Former Jesuit professor and Vatican advisor converts to Orthodoxy. Rector of the High Monastery of St. Peter in Moscow Hegumen Peter (Yeremeyev) headed the ceremony of taking monastic vows of priest Constantine Simon. He adopted Orthodoxy in 2014, after 34 years of priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. With Patriarch Kirill’s blessing Father Constantine […]
My Conversion to Holy Orthodoxy
by Jonathan Hill I often read about convert stories to Orthodoxy typically finding a similarity in most of the stories. This similarity in others stories is totally antithetical to my own conversion story. Many find certain teachings difficult or disturbing to come to terms with during their inquiring phase. Only after I had technically converted, […]
Odessa Priest Becomes Ukraine Powerlifting Champion
We congratulate Fr. Viktor on his many herculean powerlifting accomplishments, and republish here to remind us all – Orthodoxy is not for sissies. The rector of the Dormition Church in the village of Chervonoarmeyskoye in the Odessa Region, Fr. Viktor Kochmar has won two gold medals in the Ukrainian powerlifting championship. Over 300 athletes participated […]
Faith on the Rise in Nepal
If I asked you to name the places where Christianity is growing the fastest, you, being a well-informed BreakPoint listener, would probably respond “Africa” and/or “China.” And you’d be correct. The explosion of Christianity south of the Sahara is so great that a colleague of mine is surprised whenever he meets a West African immigrant […]
From Episcopalian Priest to Orthodox Priest
From 2012 – how did I miss this? by Greg Garrison Since the Rev. Ernesto Obregon switched denominations, he now can pinpoint the key differences in religious practices between Episcopalians and Greek Orthodox. For one thing, the Greek Orthodox have a lot more incense. It’s dispensed in clouds of smoke at every service through a […]
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