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Former Taliban from Afghanistan Baptized on Mount Athos

August 18, 2013 By Fr. John 10 Comments

All these years after work I would go to the outside of the churches in the beginning – something was pulling me there – and afterwards I began to enter within. I would become calm. As my Greek was getting better, I wanted to know more about Christ. I found a New Testament, however it was in a language I did not understand [Koine Greek]. Eventually I found a blue one in the Greek I had learned. I began to read it. I decided that I wanted to become a Christian.

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Muslims, News Tagged With: convert, Mt. Athos, orthodox, taliban

Hollywood, Jesus and the Monks of Mount Athos: A Conversation with Actor Jonathan Jackson

October 8, 2012 By Fr. John 2 Comments

By Tony Rossi It’s not that unusual for an actor to thank God when winning an award. It was a first, however, when Jonathan Jackson thanked “the monks of Mount Athos for ceaselessly praying for the life of the world” while accepting his fifth Daytime Emmy for his role as Lucky Spencer on “General Hospital.” […]

Filed Under: Other Christians Tagged With: convert, Jonathan Jackson, Mt. Athos, orthodox

Protestant Baptized Orthodox on Mt. Athos

August 23, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

On Saturday August 8th, 2009 at the Sacred Monastery of Docheiariou on the Holy Mountain, in a touching atmosphere, a German by the name of Dominik Weiel, a 40 year old Geologist, abandoned Protestantism and was baptized Orthodox taking on the name Michael. For a place not known for its technological advancement, it is interesting […]

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