#ancientfaith

[moietylife]

Been a few months, but I’m still working on writing! I want the first chapter to hold a lot of detail and explanation and overall be way better and bigger than the 2k words I have right now.

I’ve also started to work on drawing reference sheets for The Lamb and Narinder and then I’ll work on everyone else.

For now, have this little sneak peak of what I have written and what I really want to draw!

[sunnyapollonjabrigidotter]

My Trinity.. Light(Inspiration)-Courage-Harmony

[kathybarnes]

Imagine a bustling marketplace in ancient Rome. Merchants hawk their wares, toga-clad citizens rush about, and the aroma of freshly baked bread fills the air. But amidst the familiar chaos, whispers of a different belief ripple through the crowds. This is the story of Christianity in the Roman Empire, a tale of resilience, transformation, and the quiet revolution of a faith that rose from the shadows to become the official religion of a mighty empire...

https://www.revmichaelhlavery.com/christianity-in-the-roman-empire/

[lamb-against-ancientfaith]

Welcome to a CoTL roleplay blog

Basic Rules

RESPECT AND CIVILITY Treat everyone with respect, avoid harassment, or discrimination of any kind.

NO NSFW Keep all roleplay interactions and discussions suitable for a general audience.

COMMUNICATION Clearly distinguish between in-character and out-of-character discussions [use OOC tags if necessary].

Ask Rules

RESPECT THE CHARACTER Treat the character of the blog with respect and adhere to their established personality and story.

NO HARASSMENT OR TROLLING Do not engage in harassment, trolling, or disrespectful behavior towards the blogger or other askers.

RESPECT PRIVACY Respect the bloggers privacy and boundaries, do not ask personal or intrusive questions. Especially out of character.

The Lamb's Facts

Nonbinary (They/He/It)

Autistic (Just like blogger)

Non-romantic flirt

Not romantically interested in The Bishops

Truly stands by The One Who Waits and their mission

Blog Partners

@leshy-of-theancientfaith

@heket-of-theancientfaith

@narinder-against-ancientfaith

@kallamar-of-theancientfaith

@shamura-of-theancientfaith

[shamura-of-theancientfaith]

Roleplay/Ask Blog Rules

Basics

RESPECT: Treat everyone with respect, avoid harassment, or discrimination of any kind.

NO NSFW: Keep all roleplay interactions and discussions suitable for a general audience.

COMMUNICATION: clearly distinguish between in-character and out-of-character discussions [use OOC tags if necessary]

Asker Rules

RESPECT THE CHARACTER Treat the character of the blog with respect and adhere to their established personality and story.

NO HARASSMENT OR TROLLING do not engage in harassment, trolling, or disrespectful behavior towards the blogger or other askers.

RESPECT PRIVACY Respect the bloggers privacy and boundaries, do not ask personal or intrusive questions. Especially out of character.

Shamura facts~

They/them

Eldest Bishop

Insomniac w/ chronic migraines.

Quite literally a walking encyclopedia.

It's quite hard to tell their emotions.

Blog partners-

@leshy-of-theancientfaith

@kallamar-of-theancientfaith

@narinder-against-ancientfaith

@heket-of-theancientfaith

@lamb-against-ancientfaith

((Edit: Blogger is autistic please patient.))

[heket-of-theancientfaith]

Roleplay blog intro, welcome!!

Basic rules

RESPECT AND CIVILITY

Treat everyone with respect, avoid harassment, or discrimination of any kind

NO NSFW

Keep all roleplay interactions and discussions suitablefor a general audience(plus this blogger is a minor)

COMUNICATION

Clearly distinguish between in-character and out-of-character disscussions

Ask rules

RESPECT THE CHARACTER

Treat the character of the blog with respect and adhere to their established personality

NO HARASSMENT OR TROLLING

Do not engage in harassment, trolling, or disrespectful behavior towards the blogger or fellow askers

RESPECT PRIVACY

Respect the bloggers privacy and boundaries, do not ask personal or intrusive questions, especially out of character

