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  1. Abel Gkiouzelis

    St Tryphon of Petsamo Othodox Mission in Kirkenes, Norway - An Eastern Orthodox Μonastery in Norway

    Kirkenes, Norway Saint Tryphon of Petsamo Othodox Mission in Kirkenes, Norway An Eastern Orthodox Μonastery in Norway Holy Trifon Skita is the first and still the only Orthodox monestary in Norway. “Skita” is a term used for a special form of a monestary. In our situation, the term...
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    Eastern Orthodox priest survives tropical hell of Papua New Guinea

    Eastern Orthodox priest survives tropical hell of Papua New Guinea Archpriest Nikolai Nesprava is known in as “extreme father.” In the summer of this year, he traveled to the jungle of Papua New Guinea. The priest wanted to get acquainted with the life of aboriginal people, who live under the...
  3. 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
  4. 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...
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    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...
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    Creation: Genesis contradictions? - by Don Batten

    Genesis contradictions? by Don Batten Between the creation of Adam and the creation of Eve, the KJV/AV Bible says (Genesis 2:19) ‘out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air’. On the surface, this seems to say that the land beasts and birds were...
  7. Abel Gkiouzelis

    “Stop following me! We’re not related!”

    Source: LETTERS “Stop following me! We’re not related!”
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    Yoga and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Are They Compatible? - Dr. Christine Mangala, India

    Yoga and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Are They Compatible? Dr. Christine Mangala, India Dr. Christine Mangala was raised in India and brought up a devout Hindu. Her family was close to one of India’s leading Hindu gurus and teachers. Now an Eastern Orthodox Christian writer and teacher, she...
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    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...
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    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
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    The Vikings in Newfoundland: Canada’s first Eastern Orthodox parish? - by Fr. Geoffrey Korz

    The Vikings in Newfoundland: Canada’s first Eastern Orthodox parish? by Fr. Geoffrey Korz The tiny community of L’Anse aux Meadows at the far northern tip of Newfoundland is distinguished among Canadian heritage sites as the oldest European settlement in Canada. Scarcely... Read more
  13. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Mission on the White Continent: Αn Interview with Hieromonk Pavel Gelyastanov

    Mission on the White Continent: Αn Interview with Hieromonk Pavel Gelyastanov We often complain about life: Public transport is really annoying… Where are all these people going anyway?… We’ve had enough of this rain… Why is this heat so unbearable?… What do they want me to... Read more
  14. Abel Gkiouzelis

    These Truths we hold - The Holy Eastern Orthodox Church: Her Life & Teachings

    These Truths We Hold The Holy Eastern Orthodox Church: Her Life and Teachings by St Tikhon's Monastery & Press, Pennsylvania, USA The following articles on Orthodoxy are from the book, These Truths We Hold – The Holy Orthodox Church: Her Life and... Read more
  15. 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
  16. Abel Gkiouzelis

    Orthodoxy Is - Orthodox College Students Respond “What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?” - Video

    Orthodoxy Is Orthodox College Students Respond “What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?”
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    Video - The Sound of Divine Steps in Ghana & Ivory Coast - From Protestantism to Orthodoxy

    The Sound of Divine Steps in Ghana & Ivory Coast
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    Rejoice, St Sunniva of Island of Selje in Norway & St Eithne (Ethenia) of Isle of Jura in Scotland

    Rejoice, Saint Sunniva of Island of Selje in Norway & Saint Eithne of Isle of Jura in Scotland! Saint Sunniva was a princess who... Read more
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    Abel-Tasos Gkiouzelis: How I became Orthodox - From Protestantism & atheism to Orthodoxy

    Abel-Tasos Gkiouzelis: How I became Orthodox From Protestantism & atheism to Orthodoxy Hi my dear friends! My name is Abel-Tasos Gkiouzelis (Abel Gkiouzelis) and I will tell you about my conversion from the Protestantism and atheism to Eastern Orthodox Church! :) I was born in... Read more
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    The Church NEVER apostatized - Explorer of the Truth, Manolis Kalomiris

    The Church NEVER apostatized by Explorer of the Truth Manolis Kalomiris We shall present some of the assertions of these religious groups: “The devil began to introduce dogmatic changes, as of Emperor Constantine’s time, deceiving quite a few... Read more