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25th October 2009, 05:07 AM
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Reps: 211,131,165,905,273,728 (power: 211,131,165,905,290) | | Originally Posted by ortho_cat  Of course. Alcohol and anything church related is very foreign to me. I grew up in a family where no one drank. If they saw someone from our church at a restaurant having a drink, (or heaven forbid, the pastor!!!) they would be declared anathema. 
One of my friends at church loves to invite his Protestant friends to Pascha mostly because they can see our priests and deacon sitting on lawn chairs in the shade of a tree with a bottle of beer in hand! 
They sometimes think "oh my gosh, those heretics!" I sometimes think, "oh my gosh, this just looks funny!" 
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Reps: 3,970,695,482 (power: 3,970,700) | | Originally Posted by E.C. One of my friends at church loves to invite his Protestant friends to Pascha mostly because they can see our priests and deacon sitting on lawn chairs in the shade of a tree with a bottle of beer in hand!
They sometimes think "oh my gosh, those heretics!"
Well, I fully understand those who will consider holding a bottle of beer IN YOUR HANDS heretic. It gets warm and warm beer is  |
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25th October 2009, 06:46 PM
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But back on topic.
It is probably not the best idea to invite our protestant friends to Pascha as their first visit because it is such a long service, and it is so late at night. However, I have heard of some Protestants who did visit their first Orthodox Church on Pascha, and they were very impressed. It beat their little dawn service.
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25th October 2009, 06:51 PM
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But back on topic.
It is probably not the best idea to invite our protestant friends to Pascha as their first visit because it is such a long service, and it is so late at night. However, I have heard of some Protestants who did visit their first Orthodox Church on Pascha, and they were very impressed. It beat their little dawn service.
Almost like Pascha says, "I'll get you my pretty and your little dawn service too!"
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25th October 2009, 08:55 PM
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But back on topic.
It is probably not the best idea to invite our protestant friends to Pascha as their first visit because it is such a long service, and it is so late at night. However, I have heard of some Protestants who did visit their first Orthodox Church on Pascha, and they were very impressed. It beat their little dawn service.
I brought a curious friend to the 2006 Pascha service (it was his first Orthodox service). He absolutely loved it. 3 1/2 years later and he's been experimenting with a Greek and a Russian church somewhere in Cali. I'm very curious to see where that leads.
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17th December 2009, 06:15 AM
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Yeah, Gillquist is the first Orthodox writer I read when pondering Orthodoxy. I should have picked up Kallistos Ware's: "The Orthodox Church" first, though as I come from a liturgical background. I'm converting from the Church of Rome, so the meaning and symbology concerning the use of incense and the justification for liturgical worship are all familiar ground for me. Furthermore, I like the Othrodox website: Orthodoxy in America - About Orthodoxy
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Reps: 96,125,339,071,196,160 (power: 96,125,339,071,198) | | Originally Posted by Ave Maria Hi everyone.  Why are Protestants typically more attracted to the Orthodox Church than they are to the Catholic Church? 
because the bible, the sacraments, and tradition is very important in the orthodox church. very little has changed in orthodoxy whether in liturgy or theology. while in catholicism, they make up rules, cannons, and regulations as they go along. there is no consistency. plus... its very biblically based. even the icons are in line with biblical teachings because they aren't statues or 3-D images like in the roman catholic church.
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Reps: 616,791,049,211,254,656 (power: 616,791,049,211,258) | | Originally Posted by E.C. One of my friends at church loves to invite his Protestant friends to Pascha mostly because they can see our priests and deacon sitting on lawn chairs in the shade of a tree with a bottle of beer in hand!
They sometimes think "oh my gosh, those heretics!" I sometimes think, "oh my gosh, this just looks funny!"
And this is why Reformed Protestants convert so easily to Eastern Orthodoxy Just have pipes and cigars available and whole Reformed churches will start converting (oh wait! Some have!!!)
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