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A Jesuit Missionary’s Journey To Orthodoxy

September 25, 2010 By admin 3 Comments

by Fr. Leo Arrowsmith The Society of Jesus was my spiritual home for 24 years. 13 of those years were as a Jesuit missionary in Japan. Only after returning to the US and leaving the Jesuits to marry Denise Mason did I finally come into contact with Orthodoxy. It all started in my prayer closet […]

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Addressing Some Questions

June 29, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Part Five from the “Becoming Orthodox” blog. My friend Connie left the following comment and I thought I would address with a whole new post: I thought venerating icons meant kissing them? I don’t know, to me, Greek orthodoxy looks a lot like Catholicism by a different name and using different vocabulary. I am going […]

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My Conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy

June 11, 2010 By admin 2 Comments

As was St. Vladimir over a thousand years ago, I found myself deeply moved by the beauty and reverence of the Orthodox liturgy. The focus of the liturgy is quite clearly the worship of the awesome Creator before whom we stand in humble supplication, asking His mercy upon us. This was often in sharp contrast with the mood (though, to be fair, not necessarily with the theological understanding) of most Protestant church services which I had attended over the years where the latest programs (or fads) or preferences of the local minister too often dictated the format and style of the service.

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