by Doug Loss I was born into a religious family. Many of my relatives were active in the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) church, as ministers and as laity. Albert Einstein once said, “What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?” That’s pretty much how I viewed religion in […]
From Russia With Love
by Gary Summers I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 My journey to Orthodoxy began about 12 years ago in St Petersburg, Russia. My wife and I were there in the process of adopting two children when I toured the ancient Orthodox cathedral of St […]
Illuminated By Orthodoxy: From The Asian East to the Christian East
by Nektarios In the Name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God. Growing up I was raised no particular religion and like most modern American families, religion or spirituality in general never played a role in my life up to this particular point in my young life. My father […]
My Search For The Truth: Part 8
by Tamara Schmerse Methodist Part 8 of 17 I remembered something I had discovered when doing my family tree research several years earlier. An ancestor of mine, by the name of William Carvosso, had written a book in the year 1815, about his experiences with God and the Church. I had managed to secure myself […]
My Journey Into The Orthodox Church
Back in January, I was baptized and chrismated into membership of the Orthodox Church in Kenya. Much of my life seems like a blur ever since. Prior to that, I tried to make sense of what was happening to me and why I was moving in that direction by writing out a narrative of that […]
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