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27th September 2025, 15:46
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"We were like you. You will be like us." (An inscription from a monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, inscribed in the crypt where the remains of deceased monks are buried.)
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Some sayings of the Holy Fathers on the Jesus Prayer:
Hieromonk Anatoly of Kiev: "Without the Jesus Prayer there will be no salvation, because passions in the heart cannot be killed by anything other than the Jesus Prayer." "The entire Orthodox faith and all piety rest on the name of Jesus Christ."
Venerable Elder Seraphim of Vyritsa (1866–1949):
"In the most difficult times, salvation will be found most easily by those who, to the best of their ability, strive to practice the Jesus Prayer, rising from frequent invocation of God's name to unceasing prayer."
Elder Jonah of Odessa (Ignatenko) (1925–2012):
"We need not fear. We can be saved only by the Jesus Prayer. We must learn to breathe it."
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Hello again, comrades. I am a Russian Orthodox Christian of the Russian Orthodox Church. I live in Russia, have never been abroad and never will, unless there's a war. I don't speak English or any other foreign languages except Russian and Ukrainian. I think that's all I can tell you. Want to know more? Just write me a letter and ask a question. I'm a very friendly bear, and even if you insult me, I won't be offended. But in that case, I won't be so open with you, so please don't offend me.
I'm creating a new discussion thread. Here you can ask me questions on any spiritual topic, and I'll try to answer them.
I've already created some threads that you can check out if you'd like:
97) Sins before God - meditation and yoga, various spiritual practices and astral projection
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https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130440-Sins-before-God-meditation-and-yoga-various-spiritual-practices-and-astral-projection&p=1686817&viewfull=1#post1686817
97) Answer to the question: Is it a sin to get tattoos on your body, and how does it affect a person?
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130443-Orthodoxy--Spiritual-questions-and-answers-stories-testimonies-discussions&p=1686842&viewfull=1#post1686842
96) Tarot card reading is a sin before God
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130443-Orthodoxy--Spiritual-questions-and-answers-stories-testimonies-discussions&p=1686969&viewfull=1#post1686969
95) 👮🏻 Playboy and Rockefeller, the CIA. I'll tell you the purpose of these sinful, depraved magazines!
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130428-Playboy-and-Rockefeller.-What-was-the-purpose-of-such-magazines&p=1686412&viewfull=1#post1686412
90) 👽(Unexplained, USSR time) The Anomalous Death of the Dyatlov Pass Group (the closest version)
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129834-Russian-articles-by-Russian-Bear&p=1685539&viewfull=1#post1685539
82) Stalin's repressions, the repression of Orthodox Christians and other sins of the USSR
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130272-How-the-USSR-was-destroyed.-Defeat-in-the-Cold-War-and-the-Birth-of-New-Russia&p=1684143&viewfull=1#post1684143
78) Nikolay 2 (THE ROMANOVS) Russian documentaries with English dubbing
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129834-Russian-articles-by-Russian-Bear&p=1683077&viewfull=1#post1683077
60) 🗣📢The true goal of the LGBT movement is to seize power all over the world. Analysis of the topic based on facts.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130066----The-true-goal-of-the-LGBT-movement-is-to-seize-power-all-over-the-world.-Analysis-of-the-topic-based-on-facts.&p=1677461&viewfull=1#post1677461
54)💀 Kola Superdeep and "Screams from Hell"
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129834-Russian-articles-from-Russian-Bear&p=1673773&viewfull=1#post1673773
48) 👻(Paranormal) (Unexplained, USSR time) The Anomalous Death of the Dyatlov Pass Group (the closest version)
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?33864-The-Dyatlov-Pass-Incident&p=1664353&viewfull=1#post1664353
37) 👻(Paranormal) Spawn of Hell/‘KYSHTYM Dwarf’ ALYOSHENKA
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129498-Spawn-of-Hell---KYSHTYM-Dwarf---ALYOSHENKA&p=1663544&viewfull=1#post1663544
35) ☦☦☦✅ (Orthodoxy) Salvation of the soul. The meaning of life.
