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From Personal Crisis to Orthodox Christian

September 7, 2016 By Fr. John 5 Comments

by Diana Lindsay Chapdelaine The beginning of my journey came from my Greek American grandmother, who was born in Greece and emigrated to the United States when she was fifteen. She had an icon of St. Pantelemon in her bedroom which my grandfather had brought from a monastery in Greece when he served there during […]

Filed Under: Anglicans/Episcopalians, Latest Stories, Women converting without their husbands Tagged With: convert, Diana Lindsay Chapdelaine, Episcopalian, faith, orthodox, personal crisis

Devotion to Orthodox History leads Malaysian Priest to Mount Carmel

August 7, 2016 By Fr. John 1 Comment

by Julie Hagenbuch A passion for church history can lead a Christian to wade knee-deep in the River Jordan, stand beneath Juan Diego’s cloak at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City or take communion at the Vatican in Rome. For Father John Edward, a lifelong commitment to Christian history led him right to St. […]

Filed Under: Anglicans/Episcopalians, Latest Stories Tagged With: convert, Episcopalian, Fr. John Edward, malaysian, orthodox

An Interview with Orthodox Writer, Bev Cooke

July 19, 2016 By Fr. John 4 Comments

Bev Cooke, Orthodox Writer

by Tudor Petcu Tudor Petcu is a Romanian writer, graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania. He has published a number of articles related to philosophy and theology in different cultural and academic journals. His work focuses on the evolution of Orthodox spirituality in Western societies as well and he is going […]

Filed Under: Anglicans/Episcopalians, Atheists, JTO Blog Tagged With: Anglican, Bev Cooke, convert, orthodoxy, Princess Ileana of Romania, Tudor Petcu

From Episcopalian Priest to Orthodox Priest

May 13, 2016 By Fr. John 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Anglicans/Episcopalians, Clergy, Latest Stories Tagged With: Anglican, convert, Episcopalian, Ernesto Obregon, orthodox

An Interview with Fr. William Olnhausen

March 30, 2016 By Fr. John 1 Comment

William Olnhausen

by Predrag Rudovic Father William Olnhausen is Orthodox priest who converted to Orthodoxy from the Episcopal Church, by a miracle of St. Nicholas. Why he decided to do that, what did he found in Orthodoxy and did not have before and what are differences between Western and Eastern Christianity, you will discover in this interview.   […]

Filed Under: Anglicans/Episcopalians, Clergy, Latest Stories Tagged With: convert, Episcopalian, Fr. William Olnhausen, orthodox

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