Thanks to the faithful support and good suggestions of our readers, Journey To Orthodoxy has added a Testimonials section. Under the “About JTO” tab now can be found a Testimonials page, and a Submit A Testimonial page for submitting your own words of testimony about JTO. The best advertising is word of mouth, and in […]
Personal Testimony of Fr Seraphim Holland
by Fr. Seraphim Holland I am a convert to Orthodoxy, and the next Holy Saturday (in 1996) will be the 16th anniversary of my baptism. I am an Orthodox priest, having been ordained just before Great Lent, this year (1995) after having been a deacon for 5 years. I am married, and have four children, […]
The Father Of Lights
He said “But I’m going to kill you!” I said “In a minute, there’s plenty of time. You can do it when we’ve finished our game of backgammon.”
Moving East: Part Two
by Phil Silouan Thompson I read on from the earliest Fathers into the third and fourth centuries — Irenaeus, Athanasius, Basil. Where was the break I was expecting? Where was the change from congregational democracy and unstructured charismatic worship, to liturgical, hierarchical religion? That change was nowhere to be found; instead, it looked more like […]
Renowned Protestant Pastor Converts His Community to Orthodoxy
Irkutsk, 5 April 2010, Interfax – Pastor Igor Zyryanov from the Irkutsk Region, after 18 years of working at Protestant meetings and two years of pastoral missionary work, converted to Orthodoxy together with his family and community. “It wasn’t easy for us, but now and in the future we will further study and follow the […]