tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post1490454076865478652..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: After 100 years, church wedding registrations back in RussiaByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-34767217053488951772016-10-30T14:29:49.588-05:002016-10-30T14:29:49.588-05:00The Russian State follows Church teaching in only ...The Russian State follows Church teaching in only extending legal marriage to heterosexual unions. Hence, its clergy avoid our uniquely Western dilemma.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-383375454542676852016-10-30T14:29:33.349-05:002016-10-30T14:29:33.349-05:00The Russian State follows Church teaching in only ...The Russian State follows Church teaching in only extending legal marriage to heterosexual unions. Hence, its clergy avoid our uniquely Western dilemma.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-79167975245074503062016-10-30T14:22:16.187-05:002016-10-30T14:22:16.187-05:00The irony is that we at our most recent pastoral c...The irony is that we at our most recent pastoral conference were discussing whether or not the time has come for us as Orthodox priests to abstain from signing marriage certificates to clearly delineate the mystery of marriage from what the state is conferring on people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939476558252788735noreply@blogger.com