Question For Those Who Converted To Orthodoxy?

[Orthodox Andrew]

How old were you when you first started thinking deeply about Orthodoxy?

 

[prodromos]

Subtract about 7 or 8 years from my current age

Mind you, if my wife and I hadn't moved to Greece ten years ago I might still be blissfully unaware of the Orthodox church (despite my wife being Greek and baptised Orthodox!)

John

 

[Oblio]

~42

 

[Photini]

24

 

[Epiphany]

How old were you when you first started thinking deeply about Orthodoxy?

To Life Immortal

Late 20's-Early 30's there abouts.

Never heard of Orthodoxy before then. Most people here are Protestant, Catholic or Muslim. Learned about Orthodox church during my long search for the Eternal. Just became a Christian 26 February 2003 after being a Pagan (Asatru and later Kemetic) for about a dozen years.

Peace and Long Life
~*~ Epiphany ~*~

 

[Nickolai]

about 6 or 7 months ago

 

[Matrona]

19.

That's also the same age as I was baptized into the Orthodox faith...

 

[Suzannah]

It was about four years ago. I had known about Orthodoxy all my life having lived in Europe and travelled the Med extensively back then. I had always been impressed with the depth of worship (from what little I saw) and reverence. About six months ago, I started reading more and more. Then I met you guys!

 

[Patristic]

23, which was last spring for me.

 

[ChoirDir]

36, winter of 1980

 

[Orthosdoxa]

25.

 

[Matrona]

Wow, it seems like we have a lot of very recent converts here. I wonder why.

 

[MariaRegina]

I converted to Orthodoxy in 1996.

 

[Crazy Liz]

I hope this is considered an acceptable "fellowship post" from a non-Orthodox.

I haven't converted, but did think about it deeply in my early 40s - nearly 10 years ago.

My husband was not interested in converting, and our children were young, so I thought it was more important we all be part of one church. As I prayed about it more, I felt the Holy Spirit was leading me, at least for now, to remain in protestant Christianity. It seemed like I could do more good as a protestant sympathetic to Orthodoxy than as another arrogant convert.

I have told a few people it wouldn't surprise me if I were eventually buried as an Orthodox Christian. One of the things that impressed me about many Orthodox Christians, as compared to many Evangelical protestants, was their patience. Change doesn't have to be urgent.

Since I moved away from the area where there were many Orthodox converts, I have not been to any Orthodox liturgies, but one of the things I remember most fondly was people bringing me pieces of the blessed bread after they received the Eucharist. It took away all the sting of not being allowed to receive communion, and made me feel very welcome and blessed.

 

[MariaRegina]

I hope this is considered an acceptable "fellowship post" from a non-Orthodox.

I haven't converted, but did think about it deeply in my early 40s - nearly 10 years ago.

My husband was not interested in converting, and our children were young, so I thought it was more important we all be part of one church. As I prayed about it more, I felt the Holy Spirit was leading me, at least for now, to remain in protestant Christianity. It seemed like I could do more good as a protestant sympathetic to Orthodoxy than as another arrogant convert.

I have told a few people it wouldn't surprise me if I were eventually buried as an Orthodox Christian. One of the things that impressed me about many Orthodox Christians, as compared to many Evangelical protestants, was their patience. Change doesn't have to be urgent.

Since I moved away from the area where there were many Orthodox converts, I have not been to any Orthodox liturgies, but one of the things I remember most fondly was people bringing me pieces of the blessed bread after they received the Eucharist. It took away all the sting of not being allowed to receive communion, and made me feel very welcome and blessed.

Please give us a try again and thanks so much for your post.

 

[Matrona]

one of the things I remember most fondly was people bringing me pieces of the blessed bread after they received the Eucharist. It took away all the sting of not being allowed to receive communion, and made me feel very welcome and blessed.

I hope you will be back for more blessed bread someday soon.

 

[Photini]

Change doesn't have to be urgent.

So true.

 

[Reader Nilus]

Everything has its time. I first became interested in Orthodoxy in the early 70's and had a chance to meet Orthodox in the mid 70's but the time was not right, I was not ready. In the mid-80's my interest was again tweaked, and in 1986 I met the priest who was to become my God-father. In 1988 I began to go the inquirers class, and on the Great Paschal Vigil of 1989 was chrismated.
Jeff the Finn

 

[NewToLife]

I'm currently an inquirer hoping to soon be a catachumen and enter the church at Pascha, I'm 37 years old.

 

[nicodemus]

About four or five years ago, right after I graduated from college.