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#poetry #OrthodoxChristianity Here's a new poem I wrote and recorded today. If Substack gives you trouble, you can also find it as part of my podcast called Wonder-woven. It's called "You Caught Me Up," and it has a Christian theme. https://open.substack.com/pub/smfeir/p/you-caught-me-up?r=1u329d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
You Caught Me Up

A love-poem to Divine Love

Reveries and Ramblings
Not my photos, but I just wanted to post some of my favorite mosaics. These depict the respective courts of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire. It's located in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna (Italy).

#history #romanempire #byzantineempire #mosaics #mosaicart #italy #earlychristianity #orthodoxchristianity #emperor #empress #ravenna #emiliaromagna #europe

Triple Deity

This is a deity/god with 3 distinct, & apparent, forms that function as a singular whole. These deities can sometimes be called: three-fold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune, triadic, or as a Trinity.

In classical religious traditions, 3 separate beings could be depicted as either a triad (who usually appears as a group such as the Greek Moirai, Charites, & Eriyes; the Norse Norns; or the Irish Morrigan), or a single deity (who’s significant for having 3 aspects such as the Greek Hecate or Roman Diana).

Trinitarian Christianity instead recognizes 3 “divine persons” in God the Father, the Son, & Holy Spirit, this is usually distinguished from the belief of independent gods, or aspects.

The trinity of supreme divinity is in Hinduism. They have the cosmic functions of creation, preservation, & destruction are personified as a triad of deities called Trimurti. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the preserver, & Shiva the destroyer.

The sacred symbol of Hinduism, the Om/Aum, the sacred sound, syllable, mantra, & invocation, is considered to have an insinuation to the Trimurti. The A, U, & M phonemes of the word are thought to point to creation, preservation, & destruction. Phonemes means any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another. The whole representing the transcendent or absolute Brahman is added.

This also shows 3 basic states of consciousness. In addition to which the whole syllable is interpreted as the subject of the consciousness, the self-principle (Atman). This is considered to be identical with the Brahman.

The Tridevi is the trinity of goddesses that are the consorts of the gods in the Trimurti. They’re personified by the Hindu goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi, & Parvati. In Shaktism, these goddesses are considered the manifestations of Mahadevi, the Supreme Goddess (the female absolute). Also known as Mula-Prakriti or Adi Parashakti.

The Roman goddess Diana was worshipped from the late 6th century BC as diva triformis, “three-form goddess.” Early on, she was confused with the similar Greek goddess, Hekate/Hecate.

The Lake of Nemi was Triviae lacus for Virgil (Aeneid). Horace called Diana: montium customs nemoremque virgo (“keeper of the mountains & virgin of Nemi”) & diva triformis (“three-form goddess”).

Spells & hymns in Greek magical papyri refer to the goddess (called Hecate, Persephone, Selene, etc.) as “triple-sounding, triple-headed, triple-voiced, triple-pointed, triple-faced, triple-necked.”

The Olympian demiurgic triad in Platonic philosophy was made of Zeus, Poseidon, & Pluto/Hades. All were thought to be a monad; the same Zeus who gave rise to the Titanis demiurgic triad of Helios, Apollo, & Dionysus.

The Matres, or Matronae, are pictured as a group of 3. Sometimes with as many as 27 (3x3x3). They were associated with motherhood & fertility.

In the case of the Irish Brigid, it’s ambiguous if she’s a single goddess or 3 sisters named Brigid. The Morrigan sometimes shows up as 1 being, other times as 3 sisters. As do the 3 Irish goddesses of sovereignty – Eriu, Fodla, & Banba.

Nicene Christians profess “1 God in 3 divine persons” (God the Father, God the Son, & God the Holy Spirit). This isn’t a belief, or worship, in 3 gods & isn’t a belief in 3 aspects of God. Both of these ideas are condemned as heresy by the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church also rejects the idea that God is 3 persons & that God is a genus that contains the 3 persons.

A circa 4th century Gnostic text, Trimorphic Protennoia, shows a 3-fold discourse of the 3 forms of Divine Thought: Father, Son, & Mother (Sophia). Micheus, Michar, & Mnesinous, the 3 Heavenly Spirits of Baptism.

Some Christian saints, especially martyrs, are in trios. Because they share a feast day or other day of remembrances.

Modalism is a form of Christian Unitarianism opposed to Trinitarianism. They believe that the 1 God is also just 1 person. But appears in 3 different forms: the Father, Son, & Spirit. Modalism adherents believe that the same 1 God appears in different forms throughout history.

For example, Jesus was 1 form of the same God. They also believe that the Holy Spirit isn’t a separate person from the Father either. But it describes God in action. Modalis is a heresy in orthodox Christianity.

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was cast out of Eden because of envy. It was a terrible fall. But You, O Master, did not overlook me. But You assumed my nature for me, and You were crucified. And You save me and bring me into glory. O my Redeemer, glory to You!

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I delivers address at global religious leaders council http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM9zxD #InterfaithDialogue #EcumenicalPatriarch #OrthodoxChristianity #ReligiousLeaders #GlobalSummit
Russia’s Largest State-Backed Supremacist Movement Is Thriving Above the Law

Imagine if your local church group collaborated with the FBI to beat and torture anyone they didn’t like—and called it patriotism. The Russian Community, the country’s largest extremist group, is thriving under Putin’s wartime regime as its members raid homes and terrorize their victims.

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Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches - BBC News

A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.

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Just mentioned to my elderly aunt that today is #Easter in both the Western & Orthodox (Eastern) Christian Churches. She responded by saying she didn’t know they were ever on different days then asked what #OrthodoxChristianity was as she had never heard of it 🤯 She’s an Italian-American #Catholic living in the center of the U.S. (same city & state we were both born in), so I seriously do not understand how she got to be 80-something without ever hearing of the Orthodox Church…but, apparently, she did.
How Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter in Central Asia and Around the World - The Times Of Central Asia

In 2025, Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter on April 20. This central event in the Orthodox liturgical calendar is marked with solemnity and joy across

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