https://avatars.dzeninfra.ru/get-zen_doc/271828/pub_683a86817d244b47012dce3d_683a93ca93d34b02e8d80770/scale_1200
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664881&viewfull=1#post1664881
35.1 ☦☦☦✅ Orthodox Christian books
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664887&viewfull=1#post1664887
35.2 ☦☦☦✅ Orthodox bells of Russia
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664889&viewfull=1#post1664889
35.3 ☦☦☦✅ Orthodox spiritual chants and prayers
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664903&viewfull=1#post1664903
35.4 ☦☦☦✅ The Bible is confirmed by historical facts
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664906&viewfull=1#post1664906
35.5 ☦☦☦✅ Repentance is the tearing down of the wall that separates us from God.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1665090&viewfull=1#post1665090
35.6 ☦☦☦✅Islam. Orthodox View - priest Daniel Sysoev https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1667507&viewfull=1#post1667507
34) ☦☦☦✅(Orthodoxy) Salvation of the soul. The meaning of life.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664881&viewfull=1#post1664881
29) ✅(Orthodox) Default Orthodox Prophecy of a Greek Orthodox Monk about the future of Russia and Europe
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129509--Orthodox--Prophecy-of-a-Greek-Orthodox-Monk-about-the-future-of-Russia-and-Europe&p=1663756&viewfull=1#post1663756
28) ✅(Orthodoxy) Fr Seraphim Rose - Russian Documentary/English Subtitles
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129573-Fr-Seraphim-Rose-Russian-Documentary-English-Subtitles&p=1664890&viewfull=1#post1664890
22) ✅(Orthodoxy, Miracle) Holy Fire in the Holy Sepulcher on Orthodox Easter
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129537--Miracle--Holy-Fire-in-the-Holy-Sepulcher-on-Orthodox-Easter&p=1664208&viewfull=1#post1664208
21) ⭐️⭐️⭐️✅(Orthodoxy, Prophecies, Apocalypse) Part 2, Russian angel. UFOs are demons (fallen angels). And now in detail about this.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=54849&d=1744385179&thumb=1
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129520-Part-2-Russian-angel.-UFOs-are-demons--fallen-angels-.-And-now-in-detail-about-this.&p=1663986&viewfull=1#post1663986
20) ⭐️☦✅(Orthodoxy, afterlife) Post Orthodox teaching on the soul after death
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129536-Orthodox-teaching-on-the-soul-after-death&p=1664206&viewfull=1#post1664206
18) 🛑(The article was blocked and placed in a hoax, which I do not agree with) (Conspiracy theories, science) Flat Earth is reality. People do not know the secret of the universe
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129522-HOAX-Flat-Earth-is-reality.-People-do-not-know-the-secret-of-the-universe&p=1664000&viewfull=1#post1664000
17) ⭐️(Orthodoxy, Prophecies, Apocalypse) Part 1 RUSSIAN ANGEL youth Vyacheslav. Prophecies. ATTENTION VERY IMPORTANT
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=54848&d=1744135446&thumb=1
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129514--Orthodoxy--RUSSIAN-ANGEL-youth-Vyacheslav.-Prophecies.-ATTENTION-VERY-IMPORTANT&p=1663846&viewfull=1#post1663846
14) 🦖📰(Science and Facts) Post IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEET A LIVING DINOSAUR IN OUR TIME? Priest Andrey Gorbunov
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=54857&d=1744465188&thumb=1
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129525-IS-IT-POSSIBLE-TO-MEET-A-LIVING-DINOSAUR-IN-OUR-TIME-Priest-Andrey-Gorbunov&p=1664025&viewfull=1#post1664025
13) 🛑(Paranormal and Unknown) Post In Ohio, digger met "dark entities" in an unexplored tunnel.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129521-In-Ohio-digger-met-dark-entities-in-an-unexplored-tunnel.&p=1663997&viewfull=1#post1663997
11) ✅📰(Conspiracy theory, apocalypse) Apocalypse, The Seal of the Antichrist, 666, Documents, сhips and barcode
https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/i?id=4a157ad16c8aec4d15a3aae954077850d8cca31f-8341813-images-thumbs&n=13
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129516-Apocalypse-The-Seal-of-the-Antichrist-666-Documents---hips-and-barcode&p=1663919&viewfull=1#post1663919
10) ✅📰(Conspiracy theory, apocalypse) Post Aaron Russo on the "New World Order" 666 Chips the seal of the antichrist
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129500-Aaron-Russo-on-the-New-World-Order-666-Chips-the-seal-of-the-antichrist&p=1663580&viewfull=1#post1663580
9) 👽⚔️(The Unknown and the Paranormal) Mutants are conquering the Earth's space
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129508-Mutants-are-conquering-the-Earth-s-space&p=1663750&viewfull=1#post1663750
4) ✅📰(Science) Experiments by Soviet scientist confirm hypothesis about materiality of thought
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129493-Experiments-by-Soviet-scientist-confirm-hypothesis-about-materiality-of-thought&p=1663460&viewfull=1#post1663460
3) 👽(Paranormal and Conspiracy Theories) Washington Carousel (UFO) The true nature of UFOs! IMPORTANT TRUTH!!!
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129499-Washington-Carousel--UFO--IMPORTANT-TRUTH---&p=1663552&viewfull=1#post1663552
2) ✅📰(Science and medicine) Together with the transplanted organs, a person receives a part of the donor's personality.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129497-Together-with-the-transplanted-organs-a-person-receives-a-part-of-the-donor-s-personality.&p=1663542&viewfull=1#post1663542
1) ✅📰(Science) Soviet scientists have proven the existence of spirits and the afterlife
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129492-Soviet-scientists-have-proven-the-existence-of-spirits-and-the-afterlife&p=1663458&viewfull=1#post1663458
There are topics that touch on spiritual themes in one way or another, so don't be surprised to find UFOs, ghosts, and monsters among them.
You can share your own story for discussion or a vision. For example, a good question would be, "Why do I dream about a deceased relative?" Or, "Is it okay to get a tattoo and does it affect a person?"
I don't know everything either, but when it comes to spiritual topics, I know an Orthodox database where I can find resources and share them with you. It just requires a search and analysis of the material. My arguments will be logical, since all these topics are interconnected. Religion, monsters, UFOs (aliens), reptilians, Nephilim (also associated with Atlantis), dinosaurs... and much more, everything is interconnected. I'm ready for a friendly conversation with you, regardless of your age, skin color, or nationality... I'm interested in communicating with all of you, comrades.
Okay, I'll start with a question:
My question: Is it a sin to get tattoos on your body, and how does it affect a person?
The Law of God states: "...you shall not make cuttings in your flesh, nor tattoo any marks on yourselves. I am the Lord [your God]" (Lev. 19:28). (As you can see, the Bible contains information on everything.) In the Book of Deuteronomy, a similar prohibition is accompanied by a clarification: "...you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a special people to Him, above all the peoples that are on the face of the earth" (Deut. 14:2). In other words, we cannot act so boldly with our bodies; they, like our souls, are the property of God, by right of the Creator. If the Lord had decided that certain writings and drawings should appear on our bodies, we would have been born with them. But the Lord has not planned anything like that for us. I think those who have gotten tattoos should repent of it as a sin against their own bodies and the principle of holiness. It is written: "I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship" (Romans 12:1-2). I see nothing reasonable about tattoos.
