Orthodox Websites and Forums?

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Not sure if this should be here, but I figured I’d be more likely to get responses from Orthodox Christians here.

Can any of my brothers and sisters in the Eastern/Oriental/etc. Orthodox tradition direct me to a website and/or forum that is similar in quality to Catholic Answers, but that is centered on Eastern theology instead? Thanks in advance!
 
ConstantineTG said:
ByzCath.org is Catholic and yet Eastern. And many regulars there are Orthodox.
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Thanks. I just checked it out and liked what I saw, I may join that one in lieu of a similar Orthodox one. I’ve also been looking around for a Methodist-inspired forum, but have found none as of yet. The search continues! 😛
 
Catholic4Christ said:
I looked around, I think I may join. Thanks! And yes, I see what you mean about the status of being a Catholic there or an Orthodox here (although admittedly some of the Catholics I noticed while skimming the orthodoxchristianity.net forums seem a bit more… zealous than me 😛 )
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People over there get pretty passionate at times. It’s not moderated quite as closely as CAF is, which has both drawbacks and benefits.
 
Catholic4Christ said:
Not sure if this should be here, but I figured I’d be more likely to get responses from Orthodox Christians here.

Can any of my brothers and sisters in the Eastern/Oriental/etc. Orthodox tradition direct me to a website and/or forum that is similar in quality to Catholic Answers, but that is centered on Eastern theology instead? Thanks in advance!
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For a forum that focuses on the Old Calendarist Eastern Orthodox faith, and is actually owned by the same Old Calendarist priest that owns orthodoxchristianity.net, I would recommend checking out euphrosynoscafe.com.
 
A good one is orthodox-apologetics.blogspot.com/ even I have found it helpful because it is very historical and the best thing is that it refutes every quote a protestant could use to support “sola-scriptura” I think up to the 1st half of the third century. Try it out I sometimes use its information to defend the Catholic beliefs 😛
 
I not to crazy about Catholic Answers. I feel we are not welcome here.
 
Mickey said:
In my opinion, the moderation there is awful.
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I agree 100%! I used to be a member there a long time ago when it was a good site, but that time has passed. There seems to be more atheists on there now than Orthodox. Most of the regular Orthodox posters long ago left!

Thee is no real equivalent of CAF for the Orthodox. I’ve looked at other sites but none really are set up to be run by CAF.

I would stay away from orthodoxchristianity.net and euphrosynoscafe.com. Both are run by the same priest that belongs to an group not in communion with the Orthodox world!
 
brigantine said:
There seems to be more atheists on there now than Orthodox.
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There are obviously more Orthodox on there than atheists that this is not even questionable.
brigantine said:
I would stay away from orthodoxchristianity.net and euphrosynoscafe.com. Both are run by the same priest that belongs to an group not in communion with the Orthodox world!
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As I have said, the priest is an Old Calendarist, so you’re right in saying that he is not in communion with World Orthodoxy. But he allows orthodoxchristianity.net to be a World Orthodox forum, so if you want a World Orthodox viewpoint on things, go there. He rarely if ever posts there anymore and he leaves most of the moderation to be done by World Orthodox and Non-Chalcedonian Orthodox people. Euphrosynoscafe.com on the other hand is a forum for all of the Old Calendarist and Catacomb Orthodox Christians, so if you want our viewpoint on things, go there.
 
searn77 said:
There are obviously more Orthodox on there than atheists that this is not even questionable.
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If you noticed I said “seems” to be more atheists over there and I stand by that. Numerically I’m sure there are more Orthodox but the loudest shrillest voices over have been atheists. Some were parading around as liberal Orthodox years back until they came out as atheists and decided to stick around on the board. You may not like that view but that is how I see it.
searn77 said:
As I have said, the priest is an Old Calendarist, so you’re right in saying that he is not in communion with World Orthodoxy. But he allows orthodoxchristianity.net to be a World Orthodox forum, so if you want a World Orthodox viewpoint on things, go there.
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The problem is when an inquirer comes over there they do not get one coherent view of what the Orthodox Church is. Having an owner that is not in communion with the majority of the Orthodox world sends the wrong message. I say this even though I’m in favor of being on the old calendar.

I stand by what I said about avoiding those two boards! That being said if people are curious they should take a look.
 
brigantine said:
If you noticed I said “seems” to be more atheists over there and I stand by that. Numerically I’m sure there are more Orthodox but the loudest shrillest voices over have been atheists. Some were parading around as liberal Orthodox years back until they came out as atheists and decided to stick around on the board. You may not like that view but that is how I see it.
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Point taken, but I would just have to disagree with this. As a frequent viewer and sometimes participant of that forum, I can only think of 2 atheists that post/used to post on the board, and for someone to say that they constituted the loudest shrillest voices on the forum (I’m not saying you are, btw, as you may have other people in mind when you said that), would just plainly be false. Catholics on that forum have much louder voices than any atheist there.
brigantine said:
The problem is when an inquirer comes over there they do not get one coherent view of what the Orthodox Church is. Having an owner that is not in communion with the majority of the Orthodox world sends the wrong message. I say this even though I’m in favor of being on the old calendar.

I stand by what I said about avoiding those two boards! That being said if people are curious they should take a look.
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When an inquirer comes to that forum he gets a better understanding of the Orthodox faith and the Orthodox Church, so I see no good reason not to recommend the forum to him. Having an owner who’s not in communion with the World Orthodox shows that there’s some reason barring the communion between the two. If an inquirer wishes to see what the reason is, he can search for it on the forum as it is discussed in quite a few threads. If the inquirer wants to see more of the Old Calendarist side of the argument, he can go to euphrosynoscafe.com.

