The Bible does tell us not to make markings on our bodies. Yet Orthodox are known to tattoo crosses on themselves in order to keep their identity. Rather common in the middle east and balkans during muslim/ottoman occupation

I know it's in there somewhere but can you provide a reference @Daniil

Trying. But googling anything with the word tattoo gives just pictures of people with tattoos

https://cruxnow.com/faith/2015/06/27/tattoos-arent-just-a-fashion-statement-for-egypts-copts/

It's about copts but it applies to Orthodox in balkans and middle east in general

😂 dw I'm not a loyalist or an Irish Republican. I just want to show my Provence of birth.

The mention of markings clearly refers to pagan things, I would say

The Balkans have been completely free from Turkish rule for over a century, tattoos are just a disgraceful fashion symbol here.

I dont think they make tattoos today anymore. They used to though, so I am bringing it up as a precedent

Egyptians still do though

See I have always had chicken skin on my arms so I wanted to cover it up too

I potentially want one of a host over a chalice

If you want to advertise your low impulse control and lack of intellect to the world, then who are we to stop you

Now that I'm looking around here

If by lack of intellect and impulse control you mean an engineering student who's sat on this idea for three years, sure

Why is there a nsfw channel

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So people dont spill their garbage into other channels

And dont kid yourself by saying that you'd never post something cringy or non-wholesome stuff on discord

Also its a containment zone for people that misbehave

So Christian #chernobyl then <:GWcorbinTopKek:384871333705678868>

Hmm

Ratherfully

I can see the use for that

Are any of the members here from the Balkans?

Uhhhh... A few, but I cant recall rn

Im Moscow Patriarchate myself

What do you guys think about the whole Ukraine situation

With the church I mean

God needs to retire bart

That's my opinion

Tattoos aren't sinful.

Just don't be frivolous.

The absolute state of Catholics <:GWlulurdMmmYea:402868023393910794>

In and of themselves, no.

But the reasons people get them these days are asinine.

@The Captain, could you elaborate?

I'm Macedonian Orthodox myself, though I'm trying to find a Bulgarian Orthodox parish @Daniil

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