Testimonies/Journeys

“I’ve heard young people are joining the Orthodox Church. Why would they do that? It’s so old.” -Anonymous My personal journey to Eastern Orthodoxy began on a 6-week trip to Ireland. While there, I heard horrific stories: Catholic monks and priests murdered by Puritan soldiers, children molested b

From: http://deathtotheworld.com/articles/the-impossibility-of-aloneness-when-christ-found-me-in-the-himalayas/ I’m an Orthodox Christian living in Homer, Alaska and experienced Jesus Christ in the Himalayas, in India. I listen to the heartbeat of rain outside… Cold, Alaskan fog blowing in off t

http://www.wenorthodox.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BAPTIST-PREACHER-GOES-TO-CHURCH-Gordon-Atkinson.pdf The surprising story of a Baptist preacher's first (and second) visits to the Orthodox Church.

From the Free Republic website: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3279461/posts March 31, 2015 | Kathleen and Kevin-Neil Ward When I was young, there was nothing worse for a church than to be “traditional”. We stripped back the liturgy, swapped the organ for a drum-kit, and replaced the

Fr. Seraphim Bell Things have been shaking at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in San Jose, California. Worship here has taken on a whole new dimension. As pastor, I still prepare for worship by focusing my heart through private prayer. But no longer do I conclude those prayers by tuning my guita

http://www.wenorthodox.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HINDUISM-JAINISM_TO_ORTHODOXY-AN-INDIAN-PASSAGE.pdf

http://www.wenorthodox.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HINDUISM-JAINISM_TO_ORTHODOXY-AN-INDIAN-PASSAGE.pdf A nontheistic religion founded in India in the 6th century BC by the Jina Vardhamana Mahavira as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox Brahmanism, and still practiced there. The Jain rel

The compelling story of a Franciscan monk's journey from the Roman Church to the Orthodox Church. When he is unable to get adequate answers from his spiritual father, he seeks answers from the Church Fathers (though he is told not to read them, but only to read the pronouncements of Popes). This

I had been a Buddhist for ten years. I was ordained after seven years of study with my teacher in a small family line of the Nyingma Lineage of Vajarayana (Tibetan ) Buddhism. I had a Spiritual Master in that lineage whom I loved and still love. He was, and continues to be an example of kindness in

I had been a Buddhist for ten years. I was ordained after seven years of study with my teacher in a small family line of the Nyingma Lineage of Vajarayana (Tibetan ) Buddhism. I had a Spiritual Master in that lineage whom I loved and still love. He was, and continues to be an example of kindness in