The Bible and tattoos
People often wonder: What does God command us regarding tattoos? The Bible doesn't contain many direct references to tattoos. This is because the people who tattooed such timeless inscriptions and images on their bodies did not belong to the people who received the Law of Moses. They were people of pagan beliefs.
So, in the Book of Leviticus, we find the words: "You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor shall you put any tattoo on yourselves. I am the Lord" (Lev. 19:28). This quote is more than obvious. God says "no" to such a custom. But why is such an act condemned? To understand this commandment, we must delve into the culture of the time.
Most cultures of that era were barbaric in nature, but the people of Israel formed a new nation. The Law given by God to Moses was the foundation on which this nation stood. The people of Israel were called to live within a completely different value system, distinct from the culture of violence, robbery, and death characteristic of other, neighboring peoples. By tattooing their bodies, the Jews would be no different from the pagans who committed ritual murder, "sacred" violence, massacres, and deified passions destructive to the human soul. This is perhaps one of the reasons why God gave a commandment against tattoos.
In our culture, tattoos no longer carry the same meaning they did in the time of Moses. In the era of grace, the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, where Christ dwells through the power of the Eucharist. If we look at the motives for tattooing, we see that for the most part, they simply want to stand out from others. But nonconformity, following fashion trends, and the desire to shock—all of this is alien to the law of love of Christ, crucified and risen from the dead.
Some believe tattoos will make them more beautiful. This speaks of their desire to improve on what God has done (cf. Psalm 139:14)[1]. Or it points to an inferiority complex and dissatisfaction with their bodies, as well as a need for a new identity, a search for a different, more interesting "I," which is characteristic of a personality in crisis; lacking any virtues to demonstrate, they try to impress others in this way (and in the original meaning of the word, too). Meanwhile, the novelty of a tattoo may cause surprise for no more than a second, only to be drowned out by a stream of banalities that have already been seen many times.
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A young Coptic girl with a cross tattoo on her wrist.
In the Muslim world, Christians tattoo a cross on their arm so that they can receive a Christian burial if they die. However, this also signifies their desire to die for Christ and confess Him until death if they are captured by radical Islamists, for whom Christianity is a constant target. In this case, the tattoo can signify a calling to martyrdom, a desire to confess until death, and an unwavering love for the Crucified One.
Thus, when tattoos do not testify to faith, they are an unfortunate substitute for personality, culture, erudition, a sense of humor, cheerfulness, openness, faith, and creative uniqueness. They serve only as an indicator of a desperate search for an increasingly garish self, a search in places where there never was and never will be one.
Source: https://pravoslavie.ru/59617.html
THROUGH THE TATTOO, THE DEMON GETS HIMSELF A HUMAN... Cases of tattoo influence on character and life of people
Journalist S. Kuzina talked with tattoo removal specialist Konstantin Avramenko and gave many examples of mystical tattoo cases.
Alexey Voronin from Odintsovo wrote: "My beloved girl was a quiet, kind angel. We lived with her soul to soul for two years, we were even going to get married. And then one day she got a tattoo of a devil with a dagger in the salon. And her character suddenly changed dramatically. She started brawling over trifles, became jealous, and became angry with her tongue. It was as if the little devil was stabbing her with a knife.
In the end, we broke up. Can a tattoo really change a person?"
– Maybe, – says Konstantin Avramenko, – Tattoos change people's lives. I've seen it from my own experience.
Konstantin Avramenko, an optical physicist by training, has been engaged in removing tattoos from the skin of his clients for several years. He said that tattoos sometimes change people's character and literally attract trouble. But unfortunately, the fashion for these "jewelry" does not go away.
Usually, patients tell Konstantin why they decided to get rid of tattoos.
FATAL TATTOOS
A girl and a hieroglyph on her ass
– A girl with a Chinese character came to me. – says Avramenko. "She was crying and begging for the tattoo to be erased immediately. According to her, misfortunes fell on her immediately after drawing the picture. Within a year, she lost her job, gave birth to a stillborn child, and her husband left her. And the last straw, which almost led her to suicide, was a gang rape by drunken teenagers. I recovered a little bit and ran to get my tattoo, which, as I found out, meant the word "demon". Now everything in her life is settled.
The Paratrooper and the Spider
– I had a former paratrooper with a complicated tattoo: airplanes, wings, a parachute and death with a scythe. He begged me to erase the death drawing for any money. He says I am a realist and have never believed in magic. But when I started walking around with this tattoo, it was as if my luck had turned its back on me.
The guard and the number "13"
- Twenty years ago, a 40-year-old security guard at a bank on Arbat got a tattoo on his little finger – the number "13". And all these years, according to him, he was haunted by "bad luck." At first, my mother became seriously ill, and in order to pay for the treatment, I had to sell the cottage. Then I got into a car accident, for which I had to pay with an apartment. The daughter became a drug addict. The family fell apart.
When I erased the tattoo, everything changed in his life... he met the woman he loved, and he inherited a gorgeous summer cottage from his deceased grandfather. Now the number "13" is still showing a little. Recently, he called me and asked me to come and finish it, maybe life will change even more abruptly?
A girl and a butterfly
– A 16-year-old girl got a tattoo on her back – a beautiful colored butterfly. Since then, the main thing in her life was to meet a new boy every evening. After school, she did not go to college, but ran around nightclubs. The young people treated her without respect. And she didn't get out of other people's beds.