Heket facts-

She/it

Toad

Second youngest

Really *Really* rough extirior

Very soft in actuality (at least with her sibs lol)

Lesbian

Blog partners-

@leshy-of-theancientfaith

@kallamar-of-theancientfaith

@shamura-of-theancientfaith

@narinder-against-ancientfaith

@lamb-against-ancientfaith

[orthodoxydaily]

Saints&Reading: Tue., Dec., 15, 2020

Commemorated on December 2_ by the new calendar

The Holy Prophet Avvakum (Habbakuk)

     The Holy Prophet Avvakum (Habbakuk), one of the 12 Minor Prophets, was descended from the Tribe of Simeon, and he prophesied in about the year 650 B.C.      The Prophet Avvakum foresaw the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, the Babylonian Captivity and the later return of the captives to their native-land. During the time of the war with the Babylonians the prophet withdrew to Arabia, where with him there occurred the following miracle. When he was bringing dinner to the reapers, he met with an Angel of the Lord, and instantly by the strength of his spirit he was transported to Babylon, where at the time the Prophet Daniel was languishing in prison. Thus, the food, intended for the reapers, assuaged the hunger of the exhausted Prophet Daniel. After the end of the war with the Babylonians, the Prophet Avvakum returned to his fatherland and died in extreme old age. His relics were found at the time of the holy Constantinople Emperor Theodosius the Younger (408-450).

Luke 19:45-48

45Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.' "47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, 48 and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.

2 Timothy 3:16-4:4

16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

[moietylife]

Also, I recommend looking at the tags on these two most recent posts for the name of this AU ;p

(It’ll tell you a hint for the story)

[empressmanuscript]

Full disclosure I love the smell of #myrrh #scent #pretty #lovely #church #religious #panagia got it from the #HolyChurchOfTheVirginMaryEkatontapyliani in #Paros and the #AncientFaith Topical Series booklets my aunt gets from #monasteries she visits! #religous #greekorthodox ☺️😌✝️⛪️ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjs6D5XumzG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[smallbitesofthechurchfathers]

Declaring Mary the "Mother of God" springs from the confession that Christ is fully God and fully Man from the moment of His conception. Truly Immanuel. St. Cyril declares we know this truth from both Scripture and Tradition and it is embodied in the Creed of Nicaea. #christianhistory #catholic #ancientfaith #marymotherofGod

[jp-logan]

#IntrinsicWealth: Let #God Intervene. #AncientFaith #Inspirational ~ ++#JoshuaPaul https://www.instagram.com/p/BzzVDNXpzB7/?igshid=qsz8zgvufs1n

[innaheights]

Sometimes ..you hate to break it to them🤷‍♂️#tiktokers #ancientfaith #africandivinity #emperor #viral #truth #goodnews https://www.instagram.com/p/B8O5fHNDw6O/?igshid=2gedy7bk891p

[therealfriarwade]

Sending a Blessed Rosary & Prayer Guides. @ancient_faith_ministries #LKLD #FriarWade #ancientfaith #Rosary #Prayer #StSeraphimofSarov (at Lakeland, Florida)

[valaam1984-blog]

The Lord- Christ is Risen

[elhoimleafar]

Take a deep breath, focus your energy, accept that you are the universe, manifest your desires and make them come reality. Remember your soul is divine energy, your mind is a key to the cosmos that you inhabit, and your body is made of stardust, because you are a God in mortal flesh.

And in two thousand years, our spirits will have transcended, and all the stars will remember our names as if we were those priests who worshiped, venerated, and preserved from the heart, the faith in the Old Religion and our faith will finally rest in peace above any new religion.

Thousands of religions are on the way, and are constantly being transformed, but the faith of our ancestors will continue with us, in the essence of our children and our brothers and sisters, and our grateful gods will always keep a position next to their thrones for all and each of us, who help to revive and preserve their names for eternity.

