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This is not a fandom blog.

Introduction

Hi!

I'm Hyacinthos- you can call me pretty much anything though (if you're unsure, just DM)! I'm a native English speaker, and I use he/him pronouns. I'm really excited to start this sideblog!

Faith

My journey has been a wild one- here are the basics.

I was an angsty atheist

I started doing witchcraft

I started working with deities (I consider Loki my first)

I converted to a Mainline Protestant denomination of Christianity, rejecting all past pagan practices (was baptised in said church)

I looked into Catholicism

I started going on the road to Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Christianity

Started looking into Islam

back to Christianity, but taking it slow

hellenic-kemetic-roman polytheism

I think it's time to settle down (back to Christianity, viscerally in love with Christ)

God has lead me back to Greek Orthodox Christianity. I have a lot to learn

Back to Hellenic Polytheism

-> angry at God, kissing gay boys with tongue (religiously) (hellenic polytheism after a short break)

Resources

this section will host online and offline resources for various subjects.

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LGBTQ+ Muslims in Islamic History

LGBTQ+ Orthodox Christians

Misc.

Before You Follow

FAQ

Tags

Know that I may curse you under my breath for the things I feel, but that I do not speak with true venom.

Know that I may resent and hate, but that Love is most powerful in my heart.

So when patriarchal men in these communities respond to feminist criticism of their churches and attitudes towards women with "but the Virgin Mary/Theotokos!!!" I cannot help but get frustrated.

Yes, Mary is an important figure in Apostolic Christian belief, AND women are allowed to not be mothers. Even in the Bible there are women who were not mothers and still good examples of faith and effort- Esther saved her entire people from genocide. Mary Magdelene had some of the strongest faith in that book AND in some manuscripts was the first witness to the resurrection. There are hundreds of women saints- St. Maria of Paris was a nun, poet, and French Resistance member in WWII. She died in a gas chamber because she refused to bend to nazis, saved numerous Jewish people from the Holocaust, and held to her faith even in her last moments. Saints upon saints who were victims, yes, but also some of the strongest women in history.