~Anastasia~
† Handmaid of God †
- Dec 1, 2013
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To be fair ... while no parish should be unwelcoming, it's not a direct ethnic correlation. I was welcomed like family in one Greek parish. Ignored and made to feel invisible in another. Welcomed warmly by Antiochians. Ignored by another set of Antiochians. Embraced by Russians. Treated with suspicion by other Russians.
Most parishes I have visited have been welcoming, and the people wonderful.
I've been told to try to understand and be charitable in case they treat me with suspicion. Some escaped their native lands and just want a safe way to carry on their faith, and have personal experience of outsiders threatening that. But it's been the exception in my experience thankfully.
Most parishes I have visited have been welcoming, and the people wonderful.
I've been told to try to understand and be charitable in case they treat me with suspicion. Some escaped their native lands and just want a safe way to carry on their faith, and have personal experience of outsiders threatening that. But it's been the exception in my experience thankfully.
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