The Orthodox Christian 'Welcome Home' Network
Metropolitan Hilarion the first Hierarch of ROCOR arrived in Mumbai on the 10th pf January 2013 and was warmly welcomed by the local people. Former Metropolitan John Augustine of the Anglican church hosted a welcome dinner later that evening to mark this historical moment of ROCOR’s first metropolitan in recent times who has visited the Indian sub [...]
by Brigid Gavin Cheap Grace is the message of my “cradle” church, the one I grew up in, the Evangelical Christian Church. Back then it only took one prayer. One little “sinner’s” prayer and I was assured I was going to heaven. I was told, and I believed, that I was, “once saved always saved.” [...]
by Chris and Randy Shatto Glory to Jesus Christ! I’d like to start by quoting St. Paul, “Therefore brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions by which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle” 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Chris and I weren’t really familiar with this scripture when we began our journey to Orthodoxy, [...]
by Seminarian Alex Baldwin From a young age, my parents taught me the importance of two very important realities: two experiences that we lived. These two realities were that of culture and family. I grew up in the Mississippi Delta; the North Western part of the State of Mississippi. It is a very impoverished area [...]
by Serafim Jens Christian Larsen My Chrismation took place just before the beginning of the summer holidays and I was planning for another trip to Romania, with the wish to stay at a Monastery for a longer duration of time. I talked to a member of the Perish, who knew about a father in Bucharest, [...]
by Serafim Jens Christian Larsen Late spring 2004, I was going to decide where to spend my summer holiday, it was a tradition in my family, that we use to spend our summer holidays abroad somewhere in Europe. I was a little bit indecisive on where to go that year, and I mentioned it to [...]
Announcement of the Holy Monastery of the Pantocrator (Almighty) By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, “…in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.” (Acts 10:34) it was by His condescension that He invited into the Ark of Salvation – the Orthodox Church – Mr. Pawe? Wróblewski, the Polish [...]
from the Bonner County Daily Bee! Take the northern entrance to Pleasant Valley Loop Road and, in less than half a mile, you come upon what appears to be a little country church. Only the sign outside — announcing the presence of the Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Christian Church — hints that there is some ancient [...]
by Nektarios In the Name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God. Growing up I was raised no particular religion and like most modern American families, religion or spirituality in general never played a role in my life up to this particular point in my young life. My father [...]
By Thom Nickels The word ‘orthodoxy’ can conjure up foul associations. There’s Bertrand Russell’s famous quote, “Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence,” which covers any sort of rigid or right thinking at the expense of creative thought. Orthodoxy (lower case) implies a strict adherence to tradition against which Modernism doesn’t stand a chance. In Judaism, [...]
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