Her boyfriend said nasty things to her and started dating her friend. Someone encouraged her to get rid of the tattoo by sending it to me. I explained to her that according to old beliefs, a butterfly is a sign of a prostitute. After getting the tattoo, her boyfriend came back to her, and they got married a month ago. She's expecting a baby now.
A boy and a scary tattoo
"Recently, I was asked to come to the 1st City Hospital to remove a tattoo from a 15–year-old boy lying in a coma," Konstantin recalls. – I was very surprised: can't we wait until he comes to his senses? It turned out that his parents insisted on my arrival, who only saw the terrible inscription on his son's right shoulder in the hospital: "Live quickly die young" (in Russian, "Live fast, die young").
It turns out that the boy's parents sent him to Cyprus for a vacation. He got a tattoo there. Then he went wild. In two months, he managed to drop out of school, get into the police several times for hooliganism and catch a sexually transmitted disease. And then he took his father's car and crashed into a pole at a speed of 120 km per hour. The airbag saved me. But he broke his pelvis and hip.
– I was afraid to erase the entire inscription, – Avramenko continues, – suddenly there will be complications? I decided to print only the word "DIE", which changes the meaning. And then something strange happened. The guy was unconscious. And I also did a local anesthetic. He started to erase the tattoo, and the guy in the coma (!) suddenly began to move his shoulder away, and with his other hand he tried to push the device away.
The pulse rate rose to 138 beats. I doubled the dose, but the boy felt everything anyway. The three nurses present and the head of the intensive care unit were as shocked as I was. It was as if Satan himself had possessed him and was not letting him get rid of the fatal words. When I removed the tattoo, his pulse dropped to normal, and the boy recovered very quickly.
– I believe that tattoos should not be applied, – sums up Avramenko. – It's not for nothing that there is a prohibition in the Gospel: "Do not decorate your bodies with drawings and writings."
"It's easy to get a tattoo,– Konstantin says. – It's much harder to get rid of it.
Unfortunately, people have no idea what they will have to face. What agony to go through... surgical intervention is necessary here. The most ancient way is to cut off a piece of skin with a knife or scalpel.
It takes several years for plastic surgeons to remove large-area tattoos. The time can be shortened by transplanting skin, for example, from the back or buttocks, into the place of the cut-out area. But then there will be wounds in two places. They try to erase tattoos with a laser. It burns through fabrics to a considerable depth. They're dying out. Scars appear in this place.
Why am I telling you all this? And in order for you to think ten times before getting a tattoo.
For example, it is obvious that the tattoo owner provokes others to pay attention to her. It gives you a sense of self-worth. Any tattoo attracts attention, but it is necessary to specify – attention to what?
First of all, to the body... tattooing by its very nature is a confession of physicality. The person who got the tattoo, one might say, professes a cult of his body…
Of course, such an escape into the outside is a sign of spiritual weakness.
THE MYSTICAL COMPONENT
A tattoo can change a person's life. To understand this, it is not necessary to turn to mysticism. Having made a conscious act of tattooing on your body, accepting a sign as defining yourself, and often challenging the people around you, a person can no longer remain the same. And this change does not bring a person any peace or peace of mind. The tattoo works as an anchor, speaking psychoanalytically.
It constantly reminds its wearer of the choice he has made, spurring the appropriate emotions. You can't pick out a wolf and not get a little wolfish at the same time. Naturally, the habits of a real wolf have nothing to do with it, we are talking about the image of the beast as we imagine it.
In general, man is a symbolic being, and the world that we perceive and realize is, to a lesser extent, the physical world. Behind every physical object, behind every thing, there is a tradition of understanding, symbols and signs that we don't even always notice.
Many signs influence us through the subconscious mind.
Sometimes we underestimate the power of a sign, but a tattoo is by no means such a case. You just don't have to succumb to the commercial advertising of tattoo parlors, which are in a hurry to present the tattoo as a kind of fashionable decoration. It's not profitable for tattoo artists to say serious things. But those who take tattooing seriously know its symbolic power. (That's why it's not worth pinching innocent, at first glance, drawings. Even an image of a butterfly tattooed on the body, as the example above showed, can lead to negative consequences in life).
There are also many pentagrams and other magical symbols among the signs used in tattoos, including those whose magical nature is not obvious. But it does exist; such are, for example, hieroglyphs or runes. Since ancient times, magical signs have been used for various pagan rituals, which usually required blood and sacrifice. Tattooing is not done without blood; the person on whose body it is done acts as a victim. The sign, the sacrifice, and the blood are all in place, which turns tattooing into a pagan ritual.
Modern consciousness considers such rituals toothless archaic, but human psychology has not changed much. In the past, such rituals were used to establish the power of one person over another. There is reason to believe that even today tattooing can be used as one of the techniques of zombification, that is, subjugating a person to someone else's will. It remains only to say that the will can be not only human, but also demonic. It is impossible to turn to God without breaking with demons.…
If we look at this connection between man and demon from the other side, then the tattoo can be considered a kind of oath of allegiance. A person dedicates himself to this spirit. In many cultures, there is not a very serious attitude towards the word. The words are easy to change. It's easy to deceive with a word. But a tattoo accompanies a person all his life.
Through a tattoo, an unclean spirit gets a person for himself forever – both while he is wearing his mortal body on earth, and after death. And it is scary to imagine the posthumous fate of a Christian when, having presented himself before God, he will have a tattoo on his body indicating that he belongs to a demon.
Here, as elsewhere, it is better not to cross the fatal line – it's easier than going back.
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Anyone want to share their story, testimony, or ask a question? Anything paranormal, mystical, or spiritual. Of course, it would be great if you asked me about salvation and Orthodoxy... That would be great!
"We were like you. You will be like us." (An inscription from a monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, inscribed in the crypt where the remains of deceased monks are buried.)
