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Welcome to CF, even if I do mostly hang out on One Bread, one Body these days.I had never heard of Orthodoxy until my husband was in Korea with the US military and was introduced it. He then shared it with me and for the first year I refuted the thought of it, due to my upbringing in the Protestant faith. After he was stationed back state side and started going to an Orthodox church I then took interest and went with him. About 5 months later I too became an Orthodox Christian!
hi, i'm a kid here....and i'm Othodox since birth and i live in America..... do U got to the teens section at all?Hello everyone! Just like Marius, I was baptised in the Orthodox Church of Romania when I was very young, so I didn't need to convert.
I knew a priest, from my city (Bucharest), who is probably the best priest I've ever met, and I was helping him inside the altar, so I spent a lot of time in the church some years ago. I was dressing in some special clothes and helped him with candles and holding his books, etc. But this is not so important.
I am member on another big forum (100,000+ members) since 2005, and I was very surprised by the number of atheists there, which seem to be 70% of the members. There was a time really not wrong ago when I was spiritually confused, being afraid by what's going to be after death, etc.
On that forum however, in the Off-Topic section, a certain category of threads, "Ask a...." threads, are very popular. And I was browsing through one of those threads, "Ask a Muslim". In there was a guy from the USA who labeled himself as "fundamental Muslim". He started every post of his with "Hello, Brother [user name]". I was extremely pleased by his view on the world, tolerance and everything. This lighted up in me a certain wish of tolerance, good will, and religion. I was then browsing through the Internet trying to convince me not all the forums are dominated by atheists. One of the results of my serches led me here, and I am convinced that not all forums are dominated by atheists. On that forum, I am a hunted minority, everyone is mocking me and laughing at my belief. So here I am. I have hope that the world is not going to lose the greatest thing it still has: religion. And I am willing to post and dedicate a certain part of my time to prove this.
After finding this forum I was looking through this topic and I found it extremely interesting so I decided to make my first post here.
I have never labeled myself as anything else than an Eastern Orthodox Christian, however as I mentioned above there have been times when I was not so sure of the truth. Now I am, and I hope this will last for the rest of my life. (you can see I am very young, for this kind of forum especially)
About myself: my name is Mircea (male!); I am from Bucharest, Romania (and I proudly say it's one of the most Eastern Orthodox countries in the world, being the country with the highest percent of Christians in Europe); I am 15 years old, which I think is young for this kind of forum, and have always been a religious person, even though in the past year I had some unfounded doubts about Christianity. I can only hope God will forgive me. Fortunately I went past this period, for ever, I hope. Maybe God took care of me.
This forum seems a very nice place. Maybe sometime, I'll be active here.
Dear Kool Kat,hi, i'm a kid here....and i'm Othodox since birth and i live in America..... do U got to the teens section at all?
Welcome to TAW.It is like watching an opera about Lord Jesus.
oooh. I love that!!!!!!!!!My conversion began with loving a Greek man. And then Marrying him....and God did all the rest on His own. When I have the "Orixy" to write it, I will...but to say the least, it is a fascinating journey, a thought provoking journey and a spirit filled journey!!! Amen!!!!
i don't know how to do that.....Dear Kool Kat,
You can start a thread for Orthodox Teens here at TAW. There is no rule against it and you will find that we do have quite a lot of Orthodox Teens and also teens who are inquiring into Orthodoxy.
Will the Teen section allow you to link here to TAW?
I have recently joined CF due to the persuasions of a friend, so I thought it meet and right to present my introduction to my fellow Orthodox. Briefly, I am a former Southern Baptist, Charasmatic, Non-Denominational and Emergent Church devotee. It seems that most convert stories are similar, so I wont beat the dead horse. In search for the historic church, I did my research in the fathers and the history of the church and now I am Orthodox and have not looked back. I am open to any questions, comments , BLESSINGS, you may have.
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