The General Menaion – for Orthodox Missions!
Support Journey To Orthodoxy and support an Orthodox mission! As you know, Journey To Orthodoxy is all about making a difference in people’s lives, and removing obstacles in the journey to the Orthodox faith. More often than not, we receive calls and emails from inquirers who we refer to a local mission or parish. Sometimes [...]
What To Do On “National Back To Church Sunday”?
This September, my parish, St. George Church in Prescott, Arizona, will be participating in the National Back To Church Sunday for the third year in a row. I believe this is an excellent opportunity for outreach and I’ve outlined some important, easy-to-do things that can be done RIGHT NOW to prepare and welcome home to [...]
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 [...]
Presbyterians To Ordain Homosexuals As Clergy
Another example of the classic confusion between pastoral ministry to the homosexual with the demand for moral parity for homosexuals by the homosexual lobby, which is vehemently anti-Christian, and particularly anti-Orthodox. The Body of Christ endures it all, and offers a safe haven for those seeking refuge. “Thus says the LORD: “Stand by the roads, [...]
The Conversion of French Photographer Frere Jean
Photographer Gérard Gascuel who worked with Marcel Marceau and Salvador Dali and now is Hieromonk Gerasimos says he decided to become a monk after hearing an Athonite monk singing. “I was 33 when the editor in chief of an influential Japanese magazine sent me to Greece to make a report about the life of Athonite [...]
Polish Film Director: “The World Needs Orthodoxy”
Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi believes Christianity is the future of human civilization. “It seems to me that it is the future of humanity, as thanks to Christianity we experience a rise of civilization and culture. Technical and scientific achievements of modern humanity is in many respects a product of Christian civilization,” he said in [...]
I Will Protect My Parishioners, No Matter What
Interview with Schema-Hegumen Nektariy Haji-Petropoulos, abbot of Holy Trinity Skete in Mexico City This is an excellent article on a Greek hieromonk serving mostly Russians in Mexico City! That is real Orthodox Christianity. Abbot Nektariy Haji-Petropoulos is an historic figure in the modern Russian Orthodox Church, say the parishioners of Holy Trinity Skete in Mexico [...]
Metropolitan Hilarion on Christian Unity
From the National Catholic Register. There’s been encouraging — sometimes tantalizing — news in recent years about the growing potential for Catholic-Orthodox unification. Pope Benedict XVI is said to be viewed more favorably by the Orthodox than his predecessor. The Catholic Archbishop of Moscow exclaimed in 2009 that unity with the Orthodox could be achieved [...]
Defensive Anchor Walks A Spiritual Path
Steelers safety Troy Polamalu opened his red leather-bound playbook to a dog-eared page. “The life of a man hangs by a hair,” he began reading in a voice as soft as falling snow. “At every step our life hangs in the balance.” It was three days before the Steelers’ A.F.C. divisional playoff game against the [...]
New Converts Flocking To Ancient Church
by Jeannie Keever Like many of his parishioners, Father Richard Petranek came to the Orthodox church in search of the past. After 30 years as an Episcopalian priest, Petranek converted to the Antiochian Orthodox Church and leads a new but growing parish in west Houston, filled almost entirely with converts to the ancient faith. “Most [...]
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