Militants of TAW starting January 2006 (Introduction Thread)

[ExOrienteLux]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Orthodox, 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) Inquirer (not yet fully serious but interested.)
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, IM information can be shared if you are willing to have anyone here add you.

1.) Philip

2.) Antiochian

3.) Orthodox

4.) Married, no kids, two cats, acolyte/Reader, some college, package handler.

And this is for all you oldsters who are still on TAW: This is ExOrienteLux. I'm back! Unfortunately, my password and/or username seems to have gone AWOL, so I had to get a new one.

IC XC NIKA,
Philip.

 

[Kolya]

1.) my password and/or username seems to have gone AWOL, so I had to get a new one.

IC XC NIKA,
Philip.

**WARNING - OUT OF OP**

Sorry Philip about the password/username thing. That's one of my biggest RANTS about good sites.

Welcome back anyway!!!!

Back to Topic...

 

[Historynut]

Well I have already been around for about a week so I thought it was time to introduce myself here. Actually I just noticed this thread as I often ignore stickies.

Real first name David

Status: Orthodox

Jurisdiction: Started out Greek but I am in a new town so it could change. We have OCA, Greek, and Antiochian here.

Intresting facts: Not much to say I own a small business and studied classical history in college.

 

[Julina]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Orthodox, 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) Inquirer (not yet fully serious but interested.)
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, IM information can be shared if you are willing to have anyone here add you.

1. Julian. would i get a new name if i convert?
2. oca or whatever's closest to where i am at the time
3. serious inquirer! i posted this in another thread introducing myself
4. single, no children, a dog named Domino, jewelry making, i don't do much at church but i'd like to help make a Pascha dinner, im in college right now, i need a job for the summer, and my AIM is NotALionNotATigr (just tell me who you are, please!)

 

[Vladislaff]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
My real name is Vladislav (or simply Vlad, Vlady etc.) and my patron Saint is St Vladislav Serbian (although I’m not Serbian)

2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
Moscow Patriarchate Russian Orthodox Church, diocese of Central Asia.

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)

Like HandmaidenOfGod, I’m Cradle-Convert too. Ethnic Orthodox, but my family is not religious. That’s why I was not christened as infant. Our diocese is seriously ruined by communists, that’s why I was christened as teenager but without catechumening and further I was attending Baptist’s Church. But I was remembering my experience of Orthodox Mystery of Christening and its Grace. By this experience, I’ve compared Orthodoxy ‘n’ Baptism and understood that true Church is Orthodox.

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.

All my life is concentrated around the Holy Orthodoxy; it is my life’s sense.
I am a single student. Earlier I wanted to enter to seminary, but I understood it’s not my way. Further I wanted become a monk, but I’m so weak for it (and too young)…

I’ve no wife (but I’d like to have) I’ve no children (but I so want to have them in future) and I’ve no pets (well, and don’t wonna have).
Recently the youth of our parish established our own club (it’s smth like Sunday-school) for the learning of Orthodoxy etc. We would like to do something for Church (social service?) but we don’t know what to do. We will be happy if somebody advice us something…
I like Orthodox theology, history and learning of languages, but the most favorite is Gospel!

 

[Vladislaff]

oops...

 

[Julina]

what do you mean "oops"?
and how is a catechumen different form an inquirer?

 

[Kreikkalainen]

Hi there

Christ is Risen

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Orthodox, 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) Inquirer (not yet fully serious but interested.)
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, IM information can be shared if you are willing to have anyone here add you.

1. Nameday 29 June on the new calendar... shouldn't be hard for you to figure out, or rather greatly limit the choice.
2. Baptised in the Church of Greece. I've spent around 1/4 of my life in several places & I worship in whatever canonical Orthodox church happens to be near my place of residence at a given time.
3. Orthodox
4. I'm a nerd. Everybody knows nerds are single, have no hobbies, no interests & no real-life friends & are quite happy about it.

 

[Khaleas]

Hi there

Christ is Risen



1. Nameday 29 June on the new calendar... shouldn't be hard for you to figure out, or rather greatly limit the choice.
2. Baptised in the Church of Greece. I've spent around 1/4 of my life in several places & I worship in whatever canonical Orthodox church happens to be near my place of residence at a given time.
3. Orthodox
4. I'm a nerd. Everybody knows nerds are single, have no hobbies, no interests & no real-life friends & are quite happy about it.

Looks like another Finn! Or at least a transplant...

