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Eastern Orthodoxy Lures Western Seekers

July 20, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

By Uwe Siemon-Netto If you stand on the shores of Lake Michigan and watch a man with a long gray mane and beard labor on sailing boats, don’t automatically assume that he’s an aging flower child. He may just be Father Luke, an orthodox cleric, trying to make ends meet. Luke, 58, could not even […]

Filed Under: JTO Blog, News Tagged With: converts, Fr. Luke Nelson, Fr. Peter Gillquist, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Jarislav Pelikan, orthodoxy, U.S.

Ancient Rhythm

May 30, 2010 By admin 5 Comments

By Robin Galiano Russell Converts to Orthodoxy are drawn by its unchanging nature, aesthetic beauty and spiritual mystery Orthodox churchgoers line up at the end of service to kiss the cross being held by Father David Hovik in Arlington, Wash. After six months of catechism studies, Hovik and 104 members of the independent Grace Community […]

Filed Under: Parish Conversions Tagged With: convert, Frederica Mathewes-Green, independent Grace Community Church, orthodoxy

 



 

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