Militants of TAW starting January 2006 (Introduction Thread)

[Oblio]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Christian: Christopher, ND May 6
Secular: Chris(topher)

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

OCA - Diocese of the South, Archbishop +DMITRI

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)

Convert, Tonsured Reader

ex Southern Baptist, raised UCC Congregationalist

4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc

Married: Wife Alexandra
Children: Anna, Loukas (due Feb 2) Step Children: Kristen,David,Erin
Education: BSEE
Occupation: Keyboard pounder, currently hacking embedded z8000,z8 assembly.

 

[Emmanuel-A]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

My user name and real name are the same : Emmanuel. My nameday is Christmas.

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

I'm in a Moscow Patriarchate (ROC) parish in Paris (diocese of Chersonese under Mgr Innocent). It follows the NC though.

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer

Convert. I was accepted in the Church last april (2005) on Lazarus Saturday.

I was raised a roman catholic, forgot about christianity between the ages of about 15 and 25 and tried different things, then rediscoverd it in the Orthodox church, without bias this time.

4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc

I'm single, have master's degree in accounting and finance and work in a bank. I study theology at St Sergius Institute. I like history, literature, gastronomy among other things and am involved in a charity that helps children of monoparental families.

 

[Petronius]

Here are the questions that you can quote and answer for ease:
1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Real names: Petronius Nicolae, Nicolae is the Romanian for Nicholas so this is my Saint name too. So I am Romanian.




2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Romanian Orthodox hurch, but because I live now in Prague, Czechia, I am attending the Orthodox Church in the Czech lands and Slovakia.

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen,

Latin Craddle Orthodox

4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc.

Married, my wife is Czech. We married in 1987 in an Orthodox Church in Romania and several years later she officially converted to Orthodoxy.
No children for natural reasons, but a nice pet, Havanese bichon.
I am hadji, I've been in pilgrimage in the Holy Land. We were received by the late Patriarch of Jerusalem, Diodoros.

I am running my own company, selling aircraft parts and started to build small airplanes in Romania with an American, who got serious health problems after all was set up and ready to start. We cope now a lot with the situation, but there are some serious hopes and with God's help we hope to live soon better times.

 

[Spyridon]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Steve; Spyridon 12/12

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

OCA Diocese of the South


3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)

Convert: Chrismated 12/19/04
Grew up Fundamentalist, Independent Baptist; Traveled thru Presbyterianism and Lutheranism to get to Orthodoxy.

4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

Married w/ 2 children
Pembroke Welsh corgi dog; 2 cats
Hobbies: reading, flyfishing, gettig into woodworking

Working to establish an Orthodox mission in our town.

 

[Photini]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)
4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

Thanks.

My baptismal name is Photini. In the world, Heather. I was baptised in, and currently attend a Greek Orthodox Church. I am a convert, and was baptised on June 29, 2003.

 

[FlyFast]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Real first name: Keith
Nameday name: None yet

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Greek

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)

Catecumen

4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

Married with 3 children
My wife is very anti-Orthodox

 

[rusmeister]

Remember that it is optional to participate but the purpose of this thread is for a roster. If you do not wish to state your status especially, feel free skip this thread. It is not a requirement.


Here are the questions that you can quote and answer for ease:
1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)
4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc

OK, I suppose it's my turn!

1. Rusmeister (Those that know me have no need of my name...)
2. Moscow Patriarch, but OCA is very important to me, as MP doesn't provide English language support.
3. Convert; cradle Catholic, raised fundamental Baptist, agnostic adulthood followed by conversion
4. ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in Russia; married, 3 kids.
HobbIES (change the y to i and add es ):
Board games, tactics/strategy stuff

 

[ByzantineDixie]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Rosemarie (or Rose)...my saint name is Mary (the "Unfading Rose", our most Holy Theotokos)

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Greek (although I have a very strong interest in Western Rite)

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)

Convert. Chrismated 15 April 2006

4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

2 son's, both graduating in May, one from Georgia Tech, one from high school. I am a chemist by education and have worked in the pharmaceutical industry (primarily veterinary health) in Quality Operations for just about my entire career. My husband is not converting...but he is "tolerant". I participate in the OXWOM (OrthodoX WithOut My Spouse) Yahoo group which has been an excellent source of support and encouragement.

