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244 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Odd_Froyo_9396
I finally just finished reading the entire bible at 29 years old, male, it took 8 months,🥺i just decided to read the last 2 books i had left today which was psalms and isaiah took me almost 10 hours of reading today which is the most I've ever read in a Day by a significant mar…
127 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Tiny-Tear7116
People are loosing their children to violence, please pray and raise awareness. Babies are being killed. Fathers, mother's!
91 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Liinasepp
My brother, 20 y/o, has decided to join an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Europe and will leave in few weeks before summer ends. The decision came out of nowhere (for me, at least), and a few weeks back he told me about his plans for the future. Since he is just 20 years old, I w…
63 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Emergency_Record_674
I recently lost my beautiful twins in a very tragic way, at birth. It was a long awaited pregnancy, after years of struggles and surgeries. Those babies were our greatest blessing, and they came unexpectedly, just when we were loosing hope. We considered it a gift from God and r…
59 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Flat_Abalone_2448
I've seen christians saying rascist things and even defending hitler and using slurs...it really turns me away from becoming christian if the religion is compatible with those things
40 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC
Posted by /u/KynesArt
It's enormously encouraging to see Christians in this subreddit standing up against the abusive and predjudiced traditions of the church. The people here have been Insisting on a community that not only includes vulneralbe people, but also fights against those that would use the…
26 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Ok-Turnover-8371
A while ago, my aunt’s husband took a photo of my sister while she was showering. She saw him taking the photo and screamed, he tried to run but my brother caught him and snatched his phone before he could delete it. My sister has had anxiety issues since then. My aunt and her h…
24 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC
Posted by /u/silouan
The first generations of Christians were not shy about testifying to what they believed and practiced, and exposing counterfeits and heresies. As an Orthodox Christian, I am naturally very interested in what the original Christians taught and did. So I have for some time been co…