OCDR – ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN DISABILITY RESOURCES
To access: An Orthodox Christian Perspective, from the Orthodox Word
baby at eight weeks
Reflection
Each human being is unique creation of God. Each one of us has never been before and will never be again – throughout all eternity each human being who is, has, and will be conceived is unique.
By Rev. Deacon John Protopapas, Executive Director, Orthodox Christians for Life
The post, by means of videos and quotations with commentaries, covers The Source of Christian Teaching, Orthodox Worship, Scripture and the Unborn, What The Early Church Said, and What the Modern Church Says.
Conclusion
There is little more that can be said – the deliberate destruction and/or desecration of a human being is unthinkable for a true-believing Orthodox Christian. God created Man in his own likeness and image, man is a living icon of flesh and blood, in which God gave the breath of life (ruah). Killing an innocent human being can be seen is an act of blasphemy against God – it is the ultimate act of iconoclasm.
See also Orthodox Christians for Life
disability = less years
In an effort to reduce rapidly rising health care costs, insurers and those who make healthcare policy are making the assumption that people with disabilities have a lower quality of life than those without disabilities. This is discrimination!
To access the article:
Federal study finds QALYs restrict access to lifesaving healthcare for people with disabilities
Also:
Texas Mother Fights To Save Her 9-Month-Old Baby From Hospital’s Futility Judgment
Your mother is a cause of wonder: the Lord entered into her
and became a servant; He who Is the Word entered–
and became silent within her;
Thunder entered her and made no sounds;
there entered The Shepherd of all,
and in her He became the 
Lamb, bleating as He comes forth.
Praise to You to whom all things are easy, for You Are almighty.
Your mother’s womb has reversed the roles:
the Establisher of all entered into His richness,
but came forth poor; the Exalted one entered her,
but came forth meek; the Splendrous one entered her,
but came forth having put on a lowly hue.
Praise to You to whom all things are easy, for You Are almighty.
The Mighty one entered, and put on insecurity
from her womb; the Provisioner of all entered–
and experienced hunger; He who gives drink to all entered–
and experienced thirst; naked and stripped
there came forth from her He who clothes all!
Praise to You to whom all things are easy, for You Are almighty.
Saint Ephrem the Syrian
to access: An Orthodox Reflection on the 12 Days of Christmas,
Holy Prophet David
The Theotokos with Christ,
St. James
Holy Proto-Martyr Stephen
Sts. Joachim & Anna
St. Joseph the Betrothed
the prophet Malachi
The Nativity
Theophany
seventy apostles
the holy innocents
the circumcision of Christ ——————–– The Song “The Twelve Days of Christmas:”
The Holy Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ
“Thine own of Thine own, we offer unto Thee on behalf of all and for all …”
