Steelers safety Troy Polamalu opened his red leather-bound playbook to a dog-eared page. “The life of a man hangs by a hair,” he began reading in a voice as soft as falling snow. “At every step our life hangs in the balance.” It was three days before the Steelers’ A.F.C. divisional playoff game against the […]
JTO Award Winner!
Thanks to everyone who voted and made “Journey To Orthodoxy” the winner of the “Best Domestic Blog” Award given by the Eastern Christian New Media Awards. Since coming online 7 months ago, JTO has provided a variety of stories and articles for inquirers to the Orthodox faith, with plans to expand JTO in 2011, offering […]
Orthodoxy In China: Difficulties & Prospects
From Interfax (with a hat tip to John Sanidopoulos at Mystagogy, one of our favorite blogs) China is a country that isn’t associated with Orthodoxy, however, according to tradition, Christianity was preached here by the Apostle Thomas and Orthodoxy came to the Chinese land in the late 17th century when the Chinese Army captured Cossacks […]
Orthodoxy and Hawaiian Culture
Michael Odegaard explains the appeal of Eastern Orthodox Christianity for native Hawaiians. A convert to Orthodoxy who traces his Hawaiian lineage back 96 generations, he predicts a beautiful coming together of worlds as these two ancient cultures find each other. Orthodoxy and Hawaiian Culture
Converts to Orthodoxy increase, while converts to Islam decrease in Russia
Interfax – The percentage of Orthodox believers went up from 70% to 75% in Russia in 2009, reaching the highest level since the beginning of measurements, the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center told Interfax. When asked about their religious affiliation, 5% of the respondents named Islam (from 7% the year before), and less than 1% […]
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