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nxylas

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Thu Apr 9, 2015, 01:16 PM Apr 2015

Petition to Facebook to allow use of monastic names

As you may be aware, Facebook has recently instituted a new policy that monastic names are no longer allowed. Abbot Tryphon, an Orthodox abbot, was ordered to use the name on his birth certificate, a name he has not used in over 30 years. This petition specifically relates to Orthodox monastics, but I know Catholic monks and nuns are given new names when they are tonsured too. I don't know if there is a separate petition for them. I don't want to sound like one of the "war on Christmas" crowd, but this seems like a petty regulation that benefits nobody. Please sign the petition at: https://www.change.org/p/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-maxine-williams-stop-stripping-orthodox-christian-clergy-of-church-names-on-facebook?hc_location=ufi

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Petition to Facebook to allow use of monastic names (Original Post) nxylas Apr 2015 OP
Signed shenmue Apr 2015 #1
Given the phony names that flood facebook, this seems remarkably stupid. rug Apr 2015 #2
+1000! n/t ColesCountyDem Apr 2015 #3
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