by Robert Arakaki With its many denominations Protestantism is no stranger to people changing churches, but there is something deeply unsettling about a Protestant family deciding to move over to a nearby Orthodox parish. The phrase “swimming the Tiber” or “crossing the Bosphorus” alludes to the deep chasm separating Protestantism from the two ancient traditions […]
Time to Go to Church… A Time to Fear and Dread?
by Presbytera Marilisse I. Mars Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 19:14 It’s Sunday morning. The Church bulletin says that Church starts at 10:00am. It’s now 10:30am. You’re walking to the car to take yourself and the […]
Worshipping Jesus At A Mosque
by Gene Daniels This story displays the power that culture can have to repel converts from the Gospel! Culture is a powerful force, and must be harnessed for spreading the Gospel. This actually reminds me of the work of Sheldon Jackson in Alaska, and the disastrous effects it had on the native cultures he attacked […]
Met. Hilarion of ROCOR Visits India,Celebrates Liturgy
Metropolitan Hilarion the first Hierarch of ROCOR arrived in Mumbai on the 10th pf January 2013 and was warmly welcomed by the local people. Former Metropolitan John Augustine of the Anglican church hosted a welcome dinner later that evening to mark this historical moment of ROCOR’s first metropolitan in recent times who has visited the Indian sub […]
The Revival of the Orthodox Church in China
An interview with Mitrophan Chin, webmaster of orthodox.cn by Igor Radev, editor of “Sobornost” in October 2005 and first published in the April 2006 issue no. 15 of “Sobornost”, a periodical of the Autonomous Ohrid Archbishopric in Macedonia of the Serbian Patriarchate. 1. Can you introduce us in short with the beginnings of the Orthodox […]
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