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Let's pray for Syrian Christians! Yesterday (June 22nd), during the mass, there was a suicide bomber who bombed himself inside of the Church.

The bomber is confirmed to be a member of ISIS Jihadist group. It's confirmed that some people died (I don't know the number). Some days before the attack on walls of the church it was written "Your turn is next". Church in question is Mar Elias. You can see the footage and more news and updates on the @eastern_christians channel on instagram. I can't recommend them enough, they are great for staying in touch with their community!

Let's pray for our brothers and sisters, let's spread the news and make it known what they are going through!

And let's remember this verse:

"I have told you this so that you may not fall away. 2 They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. 3They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me. (John 16:1-3)

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the kiss of judas

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I think people want to replace screen addiction with lots of hobbies/reading/activity because we are used to the overstimulation. and I get it. you have to wean. but toss in some staring at the floor while you're at it. add some quiet nothing time to ur schedule

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It is not your job, as a female, to heal men in any way. You should not be tied to someone because “without you, he would be lost”. A relationship should be based on both parts caring about each other and being happy for being in that relationship, and not on a woman sacrificing her own life in order to take care of a male ass.

We are not your caretakers, okay? It is not our jobs to give up on everything we wish to do and to be in order to take care of men. And I’m not saying a woman cannot do it, but that we are not obliged to do it and that we should not be painted as monsters when we decide we don’t want to do it.

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I swear if I see one more fucking Christian blog here posting AI content and text posts clearly written by the bo-bot I am going to burn the servers to the ground.

Make shitty pseudo-intellectual theology post like me that get 34 likes on a good day. That's what God intended.

It bears repeating:

oh poor baby 🥺🥺 do you need the robot to make you pictures? 🥺🥺 yeah? 🥺🥺 do you need the bo-bot to write you essay too? yeah ??? you can't do it?? 🥺🥺 you're a moron??🥺🥺 do you need chat gpt to fuck your wife ?? 🥺🥺🥺

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Biblical Womanhood =/= Trad Wife Bullshit

Young Christian girls, remember that the Proverbs 31 woman is a business owner. She makes and sells clothes. She bought a farm with her own money. She's intelligent enough to do her business WELL. The average working mother is much closer to the Proverbs 31 woman than these wealthy trad wife influencers.

Biblical womanhood is not about being docile or worshipping men. It's not about this creepy obsession with submission. It's about being intelligent, doing whatever needs to be done for yourself and your family. Following God's will. Deborah led an army. Judith murdered a King to save her people. Esther is the one who must intervene to save her people.

And to see Catholic women parroting this bullshit? When even our own Saints weren't these cutesy little trad life girls. God told St. Hidegard Von Bingin to preach. Imagine if St. Joan of Arc responded to God's call with "Bu-But I'm just a cute coqeutte girl 🎀". St. Teresa of Avila reformed and created the Discalced Carmelites. Even St. Maria Goretti, a child, fought to the death to protect her dignity and autonomy. It was women who spread the word of Jesus, who spread the word of His resurrection.

Jesus was born of a woman, Mary and God. No human male was involved in His birth. Never forget the importance of that. Christ protected women who committed mortal sins. He told men to gauge out their eyes if they can't respect a woman's dignity. He showed himself to a woman first. The late Pope Francis himself called St. Mary Magdelene the Apostle to the Apostles.

Never allow anyone to weaponize your faith against you. God does not view you as a helpmate. God has nothing but respect and reverence for women's power. Never ever ever let someone tell you that biblical womanhood is about being weak and dependent or being the most "pure" or the most feminine. Biblical womanhood is about strength, nobility, and love for God at the core of every action.

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likes to charge, reblogs to cast

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⋆♱ 𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑷𝑶𝑺𝑻 ♱⋆

Here's a few things to know about my blog!

It's basically a side blog my main is @1910marilloo . I'm more active there tbh

As you can already tell this is a religious blog dedicated to (Orthodox mostly) Christianity

Feel free to ask for any prayers, I'll be more than glad to pray for you

I post a bit of mature stuff sometimes, so be aware of that

DNI: Anti-religion, anything that ends with "phobe", racists, ableists, porn blogs

I respect you and I'm not here for fights. If you don't respect me back or anything else just block me. If you don't bother doing this first then I will do that we can live both in peace

About me:

You can call me Maria

Greek Orthodox Christian

I deal with adhd, depression and eating disorders

What else should write?

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Prayer for an end to the abuse of women written by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor

We pray to you, Lord, on behalf of women all across the world.