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Some sayings of the Holy Fathers on the Jesus Prayer:
Hieromonk Anatoly of Kiev: "Without the Jesus Prayer there will be no salvation, because passions in the heart cannot be killed by anything other than the Jesus Prayer." "The entire Orthodox faith and all piety rest on the name of Jesus Christ."
Venerable Elder Seraphim of Vyritsa (1866–1949):
"In the most difficult times, salvation will be found most easily by those who, to the best of their ability, strive to practice the Jesus Prayer, rising from frequent invocation of God's name to unceasing prayer."
Elder Jonah of Odessa (Ignatenko) (1925–2012):
"We need not fear. We can be saved only by the Jesus Prayer. We must learn to breathe it."
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Hello again, comrades. I am a Russian Orthodox Christian of the Russian Orthodox Church. I live in Russia, have never been abroad and never will, unless there's a war. I don't speak English or any other foreign languages except Russian and Ukrainian. I think that's all I can tell you. Want to know more? Just write me a letter and ask a question. I'm a very friendly bear, and even if you insult me, I won't be offended. But in that case, I won't be so open with you, so please don't offend me.
I'm creating a new discussion thread. Here you can ask me questions on any spiritual topic, and I'll try to answer them.
I've already created some threads that you can check out if you'd like:
97) Sins before God - meditation and yoga, various spiritual practices and astral projection
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https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130440-Sins-before-God-meditation-and-yoga-various-spiritual-practices-and-astral-projection&p=1686817&viewfull=1#post1686817
97) Answer to the question: Is it a sin to get tattoos on your body, and how does it affect a person?
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130443-Orthodoxy--Spiritual-questions-and-answers-stories-testimonies-discussions&p=1686842&viewfull=1#post1686842
96) Tarot card reading is a sin before God
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130443-Orthodoxy--Spiritual-questions-and-answers-stories-testimonies-discussions&p=1686969&viewfull=1#post1686969
95) 👮🏻 Playboy and Rockefeller, the CIA. I'll tell you the purpose of these sinful, depraved magazines!
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130428-Playboy-and-Rockefeller.-What-was-the-purpose-of-such-magazines&p=1686412&viewfull=1#post1686412
90) 👽(Unexplained, USSR time) The Anomalous Death of the Dyatlov Pass Group (the closest version)
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129834-Russian-articles-by-Russian-Bear&p=1685539&viewfull=1#post1685539
82) Stalin's repressions, the repression of Orthodox Christians and other sins of the USSR
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130272-How-the-USSR-was-destroyed.-Defeat-in-the-Cold-War-and-the-Birth-of-New-Russia&p=1684143&viewfull=1#post1684143
78) Nikolay 2 (THE ROMANOVS) Russian documentaries with English dubbing
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129834-Russian-articles-by-Russian-Bear&p=1683077&viewfull=1#post1683077
60) 🗣📢The true goal of the LGBT movement is to seize power all over the world. Analysis of the topic based on facts.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130066----The-true-goal-of-the-LGBT-movement-is-to-seize-power-all-over-the-world.-Analysis-of-the-topic-based-on-facts.&p=1677461&viewfull=1#post1677461
54)💀 Kola Superdeep and "Screams from Hell"
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129834-Russian-articles-from-Russian-Bear&p=1673773&viewfull=1#post1673773
48) 👻(Paranormal) (Unexplained, USSR time) The Anomalous Death of the Dyatlov Pass Group (the closest version)
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?33864-The-Dyatlov-Pass-Incident&p=1664353&viewfull=1#post1664353
37) 👻(Paranormal) Spawn of Hell/‘KYSHTYM Dwarf’ ALYOSHENKA
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129498-Spawn-of-Hell---KYSHTYM-Dwarf---ALYOSHENKA&p=1663544&viewfull=1#post1663544
35) ☦☦☦✅ (Orthodoxy) Salvation of the soul. The meaning of life.
https://avatars.dzeninfra.ru/get-zen_doc/271828/pub_683a86817d244b47012dce3d_683a93ca93d34b02e8d80770/scale_1200
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664881&viewfull=1#post1664881
35.1 ☦☦☦✅ Orthodox Christian books
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664887&viewfull=1#post1664887
35.2 ☦☦☦✅ Orthodox bells of Russia
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664889&viewfull=1#post1664889
35.3 ☦☦☦✅ Orthodox spiritual chants and prayers
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664903&viewfull=1#post1664903
35.4 ☦☦☦✅ The Bible is confirmed by historical facts
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664906&viewfull=1#post1664906
35.5 ☦☦☦✅ Repentance is the tearing down of the wall that separates us from God.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1665090&viewfull=1#post1665090
35.6 ☦☦☦✅Islam. Orthodox View - priest Daniel Sysoev https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1667507&viewfull=1#post1667507
34) ☦☦☦✅(Orthodoxy) Salvation of the soul. The meaning of life.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129572--Orthodoxy--Salvation-of-the-soul.-The-meaning-of-life.&p=1664881&viewfull=1#post1664881
29) ✅(Orthodox) Default Orthodox Prophecy of a Greek Orthodox Monk about the future of Russia and Europe
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129509--Orthodox--Prophecy-of-a-Greek-Orthodox-Monk-about-the-future-of-Russia-and-Europe&p=1663756&viewfull=1#post1663756
28) ✅(Orthodoxy) Fr Seraphim Rose - Russian Documentary/English Subtitles
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129573-Fr-Seraphim-Rose-Russian-Documentary-English-Subtitles&p=1664890&viewfull=1#post1664890
22) ✅(Orthodoxy, Miracle) Holy Fire in the Holy Sepulcher on Orthodox Easter