I'm Jennie or Jenn the Finn, currently living in the US (although in Finland right now) but will most likely be moving to Germany next year.

 

[Kreikkalainen]

Just as I thought I had found a username that nobody would make any sense out of. Do you finns always pop up in the most unlikely of places?

Good to meet you. I'm not a Finn. Minä en puhu suomea, sauna gives me breathing problems and mämmi is yucky. I'm in your words a transplant, temporarily so, unless/until life makes it permanent. You never know with life, do you?

 

[Vladislaff]

what do you mean "oops"?
and how is a catechumen different form an inquirer?

Hi Julina, (what a beautiful name!)

“what do you mean "oops"?”

I accidentally posted the two same posts and I accidentally posted the two same posts and I had edited one of them with “oops”.

“and how is a catechumen different form an inquirer?”

Well, English is not my native language and from time to time I confuse words (My bad!)... I meant that in time of Christening I even did not know that Lord Jesus is God. I didn’t know faith but believed in Christian God, just in Him. I aspired to Christianity but no one had taught me the doctrine of faith because of big devastation in our diocese…
Is English word “catechumening” the teaching of neophyte to faith? (I can’t find this word in vocabulary. In Russian it’s «оглашение») ? Well, nobody taught me doctrines… (i.e. I was not catechumen)
But I was getting mystery sincerely and by this graceful experience I found the Truth in future. I didn’t understand deference between Orthodoxy and Baptism and by partaking in the both Churches I had understood it by the real experience and comparing.

I’m not afraid to talk ab. problems in our diocese because Orthodox Church is really alive and my story is proving it.

Did I answer clearly?

 

[Julina]

yes it does. i'm just trying to figure out what exactly i am (an inquirer or a catecumen)

 

[Gianna]

edited ....outta here.

 

[tlduker]

Troy (Paul)
Catechumen until 6/28/08 (From Protestantism and Catholic Catechumenate)
OCA Jurisdiction

 

[Kristos]

Troy (Paul)
Catechumen until 6/28/08 (From Protestantism and Catholic Catechumenate)
OCA Jurisdiction

Hey Troy!

 

[Constantine_Orthodox]

1. Real first name or Nameday Name (this like everything is optional)
2. What jurisdiction your parish is in. (OCA, Greek, etc.)
3. Status: Orthodox, 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) Inquirer (not yet fully serious but interested.)
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, IM information can be shared if you are willing to have anyone here add you.
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1. Konstantinos (Constantine), Kosta for short, named after the Emperor Constantine the Great. Nameday: May 21
2. Originally the Church of Greece, but after moving, exactly 23 years ago, to the Netherlands (Holland) Archbishopric of Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg), Ecumenical Patriarchate.
3. Cradle Orthodox, although I truly discovered what my faith is about 11 years ago.
4. Single, no children, no pets, but love cats, I love soccer, RED and WHITE FOREVER OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS!!!! History and theology are also big hobbies of mine.

 

[Khaleas]

1. Konstantinos (Constantine), Kosta for short, named after the Emperor Constantine the Great. Nameday: May 21​

2. Originally the Church of Greece, but after moving, exactly 23 years ago, to the Netherlands (Holland) Archbishopric of Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg), Ecumenical Patriarchate.
3. Cradle Orthodox, although I truly discovered what my faith is about 11 years ago.
4. Single, no children, no pets, but love cats, I love soccer, RED and WHITE FOREVER OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS!!!! History and theology are also big hobbies of mine.

Hello Kosta!
Where in Holland are you?

 

[Kreikkalainen]

Hi Kosta!

Another one of us greek expatriates. Good to have you onboard. I'm currently & for the last almost two years have been in Finland, but I'm getting ready to move to Denmark early 2009. I've also spent a significant number of years in the UK.

RED and WHITE FOREVER OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS!!!! ​

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I support AEK. Yeah, I know things aren't looking good... but hey, a man can change a lot in his life, but never the football club he supports, right?

 

[Constantine_Orthodox]

Greetings to you all! Good to be here! Jennie I live near Alkmaar, about 60 km north of Amsterdam.

I support AEK. Yeah, I know things aren't looking good... but hey, a man can change a lot in his life, but never the football club he supports, right?

That 's for sure, brother!

 

[E.C.]

Welcome to TAW!

1. Konstantinos (Constantine), Kosta for short, named after the Emperor Constantine the Great. Nameday: May 21

Good name.