by Dr. Eric Affsprung This is the last of several ‘journey’ stories of souls who were changed forever by their experience at Holy Cross Orthodox Church, in Williamsport, PA. Your parish can, likewise, become a flower-bed of spiritual life, both for those in the parish, and those not yet in the parish. God bless the […]
Sweet Home, Orthodoxy
by Seminarian Jesse Dominick I was raised as a non-denominational Evangelical Protestant in southern Pennsylvania. We were pretty conservative morally, and theologically in some ways — we believed firmly in the Trinity, the Virgin birth, that Christ is God, that Christ is sinless, etc — but we did not believe in liturgical worship, the sacraments, […]
Culture And Family
by Seminarian Alex Baldwin From a young age, my parents taught me the importance of two very important realities: two experiences that we lived. These two realities were that of culture and family. I grew up in the Mississippi Delta; the North Western part of the State of Mississippi. It is a very impoverished area […]
Why Do We Do What We Do?
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 […]
Loveland, CO Church Helps Students Overseas Obtain Education
by Shelley Widhalm For the past decade, the Rev. Evan Armatas has been quietly raising funds to give children in Africa the gift of an education. Armatas, a priest at the St. Spyridon Orthodox Church in Loveland, helped start the St. Nektarios Education Fund to put African students through school, but soon realized he could […]
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