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"It is truly fascinating to observe you in action. Please continue to display your skills in foolish, arrogant, uncharitable behavior. You serve me well by confirming impressions I have previously posted about your church."

Right, right. Okay, well, such comments might make you feel better, but reverse psychology won't work here. So how about this? What if you actually deal with the *issue* instead of lapsing into name calling? After all, you made the statement, in response to my earlier posts:

"I am unsure about the actual significance of this belief in the Orthodox church, as I have never once heard it discussed in any sermon, etc. Nor does the average Orthodox surfer tend to find writings and discussion about it on the net, on Orthodox sites."

I provided examples, drawn from bona fide Orthodox sources you could easily double-check, demonstrating that this doctrine is indeed significant in Orthodox Tradition. And that is somehow "foolish," "arrogant," and "uncharitable"? Is it possible that your apparent grudge against Catholics and the Catholic Church is clouding your good judgement when you should be standing up for a significant doctrine of your Church? I don't know, but based on the tone of your comments (see above as an example of what I mean), it seems that way.

Do you want to know what's truly fascinating? The truly fascinating thing is that I've been defending here the Orthodox Churches' Holy Tradition about Mary, but yet you, an Orthodox believer, sit back and take potshots at me, a Catholic, for doing so. I wonder why that is.