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 […]
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 […]
The Mother of God Appears to Vietnamese Woman in Coma, who then Converts to Orthodoxy
Fr. George Maximov, a Moscow priest who often serves on missionary trips throughout Asia, has posted on his Facebook page the words of a Vietnamese woman who converted to Orthodoxy after the Mother of God appeared to her. The woman, Nguyen Thi Mai Anh, a former Buddhist living and working in V?ng Tàu, Vietnam, was […]
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