orthodox christianity Archives - Being Rubitah https://beingrubitah.com/tag/orthodox-christianity/ family conversations here Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:42:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://beingrubitah.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Being-Rubitah-Site-Identity-32x32.jpg orthodox christianity Archives - Being Rubitah https://beingrubitah.com/tag/orthodox-christianity/ 32 32 Is marriage a road to holiness? https://beingrubitah.com/marriage-a-road-to-holiness/ https://beingrubitah.com/marriage-a-road-to-holiness/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2021 01:53:00 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=11361 Is marriage primarily about being happy as the world portrays it? Or is marriage a road to holiness? Read on to know how marriage is less about personal happiness and more about seeking holiness! Many years ago I read these quotes on marriage in a book: “Marriage was instituted to make us chaste and to […]

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]]> https://beingrubitah.com/marriage-a-road-to-holiness/feed/ 0 Understanding the Orthodox Christian marriage https://beingrubitah.com/understanding-the-orthodox-christian-marriage/ https://beingrubitah.com/understanding-the-orthodox-christian-marriage/#respond Sun, 21 Mar 2021 01:28:00 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=10421 Have you ever wondered why the Orthodox Christian marriage is different from other Christian marriages? Read on to find out. This blog post is only an attempt by me to understand the Christian marriage from the Orthodox point of view. Many young Orthodox Christians participate in the marriage ceremony without a clear idea about the […]

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]]> https://beingrubitah.com/understanding-the-orthodox-christian-marriage/feed/ 0 Why is it important to attend church https://beingrubitah.com/why-is-it-important-to-attend-church/ https://beingrubitah.com/why-is-it-important-to-attend-church/#comments Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:20:00 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=7488 Do you wonder why certain Christians attend church regularly? Have you at times thought, that going to church was a waste of time and effort? If God is in our hearts, why go to a place to worship Him? During my childhood, my parents took me to church regularly. So attending church became a habit […]

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]]> https://beingrubitah.com/why-is-it-important-to-attend-church/feed/ 2 Why are church traditions as important as the Bible https://beingrubitah.com/why-are-our-oral-church-traditions-as-important-as-the-bible/ https://beingrubitah.com/why-are-our-oral-church-traditions-as-important-as-the-bible/#respond Sat, 18 May 2019 01:20:06 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=7276 As an Orthodox Christian have you ever wondered why we give so much importance to our church traditions? Why are we still relying on the rich old liturgies practiced from the earliest centuries of Christianity? Many Christian groups believe that scripture/ the Bible is the be-all and end-all of all Christian faith – i.e. sola […]

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]]> https://beingrubitah.com/why-are-our-oral-church-traditions-as-important-as-the-bible/feed/ 0 What is an Orthodox Church? https://beingrubitah.com/what-is-an-orthodox-church/ https://beingrubitah.com/what-is-an-orthodox-church/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:00:08 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=7044 Many a time we point out our church building to someone and say “that is my church”. However, the building, the concrete structure is not the real church. In reality, the church has to do with the people gathered within the building to worship; the building is only a sacred space set apart or dedicated […]

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]]> https://beingrubitah.com/what-is-an-orthodox-church/feed/ 0 Towards understanding the Orthodox Church https://beingrubitah.com/towards-understanding-the-orthodox-church/ https://beingrubitah.com/towards-understanding-the-orthodox-church/#respond Sat, 02 Mar 2019 01:21:16 +0000 https://beingrubitah.com/?p=6985 This article is an attempt by me to make my thoughts about the Orthodox Church clear to myself. I hope it will be a blessing to the younger generation Orthodox, especially those whom I have taught in Sunday School. I hope it will help them to understand their church and its practices better. – Mrs […]

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