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129537--Miracle--Holy-Fire-in-the-Holy-Sepulcher-on-Orthodox-Easter&p=1664208&viewfull=1#post1664208
21) ⭐️⭐️⭐️✅(Orthodoxy, Prophecies, Apocalypse) Part 2, Russian angel. UFOs are demons (fallen angels). And now in detail about this.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=54849&d=1744385179&thumb=1
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129520-Part-2-Russian-angel.-UFOs-are-demons--fallen-angels-.-And-now-in-detail-about-this.&p=1663986&viewfull=1#post1663986
20) ⭐️☦✅(Orthodoxy, afterlife) Post Orthodox teaching on the soul after death
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129536-Orthodox-teaching-on-the-soul-after-death&p=1664206&viewfull=1#post1664206
18) 🛑(The article was blocked and placed in a hoax, which I do not agree with) (Conspiracy theories, science) Flat Earth is reality. People do not know the secret of the universe
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129522-HOAX-Flat-Earth-is-reality.-People-do-not-know-the-secret-of-the-universe&p=1664000&viewfull=1#post1664000
17) ⭐️(Orthodoxy, Prophecies, Apocalypse) Part 1 RUSSIAN ANGEL youth Vyacheslav. Prophecies. ATTENTION VERY IMPORTANT
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=54848&d=1744135446&thumb=1
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129514--Orthodoxy--RUSSIAN-ANGEL-youth-Vyacheslav.-Prophecies.-ATTENTION-VERY-IMPORTANT&p=1663846&viewfull=1#post1663846
14) 🦖📰(Science and Facts) Post IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEET A LIVING DINOSAUR IN OUR TIME? Priest Andrey Gorbunov
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=54857&d=1744465188&thumb=1
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129525-IS-IT-POSSIBLE-TO-MEET-A-LIVING-DINOSAUR-IN-OUR-TIME-Priest-Andrey-Gorbunov&p=1664025&viewfull=1#post1664025
13) 🛑(Paranormal and Unknown) Post In Ohio, digger met "dark entities" in an unexplored tunnel.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129521-In-Ohio-digger-met-dark-entities-in-an-unexplored-tunnel.&p=1663997&viewfull=1#post1663997
11) ✅📰(Conspiracy theory, apocalypse) Apocalypse, The Seal of the Antichrist, 666, Documents, сhips and barcode
https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/i?id=4a157ad16c8aec4d15a3aae954077850d8cca31f-8341813-images-thumbs&n=13
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129516-Apocalypse-The-Seal-of-the-Antichrist-666-Documents---hips-and-barcode&p=1663919&viewfull=1#post1663919
10) ✅📰(Conspiracy theory, apocalypse) Post Aaron Russo on the "New World Order" 666 Chips the seal of the antichrist
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129500-Aaron-Russo-on-the-New-World-Order-666-Chips-the-seal-of-the-antichrist&p=1663580&viewfull=1#post1663580
9) 👽⚔️(The Unknown and the Paranormal) Mutants are conquering the Earth's space
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129508-Mutants-are-conquering-the-Earth-s-space&p=1663750&viewfull=1#post1663750
4) ✅📰(Science) Experiments by Soviet scientist confirm hypothesis about materiality of thought
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129493-Experiments-by-Soviet-scientist-confirm-hypothesis-about-materiality-of-thought&p=1663460&viewfull=1#post1663460
3) 👽(Paranormal and Conspiracy Theories) Washington Carousel (UFO) The true nature of UFOs! IMPORTANT TRUTH!!!
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129499-Washington-Carousel--UFO--IMPORTANT-TRUTH---&p=1663552&viewfull=1#post1663552
2) ✅📰(Science and medicine) Together with the transplanted organs, a person receives a part of the donor's personality.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129497-Together-with-the-transplanted-organs-a-person-receives-a-part-of-the-donor-s-personality.&p=1663542&viewfull=1#post1663542
1) ✅📰(Science) Soviet scientists have proven the existence of spirits and the afterlife
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129492-Soviet-scientists-have-proven-the-existence-of-spirits-and-the-afterlife&p=1663458&viewfull=1#post1663458
There are topics that touch on spiritual themes in one way or another, so don't be surprised to find UFOs, ghosts, and monsters among them.
You can share your own story for discussion or a vision. For example, a good question would be, "Why do I dream about a deceased relative?" Or, "Is it okay to get a tattoo and does it affect a person?"
I don't know everything either, but when it comes to spiritual topics, I know an Orthodox database where I can find resources and share them with you. It just requires a search and analysis of the material. My arguments will be logical, since all these topics are interconnected. Religion, monsters, UFOs (aliens), reptilians, Nephilim (also associated with Atlantis), dinosaurs... and much more, everything is interconnected. I'm ready for a friendly conversation with you, regardless of your age, skin color, or nationality... I'm interested in communicating with all of you, comrades.
Okay, I'll start with a question:
My question: Is it a sin to get tattoos on your body, and how does it affect a person?
The Law of God states: "...you shall not make cuttings in your flesh, nor tattoo any marks on yourselves. I am the Lord [your God]" (Lev. 19:28). (As you can see, the Bible contains information on everything.) In the Book of Deuteronomy, a similar prohibition is accompanied by a clarification: "...you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a special people to Him, above all the peoples that are on the face of the earth" (Deut. 14:2). In other words, we cannot act so boldly with our bodies; they, like our souls, are the property of God, by right of the Creator. If the Lord had decided that certain writings and drawings should appear on our bodies, we would have been born with them. But the Lord has not planned anything like that for us. I think those who have gotten tattoos should repent of it as a sin against their own bodies and the principle of holiness. It is written: "I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship" (Romans 12:1-2). I see nothing reasonable about tattoos.
