The Story of Fr. Maximus Regis Urbanowicz Baptized Roman Catholic, later becoming an Episcopal* priest and missionary, and three years ago having been received with his family into the Holy Orthodox Church, he is a zealous Orthodox missionary and evangelist. Maximus has been involved in various church ministries including Foundation Park –a ministry for the poor, […]
A Priest’s Journey to Orthodoxy
by Fr. Janis Kalnins As an Orthodox priest, I am often asked the question, “How is it that you, a Latvian, were drawn to embrace such a non-traditional Faith? After all, Latvians are predominantly either Lutheran or Roman Catholic.” It grieves me that so many people have a narrow, nationalist understanding of Orthodoxy. In my […]
Why In The World Would An Episcopalian Become Orthodox
by Fr. Patrick McCauley Why would an Episcopalian become Orthodox? When I first became an Episcopalian years ago, a friend facetiously told me that I had joined the “best church that money could buy.” In fact, another wag observed that the Episcopal Church is the “Cadillac of American Christianity’’ and the ‘‘Chevis Regal of Protestantism.’’ […]
Mark Hodges’ Way
by Fr. Mark Hodges In honor of his recent elevation to Archpriest (Axios!), we are reprinting the Fr. Mark’s inspiring conversion story! I was raised a Christian, a genuine believer in Jesus as the Savior of the World. During high school in the 70s, I performed in every show I could. I was in band, […]
Strange, Yet Familiar: My Journey: Part 1
Part One An Absence and a Presence by Bishop Kallistos (Ware), Bishop of Diokleia I can remember exactly when my personal journey to Orthodoxy began. It happened quite unexpectedly one Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1952, when I was seventeen. I was walking along Buckingham Palace Road, close to Victoria Station in central London, […]
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