The final installment of Julianna’s Journey. by Julianna By early 2012, I finally came to the conclusion that it didn’t matter what I agreed or disagreed with in Orthodoxy. Who was I, 2000 years removed from the source, to try and interpret or say what Christianity was? Who was I to say I disagreed with […]
Julianna’s Journey: Part Two
Part two of Julianna’s Journey, and another addition to our series on women who convert to Orthodoxy without their husbands. by Julianna In the fall of 2010 I was hanging out with my sister-in-law and our girl friends at a Barnes & Noble. She randomly said to all of us, “I’ve been thinking about and […]
Julianna’s Journey: Part One
More entries on our series for women who convert to Orthodoxy without their husbands. by Julianna I grew up in a family that didn’t really practice any religion. My father had grown up in the Roman Catholic Church and left as a teenager. My mother had grown up in the Southern Baptist tradition, but from a […]
On Going It Alone
by Angela Doll Carson Next in our series on women coming into the Orthodox faith without their husbands, this article is actually an excerpt from Chapter 9 of Angela’s book, Nearly Orthodox, which you can purchase from Ancient Faith Publishing, and from Amazon. Our thanks to Angela for allowing us to republish it. Buy her […]
A Major Minority: Converting without Your Spouse
This is the first of the articles we received after a call for stories about women who converted to Orthodoxy without their husbands, and the difficult, but surprisingly blessed, road they faced. by Emilia When I initially heard the call for stories of Orthodox women who are married and converted without their husbands, I was […]