Presbyterian church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine slowly curled and gracefully came up the side of the cup. Then I read the scripture”: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whosoever abides in me will bring forth much fruit ...Apart from me you can do nothing.' (John 15:5) "I had intended to read my communion passage back to earth, but at the last minute [they: NASA] had requested that, I not do this.”
NASA was already embroiled in a legal battle with Madelyn Murray O'Hare, the celebrated opponent of religion, over the Apollo 8 crew reading from Genesis while orbiting the moon at Christmas. Aldrin agreed reluctantly.
"I ate the tiny Host and swallowed the wine. I gave thanks for the intelligence and spirit that had brought two young pilots to the Sea of Tranquility . It was interesting for me to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon and the very first food eaten there, were the communion elements, symbolic of the body and blood of Christ."
"And of course, it 's interesting to think that some of the first words spoken on the moon were the words of Jesus Christ , who made the Earth and the Moon - and who, in the immortal words of Dante, is Himself the "Love that moves the Sun and other stars." (Aldrin)
God Bless America!!! Footnote: The Holy Orthodox Church (Doctrine) believes that the wine and bread at the Epiklisis portion of the Divine Lit- urgy, through the Holy Spirit, become: the actual Body and Blood of Christ. (not to be confused with symbolism of other Christian denominations)
Buzz Aldrin’s account of what happened on the moon is still pretty awesome!!!
Koinonia May & June 2014
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CONTINUED Q: What Orthodox Churches are in Full Communion?
A: Eastern Orthodox Churches (in full communion) Patriarchate of Constantinople Finnish Orthodox Church Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Korean Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Alexandria Patriarchate of Antioch Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Saint Catherine's Monastery Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Orthodox Church in America Belarusian Orthodox Church Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate Latvian Orthodox Church Moldovan Orthodox Church Japanese Orthodox Church
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric Patriarchate of Romania Metropolis of Bessarabia Patriarchate of Bulgaria Patriarchate of Georgia Cypriot Orthodox Church Orthodox Church of Greece Polish Orthodox Church Albanian Orthodox Church Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
Q : And what Orthodox Churches are not in communion with us? ~ Eleftherios Verginis
A: Eastern Orthodox Churches (not in communion) Traditionalist Schisms Greek Old Calendarists Matthewites Greek Old Calendarists Florinites Smyrnaean Orthodox Church
Holy Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance) Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church Churches of the Old Believers movement: Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church Russian Old-Orthodox Church Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church Nationalist Schisms Abkhazian Orthodox Church Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Alternative synod Croatian Orthodox Church Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric Montenegrin Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church in America Russian True Orthodox Church Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of N.S. America 1921-Synod Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Catholicossate of the Great House of Cilicia Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria British Orthodox Church French Coptic Orthodox Church
Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church Malabar Independent Syrian Church of India Syriac Orthodox Church of Germany of Moosa Gurgan
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