The noted British author, thinker, and activist Paul Kingsnorth was united to Christ in holy Baptism at the Romanian Orthodox monastery in Shannonbridge, Ireland, on the feast of Christ’s Baptism on January 6 this year. “As a Western newcomer to Orthodoxy, I have a lifetime’s learning journey ahead of me, but I already feel like […]
A Refugee from Buddha
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek… (Is. 11:10). In the province of Sichuan in southwest China there is the city of Chengdu. The locals, who number sixteen million, adore spicy food. Their favorite dish is […]
“Satan doesn’t care if you believe in God or not. He wants to destroy you – and your family.”
I grew up in a southern Baptist household. Well, my mom was Baptist and my dad was agnostic. My church life wasn’t constant. We went through periods of church attendance and would fall off until my mom found a new Baptist Church that she liked. While all this was going on, I was becoming a […]
Indiana Man studies Yoga and New Age Religion in India but Returns Home to Embrace Orthodox Christianity
“I went all the way around the world to find God; little did I know He was just three minutes down the road from my house.” — Michael Arbuckle by David E. Sumner Michael and Audrey Arbuckle married each other three times—first by an Amazonian shaman in Peru in 2012; second in a civil ceremony […]
From the Buddha to Christ: A Young Man’s Journey to the Ancient Christian Church
My name is Johan Trisanjaya. I am of Javanese ethnicity in Indonesia. I was born in 1982 in the village of Prigi in Central Java. I was raised in a Buddhist family; my father is a government servant and my mother is a house wife. Most people in our village are Muslim, but many adhere […]
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