Islam and Christianity have little in common. by Photios Kontoglou “Eastern peoples are more religious”, an ancient writes, wishing to say that Easterners are more religious than people in the West, in Europe. Note that East is also the Balkans together with Russia. To an Easterner feeling is more intense than reasoning, while the opposite […]
Journeying East: Spiritual Sanctuary in the Orthodox Church
by Forrest Long The pungent aroma of incense fills the air. In the dim candle light, smoke ascends high toward the domed ceiling and, as the eye follows its upward spiral, one can imagine gazing into heaven itself. The architecture, the icons, the aroma, the awesome silence — the sensory perception of all that surrounds […]
Margarita’s Way to Orthodoxy
by Rita Sullivan My name is Margarita. I am a member of the Russian Orthodox Parish of St Sergius of Radonezh, in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am not Russian. I was born 49 years ago, with a German/Dutch mother and an Irish/Afrikaner father. I was raised Protestant. Thirteen years ago, I was introduced to Daniel […]
On Spiritual Deception
by Fr. Dcn. Charles Joiner The author of the Orthodox Way of Life blog, Fr. Dcn. Charles tells it like it is. Having recently discovered that throughout much of my Christian life I was involved with “spiritual deception,” I find it necessary now to seek ways to fully understand and totally reject this error. My […]
From Baptist to Byzantium: Part Seven
by James Early Sorrow and Joy Our first year back in the states was filled with many sorrows. First of all, we suffered from reverse culture shock, greatly missing the job, the city, and the people that we loved. Often we longed to go back to our former lives, but of course that was impossible […]
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