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Two Magicians Baptized Orthodox Christians in Eastern Congo

August 6, 2015 By Fr. John 6 Comments

Thanks to Robert Arakaki for bringing this to our attention, and to Google translate for making it somewhat understandable. He is now called Theophane. After having assisted with the Orthodox Catechism in Bunia, East Congo, he had given us all a great surprise by abandoning all magical practices, that tied him to the devil and […]

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Magicians Who Converted to Christianity

October 12, 2012 By Fr. John 6 Comments

By John Sanidopoulos Throughout the history of Christianity, many magicians are recorded to have abandoned their ancient art and accepted the Christian faith, not because magic was found to be “fake” or “debunked”, but because they came to believe that in the eternal light of truth of the Triune God what they thought had spiritual […]

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