Orthodox Christiany and homosexualy. A place of support for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred Orthodox Christians. Constctive cricism of the church's posn
Contents:
- CAN YOU BE GAY AND ORTHODOX, ‘SNER’?
- FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE
- GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH PROTTS BAPTISM OF CELEBRY GAY COUPLE’S CHILDREN
- GREEK ORTHODOX PRIT ACCED OF G GAY DATG APP GRDR MELBOURNE
- “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH”
- ODD BEDFELLOWS: AN ORTHODOX GREEK PRELATE & A GAY RIGHTS CHAMPN
- METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM
- THE GAY ORTHODOX UNRGROUND
- CHURCH OF GREECE PROTTS BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLE
CAN YOU BE GAY AND ORTHODOX, ‘SNER’?
Evanggelos Bois and Peter Dundas beme the first gay uple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children Greece. * greek orthodox gay *
Can a Homosexual bee an Orthodox Christian? Qutn: I am powerfully drawn to the Orthodox Church, but I’m gay.
FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE
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You mentn that you are gay, suggtg that you wonr if beg gay may bar you om membership. Perhaps you know that, acrdg to tradnal Orthodox teachg, homosexual activy is a s like adultery, fornitn, and other acts of sexual impury. Confsn and fivens is available to those who stggle to rist s, but the tentn to ntue the practice of homosexualy would ed impe membership the Orthodox Church.
A repentant, stgglg homosexual who reas om homosexual acts n be received to the church after the ual urse of stctn, but he or she would do bt to keep this matter the nfsnal, jt as is mon wh every other s. It’s not jt homosexualy; the Orthodox Church oppos today’s cultural permissivens the area of sexualy generally, pecially wh regard to habatn, promiscuy, and var forms of eroticism.
Homosexualy is regard as ntrary to God’s revealed purpose his creatn of genr and marriage (Genis 1-2), a posn clearly affirmed by Christ (Mark 10:6-9). Neverthels, homosexualy is not to be isolated as the only s. For example, the Greek Orthodox Archdce lists homosexualy bi fornitn, adultery, abortn and abive sexual behavr as “immoral and appropriate forms of behavr and of themselv, and also bee they attack the stutn of marriage and the fay.
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH PROTTS BAPTISM OF CELEBRY GAY COUPLE’S CHILDREN
A Greek Orthodox prit Melbourne has been temporarily sent on leave after allegatns that he ed the gay datg app Grdr to meet men and of receivg * greek orthodox gay *
” It adds that, “the Orthodox Church believ that homosexual behavr is a s. ” Siarly, the Assembly of Canonil Orthodox Bishops of the Uned Stat, clar, “Like adultery and fornitn, homosexual acts are nmned by Scripture.
Whereas marriage between a man and a woman is a sacred stutn ordaed by God, homosexual unn is not. Orthodox and Gay, a webse and onle platform for LGBTQ Orthodox Christians seekg support and refuge.
GREEK ORTHODOX PRIT ACCED OF G GAY DATG APP GRDR MELBOURNE
Source: Patheos - The Free Thker BY BARRY DUKE BACK 2017, ahead of Atralia’s plebisce to legalise gay marriage, the Greek Orthodox Church spent a great al of time and money opposg same-sex unns. Then, at the begng of this year, church members had a WTF? moment when the man who succsfully phed hard for marriage * greek orthodox gay *
Kefalas – about beg gay and Orthodox.
Although I reject any attempt to blame the Church for dog this purposefully, the Church’s strong statements agast civil marriage eedom have no doubt ntributed to youth qutng whether to live or die, to save their fai om the pa and sufferg of livg wh a gay or lbian child. Do you feel you are ‘sner, ’ as the Church suggts, bee you are gay?
For the overwhelmg majory of people who intify as gay or lbian, there is no choice; there was no choice for me. Do you believe you n be gay and Greek Orthodox? Beg gay is an important part of who I am, but do not fe me; how I live my life do fe me and that is what is important when to beg Greek Orthodox.
“FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH”
(RNS) — Recently, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church Ameri vised Greece and while there baptized two children brought to the world through surrogacy to be raised by a gay uple. * greek orthodox gay *
Beg gay do not prevent me om amplifyg God’s love. Where do you thk gay people stand the Church, and how do you thk parishners and the Church treat the muny?
In many plac, and I know this is not the se every place, I have found that Church lears and prits do their bt to show unndnal love, to embrace everyone, cludg gay and lbian parishners. Evanggelos Bois and Peter Dundas, both of Greek scent, beme the first gay uple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children Greece on Saturday.
ODD BEDFELLOWS: AN ORTHODOX GREEK PRELATE & A GAY RIGHTS CHAMPN
The Metropolan of Glyfada claims that he was unaware of the tails of the Greek Orthodox baptism for the children of a gay uple. * greek orthodox gay *
Greek Orthodox Baptism of gay uple’s children signals “progrs and learship”. Orthodox Church and Homosexualy.
The first tentn is for this webse to be a place of support and refuge for Orthodox Christians who are gay – for to tell our stori about beg Orthodox and gay.
METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM
The send aim is to offer an opportuny for nstctive cricism and ments on the official and not so official stanc of the Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christians on homosexualy. There are two ma guidg prcipl of this webse:One: The Orthodox Church is the Bri of Beg gay is a gift of God, the Creator.
THE GAY ORTHODOX UNRGROUND
Orthodox Christians who are gay have been serly maligned and hurt by antiquated terpretatns of Scripture and non law. Numero bishops and prits, “pastors” of the Church, have done ser spirual damage to a great number of gay Orthodox Christians cludg members of the clergy.
By exprsg our stori, Orthodox Christians who are gay have the opportuny to hopefully one day change the official posn of the Church on issu such as sexual orientatn and gay marriage. A Greek Orthodox prit Melbourne has been temporarily sent on leave after allegatns that he ed the gay datg app Grdr to meet men and of receivg “hundreds of thoands of dollars” donatns.
CHURCH OF GREECE PROTTS BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLE
Archimandre John Christodoulos of the Archdce of Atralia, also known as Father John Vasilaris, was acced of receivg “hundreds of thoands of dollars” donatns om elrly parishners and g the gay datg app, The Advertiser reported.
“If someone is gay you nnot hi , ” he said and add that if the allegatns were te, Father Christodoulos “would be disordaed. Many gay men and lbians claim that the Christian fah is the guidg le of their liv. Some of them hold that their sexual orientatn is given by God, that is good, and that there is nothg wrong or sful wh their homosexual activi.
The persons say that the Bible and Church Tradn do not nmn homosexual behavur, but have been misterpreted and mised, sometim unknowgly and other tim que willfully, by prejudiced and hostile people who hate homosexuals.