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How A Southern Baptist Minister Found His Way To Eastern Orthodoxy

August 25, 2010 By Fr. John 7 Comments

The Story of Pastor Robert Frisby How does a former Southern Baptist minister find his way into the Eastern Orthodox Church? It was a long and winding road for Bob and Laurel Frisby and two of their grandchildren. Bob spent his childhood and early teens without a church to call home. He was what he […]

Filed Under: Baptists, Clergy Tagged With: convert, orthodox, pastor, Robert Frisby, Southern Baptist

From Catholic Priest To Orthodox Pioneer

August 25, 2010 By admin

Georges Florovsky summed up Overbeck’s experience in this way: “it was not just a fantastic dream. The question raised by Overbeck was pertinent, even if his own answer to it was confusedly conceived. And probably the vision of Overbeck was greater than his personal interpretation.”

Filed Under: Roman Catholics Tagged With: convert, Julius Joseph Overbeck, orthodox, roman catholic, western rite

An Interview with Troy Polamalu

August 24, 2010 By admin 5 Comments

The Mane Man By Gina Mazza Pittsburgh Magazine, August 2009 Football is a given: How was this year’s Super Bowl experience versus XL? Tomlin versus Cowher? Goals for the coming season? Fatherhood is new in Polamalu’s life since the birth of his son, Paisios, named after a beloved contemporary Greek Orthodox monastic, Elder Paisios, on […]

Filed Under: Roman Catholics Tagged With: 2009, Christ, convert, greek, Jesus, monastery, orthodox, Pittsburgh Steelers, Troy Polamalu

Protestant Baptized Orthodox on Mt. Athos

August 23, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

On Saturday August 8th, 2009 at the Sacred Monastery of Docheiariou on the Holy Mountain, in a touching atmosphere, a German by the name of Dominik Weiel, a 40 year old Geologist, abandoned Protestantism and was baptized Orthodox taking on the name Michael. For a place not known for its technological advancement, it is interesting […]

Filed Under: Mainline Protestants Tagged With: 2009, convert, ham radio, Michael Weiel, Mt. Athos, orthodox, protestant

From Islam to Indonesian Orthodox Priest

August 21, 2010 By admin 1 Comment

by Fr. Yohanes Bambang Cahyo Wicaksono I was born of the Islamic Family on May 15, 1958 in Mojokerto – East Java-Indonesia. As usual in the Islamic family, I was educated as a devoted person in the Islamic Religion by my parents. Because the Grace of God, in the year 1977, I converted to be […]

Filed Under: Clergy, Muslims Tagged With: 2008, Bible, christian, Fr. Yohanes Bambang Cahyo Wicaksono, god, Indonesian Orthodox Church, islam, Jesus, koran, mission, muslim, orthodox, quran

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