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Not trying to downplay your negative experiences, but I love our ROCOR parish and priest so this hurts my heart a little. Every jurisdiction has both wonderful and not so wonderful priests. I’m sorry you’ve heard negative things about your local ROCOR priest. Ours is one of the kindest, most...

We’ve never been into Halloween parties, I’ve never been interested in dressing up myself so I’ve avoided the problem of how trashy a lot of women’s costumes are, etc. So for us Halloween equals just trick or treating.

We are new to Christianity and my older kids are already feeling stressed about us going to church, so I would never consider using it church as a reason to take away something they love. But in my experience, trick or treating is harmless and fun. It’s time spent as a family outside, the kids...

I’ve had past experiences in a church where I didn’t understand the language (Greek) and couldn’t find a parish that used English. It’s hard, and I hope that isn’t the situation you are in! Like everyone else said hopefully you can find a church that does the liturgy in English, but that could...

Lord, have mercy!

Lord, have mercy!

weird, the Matushka at each of the churches we’ve attended has gone out of her way to bring some to my family. We are catechumens, but this started before we became catechumens. I also remember my brother giving me some the first time I was in an Orthodox Church, many years ago. He was a deacon...

We went to a wonderful church today. The priest and his wife were so kind and welcoming, the choir was amazing, there were so many kids, and the first family we met mentioned that they had a year-long catechism with the priest there and have been very happy there. Plus this family lives right...

Lord, have mercy!

This sounds wonderful to me!

Thank you all very much!

For any adult converts to Orthodoxy- what was your catechism like? How long were you a catechumen? Did you have classes, meet with your priest outside of Sundays after the DL, books you were encouraged to read, etc? I would also be curious to know if there are jurisdictional differences in this...

Thanks!

Which of Fr Seraphim’s works would you all recommend I start with? I read a short essay by him online a while back (can’t remember the name) but I loved it. I’d like to try one of his books.

Welcome!

This really resonates with me. I’m wholly unqualified to offer any real input on this subject, as I’m brand new to Christianity, let alone Orthodoxy. But the idea of trusting God in this regard speaks to me on a very personal level. Years back, my husband and I made the decision to not have any...

I haven’t read most of these books yet, but I LOVED Let Us Attend. I thought it was really informative and interesting, though maybe it would be less so for those who know more already. But it definitely helped me to better understand what is going on during the liturgy.

I’m very interested in this as well! We’ve chosen St Alexis for my son when he gets baptized in a couple months :)

Definitely!