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  1. dzheremi

    LDS Mormonism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: A Comparison (~2 hrs)

    Ancient Faith Today: Mormonism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity In the spirit of previous threads I've made concerning Mormonism and Scientology, I wanted to share this podcast featuring two Eastern Orthodox Christians who were formerly connected to Mormonism (one a cradle Mormon and the other...
  2. S

    Entrance to Salvation?

    Hello, I am very confused; for almost one year now I thought I was saved, but recently began doubting whether or not my conversion experience was real. I struggled with doubt for a week or so, and began seeking after answers about salvation. Not knowing if I was saved, I became very grieved...
  3. Coming Home

    Athanasius Yoo, M.D., B.D., Korea: Why I Became An Eastern Orthodox Christian

    Athanasius Yoo, M.D., B.D., Korea: Why I Became An Eastern Orthodox Christian My long pilgrimage to the Mother Church has been completed. As I think back over the long road of this pilgrimage, I become filled with deep emotion. For by the grace of God, I, a stray sheep, have found the... >>>...
  4. Coming Home

    Surprised By Christ: Priest’s Conversion from Judaism to Christianity Documented in New Memoir

    Fr. James Bernstein, N. York: Surprised By Christ Priest’s Conversion from Judaism to Christianity Documented in New Memoir Conciliar Press Ministries is pleased to announce the release of a new spiritual memoir of a man’s conversion from Judaism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Raised in...
  5. Coming Home

    Dr. Pelikan, Chicago: Lutheran Scholar Converts To Orthodoxy

    Dr. Pelikan, Chicago, Illinois Lutheran Scholar Converts To Orthodoxy I first met Dr. Pelikan at, of all places, an All American Council. I had just come down from Alaska, and stood a lonely outpost in front of the diocese of Alaska table, waiting for some of my brethren from the 49th state...
  6. Abel Gkiouzelis

    From Texas Baptist to Orthodox Saint? - By Terry Mattingly

    From Texas Baptist to Orthodox Saint? by Terry Mattingly Wherever bishops travel, churches plan lavish banquets and other solemn tributes to honor their... Read more
  7. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Jim & Nancy Forest: Becoming Orthodox - From USA to Netherlands, from Protestantism to Orthodoxy

    Becoming Orthodox by Jim Forest I am sometimes asked how the son of atheist parents ended up not only a Christian but a member of the Orthodox Church. In fact it wasn’t so big a leap as it sounds. For starters my parents weren’t people for whom atheism was a religion unto itself. Their...
  8. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Nilus Stryker, San Francisco: Through the Eastern Gate - From Yoga & Buddhism to Orthodoxy

    Through The Eastern Gate Nilus Stryker, San Francisco, California, USA From Yoga & Buddhism to Orthodoxy Nilus Stryker, San Francisco, California, USA: 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...
  9. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Father Simeon de la Jara from Peru: On a righteous path from Peru to Mount Athos, Greece

    Father Simeon de la Jara from Peru: On a righteous path from Peru to Mount Athos, Greece When Miguel Angel de la Jara Higgingson was seven, his mother had a vision. She sensed that her son would some day leave her for a “far away place, like an island, there where people of solitude lived who...
  10. Abel Gkiouzelis

    The path of the Native American Mohawk’s Chief Frank Natawe led him to the bosom of Orthodoxy

    CANADA: THE PASSING OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN MOHAWK’S CHIEF FRANK NATAWE (1927-2000) Here is the story of Frank Natawe an American Native Mohawk’s Chief (1927-2000) who lived and died as an Orthodox Christian (Eastern Orthodox Church), at the same time defending his tribe’s tradition. He even...
  11. Abel Gkiouzelis

    5,000 Native Americans baptized Eastern Orthodox Christians in Mexico

    The conversation published below took place in early December 2009, during the visit of Metropolitan Jonah (OCA) to Russia to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Moscow representation of the Orthodox Church in America, and is devoted to the activities of the... Read more
  12. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Number of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Ireland doubled over 5 years╰⊰ Báidín Fheilimí – Video

    Number of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Ireland doubled over five years According to the latest 2011 census there are over 45 thousand Orthodox Christians in Ireland, reports Interfax-Religion. This figure is two times larger than... Read more
  13. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Fr. Seraphim Bell, Scotland & USA: "I became Orthodox for one reason: Obedience to the Truth" -Video

    Fr. Seraphim Bell, Scotland & USA: "I became Orthodox for one reason: Obedience to the Truth"
  14. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Video - The Sound of Divine Steps in Ghana & Ivory Coast - From Protestantism to Orthodoxy

    The Sound of Divine Steps in Ghana & Ivory Coast
  15. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Video - Klaus Kenneth, Germany: Born to Hate, Reborn to Love - From atheism to Orthodoxy

    Klaus Kenneth, Germany: Born to Hate, Reborn to Love From atheism to Orthodoxy (English – Greek)