by Deacon Michael Bishop “Joseph, what are you doing in my neighborhood?” “This is my church!” “That’s a Catholic church?” “Yes, Ukrainian Catholic!” I was in the sixth grade and living on Illinois Avenue. From Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church one could look into U.S. Soldiers’ Home, the place where Abraham Lincoln lived when he […]
Off the Side Roads onto the Illumined Path
by Michael Fiocca The Way We Are Meant to Be “The person who loves God values knowledge of God more than anything created by God, and pursues such knowledge ardently and ceaselessly.” -Saint Maximos the Confessor When we speak of something as being generic, it often stirs up thoughts of a product being “mediocre” or […]
From the Church of Christ to the Orthodox Church: Part 1
by David Scott Klajic Scott’s journey took him from Orthodoxy to the Church of Christ, to Presbyterianism, to Eastern (Byzantine) Catholicism, to Roman Catholicism right back into the arms of the Orthodox Church. In 2015, I “converted” to Orthodoxy, at 43 years old. At the time, I had recently returned from my second deployment (I am an […]
Philippine Denominations join the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Aust. & NZ
This letter was posted on the website of the Antiochian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand To all of our reverend clergy and beloved faithful, Greetings to all of you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We would like to inform you that after long discussions with two denominations from the Philippines, one […]
The Road to Rome? Why Orthodoxy Deserves a Second Look
by Vincent Martini Why Orthodoxy? For those who aren’t aware, Catholic Lane is a well-maintained Roman Catholic news and resource site that I have had the pleasure of contributing to from time to time (by the gracious invitation of their staff). While there are (from an Orthodox perspective) a great number of differences between our […]