did anyone else notice...

[ArmyMatt]

that our dear sister Anhelyna's faith has changed? seems someone isn't a guest here anymore....

welcome home!

 

[All4Christ]

Yes I am so happy for you @Anhelyna welcome home!!!

 

[Anhelyna]

Thank you

Wednesday was the day - in our wonderful little Chapel here in Glasgow. I was surrounded by this wonderful little Community here - a mixture of Russians , Greeks, Romanians and now Ukrainians

I'm now a member of the only English language Orthodox Church here in Scotland - and I have to admit I'm still a bit stunned by it all.

 

[RobNJ]

Well, welcome home!! Ya spent enough time, with one foot in the door!

 

[Jesus4Madrid]

that our dear sister Anhelyna's faith has changed? seems someone isn't a guest here anymore....

welcome home!

Glory to God! Welcome home!

 

[~Anastasia~]

Glory to God!!!!!!

 

[FenderTL5]

welcome!

 

[Platina]

Glory to God! Would love to hear what brought you to Orthodoxy, if you don't mind.

 

[Anhelyna]

Oh my - now that's a very long complicated and slow journey. From the age of 11 I was exposed to Icons at my RC School and I really appreciated them - the wonder that was in each of them.

I slowly went from Protestant Churches to the 'high' Anglican Church and very slowly to the RC Church - then to the Ukrainian Greko Catholic Church , learning how to chant in Ukrainian [ I don't speak it ] and finally after many years I found a little welcoming Community of Orthodox Christians who used English - and I got , for want of a better word , 'hooked'. I'm told that during that first Liturgy in English there was a huge grin on my face - at last it wasn't a struggle to take part in this wonderful Celebration.

I'm now very very happy and my journey to Christ continues

 

[~Anastasia~]

Glory to God! Would love to hear what brought you to Orthodoxy, if you don't mind.

Oh my - now that's a very long complicated and slow journey. From the age of 11 I was exposed to Icons at my RC School and I really appreciated them - the wonder that was in each of them.

I slowly went from Protestant Churches to the 'high' Anglican Church and very slowly to the RC Church - then to the Ukrainian Greko Catholic Church , learning how to chant in Ukrainian [ I don't speak it ] and finally after many years I found a little welcoming Community of Orthodox Christians who used English - and I got , for want of a better word , 'hooked'. I'm told that during that first Liturgy in English there was a huge grin on my face - at last it wasn't a struggle to take part in this wonderful Celebration.

I'm now very very happy and my journey to Christ continues

Don't let her fool you. If I may say so, dear sister Anhelyna, you were "Orthodox" in a sense long before it was officially completed. I'm just so happy for you to see you completely a part of your community now. What a blessing!

 

[Anhelyna]

Oh - I'll admit I was on the Orthodox side , if you see what I mean , of Eastern Catholicism for a long time.

My GodPapa laughed at me once as I was heading to one of our Orthodox Parishes here and, as I knew everything would be in Slavonic I reckoned I'd stand out like a sore thumb . He just laughed at me and agreed - but said it would be because I knew how to behave - head covered , get there in good time and just behave as I normally did when at the various Orthodox Churches I'd been to before

 

[ArmyMatt]

and, being someone who had discussed this journey with Anhelyna, I been holding my tongue for a looooong time

 

[prodromos]

This is me ---->
I can barely contain my joy at the news. Welcome home dear sister

 

[Anhelyna]

and, being someone who had discussed this journey with Anhelyna, I been holding my tongue for a looooong time

And he's not been the only one

 

[Dorothea]

Thank you

Wednesday was the day - in our wonderful little Chapel here in Glasgow. I was surrounded by this wonderful little Community here - a mixture of Russians , Greeks, Romanians and now Ukrainians

I'm now a member of the only English language Orthodox Church here in Scotland - and I have to admit I'm still a bit stunned by it all.

How wonderful! Welcome home!

 

[S.ilvio]

Just popping in as a feeble Catholic to congratulate my dear friend Anhelyna on her entry into the Orthodox Church.

As you lot know, she is a shining example of 'living the Faith' and has a wicked sense of humour to go with it...

 

[Anhelyna]

Ah - thanks - but I've now got a pile of new folk to keep an eye on me. There's a certain priest who has a very wicked twinkle in his eye at times , who is watching me very carefully and has told GodPapa he is still to 'deal' with me when necessary

 

[S.ilvio]

Keeping you in line really is a two man job...

 

[ArmyMatt]

And he's not been the only one

nope, I sure wasn't

 

[Jesus4Madrid]

Oh - I'll admit I was on the Orthodox side , if you see what I mean , of Eastern Catholicism for a long time.

My GodPapa laughed at me once as I was heading to one of our Orthodox Parishes here and, as I knew everything would be in Slavonic I reckoned I'd stand out like a sore thumb . He just laughed at me and agreed - but said it would be because I knew how to behave - head covered , get there in good time and just behave as I normally did when at the various Orthodox Churches I'd been to before

This is sort of like our parents officially adopting the girl that we all considered a sister.