I'm just a simple old country lawyer somewhat past my sell by date; a semi-retired anti-communist revolutionary in and for Indo-China and its people; Greek Orthodox from an Irish Catholic father who went to Mass everyday and a pious Greek mother. Below is my namesake's picture and that of our cousin Nikitaras, O Turkofagos, the Turk Eater. Here is the Icon of The Ladder of Divine Ascent which demonstrates the Orthodox view of "Theosis", what the West calls "Salvation". As you can see, it is an upward progress, but the icon shows that we can fall off the ladder through the efforts of the Evil One, which, by the way, is what the original Greek in the Lord's Prayer says, "but deliver us from the Evil One". Ping List:

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Orthodox/Catholic Caucus List: crazykatz; JosephW; lambo; MoJoWork_n; newberger; The_Reader_David; jb6; wildandcrazyrussian; No Truce With Kings; Thoreau; ninachka; Doug Loss; aposiopetic; branicap; Yougottabekidding; Wordsmith; RightWingMama; Chairman Fred;yudan; Truth'sBabyGirl; katnip; peter the great; doctor13; litekeeper; IGNATIUS; PoorMuttly; eleni121; smokegenerator; mountaineer; DreamWeaver; RussianConservative; Agrarian; monkfan; infidel dog; Mount Athos; sionnsar;pharmamom;lion in winter;salvation;siobhan;kosta50;southside chicago republican;ned13;TruthNtegrity;torquemada;formerlib;canticle of deborah; k omalley;gipperCT ; NYer; romulus;university student; antonius; blinachka; pachomius73; bob808;RKBADemocrat;redhead;Maeve;x5452;tlRCta;likelight;Queen Beruthiel;Serb5150;DocRock;ELS;SalukiLawyer;TexConfederate1861;MrsDocRock;kronos77;dsmatuska; blinachka;formerlib;SOLDIEROFJESUSCHRIST;ad orientam;Calabash;forest keeper;dsmatuska;d-fendr;wagglebee;enosh;redgolum;lightman;constitutiongirl;sandyeggo;annalex;bornacatholic;livius;robert drobot;huber;honoraryserb;JohnLongIsland; StAthanasiustheGreat;fishhound;frmaximilian mary;friar roderic mary;arielguard;jacero10;Terirem;deacon augustine;RedDogzRule;Milicabee;yudan;nikas777

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