“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 […]
Over a 50 Protestant Pastors, and 2,000 others Converting to Orthodoxy in India
With the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Russian Orthodox clergy and nuns from America, Canada and Russia are in India, and have begun the process of baptizing 2,000 people into Orthodoxy, including over 50-100 former Protestant Pastors. For the past several months, extensive catechism has been […]
The Long Journey of a Swiss Catholic to Orthodoxy
Pierre Haab, a Swiss former Catholic who was disappointed with his religion and was carried away by Buddhism, Hinduism and other screamingly “fashionable” Eastern teachings and who is now a subdeacon of the Orthodox Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross in Geneva, speaks about his conversion to Orthodoxy. by Aviv Saliu-Diallo —Can you tell us […]
A Journey from Western Christianity via Hinduism to Orthodoxy
What a path, through Hinduism to Orthodoxy and the True Faith! Fr. Nikon of New Skete [Mount Athos] remembers an Englishman who was troubled by his Church and went to India, Calcutta, in search of a genuine spiritual experience. He studied at the Hindu Faculty for four years, but still he did not find what […]
How A Hindu from Fiji Became An Orthodox Priest
By Fr. Barnabas Nair Greetings to all my beloved Orthodox Christians. I am Fr. Barnabas from Labasa, the second largest island in Fiji. I am taking the opportunity to convey to you how I found the truth in the Orthodox Church. When I first met His Eminence Mr. Amphilochios on my island Vanua Levu in […]