#OurGods #OldGods #Oldfaith #Oldreligion #AncientGods #Ancientfaith #Ancientreligion #PaganGods #Pagan #Pagansoffacebook #Pagansoftheworld #paganandproud

[orthodoxydaily]

Icon, Saints&Reading: Sat, Jan. 2, 2021

FOREFEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST_ OLD CALENDAR

Commemorated on December 20_by the new calendar

The Priest Martyr Ignatiuss the God-Bearer (107)

     The PriestMartyr Ignatios the God-Bearer, a native of Syria, was a disciple of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, as was also Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (Comm. 23 February). Saint Ignatios was the second bishop of Antioch, and successor to Bishop Evodus, Disciple from amongst the Seventy.      Tradition suggests, that when Saint Ignatios was a little boy, the Saviour hugged him and said: "If ye wilt not turn and be as little children, ye shalt not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven" (Mt. 18: 3). The saint was termed "God-Bearer" since he had the Name of the Saviour in his heart and prayed unceasingly to Him. Saint Ignatios was zealous and spared no efforts for toiling in the fields of Christ. To him is attributed the establishing within church services of antiphonal singing (for two parts or choirs). During time of persecution he was a source of strength to the souls of his flock, and was himself ardent in the wish to suffer for Christ.      In the year 106 the emperor Trajan (98-117), on the occasion of a victory over the Skyths, gave orders to everywhere offer sacrifice to the pagan gods, and put to death any Christians refusing to worship idols. And in the year 107, during the time of a campaign against the Armenians and Parthians, the emperor Trajan happened to pass through Antioch. Here they made denunciation to him that Bishop Ignatios openly confessed Christ, and with this taught to contemn riches, to lead a virtuous life and preserve virginity. At this moment Saint Ignatios himself came voluntarily before the emperor, so as to avert persecution against the Christians in Antioch. The persistent requests of the emperor Trajan were resolutely rejected by Saint Ignatios. The emperor then decided to have him taken away for devouring by wild beasts at Rome. Saint Ignatios joyfully accepted the sentence imposed upon him. His readiness for the deed of martyrdom was attested to by eye-witnesses, accompanying Saint Ignatios from Antioch to Rome.

     On the way to Rome, the ship having set out from Seleucia stopped over at Smyrna, where Saint Ignatios met with his friend the Smyrna Bishop Polycarp. Clergy and believers from other cities and towns thronged to Saint Ignatios. Saint Ignatios exhorted everyone not to fear death and not grieve over him. In his Epistle of 24 August 107 to the Roman Christians, he asked them to assist him with their prayers, so as to beseech God to strengthen him in his impending act of martyrdom for Christ: "I seek Him Who hath died for us, I desire Him Who hath risen for us... My love wast crucified, and within me is no fire loving material things, but rather the living water that speaketh within me, from within calling unto me: 'I go unto the Father'".      From Smyrna Saint Ignatios went to the Troiad. Here he met with the happy news about the cessation of persecution against Christians in Antioch. From the Troiad Saint Ignatios sailed to Neapolis (in Macedonia) and then to Philippi.      Along the way to Rome Saint Ignatios visited churches, and gave discourses of teaching and guidance. He also then wrote six epistles: to the Ephesians, to the Magnezians, to the Trallians, to the Philadelphians, and to the Smyrna Bishop Polycarp. All these epistulary letters were preserved and have survived to our present day.      The Roman Christians met Saint Ignatios with great joy and profound sorrow. Certain of them had hopes to persuade the people to give up on making it a bloody spectacle, but Saint Ignatios implored them not to do this. Bending down upon his knees, he prayed together with all the believers for the Church, for love between the brethren and for an end to the persecution against Christians. On the day of a pagan feast, 20 December, they led Saint Ignatios into the circus arena, and he turned to the people: "Men of Rome, ye do know, that I am sentenced to death not because of any wrong-doing, but in love of my One God, by love for Whom I am embraced and unto Whom I do aspire. I am His wheat and by the teeth of wild beasts I shall be grinded, so as for Him to be a pure bread". Right after this the lions were released. Tradition relates that in going to execution, Saint Ignatios unceasingly repeated the Name of Jesus Christ. When they asked him why he was doing this, Saint Ignatios answered, that he carried this Name in his heart, "He that is imprinted in mine heart, is He Whom I confess with my lips". When the saint was torn to pieces, it turned out that his heart was not touched. Having cut open the heart, the pagans beheld within it in gold lettering : "Jesus Christ". On the night after his execution Saint Ignatios appeared to many of the faithful in their sleep to comfort them, and certain of them saw him at prayer.      Hearing about the great courage of the saint, Trajan thought well of him and stopped the persecution against the Christians. The relics of Saint Ignatios were transferred to Antioch (the account about this is located under 29 January), and again at a later time on 1 February were returned with glory and put in the church named for the PriestMartyr Clement, Pope of Rome (91-100).

