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The Sunday Morning Show

September 24, 2013 By Fr. John 10 Comments

From Jeremiah at the Orthodox Road blog Upon my first visit in an Orthodox Church, I remember thinking that it was a bit too ceremonial and flashy.  There were fancy vestments worn by the priest, candles burning, incense being flung about in a censer, icons painted on the wall, and a procession around the inside […]

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The First Steps of Orthodoxy in Rwanda

August 29, 2013 By Fr. John 2 Comments

by Julia Bridget Haye With the Grace of God and following the strenuous efforts and prayers of his Eminence Innocent Bishop of Burundi and Rwanda, the first steps of the Orthodox Church in Rwanda began. On Saturday 17 -8-2013, His Eminence accompanied by Fr George Schinas and hierodeacon Nektarios Stogiannis and a team from the […]

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Axios! Afrikaans Culture Award for Two Orthodox Priests

August 26, 2013 By Fr. John 5 Comments

From the Khanya blog. Yesterday we went to the Voortrekker Monument for a ceremony in which two Orthodox priests, Fr Zacharias van Wyk and Fr Kobus van der Riet, were given special awards for their contribution to Afrikaans literature and culture by translating Orthodox liturgical texts into Afrikaans. The awards were made at an event […]

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Former Taliban from Afghanistan Baptized on Mount Athos

August 18, 2013 By Fr. John 10 Comments

All these years after work I would go to the outside of the churches in the beginning – something was pulling me there – and afterwards I began to enter within. I would become calm. As my Greek was getting better, I wanted to know more about Christ. I found a New Testament, however it was in a language I did not understand [Koine Greek]. Eventually I found a blue one in the Greek I had learned. I began to read it. I decided that I wanted to become a Christian.

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Muslims, News Tagged With: convert, Mt. Athos, orthodox, taliban

Texas Christians Practice the Orthodox Faith

August 3, 2013 By Fr. John 11 Comments

By Angela Ward  Ask most East Texans about the major divisions of Christianity and their response will probably mention only two of the three: Roman Catholics and Protestants. The third branch of Christianity, Eastern Orthodox, is relatively unknown in most of the southern United States, but that’s beginning to change. The Rev. John Mikita, pastor […]

Filed Under: Baptists, Featured, Latest Stories, News Tagged With: baptist, christian, convert, orthdox, Texas, Tyler

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