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Monday, November 1st, 2010
Greek Icon
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where can i found out who the greek icon is of on a ring that i inherited from my grandfather?
I would go to a Greek Orthodox church and ask a priest.
If you can't find a Greek Orthodox Church, go to a Greek restaurant.
Or open the phone book and ask anyone whose name ends in -opilis, such as Papadopolis.
If you live near Tampa, take a trip overt to Tarpon Springs, where nearly everyone is Greek.
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Greek Cross
Do people of the Greek Orthodox religion do the sign of the cross like Catholics do?
the sun sits on a cross at the end of winter (december 25th) on the day that spring starts to begin, because the sun ends up reversing its cycle around the earth.
it's a common thing among all religions becase it is in the solar system. it has been around since the egyptians with horas.
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Orthodox Greek
Do you have to be Greek to be a member of the Greek Orthodox Church?
What is Greek Orthodox? Is it like being a Catholic only your are Greek?
No, you don't have to be Greek at all to be Greek Orthodox Christian. I converted to the Greek Orthodox faith a long time ago, and don't have a drop of Greek in me. It's called Greek Orthodox only because Greece, as a nation, was also an Orthodox nation. There have been many Orthodox nations...like Russia was before Communism took over. Albania at one time, Syria at one time, Bulgaria, Romania, etc... Many different countries have taken Orthodox Christianity as the faith of their country, but the ones that are the most known for that are the Greeks...they were the first, besides Antiochians. and they were also Orthodox for the longest...so that's what most people have heard of.
Orthodox Christianity is not like being catholic at all...well, except in outward appearances. Orthodox Christianity is the first and original form of Christianity....and it has never allowed any man-made changes to creep into it. Every other form of Christianity has in some way, to some degree. For example: papal infallibility was never a part of the original Christian Church. That was made-up in Rome. It served Rome to consider itself head of all the Christian world. It was never so in Christianity before Rome just claimed it. Well, Rome could claim all it wanted, but it didn't make it so. That's one example...there are so many more....When Rome split off from the rest of the Christian world, in about the year 1054, the entire Christian world recognized that the Christians in the eastern world maintained the true and correct teaching or doctrine of Christianity, whereas the people in Rome who claimed to be Christian only had beliefs and practices practiced in Rome. That's where the two names came from: Christians in Rome had practices only practiced in Rome, and the Eastern Christian world maintained the Ortho (true and correct) Dox (doctrines and teachings) practices and beliefs. It has never changed to this day. Go to a Greek Orthodox Church, and learn more. You'll be amazed. Don't hesitate to ask anything you want to know. God bless you in your spiritual journey and quest for the truth.
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Painted Statue
Is there a statue/ painting of a naked Christ with erect organ in a Denmark railway station/ public place?
I have read so somewhere. I would like to quote this as an example of the open mindedness of those people.Could anyone give details of this painting?
The story is generally attached to the artist Jens Jørgen Thorsen and claimed to have happened in the 1970s/80s. But it's one of those that's dragged out whenever there's some scandal about blasphemous art, but never solidly verified.
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Bronze Statue
Where can I find a picture of that bronze statue of a horse jockey/youth once so popular on "classy" lawns?
Or, tucked next to a shrubbery near the front entrance. Saw it everywhere when I was a kid back in the '80's Bonus points if you can tell me what the cultural significance of this once ubiquitous statue was.
I assume the bronze horse jockey you refer to is the yardell or Jocko. The almost half scale lawn jockey with his arm out as if holding the reigns of a horse. Sometimes seen holding a lantern or flag in their outstretched arm.
Searching Google images ("lawn jockey", "yardell", "bronze lawn jockey", "Jocko") yields an array of interesting results. The following link has a picture of a collection of yardells:
There are many interesting cultural roots and references associated with these yard ornaments including Jocko Graves, and as markers for "safe houses" along the underground railroad.
Although considered taboo by some, the yardells are considered by others to represent a positive image.
Thanks for prompting my research on this subject, interesting stuff. 
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