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Definitely agree that there is a gap between Orthodoxy as it is and people who are looking at it from the outside...particularly having been vaccinated by a diluted Christianity. Protestantism has helped us when it comes to reaching out - it's allowed people to come half-prepared, and it's...

My humble pie recipe is so much better.

I've had the experience of full-time priests and of second-job priests (if I may call them that), and I have to say that the life of a second-job priest is amazingly difficult. To me, it seems like a failure in stewardship for a parish to not support its priest at all. A parish has to have a...

Pray. A lot. Fast. Give to non-profits (charity or church doesn't really matter) - if you don't have money, give time. Talk to your spiritual father. Keep praying. Visit a monastery. Consider if this is the life for you. If the answer is 'kinda' and you're unconvinced, visit a different...

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Beautiful. I wish more families did (or were able to do) this.

IMHO... I had to think about this - particularly since I did education (where spending time in a country town is, well, more likely than not) - so my suggestions are ones that I would give anyone in a similar circumstance. There's a couple of avenues that I would have considered, but the...

Current practise, at least in this part of Australia, is that when Catholics and mainline Protestants (e.g. Anglican, Lutheran, Uniting [Methodist/Presbyterian], etc) are received, they are: - Greek Orthodox, Antiochian Orthodox, OCA: Chrismated - ROCOR (and possibly Serbian Orthodox): Baptised...

I'd have a lot more sympathy for Michael's position if it weren't for the fact that my country, Australia, has only recently /had/ English speaking parishes. I used to travel 90-120mins, through two cities, every week, on Sunday mornings, using public transport to get to an English-speaking...

Distance? We commune Christ every week - tasting and touching Him. That's quite the opposite of distant! There is no necessary contradiction between dancing, laughing and consuming alcohol and Godliness. As you pointed out, Jesus did the latter of these things; considering that He was around...

Just a note about that - he's since been ordained to the priesthood in January this year, and has recently begun doing services :D

Buzuxi02 - A very common sentiment, but I question your sources. Patriarch Meletios Metaxakis claimed Chalcedon 28 for interpreting rest of the world as 'barbarian lands' (!!!) to Constantinople, but it did not originate with him - as can be seen by Constantinople's gifting of the diaspora to...

That's true for many people, but not true for all. Sometimes the logical defence is necessary in order to take the pull seriously. Need I chuck out a 'become all things to all, that by all means some might be saved' paraphrase?

Just for what it's worth... I converted to Orthodoxy years ago, and subsequently did a degree in Philosophy and Ethics. People (some Orthodox, some not) would ask me how I coped with the tension of studying Philosophy and having an Orthodox faith. I didn't know how to answer them, because I...

Hey all, An introductory message - I'm Andrew, an Orthodox Christian living on the east coast of Australia...heard a lot about forums from a couple of Orthodox on here, thought I might sign up and see what the fuss was about :) I've been Orthodox for a few years now (chrismated 2002)...