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I'm currently living in a country where the Orthodox churches have services only in other languages, and I imagine there wouldn't even be many English speakers in attendence.
I'm a protestant by birth and have redisovered my belief in God and how important it is for the West. However, I'm disillusioned in many of the denominations for their continual watering down and liberalisation. As someone potentially interested in the Orthodox faith, and I imagine I'm not alone here, what does one do in this situation? I'm thinking of attending the local Catholic Mass in English, as that's certainly better than nothing and Catholicism is less liberal than my native Anglicanism.
I thought this thread could serve as an overall one that sits in the Christianity (General) section where everybody can post.
Mods, please feel free to retitle the thread to something more appropriate if needs be.
I'm currently living in a country where the Orthodox churches have services only in other languages, and I imagine there wouldn't even be many English speakers in attendence.
I'm getting enrolled as a catechumen tomorrow into the Antiochian Orthodox church. I'm very excited about the journey to come.Attended the English litugy yesterday as discussed above, was great! Very friendly congregation and very full house. The priest mentioned that they've been seeing a lot of growth in the past year or so mainly made up of young men. We pontificated on the possible reasons, but I played semi-dumb in regards to the overlap with the online dissident right (as in, I didn't mention it). Now it's up to me to decide whether to become a catechumen under his guidance, in coordination with the church where I live in Europe. I'm very happy with the path discussed, and excited about what lies ahead.
Glory to God!I'm getting enrolled as a catechumen tomorrow into the Antiochian Orthodox church. I'm very excited about the journey to come.
I'm getting enrolled as a catechumen tomorrow into the Antiochian Orthodox church. I'm very excited about the journey to come.
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I have this book. It's Chuch Slavonic - English. It contains not just verbal translations, but descriptions of what's physically going on in front so that you don't get lost.
I have the same book as well as the "Prayer Book" (by ROCOR Jordanville).I found it at the Jordanville bookstore here: https://bookstore.jordanville.org/9780884654841, but it doesn't have any photos inside the book. Can you post some photos of the inside, so we get an idea, please? I've been looking for one with Slavonic-English instead of the just Slavonic or with the local language where I live, but English would be more meaningful to me.
Is the Slavonic inside printed in the old style like on the cover, or in modern Russian Cyrillic characters? Because the former is a slog to read unless you're clergy.View attachment 5995
I have this book. It's Chuch Slavonic - English. It contains not just verbal translations, but descriptions of what's physically going on in front so that you don't get lost.
Is the Slavonic inside printed in the old style like on the cover, or in modern Russian Cyrillic characters? Because the former is a slog to read unless you're clergy.
Welcome brother.Hello all. I have now been Chrismated into the Orthodox Church! Could one of the moderators update my profile please? I can PM a certificate of Chrismation for proof if required.
Many thanks in advance and it's a great feeling to be 'properly' a part of the church.
Welcome home!Hello all. I have now been Chrismated into the Orthodox Church! Could one of the moderators update my profile please? I can PM a certificate of Chrismation for proof if required.
Many thanks in advance and it's a great feeling to be 'properly' a part of the church.
Today I visited a different parish for the first time and the entire service was in another language, the only English was when they read the creed and the our Father, there are service books you can use to follow the service in English but I find it distracting for me but I still enjoyed the service, it was still blessed and the sacrements were still valid. One of the chanters showed me the icons in the front of the church and he explained to me that during the lockdowns all those icons were streaming myrh and it was an encouragement to them all.I'm currently living in a country where the Orthodox churches have services only in other languages, and I imagine there wouldn't even be many English speakers in attendence.
I'm a protestant by birth and have redisovered my belief in God and how important it is for the West. However, I'm disillusioned in many of the denominations for their continual watering down and liberalisation. As someone potentially interested in the Orthodox faith, and I imagine I'm not alone here, what does one do in this situation? I'm thinking of attending the local Catholic Mass in English, as that's certainly better than nothing and Catholicism is less liberal than my native Anglicanism.
I thought this thread could serve as an overall one that sits in the Christianity (General) section where everybody can post.
Mods, please feel free to retitle the thread to something more appropriate if needs be.