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We've got a great Greek festival in my town each year. It's held at the Greek Orthodox Church and attended by thousands upon thousands of people. It's obvious that the vast majority of festival volunteers, from the church, are ethnic Greeks. Many speak Greek.

I assume they would accept non ethnic Greek converts into the Church. I know Orthodox Christianity is growing fast in the United States. But would they accept the converts socially? Would the converts be embraced and warmly welcomed into the community?

Yes, absolutely! I'm a non-Greek convert to Greek Orthodox Christianity, and I have to say you will never find a group of people more warm-hearted and welcoming. Even if they speak Greek a lot, it guarantee it is not out of a lack of love or disrespect--they just don't always realize people around them don't understand because most people there do speak Greek. They are very warm hearted, loving, down to earth people who love God very much and will accept you as if you were part of their family. God bless you on your journey. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or other concerns.

2009-03-21 20:06:18 by Yak Rider

How old is the ORTHODOX faith? If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year ...

Are there any Eastern Orthodox people out there? What days of the week do you go to church? How long are the services? What time of day are they? I want to know all of this because I want to go to and Eastern Orthodox Church. Do I have to be baptized before I can even go to the church? Please answer. ^_^ It'll be cool! :) I can't give you a cookie, but you will get points.

The main service, the Divine Liturgy, is on Sunday morning and lasts about two hours. Many churches have Great Vespers on Saturday evening which is about an hour, unless it is a Vigil (Vespers and Matins), which is an hour and a half to two hours. There can be services for various feasts on any day. Hours vary--check with the specific church before you go.

church directory: http://orthodoxyinamerica.org/
(Sorry, there aren't any near Kanab.)

Anyone can attend, but you have to be Orthodox to receive communion. Be sure to stand for the Gospel reading and the Lord's Prayer--you may end up standing for the entire service.

First Visit to an Orthodox Church--Twelve Things I Wish I'd Known:
http://www.saintandrew.net/firstvisit.html

2008-11-11 23:30:44 by Use another nickname

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After being in schism from the Catholic Church, is the schismatic Orthodox Church ever going to convert back to the Catholic Church? They have been separated from the Body of Christ for almost 1,000 years. Are they ever going to convert back to the faith of Christ again?

The great famine of the 21st. century will end upon the unification of ALL Christian Churches in the One Catholic Church in mid. 2020. Nothing whatsoever will cause the great famine to end until Christians repent and convert and unite in One Holy Catholic Church. The Church will then be restructured to have seven divisions within unity: 5 parts for the formerly Protestant Churches, 1 part for the Latin Rite, and 1 part for the Eastern Churches.

2009-03-14 18:48:29 by Tony M

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I was reading animal farm and i got confused because Moses the raven was supposed to represent the Orthodox Church and I never really understood what he was supposed to be doing and what had happened during the real Russian Revolution. Can someone please help me a bit?

I don't remember many details of Animal Farm, which I read a really long time ago, but the church was very strong in its support of the monarchy. I'm not sure what they did under the provisional government, but they strongly opposed the Bolsheviks and supported the White's in the civil war.

2008-06-04 17:01:07 by Мала Принцеза

One orthodox priest said "if we allow gay churches in [churches with gay priests in them], then what's next? The alcoholic church? The gambling church?". The council abided by the orthodox position.

Well, Sisyphus:

It's fine to be hot against sin, but the Orthodox church venerated statues and changed God's Sabbath many centuries ago.

So, whoever breaks the least of these commandments will be least in the Kingdom.

The Greek and Roman church will soon combine, though--as all churches unite to form a one-world church and combat terrorism.

The Bible code tells you who to fear: http://abiblecode.com

Shalom, peace in Jesus, Ben Yeshua

2009-02-16 22:16:04 by Sisyphus (Vinaya zealot)