The Apostolic Mission of “Journey To Orthodoxy”
The work of Journey To Orthodoxy is apostolic in its scope and mission. We rely on the Lord, and you, our fellow Christians, to supply what it needed for us to reach out, be available and be ready to meet, correspond, talk, chat and email with the multitude of souls searching for the True Faith [...]
The 2011 New Testament Challenge
Beginning Nov. 15th (the beginning of the Advent/Nativity Fast), we will once again be embarking on our annual challenge event to read through the entire New Testament (aloud) by Christmas! This is a great endeavor and exercise and you should join it! Read with your spouse as an Advent discipline! Join the many of us [...]
Great Ebook Available Through Preachers Institute
Faithful readers of Journey To Orthodoxy: the following appeared this evening on the Preachers Institute and is available to you as well. A venerable text on the formation of preachers, called (not surprisingly) “On The Formation Of Preachers”is now available through Preachers Institute. This is a considerable text, loaded with Scriptural and Patristic quotes on [...]
Women Saints Who Suffered Under Islam
If we have not found ourselves in a Moslem environment due to increased migration and conversion to Islam, many of us have Moslem neighbours. Like all people, these neighbours are different but as a rule they don’t hide their faith or their conviction in its superiority but often make attempts to acquaint people with it. [...]
It’s About That Time…
Dear friends of Journey To Orthodoxy, Christ is Risen! As many of you know, updating the Journey To Orthodoxy website and keeping up with the correspondence is a time-consuming task. We do our very best to respond to each and every contact quickly, answer questions accurately, and direct inquirers and seekers to local Orthodox clergy [...]
Why Charistmatics Should Become Orthodox
by Mike Spreng This comes to us from the excellent blog, Classical Christianity: Eastern Orthodoxy for Today, which is quickly becoming one of my favorites. There are a number of reasons why Charismatics should become eastern Orthodox; reasons such as apostolic succession, liturgical renewal and a general expansion of theology. But there are a few [...]
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men
…that they may see your good works and glorify Your Father Who is in heaven. Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! We at Journey To Orthodoxy have been receiving many letters and emails from all over the world requesting information about how to become Orthodox, how to join the Orthodox Church, and what is [...]
The Triumph of the Church
by St. John Chrysostom How does one prove that Christ is God? We should not try to answer this question by using the argument of the creation of heaven and earth, because the unbeliever will not accept it. If we tell him that He raised the dead, healed the blind, expelled demons, he still will [...]
The Origin Of Modern Atheism According to Dostoevsky
By Christos Yannaras After the Schism, certain Greek Fathers saw clearly where the “innovations” of Western Christianity were leading. Centuries later Dostoyevsky drew the same conclusions about the West: “Roman Catholicism is no longer Christianity (1) … Catholicism is a non-Christian faith … The Catholicism of Rome is worse than atheism … Atheism teaches nothingness, [...]
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