I guess we will just have to agree to disagree, as I would definitely recommend those forums to someone who’s looking for a similar forum as this but from an Orthodox POV.
 
searn77 said:
Point taken, but I would just have to disagree with this. As a frequent viewer and sometimes participant of that forum, I can only think of 2 atheists that post/used to post on the board, and for someone to say that they constituted the loudest shrillest voices on the forum (I’m not saying you are, btw, as you may have other people in mind when you said that), would just plainly be false.
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I have just checked in infrequently over the last year so the people I’m thinking of may have left.
searn77 said:
Catholics on that forum have much louder voices than any atheist there.
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Yes there was a few Catholic bomb throwers over there which also was part of the problem.
searn77 said:
When an inquirer comes to that forum he gets a better understanding of the Orthodox faith and the Orthodox Church, so I see no good reason not to recommend the forum to him. Having an owner who’s not in communion with the World Orthodox shows that there’s some reason barring the communion between the two.
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I want to state I have no problem with Fr. Anastasias personally and any time we ever interacted he was always a gentlemen! That being said people who are looking for the historical Church should not first be dealing with polemical issues like the calendar and everything else this movement represents. I agree with a lot of their stances but I don’t agree with breaking communion and striking out on their own. The end result of that is protestantism.
searn77 said:
If an inquirer wishes to see what the reason is, he can search for it on the forum as it is discussed in quite a few threads. If the inquirer wants to see more of the Old Calendarist side of the argument, he can go to euphrosynoscafe.com.
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The last time I was at euphrosynoscafe.com the hateful comments that were made were absolutely ridiculous. Nonsensical accusations were thrown at Bishops of the Orthodox Church by people who were not even Orthodox yet! This forum was made up of mostly recent converts and inquirers who thought of themselves as guardians of Orthodoxy because they found out about it recently. I would think one should at the very least be converted to Orthodoxy and spend some time in it before the polemical bomb throwing starts. That is just my 2 cents worth.
searn77 said:
I guess we will just have to agree to disagree, as I would definitely recommend those forums to someone who’s looking for a similar forum as this but from an Orthodox POV.
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Yes I think we will have to disagree on this. My hope is someday a wealthy Orthodox person will start and back a site like CAF for the Orthodox Church.

Just as a side note I willing to say my opinion on these two forums may be a little outdated because I don’t frequent them anymore.
 
brigantine said:
I want to state I have no problem with Fr. Anastasias personally and any time we ever interacted he was always a gentlemen! That being said people who are looking for the historical Church should not first be dealing with polemical issues like the calendar and everything else this movement represents. I agree with a lot of their stances but I don’t agree with breaking communion and striking out on their own. The end result of that is protestantism.
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I totally disagree. It’s completely Orthodox to break communion with bishops who speak or act in heresy. I don’t want to get in a debate here about the issue though as this is not the place for it, but people seeking the historical Church should be looking for a Church that doesn’t practice heresy. It’s not just about which calendar is to be used, it’s about a watering down or complete disregard of the faith that has been handed down to us from the apostles, in order to be more “friendly” with the world. I refuse to believe that breaking communion with bishops who openly preach heresy results in Protestantism, as breaking communion with heretics has happened since the earliest times of the Church. But this thread is not the place for this discussion.
brigantine said:
The last time I was at euphrosynoscafe.com the hateful comments that were made were absolutely ridiculous. Nonsensical accusations were thrown at Bishops of the Orthodox Church by people who were not even Orthodox yet! This forum was made up of mostly recent converts and inquirers who thought of themselves as guardians of Orthodoxy because they found out about it recently. I would think one should at the very least be converted to Orthodoxy and spend some time in it before the polemical bomb throwing starts. That is just my 2 cents worth.
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Yes, euphrosynoscafe.com used to have terrible moderation, and very hateful and un-Christian comments hurled from one person to the next. But ever since Fr. Anastasius took ownership of it and has gotten new moderators for it, it is quickly turning around into becoming a good forum among the Old Calendarists and Catacomb Orthodox. Quite a few board members who tried to hurl their un-Christian remarks at others have been quickly banned from the site ever since the new ownership. While there are still some members there that aren’t the best example of how Orthodox people should act, you have these types of members on here and on oc.net. In the past I wouldn’t have recommended euphrosynoscafe.com to someone inquiring into Orthodoxy, but since the new ownership I would have to change my opinion of the forum. But it is a relatively smaller forum since the focus is on Old Calendarists and Catacomb Orthodox, so in regards to different aspects of the Orthodox faith, I would also recommend a person to check out oc.net, keeping in mind that oc.net is a World Orthodox forum.
 
brigantine said:
If you noticed I said “seems” to be more atheists over there and I stand by that. Numerically I’m sure there are more Orthodox but the loudest shrillest voices over have been atheists. Some were parading around as liberal Orthodox years back until they came out as atheists and decided to stick around on the board. You may not like that view but that is how I see it.

The problem is when an inquirer comes over there they do not get one coherent view of what the Orthodox Church is. Having an owner that is not in communion with the majority of the Orthodox world sends the wrong message. I say this even though I’m in favor of being on the old calendar.

I stand by what I said about avoiding those two boards! That being said if people are curious they should take a look.
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Now now, GiC isn’t that bad 😉
 
brigantine said:
Yes there was a few Catholic bomb throwers over there which also was part of the problem.
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No doubt. And if you try to bring it to the attention of the moderator, you will be belittled and insulted. 🤷
brigantine said:
I want to state I have no problem with Fr. Anastasias personally and any time we ever interacted he was always a gentlemen!
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He has always been fair and polite.
brigantine said:
My hope is someday a wealthy Orthodox person will start and back a site like CAF for the Orthodox Church.
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That would be nice.
 
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