u/Charbel33

In the Melkite Church, who prepares the Eucharistic bread? Can it be done by the laity, if someone wishes to offer the bread for the liturgy? Can anyone do it, or does the priest appoint specific people to bake it? Is it prepared the day before, on the same day, or it doesn't matter? Are there prayers said during the preparation and baking? I'm very curious about the whole process, as you can see! Thank you for your help!

Hello! I have a few questions and a seemingly crazy idea.

I'm nearing the end of my PhD in biology, so ironically I now have more time to read science for pleasure. However, I will soon lose my institutional access, since I'm not staying in Academia. I also prefer reading a physical/printed document rather than on screens.

Which brings me to my crazy idea: I'm thinking of taking a subscription for Nature or a similar journal. I remember when I was an intern many moons ago, someone would leave Nature journals in our institute and I loved reading them.

My questions: people who receive Nature issues or have access to them at your workplace, how big is each issue (how many pages)? Do you enjoy reading them, or did you quickly get tired of it? Is there a similar journal that you know of, that is still printed, that publishes in biology or ecology on a monthly or weekly basis?

Hello! I have a few questions and a seemingly crazy idea.

I'm nearing the end of my PhD in biology, so ironically I now have more time to read science for pleasure. However, I will soon lose my institutional access, since I'm not staying in Academia. I also prefer reading a physical/printed document rather than on screens.

Which brings me to my crazy idea: I'm thinking of taking a subscription for Nature or a similar journal. I remember when I was an intern many moons ago, someone would leave Nature journals in our institute and I loved reading them.

My questions: people who receive Nature issues or have access to them at your workplace, how big is each issue (how many pages)? Do you enjoy reading them, or did you quickly get tired of it? Is there a similar journal that you know of, that is still printed, that publishes in biology or ecology on a monthly or weekly basis?

Hello! I know that communion is given to infants as soon as they are baptized. But if a baby is baptized before 6 months old (before the introduction of solid food), how is communion handled? Do parents typically wait for the child to start eating solids? Does the priest only gives a drop of the Blood, and if so, how?

Thank you for your answers! Now that I have a baby, that's the kind of questions that I keep thinking about, haha!

Hello! Does the Romanian Church use the Greek or Slavic usage?

Hello! My friend just showed me a website, called Radio Garden, where you can listen to radio stations from around the world! So I want to listen to a Lebanese radio station, but I don't know what stations are popular in Lebanon. Any recommendation for s station that focuses on Lebanese or more broadly Arabic music? Thank you!

Quel est votre livre de prière francophone favori? J'ai trouvé, en ligne, un livre intitulé Livre de prières orthodoxes, par Tetyana Popava-Bonnal. Êtes-vous familiers avec ce livre? Avez-vous d'autres suggestions ou recommendations? Merci!

What do you do for kneeling prayers on Pentecost? Do you do the whole vespers service; only the prayers; shortened versions of the prayers; after liturgy or during liturgy?

Γεια σας!

Έχω ένα μωρό. Είναι ένα αγόρι. Αν θέλω να πω ότι το μωρό είναι κουρασμένο(ς), θα έπρεπε να πω "κουρασμένο είναι το μωρό" (γιατί το μωρό είναι ουδέτερος) ή "κουρασμένος είναι το μωρό" (γιατί το μωρό μου είναι ένα αγόρι); Νομίζω ότι πρεπεί να διαλέξω "κουρασμένο" αλλά δεν είμαι σίγουρος.

Σας ευχαριστώ για την βοήθειά σας!