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Only God truly knows the answer to this question. RCC and Orthodox are linked to the Church but as far as this humble Orthodox is concerned only the Orthodox have remained the Church as it is meant to be on Earth. I do not know if the RCC is "invalid" but I do believe it is in error.

Thanks for the replies, I'm certainly not going to between them and their priest. I just thought it odd but it seems it is more prevalent than I thought.

May I ask if this was at a Greek Orthodox Church?

He and his wife are inquirers into the Church and from online conversations they seem ready to be received into the Church eventually when their priest decides they are ready. What I don't understand is when I ask them if they are catechumens they keep responding that they are "essentially"...

I empathize with the OP. My mission church has been almost shut down twice by our parent OCA church and the priests from the OCA have advised myself and my wife to go instead to the Greek Orthodox church here in town just to have a stable church life. We made the switch and it has been rewarding.

Glad it went well for you!

Prayers for your children and for you.

There is only the one true Church why would you want to be a member of anything besides that? I do not believe it is possible to "serve two masters" by attending both an Orthodox and a Protestant church.

Thanks so much for sharing this. Updated my firefox with EO persona.

This thread needs to be closed. It was an obvious troll post that asked a "question" that has been more than answered at this point.

Same. I was gently chastised by a bishop just for starting to do that. He told me simply holding my hands correctly and asking for a blessing was enough.

one of the priests serving our former mission is now divorced. His wife left to become a Catholic and for another man. He is still serving but he can not remarry.

This times a dozen. Stop trying to flaunt your rejection. You knew the answer to this utterly laughable and transparent question before you even posed it.

Prayers going up.

Prayers of healing, St. Patrick and Blessed Theotokos add mine to yours, for your husband and prayers of thanksgiving and blessing for the grandchild.

You do not have to do so but it is given happily. We'll just chalk this up as a misunderstanding and leave it at that. :)

Thank you for the warm wishes. :wave: It is nice to see at least one female Orthodox Christian does not object to my posting here. :P (note smiley to indicate joke in case someone takes it the wrong way)

I agree. It is one of the reasons I seldom post these days.

Just to clarify it came across as saying that I had some truly ignorant beliefs about the Church, just like some other Protestants, but when I looked into the Church I found what I was looking for. I then added that I was praying others might do the same as I believe we are called to do as...

I think it would be wonderful if we could have a conclave with ecumenical powers with the RCC again but I wonder if it is possible for it to amount to anything substantial to heal the rift between us. Of course that is what prayer is for. :thumbsup: