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		<link>https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8325</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8324&quot;&gt;Michael&lt;/a&gt;.

Dear Michael, you should ask this question to ruling bishop or your spiritual father or the priest you trust.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8324">Michael</a>.</p>
<p>Dear Michael, you should ask this question to ruling bishop or your spiritual father or the priest you trust.</p>
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		By: Michael		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 22:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is a young man allowed to marry the biological daughter of his godfather?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is a young man allowed to marry the biological daughter of his godfather?</p>
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		By: Editor		</title>
		<link>https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8154</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8146&quot;&gt;George Nicholas Koumantzelis&lt;/a&gt;.

According to church rules, the degrees of affinity in step-relations are calculated in the same way as in blood relations. All their children—whether full siblings, half-siblings, or stepsiblings — are considered to be in the same relation as biological siblings, meaning they are brothers and sisters.

A stepbrother cannot marry his stepsister (second degree of kinship) or her daughter, his stepniece (third degree of kinship).

Source: https://ruvera.ru/stepeni_rodstva#_ftnref49]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8146">George Nicholas Koumantzelis</a>.</p>
<p>According to church rules, the degrees of affinity in step-relations are calculated in the same way as in blood relations. All their children—whether full siblings, half-siblings, or stepsiblings — are considered to be in the same relation as biological siblings, meaning they are brothers and sisters.</p>
<p>A stepbrother cannot marry his stepsister (second degree of kinship) or her daughter, his stepniece (third degree of kinship).</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://ruvera.ru/stepeni_rodstva#_ftnref49" rel="nofollow ugc">https://ruvera.ru/stepeni_rodstva#_ftnref49</a></p>
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		By: George Nicholas Koumantzelis		</title>
		<link>https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8146</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Nicholas Koumantzelis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the Orthodox Church, is it acceptable for a single man to marry the single step-daughter of his biological sister - in other words: her second husband’s biological daughter with his first wife?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the Orthodox Church, is it acceptable for a single man to marry the single step-daughter of his biological sister &#8211; in other words: her second husband’s biological daughter with his first wife?</p>
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		By: Editor		</title>
		<link>https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8083</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8076&quot;&gt;Seraphim&lt;/a&gt;.

No, it&#039;s not forbidden. You have a spiritual kinship only with your godfather, but no kinship with his family members.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-8076">Seraphim</a>.</p>
<p>No, it&#8217;s not forbidden. You have a spiritual kinship only with your godfather, but no kinship with his family members.</p>
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		By: Seraphim		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is it forbidden to marry my godfathers sister? We are within  a similar age range

Thanks]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it forbidden to marry my godfathers sister? We are within  a similar age range</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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		By: Ksenia		</title>
		<link>https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-7547</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ksenia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-6405&quot;&gt;Orthodox Mimi&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh my goodness I really wish it were. Seriously. 
But, it is a practice I suppose to press on in total Faith. If God Wills for me a husband, I can not deny He will send him in His own time for me. 
But. I am 33. Much easier said than done along the way. I am certainly considering monastic path, but this also must be a decision from heart and ultimately led by God.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-6405">Orthodox Mimi</a>.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness I really wish it were. Seriously.<br />
But, it is a practice I suppose to press on in total Faith. If God Wills for me a husband, I can not deny He will send him in His own time for me.<br />
But. I am 33. Much easier said than done along the way. I am certainly considering monastic path, but this also must be a decision from heart and ultimately led by God.</p>
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		By: Ksenija		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ksenija]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-6385&quot;&gt;marcus&lt;/a&gt;.

&#060;3]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-6385">marcus</a>.</p>
<p>&lt;3</p>
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		By: Reader John Malov		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reader John Malov]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-7443&quot;&gt;Kirk Schneider&lt;/a&gt;.

I suppose it would be for a bishop to decide. If you are not in a civil marriage, then I guess it may happen. But I&#039;m not sure. Contact your parish priest or diocesan bishop.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/04/complete-list-of-prohibited-marriages#comment-7443">Kirk Schneider</a>.</p>
<p>I suppose it would be for a bishop to decide. If you are not in a civil marriage, then I guess it may happen. But I&#8217;m not sure. Contact your parish priest or diocesan bishop.</p>
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		By: Kirk Schneider		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirk Schneider]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If my Catholic annulment is not granted can I marry in the orthodox church?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If my Catholic annulment is not granted can I marry in the orthodox church?</p>
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