You are sacred, Lord, and you work wondrous things:

We pray to you so that an end will come to the physical and moral violence committed against the bodies, minds, and the spirits of women.

You are clemency, Lord, you are shelter: grant women the strength and the courage to recognize their own slavery and to escape from oppression.

You are beauty, Lord, you are humility and patience: Illuminate the path of rebirth that millions of women are traveling.

You are our hope, Lord, you are faith and compassion: Purify the memory and the minds of women from the persecution they have suffered, from the humiliations and tortures they were forced to undergo.

You are good, Lord, every goodness, the highest goodness: We cannot allow evil and violence against women to continue to be cultivated. Help us to break apart evil with all our energies of love.

Inspire new laws and new political action in favor of the dignity and respect of women in every country on our planet.

Amen! [x]

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Let’s say a prayer for someone that has recently been diagnosed with a mental health condition

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If you’re seeing this, please say a prayer for those struggling to come to terms with new mental health diagnoses or other life changing conditions. 

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Let’s say a prayer for:

Those who are currently unable to pray for themselves

Those who have no-one else to pray for them

Those who are experiencing discrimination from family / friends / a partner who don’t respect their religious beliefs 

Children who are unable to practice their faith because of their family 

Those who are experiencing workplace discrimination because of their religious beliefs 

Those who are experiencing discrimination from school/college/university because of their religious beliefs

Those whose abusive family members / religious community make it hard for them to connect with their religious beliefs 

Those whose disabilities make it hard for them to practice their faith

Those whose experiences of abuse and trauma have made it feel impossible for them to connect with or remain in their faith 

Those who are considering coming to the faith but are scared of the consequences

Those who are actively converting to the faith 

Those who have nobody to practice their faith with at home 

Those who have been killed or are experiencing abuse as a result of converting faith 

Those who are persecuted for their faith 

Those that live in a country where it is hard for them to practice their faith because they’re a religious minority 

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If you’re seeing this, please say a prayer for rape crisis shelters and charities, and the people that need to access those services. A lot of shelters and charities were/are unable to operate because of lockdown measures in various countries. 

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elon musk did a nazi salute twice at the inauguration, and republicans are defending him.

trump revoked executive order 11246, which prohibited discrimination.

trump put all dei employees on leave to be fired.

trump blamed the dc plane crash on dei.

trump banned all lgbtq+ flags from being hung in government buildings.

trump ordered the pentagon to cancel celebration of mlk jr. day, black history month, women's history month, holocaust remembrance day, asian american pacific islander heritage month, lgbtq+ pride month, juneteenth, women's equality day, national hispanic heritage month, national disability employment awarenessmonth, and national american indian heritage month.

trump proposed removing all palestinians from gaza, turning the area into a vacation resort called “riviera of the middle east”.

trump posted an ai generated video showing what he hopes to turn palestine into, with a large golden statue of himself in the middle of it.

trump rolled back biden’s executive order to lower prescription drug costs for people using medicare and medicaid.

trump rescinded the $35 cap on insulin, and prices are expected to rise to $1500 a month.

trump ordered the national institutes of health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

trump ended the guidelines to prevent ai misuse. the guidelines prevent many things, but notably it prevents production of ai child pornography.

when sean hannity asked trump about the economy, he said “i don’t care”, after campaigning with the economy as his main talking point.

trump has withdrawn the us from the world health organization.

trump is ordering health agencies to stop reporting on bird flu and halt publications of scientific reports.

trump has pardoned over 1500 people who stormed the capitol on january 6th.

trump changed denali back to mount mckinley.

trump signed an executive order to rename the gulf of mexico to gulf of america.

trump shut down cbp one, an app which granted legal entry to 1 million+ immigrants.

trump has discussed introducing a “gold card”, which would allow the wealthiest people to buy us citizenship for $5 million usd.

trump is allowing ice raids at churches and elementary schools.

trump announced plans to declare a national emergency at the us-mexico border.

trump signed an executive order to expand the use of the death penalty.

trump disbanded the school safety board that works to prevent school shootings. it was comprised of survivors, educators, and gun violence prevention advocates and formed after the school shooting in parkland.

trump has threatened to invade panama to claim the panama canal.

trump withdrew from the paris climate act.

trump revoked all protections for transgender troops in the us military.

trump rescinded executive orders made by biden that benefited and protected women, lgbtq+ people, black americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders.

trump is attempting to make it legal to refuse to hire or fire pregnant women.

multiple state legislators are drafting bills to allow the punishment for abortion to be the death penalty.

trump pardoned 23 individuals convicted under the freedom of access to clinic entrances (FACE) act for their anti-abortion activism, including oftentimes violent protests at abortion clinics.