 

[Jebediah]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Neal Alan (I think Fr. Timothy might let me get away with St. Alanus)

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Greek

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)

Serious inquirer, about to become catechumate after Fr. Timothy calls me (new to the parish, he says has scheduling issues and might have one other person to get info from).

4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc

Married, no children, college student, computers and computer gaming, I TA in formal logic and philosophy.

 

[Llauralin]

1.) Molly

2.) Greek

3.) Serious Enquirer

4.) College student studying art education; hobbies: textile arts, figurines, reading bunches and bunches.

 

[The Prokeimenon!]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)
4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

Thanks.

Moses (as in Moses the Black or Moses the Ethiopian)
Antiochian
Convert - Tonsured Reader
I have a wife, 4 cats, and 2 buns in the oven. I'm currently Protopsaltis and temporary choir director at a mission Parish.

 

[Nickolai]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name

Legal Name - Jesse
Namesday - Nikolai (After St. Nikolai Kasatkin, Enlightener of Japan)

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

OCA, Western PA, Archbishop KYRILL

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer

Convert

4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

Will be tonsured a reader next month, And start Seminary at St. Tikhon's in the Fall (provided my priest gets my application in soon)

 

[CarpathoRusyn]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Alyosha, Alexis (St. Alexis Toth)

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

OCA

3. Status:

Convert. Roman Catholic for 44 years.

4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share:

Married with children. Spouse did not convert but agrees to let me bring kids whenever they want to attend. They love Vespers and Divine Liturgy. (Thank you God).

 

[Annoula]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)


Annoula is my real nickname


2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Orthodox Church of Greece


3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer (by this we mean that you have started attending an Orthoodox Church and meeting with the Priest or someone they designate to teach you about the faith)


Cradle - Doomed to be Orthodox


4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc


I am currently trying to find God.
apart from that...nothing much for the time.

 

[joyfulthanks]

On further reflection - nevermind about adding me to the list. My priest isn't particularly enthusiastic about Orthodox discussion forums, and I think that it would be best for me at this stage of my inquiry to stop frequenting TAW for the time being.

Thanks for your help.

With love in Christ,
Grace

 

[Rick of Wessex]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Ricardo, but you may call me Rick. My name day would be Richard, for St. Richard of Wessex (February 7th)


2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Currently attending a parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Ecumenical Patriarchate (Eparchy of South America)


3. Status:

Convert, from the Roman Catholic Church. Chrismated on Holy Saturday on April 18th, 1998.


4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

Happily married to a wonderful Orthochick. No kids yet.

Lay reader at my parish.

 

[Matrona]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

Matrona Danger Golightly after St. Matrona of Chiopolitidon

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)


Antiochian

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer

Converted; I was received into the Church on April 26th, 2003

4. Any other interesting pits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, etc.

I have two pet rabbits and I sing in the choir. I also enjoy music and reading.

 

[Katherine_van_Orvelte]

Katherine for Katherine of Alexandria (November 24-ish)

I'm actually between juridstictions at the moment. Russian in general though. Technically, still registered at MP parish, though I currently attend an OCA parish.

Convert. Baptized in the Coptic Orthodox Church actually. Long story. Switched mostly because my husband is MP and is heading into ordination at some point.

Attend St. Vladimir's Seminary (hence the OCA). MA student in Christian Theology. I have a pet rose plant, which isn't doing to well. Currently addicted to the online role-playing game Guild Wars. And I like european music videos.

 

[DavidG]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)

David

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)

Antiochian

3. Status: Cradle Orthodox, Convert, Catecumen, Serious Inquirer

Inquirer

4. Any other interesting bits of information you want to share such as: marital status, children, pets, hobby's, church activies such as singing in the choir, educational background, what you do for a living, etc

My parents are United Methodist. I've been an obnoxious atheist most of my life, and a Christian less than a year. I formerly attended a non-denominational evangelical protestant church.

 

[Theophorus]

Vincent (after St. Vincent proto martyr of Spain)

Currently attend an OCA parish (though my "papers" are Greek)

Convert from the CoC, received into the Church Nov 6, 2004.