From Outlaw Biker to Orthodox Christianity: Part 3 – Life as an Outlaw Biker
by Dallas Dave Eaton Part three of Dallas Dave’s story ends with some glorious news. We are very grateful to Dave for allowing us to reprint his story here on JTO! In a previous posting I discussed my conversion from outlaw motorcycle gangs and ceremonial magick, to Faith in Orthodox Christianity. Subsequent reader feedback led [...]
From Outlaw To Orthodox: Part 2 – Once A Ngangauero
by Dallas Dave Recently I blogged regarding my former lifestyle as an outlaw biker and subsequent conversion to Orthodox Christianity. Since then several persons have written indicating similar life experiences, to include the practice of ceremonial black magic or other occult systems. Of special interest to me were the former afro-carribean religionists, who are now [...]
From Outlaw Biker To Orthodox Christianity
by Dallas Dave Eaton Let us all add Dallas Dave to our prayers daily! My Journey from Criminal Gang Underworld to the Kingdom of God Formerly a middle-class but countercultural type professional with a family, I have spent the past 10yrs. of my life enmeshed in outlaw biker gangs and 1%’er clubs. Having ridden both [...]
5,000 Indians Baptized Orthodox in Mexico
The conversation published below took place in early December 2009, during the visit of Metropolitan Jonah (OCA) to Russia to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Moscow representation of the Orthodox Church in America, and is devoted to the activities of the Church in Latin America. – Your Beatitude, in which Latin American countries is [...]
327 Baptized Orthodox in Zimbabwe
Through the blessing of Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All of Africa, Metropolitan George of Zimbabwe conducted today, December 30th, three hundred and twenty-seven baptisms for catechumens in the parish of St. Nektarios in Harare. The majority of the converts were youth and young adults who had completed a catechism class over the past [...]
Two Quechua Women from Bolivia Accept Orthodox Baptism
Here is a story of the good work of the martyred priest, Fr. Daniil Sysoyev. Immediately following Christmas services, in one of the Orthodox churches in the southern districts of Moscow, two women of the Quechua people of South America accepted Orthodox baptism. “We talked with them about the faith, and they read the Creed [...]
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