trump signed an executive order allowing deportation of foreign students who they believe express support for hamas or hezbollah.

trump announced that the us government will from here on out only recognize male and female as sexes. intersex is not legally recognized anymore.

trump has told all schools and universities that they have two weeks to end all diversity initiatives, or he will cut federal funding. (as of feb 19, 2025)

trump fired the staff of the federal aviation association after a deadly plane crash in dc.

trump has fired the heads of the tsa and coast guard, and gutted a key aviation safety advisory committee.

the supreme court weakened the clean water act's limitations on raw sewage discharge into our water in a 5-4 ruling.

the official white house twitter account posted an “illegal alien deportation” asmr video where they did closeups of chains and the sound of ankle chains hitting the metal stairs of the airplanes deportees were being loaded onto.

on truth social, trump posted, “LONG LIVE THE KING!”.

at CPAC, a republican group called the “third term project” held a rally to support changing the constitution so trump can run for a third term. on their posters, they’re photoshopping his face onto julius caesar’s, seemingly forgetting what happened to julius caesar.

the trump administration paused health communications to prevent the fda from announcing food recalls.

republicans on tiktok are recreating elon’s salute to prove that it “wasn’t a nazi salute”, and they’re either doing it completely wrong because they know if they replicate it then it will actually be a salute, or they’re doing the proper salute and posting it online.

google and apple maps now display the gulf of mexico as “gulf of america”.

rfk jr. wants to ban SSRIs and put everyone on them into labor camps.

andy ogles drafted a constitutional amendment to allow trump to be president for a third term.

the us senate confirmed russell vought, one of the main authors of project 2025, will lead the white house budget office.

nancy mace repeatedly used the t-slur during a congressional meeting, three times were out of spite.

andy biggs introduced a bill to abolish osha and completely eliminate federal workplace safety protections.

georgia republican congressman mike collins called for the deportation of new jersey born mariann budde, the bishop who urged trump to “have mercy” on the lgbtq+ community and immigrants during a service at the national cathedral.

florida republican anna paulina luna has introduced a bill to add trump to mount rushmore.

new york republican claudia tenney introduced a bill to make trump’s birthday a federal holiday.

west virginia republican delegate lisa white has introduced house bill 2712, which would remove rape and incest as exceptions for abortion, even for minors. you can call her at (304) 340- 3274 or email her at lisa.white@wvhouse.gov and let her know your opinion on that.

there is a bill named the SAVE act which would require americans to provide their birth certificate, passport, or other citizenship documents every time they vote, and would require the last name on their driver’s license to match that of their birth certificate. this would prevent married women who have changed their last name from voting.

bill h.r.1161, which is available publicly on congress.gov, would authorize trump to enter into negotiations to acquire greenland and to rename it to "red, white, and blueland".

six states (arizona, idaho, iowa, kansas, mississippi, and north dakota) are planning on challenging obergefell v. hodges, which would end same-sex marriage nationwide. about a dozen more states have representatives are also considering filing similar resolutions.

a bill to ban the mRNA vaccine has passed out of the house committee.

amazon revoked protections for lgbtq+ and black employees.

the cdc has removed their hiv prevention page.

the united states state department has officially changed its “travelers with special conditions” page which previously said “lgbtqi+ travelers” to “lgb travelers”, completely getting rid of the tqi+.

every single republican told us we were overreacting. trump swore he had nothing to do with project 2025 yet continues implementing details outlined in it. not a single person has the right to tell us we’re being dramatic anymore.

hope “cheaper eggs and gas” was worth it.

EDIT: i removed the “trump refused to swear on the bible” point because it was being taken as me being an offended christian. i’m not christian, im agnostic. the reason i included it in the first place is because he’s the first president in history to ever refuse to swear on ANYTHING. meanwhile his “conservative christian” followers had no issue with this, and decided to continue to scramble for excuses instead of admitting he may not be as religious as he claims he is. i figured taking that point out entirely is probably better than filling this with an explanation in the middle of the other important issues.

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My 3-year-old nephew and godson is currently at the ER, but will have more tests today. There's a bump on his head that they suspected was some kind of internal bleed. A CT scan found a mass, a sedated MRI is scheduled in a couple hours, and more tests are to follow as he is now, apparently, a pediatric oncology case.

Please pray for him, for his parents, and for all the doctors.

Lord, have mercy.

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'Protection of the Virgin' by Mikhail Nesterov

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"Do Orthodox Christians believe that good works get you into Heaven or just accepting Jesus Christ into your heart?" - An Orthodox Priest responds