The Bible and tattoos
People often wonder: What does God command us regarding tattoos? The Bible doesn't contain many direct references to tattoos. This is because the people who tattooed such timeless inscriptions and images on their bodies did not belong to the people who received the Law of Moses. They were people of pagan beliefs.
So, in the Book of Leviticus, we find the words: "You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor shall you put any tattoo on yourselves. I am the Lord" (Lev. 19:28). This quote is more than obvious. God says "no" to such a custom. But why is such an act condemned? To understand this commandment, we must delve into the culture of the time.
Most cultures of that era were barbaric in nature, but the people of Israel formed a new nation. The Law given by God to Moses was the foundation on which this nation stood. The people of Israel were called to live within a completely different value system, distinct from the culture of violence, robbery, and death characteristic of other, neighboring peoples. By tattooing their bodies, the Jews would be no different from the pagans who committed ritual murder, "sacred" violence, massacres, and deified passions destructive to the human soul. This is perhaps one of the reasons why God gave a commandment against tattoos.
In our culture, tattoos no longer carry the same meaning they did in the time of Moses. In the era of grace, the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, where Christ dwells through the power of the Eucharist. If we look at the motives for tattooing, we see that for the most part, they simply want to stand out from others. But nonconformity, following fashion trends, and the desire to shock—all of this is alien to the law of love of Christ, crucified and risen from the dead.
Some believe tattoos will make them more beautiful. This speaks of their desire to improve on what God has done (cf. Psalm 139:14)[1]. Or it points to an inferiority complex and dissatisfaction with their bodies, as well as a need for a new identity, a search for a different, more interesting "I," which is characteristic of a personality in crisis; lacking any virtues to demonstrate, they try to impress others in this way (and in the original meaning of the word, too). Meanwhile, the novelty of a tattoo may cause surprise for no more than a second, only to be drowned out by a stream of banalities that have already been seen many times.
https://media.pravoslavie.ru/104409.p.jpg
A young Coptic girl with a cross tattoo on her wrist.
In the Muslim world, Christians tattoo a cross on their arm so that they can receive a Christian burial if they die. However, this also signifies their desire to die for Christ and confess Him until death if they are captured by radical Islamists, for whom Christianity is a constant target. In this case, the tattoo can signify a calling to martyrdom, a desire to confess until death, and an unwavering love for the Crucified One.
Thus, when tattoos do not testify to faith, they are an unfortunate substitute for personality, culture, erudition, a sense of humor, cheerfulness, openness, faith, and creative uniqueness. They serve only as an indicator of a desperate search for an increasingly garish self, a search in places where there never was and never will be one.
Source: https://pravoslavie.ru/59617.html
THROUGH THE TATTOO, THE DEMON GETS HIMSELF A HUMAN... Cases of tattoo influence on character and life of people
Journalist S. Kuzina talked with tattoo removal specialist Konstantin Avramenko and gave many examples of mystical tattoo cases.
Alexey Voronin from Odintsovo wrote: "My beloved girl was a quiet, kind angel. We lived with her soul to soul for two years, we were even going to get married. And then one day she got a tattoo of a devil with a dagger in the salon. And her character suddenly changed dramatically. She started brawling over trifles, became jealous, and became angry with her tongue. It was as if the little devil was stabbing her with a knife.
In the end, we broke up. Can a tattoo really change a person?"
– Maybe, – says Konstantin Avramenko, – Tattoos change people's lives. I've seen it from my own experience.
Konstantin Avramenko, an optical physicist by training, has been engaged in removing tattoos from the skin of his clients for several years. He said that tattoos sometimes change people's character and literally attract trouble. But unfortunately, the fashion for these "jewelry" does not go away.
Usually, patients tell Konstantin why they decided to get rid of tattoos.
FATAL TATTOOS
A girl and a hieroglyph on her ass
– A girl with a Chinese character came to me. – says Avramenko. "She was crying and begging for the tattoo to be erased immediately. According to her, misfortunes fell on her immediately after drawing the picture. Within a year, she lost her job, gave birth to a stillborn child, and her husband left her. And the last straw, which almost led her to suicide, was a gang rape by drunken teenagers. I recovered a little bit and ran to get my tattoo, which, as I found out, meant the word "demon". Now everything in her life is settled.
The Paratrooper and the Spider
– I had a former paratrooper with a complicated tattoo: airplanes, wings, a parachute and death with a scythe. He begged me to erase the death drawing for any money. He says I am a realist and have never believed in magic. But when I started walking around with this tattoo, it was as if my luck had turned its back on me.
The guard and the number "13"
- Twenty years ago, a 40-year-old security guard at a bank on Arbat got a tattoo on his little finger – the number "13". And all these years, according to him, he was haunted by "bad luck." At first, my mother became seriously ill, and in order to pay for the treatment, I had to sell the cottage. Then I got into a car accident, for which I had to pay with an apartment. The daughter became a drug addict. The family fell apart.
When I erased the tattoo, everything changed in his life... he met the woman he loved, and he inherited a gorgeous summer cottage from his deceased grandfather. Now the number "13" is still showing a little. Recently, he called me and asked me to come and finish it, maybe life will change even more abruptly?
A girl and a butterfly
– A 16-year-old girl got a tattoo on her back – a beautiful colored butterfly. Since then, the main thing in her life was to meet a new boy every evening. After school, she did not go to college, but ran around nightclubs. The young people treated her without respect. And she didn't get out of other people's beds.
