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A Major Minority: Converting without Your Spouse

June 17, 2016 By Fr. John 36 Comments

This is the first of the articles we received after a call for stories about women who converted to Orthodoxy without their husbands, and the difficult, but surprisingly blessed, road they faced.  by Emilia When I initially heard the call for stories of Orthodox women who are married and converted without their husbands, I was […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Other Christians, Women converting without their husbands Tagged With: converting, orthodoxy, without your spouse

My Wife Came Home To Orthodoxy!

June 10, 2016 By Fr. John 2 Comments

by John Gresham What do you do when you want to become Orthodox, but your spouse is not on board? This question is a common one we deal with here at JTO, and very often it has glorious results. Our thanks to John and Brenda Gresham for allowing us to share and repost this excellent account […]

Filed Under: Baptists, Latest Stories Tagged With: baptist, convert, John Gresham, orthodox

Vatican Ex-Advisor Converts to Orthodoxy and Becomes a Monk in Moscow Monastery

May 23, 2016 By Fr. John 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Roman Catholics Tagged With: convert, monastery, monk, moscow, orthodox, roman catholic, vatican

My Conversion to Holy Orthodoxy

May 19, 2016 By Fr. John 2 Comments

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, […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Lutheran Tagged With: convert, ELCA, Jonathan Hill, Lutheran, orthodox

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

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