Repose of Righteous John of Kronstadt (1908)

Commemorated on December 20 and June 1_by the new calendar

"Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of clairvoyance and miracle-working, to such a degree that in the last years of his life miracles of healings — both of body and of soul — were performed countless times each day through his prayers, often for people who had only written to him asking his help. During his lifetime he was known throughout Russia, as well as in the Western world. He has left us his diary My Life in Christ as a spiritual treasure for Christians of every age; simple in language, it expounds the deepest mysteries of our Faith with that wisdom which is given only to a heart purified by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Foreseeing as a true prophet the Revolution of 1917, he unsparingly rebuked the growing apostasy among the people; he foretold that the very name of Russia would be changed. As the darkness of unbelief grew thicker, he shone forth as a beacon of unquenchable piety, comforting the faithful through the many miracles that he worked and the fatherly love and simplicity with which he received all. Saint John reposed in peace in 1908." (Great Horologion)

All texts© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.

ICON: "Novodvorskaya" named "Rescuer of the Drowning" Icons of the Mother of God

In the village of Lenkov on the bank of the Desno River near Novgorod, Russia, there was a dangerous whirlpool, which made the river difficult to cross. Often, the powerful swirling waters would cause the demise of ships and their passengers. It was at that dangerous site that an Icon of the Mother of God was discovered, resting on the riverbank. In time, a church dedicated to the Mother of God was erected on the site, and the Icon of the Mother of God, the "Rescuer of the Drowning," was enshrined therein. Those who journeyed along the Desno River customarily stopped at Lenkov to offer prayers in the icon's presence, imploring the Mother of God to grant them a safe journey despite the dangerous whirlpool. It had been said that after the icon had been discovered, mishaps to sailors were rare, and later completely ceased.

Lenkov and its church were destroyed during an invasion by the Poles in the 17th century. A new church dedicated to the Archangel Michael soon rose on the site of the former Church of the Mother of God, and the icon was enshrined therein. Many miracles were ascribed to the Mother of God, and the icon came to be revered not only in area of Lenkov, but far beyond, especially in Russia's larger port cities.

In the 18th century, the Icon was transferred to the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Novgorod, where it remained until the Russian Revolution in 1917. History does not record what happened to the miraculous icon during Soviet times. However, in 2003, a pious man named Sergei Babushkin gave to the Church an identical antique copy of the long-lost original "Rescuer of the Drowning" Icon, which was subsequently enshrined in the Transfiguration Monastery, thus marking the beginning of its revival.

The icon is remarkably similar to the much older Korsun Icon of the Mother of God, which was said to have been a copy of an icon by Saint Luke the Evangelist that had been kept in Ephesus until it was brought to Kyiv in 988 AD. Source OCA_ Orthodox church of America

Luke 13:18-29 (Saturday Before the Nativity of Christ))

18 Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches. 20 And again He said, "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened. 22And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?" And He said to them,24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from,' 26 then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.'27 But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.' 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

Galatians 3:8-12 (Saturday Before)

8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."9So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."12 Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them."