Her boyfriend said nasty things to her and started dating her friend. Someone encouraged her to get rid of the tattoo by sending it to me. I explained to her that according to old beliefs, a butterfly is a sign of a prostitute. After getting the tattoo, her boyfriend came back to her, and they got married a month ago. She's expecting a baby now.
A boy and a scary tattoo
"Recently, I was asked to come to the 1st City Hospital to remove a tattoo from a 15–year-old boy lying in a coma," Konstantin recalls. – I was very surprised: can't we wait until he comes to his senses? It turned out that his parents insisted on my arrival, who only saw the terrible inscription on his son's right shoulder in the hospital: "Live quickly die young" (in Russian, "Live fast, die young").
It turns out that the boy's parents sent him to Cyprus for a vacation. He got a tattoo there. Then he went wild. In two months, he managed to drop out of school, get into the police several times for hooliganism and catch a sexually transmitted disease. And then he took his father's car and crashed into a pole at a speed of 120 km per hour. The airbag saved me. But he broke his pelvis and hip.
– I was afraid to erase the entire inscription, – Avramenko continues, – suddenly there will be complications? I decided to print only the word "DIE", which changes the meaning. And then something strange happened. The guy was unconscious. And I also did a local anesthetic. He started to erase the tattoo, and the guy in the coma (!) suddenly began to move his shoulder away, and with his other hand he tried to push the device away.
The pulse rate rose to 138 beats. I doubled the dose, but the boy felt everything anyway. The three nurses present and the head of the intensive care unit were as shocked as I was. It was as if Satan himself had possessed him and was not letting him get rid of the fatal words. When I removed the tattoo, his pulse dropped to normal, and the boy recovered very quickly.
– I believe that tattoos should not be applied, – sums up Avramenko. – It's not for nothing that there is a prohibition in the Gospel: "Do not decorate your bodies with drawings and writings."
"It's easy to get a tattoo,– Konstantin says. – It's much harder to get rid of it.
Unfortunately, people have no idea what they will have to face. What agony to go through... surgical intervention is necessary here. The most ancient way is to cut off a piece of skin with a knife or scalpel.
It takes several years for plastic surgeons to remove large-area tattoos. The time can be shortened by transplanting skin, for example, from the back or buttocks, into the place of the cut-out area. But then there will be wounds in two places. They try to erase tattoos with a laser. It burns through fabrics to a considerable depth. They're dying out. Scars appear in this place.
Why am I telling you all this? And in order for you to think ten times before getting a tattoo.
For example, it is obvious that the tattoo owner provokes others to pay attention to her. It gives you a sense of self-worth. Any tattoo attracts attention, but it is necessary to specify – attention to what?
First of all, to the body... tattooing by its very nature is a confession of physicality. The person who got the tattoo, one might say, professes a cult of his body…
Of course, such an escape into the outside is a sign of spiritual weakness.
THE MYSTICAL COMPONENT
A tattoo can change a person's life. To understand this, it is not necessary to turn to mysticism. Having made a conscious act of tattooing on your body, accepting a sign as defining yourself, and often challenging the people around you, a person can no longer remain the same. And this change does not bring a person any peace or peace of mind. The tattoo works as an anchor, speaking psychoanalytically.
It constantly reminds its wearer of the choice he has made, spurring the appropriate emotions. You can't pick out a wolf and not get a little wolfish at the same time. Naturally, the habits of a real wolf have nothing to do with it, we are talking about the image of the beast as we imagine it.
In general, man is a symbolic being, and the world that we perceive and realize is, to a lesser extent, the physical world. Behind every physical object, behind every thing, there is a tradition of understanding, symbols and signs that we don't even always notice.
Many signs influence us through the subconscious mind.
Sometimes we underestimate the power of a sign, but a tattoo is by no means such a case. You just don't have to succumb to the commercial advertising of tattoo parlors, which are in a hurry to present the tattoo as a kind of fashionable decoration. It's not profitable for tattoo artists to say serious things. But those who take tattooing seriously know its symbolic power. (That's why it's not worth pinching innocent, at first glance, drawings. Even an image of a butterfly tattooed on the body, as the example above showed, can lead to negative consequences in life).
There are also many pentagrams and other magical symbols among the signs used in tattoos, including those whose magical nature is not obvious. But it does exist; such are, for example, hieroglyphs or runes. Since ancient times, magical signs have been used for various pagan rituals, which usually required blood and sacrifice. Tattooing is not done without blood; the person on whose body it is done acts as a victim. The sign, the sacrifice, and the blood are all in place, which turns tattooing into a pagan ritual.
Modern consciousness considers such rituals toothless archaic, but human psychology has not changed much. In the past, such rituals were used to establish the power of one person over another. There is reason to believe that even today tattooing can be used as one of the techniques of zombification, that is, subjugating a person to someone else's will. It remains only to say that the will can be not only human, but also demonic. It is impossible to turn to God without breaking with demons.…
If we look at this connection between man and demon from the other side, then the tattoo can be considered a kind of oath of allegiance. A person dedicates himself to this spirit. In many cultures, there is not a very serious attitude towards the word. The words are easy to change. It's easy to deceive with a word. But a tattoo accompanies a person all his life.
Through a tattoo, an unclean spirit gets a person for himself forever – both while he is wearing his mortal body on earth, and after death. And it is scary to imagine the posthumous fate of a Christian when, having presented himself before God, he will have a tattoo on his body indicating that he belongs to a demon.
Here, as elsewhere, it is better not to cross the fatal line – it's easier than going back.
Source: https://vk.com/wall-75812762_21796
Anyone want to share their story, testimony, or ask a question? Anything paranormal, mystical, or spiritual. Of course, it would be great if you asked me about salvation and Orthodoxy... That would be great!